Public health expert and equitable health care advocate Faiz Kidwai chats with host Alex Ashkin. Now a psychiatric resident at the State University of New York (SUNY) Hospital, Kidwai has seen firsthand how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the psychological health of those who’ve contracted the virus and those who haven’t. This week Kidwai also talks about the inequities dark-skinned people and immigrants face under the American health care system. Part 1 of this conversation aired Thursday, March 25, 2021.

[This edition of Big Talk aired Thursday, April 1, 2021.]

Hosts Michael Glab and Alex Ashkin chat with Bloomington’s most fascinating people.