RWJF

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.

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January 21, 2020 1 min
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 Foundation in collaboration with Melcher Media. This audio program was produced by John Marshall Media. Visit http://www.rwjf.org/fiction ...
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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 severed ties.
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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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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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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 of her employer.
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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 out to see if Piecework—or someone else—is responsible for the crime.
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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 she is and how she finds support.
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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 shadowy rulers and a power hungry elite.
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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 individuals who fail to support refugees and immigrants.
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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 island in North Carolina are thrown into harsh juxtaposition.
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January 21, 2020 13 mins
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 health outcomes. We hope these stories will allow our listeners to identify the most longstanding public health problems and encourage o...
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Foreword by Roxane Gay - Take Us To A Better Place by RWJF
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January 21, 2020 46 secs
Opening - Take Us To A Better Place by RWJF
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February 13, 2019 3 mins
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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February 13, 2019 41 mins
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 health and how that has evolved over the course of time.
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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 Innovation in Louisville, Kentucky, to explore his work with Air Louisville. This program is using city-wide collaboration to gather real-time ...
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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, professor of Neurology, Physiology and Psychiatry and director of the Neuroscience Imaging Center at UC-San Francisco, and Jane Lowe, RWJF se...
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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, professor of medicine at Mayo Clinic College and chair of Mayo Mind Body Initiative, and Mike Painter, RWJF senior program officer. Together they...
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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 explore how virtual reality technology can be used to help build social good with Founding Director of Stanford’s Virtual Human Interaction...
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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 explore the potential for the collaborative economy (aka “the sharing economy”) to change how we engage with and experience health and healt...
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