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Invest in Your Community and Your Local Health: Myles Parilla on WorldBeat (3/3)

How do we restore trust in healthcare amidst a pandemic and culture that has, rightly or wrongly, demonized public health institutions? Myles shoots on the importance of transparency in healthcare towards rebuilding that rapport and how changing incentives in the system to focus on preventative and community health can achieve better outcomes. The Insightful Nurse […]

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An Entrepreneur in Scrubs: Myles Parilla on WorldBeat (1/3)

Part 2 HERE Part 3 HERE Almost two years into the COVID-19 pandemic and Americans can’t seem to catch a break as new variants emerge and policy debates over lockdowns, school closures, and vaccine mandates dominate coverage. It’s pretty daunting for folks on the outside as we struggle to keep up with the breakneck pace […]

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Jimmy Carr and ‘the Acceptable Face of Racism’

The recent public spotlight on so called ‘dark comedian’ Jimmy Carr’s extreme racist comment about Gypsies (their mass murder apparently being the only aspect of the Holocaust the Nazis got right), is just the latest mining of a deep vein of historical and persistent discrimination concerning Romanies and Gypsy Travellers.

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Holyrude Episode 2.13 – Scrappy Doo of Politics

David McClemont (Twitter: @DavoMc82), Debra Torrance (@HeathPeaPict) and Brian Finlay (@WeeSociologist) discuss the latest events in Scottish and UK politics NEWS – Sue Gray Reports! – Labour’s Only Scottish MP Tries To Save The Union – Cost of Living Crisis – EHRC Let Their Transphobia Show Music by @HippyMuzic Art by @HeathPeaPict Edited by @HeathPeaPict