Send us a Text Message.

Think about your more recent experience with your doctor, pharmacy or health insurance company. Did you shudder?

Most people don’t have a “Meh” 🤷🏽‍♀️reaction. Healthcare, whether public or private, often evokes a strong reaction, whether favorable or angst-ridden.

But, it’s highly likely your experience with healthcare may be far different—and may be far from equal (or equitable)—from the people around you.

In today’s episode, Expert-in-residence Dr. Jillian Pintye, nurse scientist and epidemiologist, joins Mike and Helena to talk about public health. Together, we deep-dive on
🎙️Dr. Jillian’s research in Kenya and access to pre-exposure prophylaxis HIV medications for vulnerable populations
🎙️Structures, policies and accountability, from the individual to the institution
🎙️Maternal mortality and morbidity rates for birthing persons of color
🎙️The case for doulas for every pregnant person
🎙️Structural racism
🎙️Medical racism
🎙️Unconscious biases
🎙️The politicization of DEI (is it too charged to even mention?); how DEI goes beyond race, gender, and the workplace—it also includes age, neurodiversity, religion, disability, socioeconomic status, education, marital status, language, and veteran status

A quick note on “DEI”: This is not a political podcast. We don’t tend to address topics of a political nature, so if you have strong thoughts and opinions about DEI, one way or the other, that’s totally okay. We’re not making a case either way, we’re simply calling attention to the fact that by focusing only on the parts that evoke all the biggest feels, it fails to account for all of the populations, persons and parts that it encompasses. Helena sees this a lot with vulnerable populations and limited access to nutritious foods (food deserts and food swamps exist for far too much of the population). Her thoughts: Access to affordable, nutritious food is a right; not a privilege.

Dr. Jillian Pintye, RN, MPH, PhD is trained as both a nurse and epidemiologist and serves on faculty at the University of Washington in Seattle.

Have you tried a Mastering Your BS activity? Have a topic you’d like us to discuss? Submit this form and let us know!

Follow us on Instagram @walkintoapodcast.

DISCLAIMER: This podcast is for informational and entertainment purposes only and is not intended as a substitute for the advice of a physician, psychotherapist, or other qualified medical professional. The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in this podcast are the speaker’s own and may not be those of the hosts or CoNut Media LLC; we are not responsible for any losses, damages, or liabilities that may arise from the use of this podcast. Listeners should not disregard or delay in obtaining medical advice for any medical or mental health condition they may have and should seek the assistance of their healthcare professionals for any such conditions.

Send us a Text Message.

Think of your very best and your … not the greatest … qualities. Do you think they’re genetic or acquired via adapting to the environment around you? Is it nature or nurture? The answer: Probably both. Further, they’re probably influenced by the experiences and environments your parents, grandparents or great-grandparents were exposed to.

In this episode, Expert-in-residence Dr. Jillian Pintye, PhD, nurse scientist and epidemiologist, joins Mike and Helena on A Coach, a Nutritionist and an Expert Walk Into a Podcast to unpack how the environment around us shapes us. Our physical environment, our diet, the medications we take, our social interactions, our gut microbiome, the inflammation in our bodies, world events all affect our bodies, minds and wellbeing—from in-utero through adulthood.

Some of the topics we explore, include:
🎙️The effects, in-utero through childhood, of preventative and treatment medications for HIV
🎙️The microbiome (gut and vaginal) and their role in disease
🎙️How the environment contributes to inflammation
🎙️The role of inflammation in disease
🎙️Generational trauma

Dr. Jillian Pintye, RN, MPH, PhD is trained as both a nurse and epidemiologist and serves on faculty at the University of Washington in Seattle.

Have you tried a Mastering Your BS activity? Have a topic you’d like us to discuss? Submit this form and let us know!

Follow us on Instagram @walkintoapodcast.

DISCLAIMER: This podcast is for informational and entertainment purposes only and is not intended as a substitute for the advice of a physician, psychotherapist, or other qualified medical professional. The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in this podcast are the speaker’s own and may not be those of the hosts or CoNut Media LLC; we are not responsible for any losses, damages, or liabilities that may arise from the use of this podcast. Listeners should not disregard or delay in obtaining medical advice for any medical or mental health condition they may have and should seek the assistance of their healthcare professionals for any such conditions.

Send us a Text Message.

Fewer human experiences allow us to connect with the humanity in others quite like grief and loss.

Mike, Helena and Expert-in-Residence Dr. Jillian Pintye, PhD, nurse scientist and epidemiologist, explore the multifaceted journey of grief—from friendships that grow apart, relationships that end, and opportunities lost to parents marking their child’s exit from childhood and the gut-wrenching, all-consuming loss of a partner, parent, child or animal companion.

Join us for a heartfelt discussion on

🎙️Co-existing with grief
🎙️The differences between moving forward vs moving on
🎙️Finding meaning through grief and the grieving process
🎙️Mourning the loss of things we’ve never had or may never have
🎙️Grieving losses small and large
🎙️Epigenetic impacts of grief on future generations

We also ponder whether grief is a silent epidemic in a similar way loneliness is; check out Episode 16: Loneliness with Nathan Hill for more on the epidemic of loneliness.

Finally, we mention the Adverse Childhood Events (ACEs) test; take the quiz here.

Dr. Jillian Pintye, RN, MPH, PhD is trained as both a nurse and epidemiologist and serves on faculty at the University of Washington in Seattle.

Have you tried a Mastering Your BS activity? Have a topic you’d like us to discuss? Submit this form and let us know!

Follow us on Instagram @walkintoapodcast.

DISCLAIMER: This podcast is for informational and entertainment purposes only and is not intended as a substitute for the advice of a physician, psychotherapist, or other qualified medical professional. The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in this podcast are the speaker’s own and may not be those of the hosts or CoNut Media LLC; we are not responsible for any losses, damages, or liabilities that may arise from the use of this podcast. Listeners should not disregard or delay in obtaining medical advice for any medical or mental health condition they may have and should seek the assistance of their healthcare professionals for any such conditions.