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Let’s Talk About It With Imani Speaks !#0299: 🎧 Victor Romero Evans Actor (Popular TV Series No Problem) and Lovers Rock Crooner (At The Club)🎧 Victor Romero Evans – At The Club + Exclusive InterviewA Lovers Rock legend opens up about life, love, legacy & SupaVic ✨🎙 Imani Speaks & Keisha Adair Swaby was speaking to Victor Romero Evans ✨ Timestamps – Click to Jump In0:00 – “At The Club” (Victor Romero Evans classic)5:09 – Why Victor wrote “At The Club”10:05 – The importance of romantic music for today’s youth16:47 – Introducing his new album SupaVic17:19 – Women’s intuition & spiritual strength19:26 – Wichita Lineman – Tribute to Glen Campbell21:01 – Acting with Janet Kay & Carroll Thompson + the golden era of Lovers Rock28:58 – Anything That...2025-03-2439 min
SoJazzieHomeGirl Media & PodcastRetrain The Brain Finding Joy by Building Better BoundariesSend us a textSummaryIn this engaging conversation, Host Jazzie LaneJones and Life Coach & Activation Queen Imani Evans, explore themes of women's empowerment, self-improvement, and the importance of setting boundaries. They discuss the journey of healing from trauma, the significance of workbooks in personal growth, and the connection between mental and physical health. The dialogue emphasizes the need for women to reclaim their joy and learn to say no, challenging cultural expectations that often dictate their roles. Imani shares insights on the science of trauma and its impact on the brain, encouraging listeners to...2025-01-031h 12
Straight No Chaser - A Jazz ShowPodcast 988: A Conversation with Orrin Evans No Cowards in Our Band is a musical drama telling the story of renowned activist and abolitionist Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) through his own words. With the performance just days before the 2024 Presidential Election, the piece is a striking reminder of the power of the pen, the voice, and the vote. Based on a libretto by Anthony Knight, Jr. and interwoven with Negro spirituals arranged by GRAMMY-nominated jazz artist Orrin Evans, No Cowards in Our Band stars actor, artist, and TV personality Masud Olufani as Frederick Douglass performing with a trio of opera singers, the “moving and electrifying performer” (Wall...2024-10-2726 min
Discover Top Full Audiobooks in Romance, Rom-ComCanadian Boyfriend by Jenny HolidayPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/684268 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Canadian Boyfriend Author: Jenny Holiday Narrator: Joshua Jackson, Emily Ellet Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 52 minutes Release date: January 30, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.13 of Total 23 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 5 Genres: Rom-Com Publisher's Summary: READ BY JOSHUA JACKSON AND EMILY ELLET! Fate brings together a ballet teacher and a hockey player in this big-hearted novel about second chances and taking risks by the bestselling author Entertainment Weekly calls the “master of witty banter.” Once upon a time teenage Aurora Evans met a hockey player at the Mall of Amer...2024-01-3003 min
Into the Fold: Issues in Mental HealthEpisode 159: A Day of Racial HealingFor this first podcast of the new year we are taking a look back at the National Day of Racial Healing. The National Day of Racial Healing is a nationwide observance that also coincides with Martin Luther King Day. For the second year in a row, the Hogg Foundation joined the celebration by holding an event in Austin, this time in partnership with Austin Justice Coalition, a local nonprofit organization dedicated to improving quality of life for people who are Black, Brown, and poor in the Austin community. It was on Sunday, January 14, the day right before MLK Day...2024-01-2235 minInto the Fold: Issues in Mental HealthStudent Well-being during Finals WeekPodcast host Ike Evans speaks with two UT Austin students currently working with the Hogg Foundation’s operations department and a counselor from the UT Counseling and Mental Health Center’s Counselors in Academic Residence program (CARE) about the heightened stress students are feeling as final exams approach and the self-care tools that help them cope. Carissa Ceasor is a freshman pursuing a Rhetoric and Writing and African American Diasporic Studies double major, Montse Lopez is a third-year student majoring in Biology with a field of study in Psychology, and Tony LeBlanc is a CARE counselor embedded in the McCombs School...2023-12-0446 min
