In Fact with Chelsea Clinton

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Changing Minds (with Maya Shankar and Frank Luntz) May 18, 2021

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Individual decisions impact public health, especially during a pandemic. But getting people to take action, whether it’s wearing masks, practicing social distancing, or getting vaccinated, requires effective messaging, and effective messengers.

This week, Chelsea is sitting down with behavioral economist and Chair of the White House's Behavioral Science Team in the Obama Administration Maya Shankar and pollster, author, communications consultant and Republican strategist Frank Luntz, both of whom have spent years figuring out how to encourage positive changes that can have huge results.

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When Healthcare Gets Politicized (with Amber Tamblyn, Alexis McGill Johnson & Dr. Colleen McNicholas) May 11, 2021

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When health becomes politicized, the result can be disastrous. And long before COVID-19, there was a political battle happening around reproductive rights.

This week, Chelsea sitting down with author, actor, director and advocate Amber Tamblyn; Planned Parenthood President Alexis McGill Johnson; and Dr. Colleen McNicholas, Chief Medical Officer of Planned Parenthood of the Saint Louis Region and Southwest Missouri to talk about the ongoing fight for reproductive rights, and how we can apply lessons learned to other public health issues -- like confronting a pandemic.

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Environmental Justice (with Sec. Deb Haaland, Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha & Juan Parras) May 04, 2021

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For years, Black Americans, Latinx communities, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, and Native Americans have been disproportionately impacted by environmental hazards. This is not an accident or coincidence. It’s the result of policy choices, corporate practices, and deliberate actions.

That’s why this week, Chelsea is sitting down with three people who share a deep commitment to environmental justice: Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, who was one of the first people to speak out and bring public attention to the Flint Water Crisis; Juan Parras, founder of T.E.J.A.S., an organization standing up to the powerful oil industry in his hometown of Houston, Texas; and Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, the first Native American to serve as a Cabinet secretary, who is responsible for our public lands.

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Substance Use Disorders and Addiction (with Dax Shepard and Mayor Muriel Bowser) Apr 27, 2021

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When we think about a public health crisis, we often think about a contagious disease – like COVID-19. But right now substance use disorders and addiction are an epidemic in our country. That’s why this week, Chelsea is sitting down with two people with unique perspectives on this issue: Mayor Muriel Bowser is addressing challenges around substance use disorders and addiction in D.C., while managing the many other crises of this last year. And Dax Shepard, whose candor about his own addiction and recovery makes him a role model for so many and tackles the issue of stigma head on.

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Climate Change and Public Health (with Jane Fonda & Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms) Apr 20, 2021

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We know climate change is a real threat to our planet, but we hear a lot less about the threat it poses to public health. That’s why this week, Chelsea is sitting down with two people who have tackled this head on: Jane Fonda, who has used her powerful platform to engage people across generations in this fight, and Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms who has made addressing climate change in Atlanta a top priority, quickly becoming a model for other cities in how to address this crisis.

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HIV/AIDS and Stigma (with Peter Staley, Jonathan Van Ness & Dr. Oni Blackstock) Apr 13, 2021

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When HIV was first identified in the early 1980s, it was a public health crisis mired in urgent scientific questions: How was it transmitted? What were the symptoms? Could it be treated? But alongside that, and equally challenging to public health, was the stigma attached to the virus. Homophobia, racism, and shame around sex combined with a woefully inadequate response from our government made the epidemic even more deadly. Today, we know how to treat HIV/AIDS and help prevent transmission. Still, thousands of Americans contract HIV every year, millions of people around the world do not receive treatment, and stigma remains dangerous, even deadly.

In this debut episode, you’ll hear from activist Peter Staley about his experience as a member of the group ACT UP back in the 1980s, and his work today to fight stigma, and help people get the education and care they deserve. Then Queer Eye’s Jonathan Van Ness shares his journey through fear and stigma after being diagnosed as HIV-positive to becoming a fierce advocate and inspiration for other. And finally, Dr. Oni Blackstock, an HIV physician and advocate working in New York City, shares her experience treating patients on the front-lines amid a pandemic and the ongoing fight for equity in healthcare access and quality for all.

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Introducing: In Fact with Chelsea Clinton Apr 01, 2021

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The COVID-19 pandemic hasn't just upended our sense of "normal" -- it has laid bare so much about our health care, infrastructure, politics, and culture, and the deep inequities built into all of these. But, as people working in public health -- and those living these issues every day -- know all too well, none of this is new.

In Chelsea Clinton's new podcast she sits down with everyone from Jane Fonda to Washington, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser to Jonathan Van Ness, and more to talk about how public health affects their lives and ours.

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