Podcasts

In these podcasts, members of the Columbia Mailman Community share inspiring stories and innovative ideas for building a healthy and just world.

Agents of Change in Environmental Justice

This collaboration with Environmental Health News is led by founding director Ami Zota, ScD, MS, professor of Environmental Health Sciences. Tune in to the Agents of Change biweekly podcast (hosted by Brian Bienkowski, managing editor of The New Lede) to explore career paths, research, and significant ideas from both past and present Agents of Change fellows, as well as Columbia Mailman faculty and other experts in the field. Topics cover a wide range of issues, including air pollution, youth engagement, and plastics. 

Listen and subscribe on SoundCloud, Spotify, Apple Podcast, and Audible.

NEXUS Podcast

All physical, chemical, biological, and psychosocial influences that impact biology makeup the exposome. So how does the exposome, or environment, shape human health? Exposomics answers this question by exploring the integrated compilation of these factors and their comprehensive and cumulative effects. Join NEXUS (Network for Exposomics in the United States) for a series of conversations with experts in the field led by Columbia Mailman's Gary W. Miller, PhD, professor of Environmental Health Sciences, Rima Habre, ScD, University of Southern California, and Chirag Patel, PhD, Harvard University.

Listen and subscribe on YouTube and Spotify.

That Can't Be True with Chelsea Clinton

Host Chelsea Clinton, PhD, adjunct associate professor of Health Policy and Management and Vice Chair of the Clinton Foundation, separates fact from fiction with a diverse group of guests, including doctors, dietitians, and parents. The discussions explore pressing health topics currently in the news, such as fluoride, circumcision, raw milk, and the use of Tylenol during pregnancy.

Listen and subscribe on  Apple Podcast, Spotify, or Amazon Music

Who the Health Cares?

America has 3,300 local health departments with real authority over your community's health—yet most people couldn't explain what they do. Join Center for Public Health Systems Director Michael Sparer, JD, PhD, professor and chair of Health Policy and Management, as he explores how we built this fragmented system, why it's struggling, and why understanding it isn't optional. Who the health cares? We all should.

Listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or YouTube Podcasts.