Discover Top Full Audiobooks in Romance, Rom-ComThe Christmas Café by Eliza EvansPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/666334 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Christmas Café Author: Eliza Evans Narrator: Eileen Stevens Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 56 minutes Release date: October 3, 2023 Genres: Rom-Com Publisher's Summary: Jingle all the way to Silver Bells, Wyoming, where love is a treat! Clumsy, earnest baker Sylvie West has worked at the Christmas Café in Silver Bells, Wyoming, ever since her boozy eggnog fruitcake won the town’s annual holiday bake-off. Her forever happy place, the café complements her sweet, well-ordered life with her roommates: recently widowed Gramps and her yappy chihuahua-pug, Crumpet. So, when Sylvie learn...2023-10-0310 min
Discover Top Full Audiobooks in Romance, Rom-ComYou Can Have Manhattan by P. DangelicoPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/673104 to listen full audiobooks. Title: You Can Have Manhattan Author: P. Dangelico Narrator: Iggy Toma, Kasha Kensington Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 55 minutes Release date: September 12, 2023 Genres: Rom-Com Publisher's Summary: You are cordially invited to the worst wedding of the century. Sydney Evans is no stranger to hard work. It's the one constant in her life. And with no family or friends to speak of it's been easy to pour everything she has into her career as general counsel for Blackstone Holdings. She wants for nothing. Until her boss offers her a once-in-a-lifetime...2023-09-1230 min
Discover Top Full Audiobooks in Romance, Rom-ComHate. Rinse. Repeat. by Whitney Dineen, Melanie SummersPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/678332 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hate. Rinse. Repeat. Series: #3 of Gamble on Love Mom Com Author: Whitney Dineen, Melanie Summers Narrator: Jason Keller, Lila Winters Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 50 minutes Release date: August 29, 2023 Genres: Rom-Com Publisher's Summary: Maisy Moore is not looking forward to the holiday season. As owner of the only hair salon in Gamble, Alaska, she'll be run off her feet helping her clients get dolled up for parties. Parties she'll never be invited to. But that's not the worst of it. As a single mom, she knows she still w...2023-08-2930 min
Let’s Talk About It With Imani Speaks !#0255: Sweet Reggae Lovers Rock Classics
Sizzling Reggae Lovers Rock selection is a genre of music that emerged in Jamaica in the late 1970s. It is characterised by its romantic and sensual lyrics, smooth melodies, and heavy basslines. The genre gained popularity in the UK during the 1980s, where it became associated with the emerging black British identity.
Lovers Rock Reggae has since become a global phenomenon, with artists from all over the world contributing to its evolution. Some of the most notable Lovers Rock Reggae artists include Gregory Isaacs, Janet Kay, and Dennis Brown. The genre has also influenced other...2023-07-0528 min
Discover Top Full Audiobooks in Romance, Rom-ComHis Curvy Librarian: Books 1-3 by Frankie LovePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/660210 to listen full audiobooks. Title: His Curvy Librarian: Books 1-3 Author: Frankie Love Narrator: Maeve York, Patrick Zeller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 16 minutes Release date: March 1, 2023 Genres: Rom-Com Publisher's Summary: A box-set full of heat, heart, and literary innuendo.TALK WORDY TO MEChuck McArthur is a tall, dark, and handsome man who happens to love books as much as I do. He calls me Cookie, just like his gramps, and I’m more than eager for him to have a taste. Luckily for me, he likes a woman with some curves, and lu...2023-03-0105 min
Discover Top Full Audiobooks in Romance, Rom-ComCan't Help My Shelf: His Curvy Librarian, Book Three by Frankie LovePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/660209 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Can't Help My Shelf: His Curvy Librarian, Book Three Series: #3 of His Curvy Librarian Author: Frankie Love Narrator: Maeve York, Patrick Zeller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 40 minutes Release date: March 1, 2023 Genres: Rom-Com Publisher's Summary: There’s one thing in life I’ve always, always wanted.And I’m tired of waiting for my prince charming to sweep me off my feet to help make that happen.On my 26th birthday I make a life altering decision.But before the deed is done, Army officer Nash Nichols walks into th...2023-03-0105 min
Discover Top Full Audiobooks in Romance, Rom-ComCheck Her Out: His Curvy Librarian, Book Two by Frankie LovePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/660211 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Check Her Out: His Curvy Librarian, Book Two Series: #2 of His Curvy Librarian Author: Frankie Love Narrator: Maeve York, Patrick Zeller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 53 minutes Release date: March 1, 2023 Genres: Rom-Com Publisher's Summary: Books saved my life after losing my parents as a teenager.Now as a librarian, sharing books with teens to get them through hard times is a privilege and joy.So imagine my surprise when I meet Prescott, a man who values the same things as me. He runs the teen outreach center and i...2023-03-0105 min
