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RWJF
by RWJF
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is committed to improving health and health equity in the United States. In partnership with others, we are working to develop a Culture of Health rooted in equity that provides every individual with a fair and just opportunity to thrive, no matter who they are, where they live, or how much money they have. Through this collection of audio recordings, we seek to spark conversation and encourage a lively exchange of ideas about what it takes to advance our vision and how we might get there.
Episodes
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Credits - Take Us To A Better Place
This audio version of Take Us To A Better Place was narrated by Joniece Abbott-Pratt and Holter Graham. Featured stories by Madeline Ashby, Hannah Lillith Assadi, Calvin Baker, Frank Bill, Yoon Ha Lee, Karen Lord, Mike McClelland, Achy Obejas, and Martha Wells. Presented by Robert Wood Johnson...
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The Masculine And The Dead by Frank Bill - Take Us To A Better Place
Having lost his wife to disease, ex-marine Guy, a rugged Samaritan in his small-town community, struggles to reconnect with his only child. It's not until he steps in to care for the neglected son of an opioid-addicted man that he learns emotional responsibility and the skills to rebuild his...
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The Plague Doctors by Karen Lord - Take Us To A Better Place
In 2079, a mysterious illness called grey pox is killing large portions of the population. When the illness finally reached the remote Pelican Island, a team of researchers including Audra Lee—whose own young niece has been affected—must muster all of their meager resources to help find a cure.
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Brief Exercises In Mindfulness by Calvin Baker - Take Us To A Better Place
Harry and Dean are just starting their adult lives in New York. An encounter with Raquin, who was forcibly evicted from the apartment they now rent, illuminates the trauma of gentrification and the struggle to be heard and understood in today's world.
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Viral Content by Madeline Ashby - Take Us To A Better Place
When a popular high school football player dies from a mystery illness, Glory, a reporter for a large online media conglomerate, is determined to get to the bottom of what happened before it spreads any further. But she finds herself up against the local sports culture and the conflicting goals…
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Obsolesence by Martha Wells - Take Us To A Better Place
On a space station near Jupiter, station manager Jixy discovers one of her friends, Greggy, an "augmented human," has been brutally murdered. A semi-mythical figure called Piecework has been blamed for similar attacks on other stations. Determined to protect the people on herstation, Jixy sets…
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The Sweet Spot by Achy Obejas - Take Us To A Better Place
Isa, a woman with progressive hearing loss, is separating from her wife. It's not her decision. There's lots wrong in the marriage but also lots right, and she has developed a number of dependencies--many, in fact--around her hearing loss. As the marriage falls apart, Isa has to reconfigure who…
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The Erasure Game by Yoon Ha Lee - Take Us To A Better Place
In a future society, two teens find out what happens when seemingly innocuous "community games" serve a more sinister purpose. It turns out that these popular means of social interaction are quietly eroding civil liberties and privacy as neighbors collect data on one another and report it to...
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Paradise by Hannah Lillith Assadi - Take Us To A Better Place
Rita is a Syrian refugee whose family has escaped the conflict to Arizona—but not without a cost. Her mother was killed back home, and her father and brother carry bullet wounds. Facing xenophobia and racism at school and work, Rita and her brother struggle every day in the face of systems and...
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The Flotilla At Bird Island by Mike McClelland - Take Us To A Better Place
Kyle and Bobby, long-lost lovers from different backgrounds, live in a United States where encroaching coastlines are wreaking havoc on health and well-being. When they reconnect, the disparities and inequities between their two worlds: a South ravaged by global warming and an eco-protected…
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Introduction - Take Us To A Better Place
This collection of stories will allow you to grasp uneasy topics related to common social determinants of health. These health-related fictional stories cover the impact of social standards such as war, displacement, poverty, isolation, discrimination, and many other forces that adversely affect...
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Foreword by Roxane Gay - Take Us To A Better Place
Foreword by Roxane Gay - Take Us To A Better Place by RWJF
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Opening - Take Us To A Better Place
Opening - Take Us To A Better Place by RWJF
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Three minutes with Esther Perel
Psychotherapist and New York Times bestselling author Esther Perel answers our question “what advice did you give your own children about developing healthy relationships?”
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A Conversation with Esther Perel
Enjoy this unedited conversation with psychotherapist and New York Times bestselling author Esther Perel, who is recognized as one of today's most insightful and original voices on modern relationships. In the clip, RWJF’s Lori Melichar talks with Esther about how our relationships affect our...
