The Global Health Politics Podcast
Hosted by Joseph Harris, the Global Health Politics podcast features intimate, one-of-a-kind conversations with leading scholars, practitioners, policymakers, and activists working on critical issues in global health.
Podcasting since 2024 • 20 episodes
The Global Health Politics Podcast
Latest Episodes
Season 2, Episode 8: Madhu Pai on Global Health Inequality
In this episode, Joseph Harris sits down with one of the most prominent voices in global health today, Dr. Madhu Pai. Dr. Pai is a medical doctor and Canada Research Chair in Epidemiology & Global Health at McGill University and the Associa...
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Episode 8
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Season 2, Episode 7: Thurka Sangaramoorthy on Immigration and Health
In this episode, Joseph Harris sits down with American University anthropologist Thurka Sangaramoorthy to discuss her work on immigration and health. They talk about her work with Haitian immigrants in South Florida that was the subject of her ...
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Episode 7
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Season 2, Episode 6: James Pfeiffer on Debt, Austerity, and Decolonization
In this long-awaited episode, originally recorded in Fall 2022, Joseph Harris sits down with Dr. James Pfeiffer, Professor of Global Health and Anthropology at University of Washington. They talk about global health work in Mozambique; World Ba...
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Episode 6
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Season 2, Episode 5: Claire Decoteau on the COVID-19 Emergency and the Failure of Pandemic Response
In this podcast episode, Joseph Harris sits down with University of Illinois-Chicago Professor of Sociology Claire Decoteau. They discuss her latest book - Emergency: COVID-19 and the Uneven Valuation of Life - which explores how and why the ci...
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Episode 5
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Season 2, Episode 4: The Community Health Impact Coalition's Campaign to Professionalize Community Health Work Globally
Many health systems around the world rely on community health workers (CHWs) who play vital roles in health promotion, disease prevention, and primary care. While CHWs in some countries are not paid or receive only small stipends and operate wi...
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Episode 4
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