The Entrepreneurial EnclaveS4E22 | Orrin Evans - Black Keys of MagicDuring his kaleidoscopic quarter-century as a professional jazz musician, pianist Orrin Evans has become the model of a fiercely independent artist who pushes the envelope in all directions. Evans upholds that reputation on his 20th album, Magic of Now (Smoke Sessions), on which he helms a multi-generational A-list quartet through an eight-piece program that exemplifies state-of-the-art modern jazz. From first note to last, the members, convening as a unit for the first time, display the cohesion and creative confidence of old friends, mirroring the leader’s predisposition for finding beauty in the heat of the moment. Although he’s...2023-01-2742 min
The Organized Mom PodcastS2 Episode 2: Being in Debt & Attracting Money w/ Dr.Marsha EvansWelcome our first GUEST EVER on the podcast Dr.Marsha Evans of Manifest with Marsha! Tune into this episode where she talks about being in debt and attracting money! Marsha talks about leaving her 6 figure job for entrepreneurship, her spiritual awakening , childhood , money mindset , her debt story and manifesting 6 figures outside of her traditional job! Marsha is currently enrolling for her 8 week manifestation program Aligned I AM starting this week!
Take a look at her website and program details here:https://manifestwithmarsha.mykajabi.com
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Thanks so much for t...2023-01-0933 min
The Pediatric Speech Sister Show Podcast: Building Culturally Responsive Practice with Melanie Y. Evans, MS CCC-SLPEp. 8 - The Power of Faith as an SLP | Day 7 of 7 Principles of Kwanzaa for SLPs SeriesDid you know your faith has a lot of power in who you are as a clinician? In today's episode, we recognize the 7th principle of Kwanzaa, "Imani", which means "To believe with all our hearts in our people and the righteousness and victory of our struggle."
Join me as we think of different ways we can use faith in our profession to grow as experts and reach our full potential. You don't want to miss this episode!
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Into the Fold: Issues in Mental HealthEpisode 141: Legislative Preview 2023The 88th session of the Texas Legislature kicks off in January. In a time of increasing polarization, mental health stands apart as an issue that lends itself to bipartisan cooperation. But will that be as true in 2023? What can we expect from the Legislature, and what does it mean to do mental health policy in 2023? Joining us to offer some potential answers to these questions is the Hogg Foundation Policy Team: Alison Mohr Boleware, director of policy; Shannon Hoffman, policy program officer; and Angela Ott, policy fellow.
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Protecting Kids’ Mental Health in a Time of Polarization
https://hogg.ut...2022-12-1927 min
Dear ImaniThe Final Rose w/ Bachelor's Susie Evans 🌹Hey Bachelor nation!!!! We have an exciting and juicy episode this week with the one and only Susie Evans from Clayton's season of the Bachelor. If you watched this season then you know the ups and downs it consisted of..but even more importantly, you saw how sweet and amazing Susie is as a person. I'm so happy for y'all to get to know her more outside of the show and love her the way I do. This episode has all the things you want to know about the show, her love life and the infamous breakup. This is one...2022-12-161h 26
Into the Fold: Issues in Mental HealthEpisode 140: What Happened to You? Part III: Moral InjuryIn our What Happened to You? series, we are looking at trauma, at both the individual and community level. COVID-19 has been a generational trauma, affecting children, families, communities, and whole societies. Health care workers have been among the most deeply impacted. For this episode we’re looking at the traumatic impact of COVID on health care workers, through the lens of a concept known as "moral injury." Our two guests are University of Texas at Austin professors Dr. Robert Prentice, professor of business ethics at the McCombs School of Business; and Dr. Read Pierce, professor of internal medicine at De...2022-11-2333 min
Into the Fold: Issues in Mental HealthEpisode 139: What Happened to You, Part II: Why We Talk About ItIt’s hard to miss the multitude of public conversations about personal trauma taking place these days. Once a very privately held concern, discussing Discussing personal trauma and its long-term impact has become markedly less stigmatized. Increasingly, public discussion is considered empowering, humanizing, and helpful to others with similar experiences.
