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Housing Is Health: Rethinking Where Well-Being Begins with Amal Barre
Special thanks to UnityPoint Health, the presenting sponsor of the 2026 My City My Health Conference, for supporting this work and helping us move the city forward. U...
Housing Is Medicine: What Young People Need After They Get the Keys with Austin Neal
Getting someone into an apartment is not the end of the work. It is often where the real work begins. Corey talks with Austin Neal about youth homelessness, housing in...
Asking Better Questions in Hard Times with Vanessa McNeal
When the world feels heavy, how do you acknowledge what you are feeling without losing your ability to move forward?Keynote speaker and life coach Vanessa McNeal joins...
Civic Engagement, Local Power, and Public Health in Des Moines
Civic engagement shapes health. In this episode, host Corey Dion Lewis sits down with Heather Jones-Brown and Victoria Weber to connect everyday actions like voting, e...
Food Insecurity, Community, and Change in Des Moines with Sarah Donovan
On this episode of My City Talks, host Corey Dion Lewis sits down with Sarah Donovan of Broadlawns Medical Center to explore the complex layers of food insecurity in D...
Fighting Food Insecurity with Jazzmine Brooks | Double Up Iowa & Community Health
In this episode of My City Talks, powered by My City My Health, host Corey Dion Lewis sits down with Jasmine Brooks, project manager for the USDA-backed Double Up Food...
Black Men’s Health, Prevention & Equity in Iowa w/ Dr. Gregory Johnson
👉 Want to continue the conversation in person? Join us at the My City My Health Conference in Des Moines on November 14. Register here: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ti...
Civic Power, Real Talk, and Black Health in Des Moines (with Abena Sankofa Imhotep)
Abena Sankofa Imhotep—author, podcaster, and moderator of the Civic Engagement Panel at this year’s My City My Health Conference—joins Corey Dion Lewis to talk about w...
Alzheimer’s in Our Backyard: The Urgency of Early Detection and Black Community Support
Alzheimer’s isn't just something that happens “later” — it's impacting thousands of Iowans right now, and Black and rural communities are being hit the hardest. In thi...
Rallying Community Support Through Tennis
In this episode of My City Talks, Corey sits down with Krisha Keeran, former intern, medical school hopeful, and co-founder of Club Kids for a Cause. After surviving a...
The Practice of Cultural Sensitivity in Counseling: A Conversation with Jahnavi Pandya
In this episode of My City My Health, host Laurna Evans Lindsay sits down with Jahnavi Pandya, a counseling psychologist with a passion for cultural sensitivity and in...
From Research to Action: Advancing Holistic Mental Health Care
In this episode of MyCityMyHealth, host Corey Dion Lewis sits down with Khyathi Gadag, a PhD candidate in Health Policy and Management at the University of Iowa. Khyat...
Caring Across Cultures: Bridging Gaps in Migrant Healthcare with Naomi Marroquin
In this episode of My City, My Health, host Laurna Evans Lindsay sits down with Naomi Marroquin, a dedicated healthcare team leader serving migrant and seasonal farmwo...
Breaking HIV Stigma: Real Talk on U=U, Treatment & Community Support | My City Talks
In this inaugural episode of My City Talks Health, host Larry Twitty Jr. sits down with HIV advocates Destiny Smith and Alicia Mercado for an enlightening discussion a...
Improving Health Equity through Community Health Collaborative: Interview with Dr. Lucas Carr
In this episode, host Elizabeth Dix interviews Dr. Lucas Carr about his work with the Community Health Collaborative and the Vitalis study, as well as the importance...
Addressing Health Equity with Aloha Wilks
"When these communities allow you in their spaces, please be humble and allow the trust to build so that you can get the work done. If you don't have the trust, then t...
Understanding Mental Health & Immigrant Communities with Dr. Rima Afifi
"I think probably to really think deeply about the amount of othering that we all do every day in our lives and how to start reversing that, how to understand where it...
Telemedicine, Cultural Competency, and Job Retention in Healthcare
"I would like to see more effort being put into job creation for retaining local talent. Iowa is great at attracting the best from all over the world, but I cannot see...
In Dermatology, Health Disparities Can Be Skin Deep with Dr. Marta Van Beek
In this episode of the My City My Health Podcast, host Brooklyn talks with Dr. Marta Van Beek, a dermatologist and executive medical director at the University of Iowa...
Creating Social Spaces for Health Equity: Connecting People with LaTasha DeLoach
In this episode of the My City My Health podcast, host Natalie Rutledge talks with LaTasha DeLoach about her work in community outreach and connecting people, particul...