Public Health is Dead

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Public Health is Dead Science · EN · 15 episodes · latest 2026-06-24

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Public Health is Dead is an award-winning public health advocacy show. It's a forward-thinking autopsy on how we've f*cked up in public health. How do we prepare for future pandemics while we're already in the thick of one? And how do we reinvent systems that place some of us closer to death? Through examining our past successes and failures, often through the lens of COVID, we plot a route out of apathy and denial towards health liberation for all. You'll hear unusual tales of how we've battled infectious disease throughout history and mind-stretching interviews with undaunted public health advocates today. This podcast is your anti-establishment field guide to surviving in the new age of pandemics — full of vision, hope, and a little punk rock attitude. Public Health is Dead is a eulogy for the field as we know it and a gathering of voices to map out where we go next. *** Public Health is Dead is a 2025 Signal Award-winning podcast for Best Education Podcast (Gold) and Best Science Podcast (Silver). It also won Gold at the W3 Awards in Science & Technology and was nominated in the 2025 International Women's Podcast Awards for "Moment of Factual Clarity" and 3x in the 2025 Canadian Podcast Awards for Outstanding Debut for a Series, Outstanding Science Series, and Outstanding Health & Wellness Series. *** Visit publichealthisdead.com for more information

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Hantavirus Horrors and Hubris - PHMC

2026-06-24 · 43 min

What happens when public health leaders are more concerned about avoiding panic than avoiding pandemics?
TIME for Pandemic Gaslighting - PHMC

2026-04-24 · 58 min

For Public Health Media Club, Daniella & MJ deconstruct TIME magazine's "The COVID-19 Pandemic Will Be Over When Americans Think It Is".
Legacies of Colonialism in Public Health

2026-04-15 · 1 hr 8 min

Can global public health break from its colonial past for a different future?
Everything is Tuberculosis - PHMC

2026-01-21 · 45 min

Our take on John Green's hit book "Everything is Tuberculosis". Is it just another white saviour story?
SPECIAL: Beyond Baggy Blues—how to stop COVID in hospitals

2025-12-25 · 41 min

Five ways to mitigate COVID transmission in hospitals with Dr. Dick Zoutman.
Bad Press: How the media manufactures consent in the age of COVID

2025-11-28 · 1 hr 16 min

Most people get a lot of what they know about public health from what’s in the news. But what’s in the news—and the way it’s talked about—is not always clear or accurate.
Measles on the Backburner - PHMC

2025-09-03 · 1 hr 1 min

Canada could lose its measles elimination status, which says a lot about the state of public health, and media coverage about the airborne disease leaves much to be desired.
Still Masking After All These Years - PHMC

2025-07-16 · 54 min

Welcome to "Public Health Media Club", a crossover episode of "Public Health is Dead" and "Everything is Public Health".
SPECIAL: "But My Therapist Said"—COVID-Informed Therapists Chat

2025-06-28 · 1 hr 5 min

Three mental health professionals speak on collective care and being informed about COVID as a practitioner.
How to Stop an Epidemic: When SARS Came to the ER

2025-05-21 · 59 min

How an emergency physician and her team helped prevent a SARS outbreak at Vancouver General Hospital and what public health can still learn from a 2003 success.

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Owner: Daniella Barreto
Oldest episode in feed: 10/2024 · over 2 years
Typical length: 49 min
Format: Episodic Newest first, episodes stand alone
Keywords: public health, covid, pandemic, outbreak, disease, clean air, masks, epidemic

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