In the second of our series of podcasts addressing the relationship between trauma and well-being, we Into the Fold host Ike Evans speaks with Dr. Bruce Perry, co-author with Oprah Winfrey of the recent best-selling book, What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing, about the increased openness an...2022-10-1231 min
Into the Fold: Issues in Mental HealthEpisode 138: Back to School (with Trauma)it has been two months since the horrific mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Tragedies like Uvalde are always a chance to revisit what we mean by “safety,” and where mental health fits in to that. And lest we forget, the worst of the COVID pandemic may be over for most kids, but that can't erase the more than 10.5 million children worldwide who have lost one or both parents during the coronavirus pandemic. In this episode we explore the persisting effects on Texas kids of these two recent disasters. The first segment is an interview with Texas Trib...2022-09-2034 min
Into the Fold: Issues in Mental HealthEpisode #137: Hogg and the Story of TexasIn the summer of 2022 the Hogg Foundation teamed up with the Bullock Museum of Texas to contribute to their summer of programming on mental health. In June of 2022, Hogg Foundation executive director Dr. Octavio N. Martinez, Jr., and Dr. Bill Bush, Texas A&M professor of history and author of Circuit Riders for Mental Health: The Hogg Foundation and Twentieth Century Texas, were the featured guests in a webinar presented by the Bullock Museum. Their conversation connects the past and present of mental health, and shows how building an effective, person-centered mental health system in Texas is a project that...2022-08-1954 min
Into the Fold: Issues in Mental HealthEpisode 136: Diverse Works: A New Art ExperienceAs we close Minority Mental Health Awareness Month, we take a look at one of the most vital domains for the exploration of lived mental health experience: art. Our guest is Velta Brenya, a recent graduate from The University of Texas at Austin, and her unique project: The Double Diversity Digital Art Gallery. Velta created the Double Diversity Digital Art Gallery to highlight the experiences of Black, neurodiverse college students.
In a bonus segment, we preview next month's podcast interview with Adrian Fowler, the first Black program officer to work for the Hogg Foundation.
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Into the Fold: Issues in Mental HealthEpisode 135: Black Maternal Mental HealthOne of the biggest disparities affecting people of color in the United States concerns maternal mental health. In 2022, WorkingGroup512, based in East Austin, received a $5,000 grant from the Hogg Foundation for its maternal mental health project. The project provides holistic support and healing to a focus cohort of Black mothers and primary caregivers, ages 16 to 65, caring for at least one child between birth to two years old.
In this episode of the podcast, we speak with Neishai Gregory, a doula who works with Working Group 512, and Virginia Baldwin, a mother and client, to learn more about the organization’s work bu...2022-07-1838 min
Into the Fold: Issues in Mental HealthEpisode 134: On the Defensive: How Policy Change Affects Queer Mental HealthThis is Part 2 of our month-long conversation on the attack on LGBTQ+ rights and its impact on mental health in Texas. The LGBTQ+ community in Texas is getting it from all sides; not just efforts to ban or sharply curtail gender affirming care, but bans on trans youth participation in sports, book bans, and just the general climate of fear-mongering that cast a shadow over Pride Month this year. Joining us to help connect the dots between the issues, the rhetoric, and people’s mental health are state Rep. Celia Israel of Austin, and Brad Pritchett of Equality Texas.
