Grapevine Health Podcast
A Year in Isolation
Dr. Lisa sits down with Ms. Roney, our very first podcast guest! Roney talks about her year in isolation during the pandemic and how she coped with being stuck in her home.
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick speaks with her neighbor, Linwood. Linwood talks about his healthcare experiences over the years and the lack of trust he has with the healthcare system in...
Healthcare Advocacy
Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick sits down with Nickie Johnson-Ahorlu who shares stories about advocacy in healthcare. Johnson-Ahorlu shares personal stories about how a lack of advocacy can...
Shining Light
Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick talks with Shari Small, also known as Shining Light. Small sheds light on the marginalization of Native Americans across the country and the healthcare...
Building a Better Community
Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick sits down with Kimberly Dowdell, an architect working in Detroit and Chicago. Dowdell talks about the relationships between where people live and their...
Young Adults & the COVID-19 Long Haul
Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick sits down with Willow Fortunoff, a graduating senior at Macalester College and COVID long-hauler. Fortunoff talks about her experiences with coronavirus and...
Toothache
Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick sits down with Carlus Richardson, a community member. Richardson talks about his difficulty receiving dental care and the problems with the dental care...
Hear Me Out
Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick talks to John Johnson, artist, storyteller, and founder of Verbal Gymnastics. Johnson talks about his experiences getting the coronavirus vaccine as well as...
Bias and Trauma
Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick sits down with Jessica Brooks, a health equity advocate and mother of four. Brooks talks about the trauma she experienced when delivering her treatment and...
The Community and Mental Health
Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick sits down with Stephanie Foo, a community member working to help raise awareness about mental health issues. Foo talks about the root of mental health issues...
Mental Health and Addiction
Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick sits down with Bomani Perkins. Perkins shares his story about his battle with addiction and mental health. He offers insight into the role of mental health...
Prisoner
Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick sits down with Joe Houston Jr., a returning citizen who breaks down how healthcare works inside the prison system. Houston talks about how he was injured...
Evolving Trust
Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick sits down with Toyin Ajayi. co-founder and CHO of Cityblock Health. Ajayi talks about the creation of Cityblock and how it works to help those underserved in...
Addressing Bias
Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick sits down with DeAndra Godwin-Randolph to talk about bias in the healthcare system. Randolph talks about her first-hand experiences about bias she has...
The Reality of Healthcare in the Community
Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick sits down with Juanita Coates, a community member. Coates talks about her experiences with healthcare and community responses to healthcare in the community....
Vaccine Hesitancy
Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick sits down with Darryl Robinson, a vaccine skeptic turned advocate. Robinson talks about how he came around to believing in the vaccine and what he is hearing...
Community Sandwich
Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick sits down with Stuart Anderson, a community health activist. Anderson began making sandwiches to feed hungry people in the community when the pandemic began,...
Disparity in Maternity
Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick sits down with mother Ebony Kirby and doula Shanita Edwards to discuss inequalities in maternal health. Kirby and Edwards provide personal experiences where...
The Importance of Community Health Workers
Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick sits down with Cortlen Yarbrough, a community health worker. Yarbrough goes over what community health workers do and their importance in the healthcare...
Riding the Bus
Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick sits down with Natasha Dupee, an advisory neighborhood commissioner in Washington, D.C. Dupee talks about "riding the bus," which is a view into the impact...
Explaining the Vaccine
Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick sits down with Khadijah Tribble to talk about the coronavirus vaccine. The two talk about trusted healthcare information and vaccine skepticism in the black...
About the Podcast
Using storytelling, the Grapevine Health podcast desires to improve community health literacy. The voice of community members is central to the podcast, featuring community folks who have a story to tell about their health care scares, experiences, fears, and observations. Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick will facilitate conversations between the community member telling the story and an expert to help dispel myths and help people understand the nuances of the medical or scientific info being shared.
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