Welcome to Coronacast, a Wagner Review Podcast Series hosted by Rhea Almeida and Luisa Portugal

Guests:

Will Innes will discuss looking at a variety of housing policies, how they have interacted with disparate health, and aspects of the COVID-19 response.

Madeline Dinsdale will discuss Canada’s response to COVID-19: How Political Systems Shape Crisis Response.

0:00: Welcome from Rhea and Luisa

0:12: Message from Tiffany Rose Miller, Editor-in-Chief of The Wagner Review

0:49: Rhea and Luisa introduces Will Innes

1:06: Will Innes Speaks

8:25: Luisa and Rhea introduces Madeline Dinsdale

8:57: Madeline Dinsdale Speaks

Thom Blaylock, NYU Wagner's Clinical Professor of Public Policy, sits down with Wagner Review hosts Rhea Almeida and Luisa Portugal to discuss the historical backdrop of podcast and its role in American politics. A veteran podcaster and co-host of his own successful series, Professor Blaylock highlights the importance of strategic agenda-setting to grab the attention of listeners.

Related NYU Wagner Course

• MSPP-GP 2100 Communication Skills for the Policy Analyst

Related Podcast

• Thom Blaylock’s podcast series titled ‘Dungeon Dads’

On this final episode of Coronacast, hosts Luisa and Rhea dissect the second COVID relief stimulus package which failed to reach a consensus between Democrats and Republicans in Congress. They analyze the series of executive orders subsequently signed into effect by President Trump that included changes to unemployment benefits and school funding. 

Today’s speaker is NYU Wagner MPA candidate Ashley Emery, discussing the challenges in accessing quality reproductive health care in the time of COVID-19. She also describes policy trends that enforce anti-abortion agendas.

0:00: Welcome from hosts Rhea and Luisa

0:37: Top news of the week 

11:26: Ashley Emery walks us through the the challenges in accessing quality reproductive health care.

Resources to learn more:

• NARAL Pro-Choice America

News Segment:

• Axios interview with Donald Trump by interviewer Jonathan Swan

In the age of COVID-19 and the Black Lives Matter movement, the intrinsic connections between policy, discrimination, and health outcomes in marginalized communities have become more clear now than ever. Anjana Sreedhar is publishing a book that explores the intersections between these topics, underscoring the legacy of enforced racism, sexism, xenophobia, homophobia, and transphobia and other forms of discrimination. The book also introduces potential solutions to these challenges through using policy and technology as vehicles for change.

0:00- Welcome and introduction from host Kyle Roland.

1:25- Anjana Sreedhar walks us through the intersection of racial, equity and healthcare.

Anjana Sreedhar is an administrative fellow at NYU Langone Health in New York City. She is a recent graduate of NYU’s Wagner School of Public Service’s Masters in Public Administration – Health Policy & Management program. She previously worked at Advisory Board, a healthcare research and consulting firm, in best practice research and strategic marketing. As a former student activist and promoter of diversity, equity, inclusion, and anti-racism, Anjana comes into the healthcare space with a keen understanding of the dynamics of power and policy and how it affects the quality of life for those who live in America. Anjana is also the author of the upcoming non-fiction book (publish date: Dec 2020), Healthcare of a Thousand Slights, which is about the impact of policy-based discrimination on the healthcare access and outcomese of marginalized communities.

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City, food security continues to be a growing concern for residents. With the state seeing millions file for unemployment, mutual aid projects have stepped up to ensure communities in need receive adequate food to feed their families.

David Aronov comes on The Wagner Review Podcast Series to discuss mutual aid projects he is involved in, and how he formed specific aid groups to target high-risk communities during the COVID-19 pandemic.

0:00- Welcome and introduction from host Kyle Roland.

1:45- David Aronov walks us through mutual aid efforts in his community.

David Aronov is a first-generation American who served as the president of the Wagner Student Association from 2019-2020 and is a class of 2020 graduate of NYU Wagner with an MPA degree. He co-founded a nonprofit organization called the Bukharian Jewish Union (BJU), which serves as the central hub for the social, cultural, and professional growth of Bukharian Jews in their 20’s and 30’s. David currently works for NYC Census 2020 as Queens Lead Organizer, focused on ensuring the people of Queens receive their fair share of billions of dollars in federal funding from the 2020 Census for hospitals, transit authorities, schools, and libraries.