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Into the Fold: Issues in Mental HealthEpisode 133: Gender Affirming Care is Trauma-Informed CareJune is Pride Month. We recognize the contributions lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/queer plus individuals have made to society--and the continued urgency of their struggle. The LGBTQ+ community has had to fight for acceptance, inclusion, and civil rights in a society that has historically shunned their very existence. The LGBTQ+ community continues to face many obstacles to their individual mental health and well-being, and this has never been more true than in the summer of 2022.
In this episode we explore gender affirming care as a form of trauma-informed care, and what it means to try to be trauma-informed...2022-06-0745 min
Into the Fold: Issues in Mental HealthEpisode 132: Asian Americans Attaining AwarenessMay is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. We’re taking this time of cultural recognition to look at connections between this community and the Hogg Foundation’s core concerns for mental health and health equity.
In Episode 132 of Into the Fold, we speak with three representatives from the Asian Americans Attaining Awareness (AAAA) initiative to explore Asian American mental health in the context of shared collaborative effort: Dr. Aneela Khan, Community Behavioral Health Program Manager at the Asian American Health Coalition of Greater Houston HOPE Clinic; retired Colonel Vipin Kumar, Executive Director of the India House, a nonprofit comm...2022-05-1048 min
Into the Fold: Issues in Mental HealthEpisode 131: Climate Anxiety and YouthApril 22 is Earth Day. It is an opportunity to assess the current health of our physical environment and explore ways to protect and improve it. As young people increasingly express concern about the impacts of climate change, Earth Day is also a natural opportunity to explore the connection between climate anxiety and mental health.
In this episode of Into the Fold, we speak with two passionate community activists from Mi Familia Vota, a grassroots organization working to build Latino political engagement on a variety of civic issues, including environmental justice. Texas Director Angelica Razo, along with Environmental Justice Organizer Esmeralda...2022-04-2138 min
Into the Fold: Issues in Mental HealthEpisode 130: Women's Liberation and Well-beingThe month of March is Women’s History Month. For this milestone 130th episode of our podcast, we put the spotlight on a remarkable woman who we recently lost: Sarah Weddington, who made an enormous contribution to history as a successful litigator in the landmark Roe V. Wade case, and who passed away last December. She appeared in a 1970's episode of The Human Condition, the radio series produced by the Hogg Foundation from 1971 to 1983. We have reproduced this episode for a wide-ranging discussion of Weddington's life and legacy. We are joined by Dr. Laurie Green, professor of history at Th...2022-03-251h 00
Into the Fold: Issues in Mental HealthEpisode 129: Protecting Kids' Mental Health in a Time of PolarizationIn this episode of Into the Fold, we explore how today’s toxic political climate may be impacting mental health programs in schools, as described in a recent NBC news article entitled, “Parents protesting ‘critical race theory’ identify a new target: Mental health programs”.
We are joined by Donna Black, president of the Social Emotional Learning Alliance for Texas (SEL4TX) to discuss an educational process known as social-emotional learning, its application in schools, its positive impact on kids’ mental health, and its current mischaracterization in this time of political polarization.
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Healthy Educators for Healthy Kids
http://hogg.utexas.edu/w...2022-03-1546 min
Into the Fold: Issues in Mental HealthEpisode 128: From the Archives: Roy Wilkins on the Mental Bondage of RaceIn observance of Black History Month 2022, we once again reach back into the Hogg Foundation's archive of episodes of the Human Condition, the radio program that the foundation produced from 1971 to 1983. These rare conversations cover a multitude of subjects against a backdrop of rapid social change--and new developments in mental health. This episode features a revealing conversation with Roy Wilkins (1901-1981), civil rights icon and longtime leader of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
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Episode 76: From the Archives: Dr. Kenneth Clark on Racism and Child Well-Being
https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-dr-kenneth-clark-on-racism-and-child-well-being
Episode 120: Why History?
https...2022-02-2534 min
Let’s Talk About It With Imani Speaks !#0225: Ray Coates | Brand New Album 'I Am Cathedral'Ray's Bio
www.raycoatesvoice.com
Ray Coates is a singer and songwriter, poet, public speaker and actor. He is also a throat cancer survivor of over 10 years! He is passionate about creativity and using this as a means to help himself and others cope with the challenges of life, including for example mental health. Collaboration is key to Ray. Inclusivity is the only option in his book.
