Health Class: The Untold Lessons

Catch Chigo & Kit's conversation reflecting on our first season! They will be back with more this fall!

Bríd, a Pastry Chef who injured her hand at an interview, tells us about the cost of care. Bills went up, income went down, and work remained just as demanding making for a difficult road to recovery.

In this minisode, Chigo & Kit discuss recent COVID-19 developments and their implications, from the personal to the global.

For a full bibliography of sources visit our website, healthclassuntold.com.

In this episode, we have a conversation with Moss Froom and Jess Seamon about trans birthing. We dispel trans birthing myths while highlighting ways gender can be affirmed from conception to birth.

Moss the Doula: www.mossthedoula.com/

For a full bibliography of sources visit our website, healthclassuntold.com.

In this episode, we hear Chanté discuss her experience giving birth as a Black woman in Scotland and the US. We also discuss with Joyell, a Baltimore-based full-circle doula, about how we can address Black maternal mortality within our own communities.

Below are organizations references in the episode:

Indigo Birthings

https://www.indigobirthings.com/

Ancient Song

https://www.ancientsongdoulaservices.com/

The Birth Well training

http://www.thebirthwell.com/

SMC Doula Training 

https://shafiamonroe.com/doula-training-education/full-circle-doula-training/

For a full bibliography of sources visit our website

In this episode, we hear COVID-19 stories from those who are high risk and long-haulers. We also discuss the science of vaccination, the approval of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, and the origins of vaccine hesitancy in Black and Brown communities.

Thanks to our guests Kat and Anisha for graciously sharing their stories with us!

See our list of sources on our website! 

Healthclassuntold.com

Chigo and Kit are your hosts, the show is produced by Annette and made possible by the work of the behind the scenes team, Maya, Hannah, and our researcher Caroline.

Our music is by Mattijs Muller

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Welcome to Health Class: The Untold Lessons, a podcast covering the information and perspectives often left out of educational and healthcare spaces. Listen to hear more about us from our hosts, Chigo and Kit!