Our annual look at some of the best health care podcast episodes of the year with help from a few of our podcast host friends.
Ryan Levi
Ryan is the managing editor for Tradeoffs, helping lead the newsroom’s editorial strategy and guide its coverage on its flagship podcast, digital articles, newsletters and live events. Ryan spent six years as a reporter and producer for Tradeoffs covering Medicaid, mental health, addiction and health technology, including artificial intelligence. Ryan’s work has won numerous national awards and been featured on NPR, PBS NewsHour and The Marshall Project. Ryan lives in Washington D.C.
Posted inCost of Care
‘A Shocking Amount of Misery’: Medical Debt in America
We talk about the impact medical debt can have on people’s lives and what research tells us about possible solutions.
Posted inWorkforce
Turning Long-Term Care Into a Long-Term Career
There’s a severe shortage of people to care for older Americans. Could providing workers with new career pathways be part of the solution?
Posted inInsurance
California Bets Big on Housing in Medicaid
We trace the origins, early results and challenges of California’s ambitious new Medicaid initiative to pay for some non-medical services like connecting people to housing.
Posted inMental Health
Presenting The Nocturnists: Hello Shame
The first episode of a new series from The Nocturnists podcast about shame in medicine.
Posted inCost of Care
Abortion Funds’ Growing Role Post-Roe
Independent abortion funds have been flooded with donations post-Roe. How do these funds work and what role will they play in a post-Roe world?
Posted inMental Health
Talking 988 with The Takeaway
We share a segment from the public radio show The Takeaway featuring Dan Gorenstein talking about 988.
Posted inHealth Equity
Good Intentions Gone Awry
Why has a little-known program designed to help hospitals and clinics that serve low-income people become so controversial?
Posted inHealth Law
What Research Says About a Post-Roe World
The leader of a landmark abortion study shares what research and her own family experience suggest will happen to people who are denied abortions.
Posted inHealth Law
Four Studies to Help You Make Sense of a Post-Roe World
This week our Research Council shares studies to help make sense of a Post-Roe world.