Ray has been a singer-songwriter for over 30years and released a charity single on i-tunes, and accompanying video on YouTube to raise awareness...2022-02-231h 32
Into the Fold: Issues in Mental HealthEpisode 127: Lessons Learned on Public PolicyThe Hogg Foundation recently celebrated the 10th year of the Policy Academy and Policy Fellows initiative, a cornerstone initiative, which is still going strong. Hogg Policy Fellows have gone on to positions of leadership at all levels, and their collective expertise has changed mental health policy in Texas for the better. Later this month the Hogg Foundation will be releasing a report titled, "Hogg Foundation for Mental Health Policy Academy & Policy Fellow Initiative, A Retrospective on a Decade of Investment." To mark the occasion, we brought on David Johnson, criminal justice organizer for Grassroots Leadership of Texas, and an alum...2022-02-0846 min
Into the Fold: Issues in Mental HealthEpisode 126: Vaccine Equity for the IncarceratedAs we have explored in numerous episodes, COVID-19 has been a pandemic of inequality. For as long as the pandemic has been a mainstay in our lives, the podcast has tried to bring the Hogg Foundation’s equity lens to bear on our discussions of the pandemic’s blighting effects on mental health and well-being. We continue this equity focus with Episode 126, which looks at vaccine access for the current and formerly incarcerated. Our guest is Carl Hunter, a former Hogg Policy Fellow and current executive director of Building Promise USA, an organization dedicated to empowering the formerly incarcerated.
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Favorite Librarian, the PodcastEpisode V: The Art of RechargingThis episode, Your Favorite Librarian explores how readers can recharge and reconnect to with reading. From going "Back to the Basics," the importance of poetry, and examining how the intersectionality of multiple narratives around you also a fulcrum-- providing a balance and wealth of history, information, and insight. To guide readers with this week's episode, check out these great titles Your Favorite Librarian mentions throughout the episode. They include: "Death of A Salesman" by Athur Miller "Pussy Prayers: Sacred and Survival Rituals for Wild Women of Color" by Black Girl Bli...2021-12-1342 min
Into the Fold: Issues in Mental HealthEpisode 125: A New Deal for YouthDrawing from insights shared at this year’s Young Minds Matter conference, this episode of Into the Fold calls attention to the connection between healing and justice as it relates to youth mental health and well-being. Focusing on the power and agency of young people, as opposed to their vulnerability, our guest Dr. Nia West-Bey, Senior Policy Analyst at The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)’s Youth Team moderates a conversation with Marissa Howdershelt, Whitney Lee and Darlicia Dublin, three representatives of the Washington D.C. based youth advocacy group, the New Deal for Youth Changemakers.
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Into the Fold: Issues in Mental HealthEpisode 124: Changing the Landscape: People, Parks and PowerIn some ways, “social determinants” is just another way of saying something that should be obvious: that mental health and well-being is radically tied to place. The histories of places, and how physical space is configured, by whom and for whom, is something that has profound ramifications for mental health and well-being. In particular, access to the outdoors is a key social determinant of mental health. It is something that some must struggle to obtain while a fortunate few take it for granted. When the Hogg Foundation launched the Communities of Care initiative in 2018, the opportunity was taken o support a pr...2021-11-0941 min
Into the Fold: Issues in Mental HealthEpisode 123: Mental Health is a Global CauseAccording to the World Health Organization, nearly a billion people worldwide have experienced some form of mental illness. This includes an estimated 5% of adults who experience depression, one in seven 10-19-year-olds who have experienced a mental health condition, and suicide being the fourth leading cause of death for young people aged 15-29 years. And people with severe mental disorders such as schizophrenia tend to die 10-20 years earlier than the general population. And that's without mentioning the COVID-19 pandemic.
For this episode, we talk to two experts who have devoted their lives to global mental health. Vikram Patel, MD...2021-10-2845 min
Into the Fold: Issues in Mental HealthEpisode 122: Gender Affirmation Can Be Life and DeathThe LGBTQIA community has made some tremendous strides in the 21st century. Not only are gay people able to legally marry in the U.S. and many other Western nations, but transgender and nonbinary people have become increasingly visible and accepted among a growing swath of the public. Guides to proper pronoun usage have become increasingly commonplace, while transgender people also model forms of resilience and community-building that we all can learn from.