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Every Breath Counts: RWJF Pioneering Ideas Podcast Episode 13
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Pioneering Ideas Podcast explores cutting edge ideas and emerging trends with the potential to improve health and health care for all Americans. In this episode RWJF senior program officer Paul Tarini connects with grantee Ted Smith, PhD, Chief of Civic...
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Your Brain on Games: RWJF Pioneering Ideas Podcast Episode 12
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Pioneering Ideas Podcast explores cutting edge ideas and emerging trends with the potential to improve health and health care for all Americans. In this episode we explore the cognitive power of the brain through the lens of video games with Adam Gazzaley,...
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Mind Over Stress: RWJF Pioneering Ideas Podcast Episode 11
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Pioneering Ideas Podcast explores cutting edge ideas and emerging trends with the potential to improve health and health care for all Americans. In this episode we explore resilience and using mindfulness to manage stress with Amit Sood, MD, MSc, FACP…
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Virtual Reality for Social Good: RWJF Pioneering Ideas Podcast Episode 10
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Pioneering Ideas Podcast explores cutting edge ideas and emerging trends with the potential to improve health and health care for all Americans. In this episode we explore a new cutting-edge idea with the potential to build a Culture of Health. Join us as we...
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What's the Airbnb for Health? RWJF Pioneering Ideas Podcast Episode 9
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Pioneering Ideas Podcast explores cutting edge ideas and emerging trends with the potential to improve health and health care for all Americans. In this episode we explore a new batch of cutting-edge ideas with the potential to build a Culture of Health. We...
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Wellness in a Networked World: RWJF Pioneering Ideas Podcast Episode 8
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Pioneering Ideas Podcast explores cutting edge ideas and emerging trends with the potential to improve health and health care for all Americans. In this episode we explore a new batch of cutting-edge ideas with the potential to build a Culture of Health. We...
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Stress Connections: RWJF Pioneering Ideas Podcast Episode 7
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Pioneering Ideas Podcast explores cutting edge ideas and emerging trends with the potential to improve health and health care for all Americans. In this episode we explore a new batch of cutting-edge ideas with the potential to build a Culture of Health. We...
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Rethinking Poverty, Sharing Provider Notes, and More: RWJF Pioneering Ideas Podcast Episode 6
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Pioneering Ideas Podcast explores cutting edge ideas and emerging trends with the potential to improve health and health care for all Americans. This episode looks at innovations that ask, “What if?” We explore simple shifts in perspective, from doctors…
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Microbiomes, Ideas for Measuring a Culture of Health & More: RWJF Pioneering Ideas Podcast Episode 5
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Pioneering Ideas Podcast explores cutting edge ideas and emerging trends with the potential to improve health and health care for all Americans. This episode covers medical conspiracy theories, the ripple effects of not getting enough sleep, microbiomes and…
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MakerNurse, Visualizing Health Data & More: RWJF Pioneering Ideas Podcast Episode 4
In the fourth episode of RWJF's Pioneering Ideas podcast, we cover nurses innovating at the bedside, alternative marketplaces and up-cycling impacts on community health, our new data initiative Visualizing Health, and highlights from the TED 2014 master class led by entrepreneur-in-residence…
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Empathy, Choice & the Next Generation of Innovators: RWJF Pioneering Ideas Podcast Episode 3
In the third episode of RWJF's Pioneering Ideas podcast, we explore the power -- and the burden -- of choice. What does our relationship with choice mean for our health and for the health care system as a whole? We also talk about the radical power of empathy and hear from Princeton students who...
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Pitch Day, Payment Reform & Behavior Change: RWJF Pioneering Ideas Podcast Episode 2
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is back with Episode 2 of its Pioneering Ideas podcast, featuring behavioral scientist BJ Fogg, the Foundation's Entrepreneur-in-Residence Thomas Goetz, and other innovators working to transform health and health care. Get insight into the foundation's funding...
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Behavioral Economics, the Science of Placebo Studies & More: RWJF Pioneering Ideas Podcast Episode 1
Learn about groundbreaking research on the power of the placebo and how a platform called PatientsLikeMe puts health outcomes in patients’ hands. Also: weighing the pros and cons of making foundation proposals public to help ideas spread.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is committed to improving health and health equity in the United States. In partnership with others, we are working to develop a Culture of Health rooted in equity that provides every individual with a fair and just opportunity to thrive, no matter who they are, where they live, or how much money they have. Through this collection of audio recordings, we seek to spark conversation and encourage a lively exchange of ideas about what it takes to advance our vision and how we might get there.
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