But despite the progress, LGBTQIA people still face violence, discrimination and other threats to their well-being. For transgender and nonbinary people, there are troubling signs that the...2021-09-3035 min
Into the Fold: Issues in Mental HealthEpisode 121: Peer Leadership and Why it MattersHistorically, the mental health system, and the conversation surrounding it, has given more value to the expert opinions of providers and clinicians than the experiences of those living with mental health conditions. Today, elevating the visibility of mental health consumers is now commonplace for mental health organizations, institutions, and leaders who recognize the many advantages of giving mental health consumers more autonomy and authority in the mental health space. But what else needs to happen before we’re able to truly say that mental health consumers have truly arrived?
Helping us answer this is Noah Abdenour, Director of Peer and Re...2021-09-171h 00
The Art Of SundayOrrin Evans talks about his label, Imani records, his relationship to Africa and moreThrough 25 albums as a band-leader and co-leader Orrin Evans' original compositions are an evolution of the bebop language and give nod to the modern currents of his generation. In this exclusive 45-minute conversation, we speak about his record label, imani records, his many band projects and collaborators, through to his relationship to jazz traditions, Africa, and more. Kaya 959 Website2021-09-0545 min
Into the Fold: Issues in Mental HealthEpisode 120: Why History?The teaching of history, like so much else in the present day, has become a political hot button—and The University of Texas at Austin hasn’t been spared. Over the last several months the campus has been roiled by controversies over the names of buildings, the placement of statues, and even the venerable “Eyes of Texas” song. And a largely ginned up controversy over “critical race theory” has been used to cast suspicion on the history profession as a whole. These developments worry historian Dr. Peniel Joseph, our guest for this episode. We explore the connection between history and mental healt...2021-09-0135 min
Into the Fold: Issues in Mental HealthEpisode 119: Children in 2021: The First Three YearsThe impact of COVID on children isn't limited to those of school age. For babies who are just beginning to experience the world amid the upheaval of the pandemic, the success that First3Years, a Hogg Foundation grantee, has had in pivoting its operations is a game-changer. The organization works to support the social and emotional development of infants and toddlers through a combination of training, services, advocacy and collaboration. In this episode Christy Serrano, Houston regional director for First3Years, talks about the key importance of community collaboration for infant and toddler mental health.
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Into the Fold: Issues in Mental HealthEpisode 118: Children in 2021: Grief and LossA recent Lancet study estimates that up to 1.5 million children worldwide have lost at least one primary or secondary caregiver as a result of the pandemic. Indeed, orphanhood and grief are an essential part of the story of this pandemic, one whose impact is just beginning to be understood. In this episode we explore the connection between caregiver death and children’s mental health with Laura Olague, director of Children’s Grief Center of El Paso, a grantee of the Hogg Foundation.
In a bonus segment, Ryan Sutton, a former guest of the podcast, offers some timely reflections on Simone Bile...2021-08-1051 min
Into the Fold: Issues in Mental HealthEpisode 117: Vaccine Equity and Disability RightsThere is mounting evidence that people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are experiencing more severe COVID-19 outcomes than the general population. In many ways, vaccination is a golden opportunity to address longstanding issues of equity and injustice. Our guest, Dr. Kara Ayers, PhD, is here to help us explore just how true that is for people with disabilities. Dr. Ayers is the Associate Director of the University of Cincinnati Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, and the co-founder of the Disabled Parenting Project.
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Episode 113: Vaccine Equity and Trust
https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-vaccine-equity-and-trust2021-07-1333 min
Into the Fold: Issues in Mental HealthEpisode 116: Young and InvincibleAt the close of the first session of the Texas legislature to take place during the time of COVID, which had an enormous agenda to cover at breakneck speed, one thing is abundantly clear: meaningful engagement with public policy is challenging work. On this episode of the podcast, we sit down with three people dedicated to amplifying the voices of youth and young adults to advance mental health policy work in Texas. Our guests Río Gonzalez, Aurora Harris, and Raquel Murphy are part of Young Invincibles, a national organization with a Texas branch that is one of the Hogg F...2021-06-1642 min
Into the Fold: Issues in Mental HealthEpisode 115: Fear of Going Outside: A Podcaster on Asian identity, Mental Health and BelongingThe month of May happens to be both Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, and Mental Health Month. The current period has been one of tragedy, hope and ongoing tension for Asians in the U.S. Since the COVID-19 pandemic broke out in early 2020, Asians have been frequently scapegoated as bringers of contagion. More recently, a spate of violent attacks on Asian Americans has heightened their sense of vulnerability and brought issues of trauma to the forefront. For this episode of Into the Fold, we sought out comedienne Ivy Le, a second generation Vietnamese American podcaster, writer, performer and...2021-05-2547 min
Into the Fold: Issues in Mental HealthEpisode 114: The Case Against SpankingIt’s well established that children with histories of abuse demonstrate higher levels of depression, conduct disorder, PTSD, impaired social functioning and other problems. This is deeply entangled with how we discipline them. On this special episode of Into the Fold, we are teaming up with fellow member of the Texas Podcast Network, Marc Airhart, host of the Point of Discovery podcast from the University of Texas at Austin College of Natural Sciences. Together we talk with child discipline expert Dr. Elizabeth Gershoff, professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences at UT Austin and the director of th...2021-05-1841 min
Into the Fold: Issues in Mental HealthEpisode 113: Vaccine Equity and TrustThe term “vaccine hesitancy” is all the rage—but does it adequately explain what is going on in the minds of those who are “hesitant” to get the COVID-19 vaccine? By focusing on the hesitancy of individuals, do we risk losing sight of fundamental problems of access, equity, and trust? This episode features two interviews with experts whose work straddles the lines between medicine, community outreach, and health communications. First, we talk with Dr. Shalonda Horton, Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing, who is working on the frontlines at mobile vaccine clinics in Austin, fo...2021-05-1152 min
Into the Fold: Issues in Mental HealthEpisode 112: Southern Smoke: Mental Health in the Restaurant IndustryIt is no longer “news” that the pandemic has devastated the restaurant industry. Here in Austin, dozens of iconic restaurants and venues did not make it through 2020. For the establishments that did survive, workers in the service industry face the daily stress of managing mask and social distancing mandates, dealing with recalcitrant customers, and caring for one’s workforce. Our guest on this episode is Nicole Cruz, a Case Manager at Southern Smoke, an organization that provides help and support to food and beverage industry workers. Nicole joins us to talk about what this unique industry is experiencing and the impact...2021-04-2723 min
Into the Fold: Issues in Mental HealthEpisode 111: Remembering Stephany J. BryanOn February 14, 2021 the Hogg Foundation and the world lost a champion of mental health, Stephany J. Bryan. Stephany passed away due to complications related to COVID-19, and we at the foundation are deeply feeling this loss. Our dear friend and colleague had a spirit that was larger than life, full of passion, drive, and an unforgettable sense of humor. On this episode of the podcast, we are joined by two members of the Hogg Foundation, Vicky Coffee, Director of Programs, and Tammy Heinz, Senior Program Officer and Consumer & Family Liaison, as well as Luanne Southern, Executive Director of the Texas...2021-04-1555 min
Into the Fold: Issues in Mental HealthEpisode 110: Women Make History: Maggie Kuhn and the Gray PanthersIn recognition of Women’s History Month, we are reaching into our archives to share a conversation between two history makers: Bert Kruger Smith and Maggie Kuhn. In this 1979 episode of The Human Condition, a radio series produced by the Hogg Foundation that ran from 1971 to 1983 on KUT, the show’s host Bert Kruger Smith interviews Maggie Kuhn, an American activist who founded the Gray Panthers movement in 1970. Their conversation puts at center stage the agency and creativity of older people, and addresses the challenges of organizing and mobilizing a specific community for the sake of doing effective advocacy — challenges that still ring true over forty years later.
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Into the Fold: Issues in Mental HealthEpisode 109: Declaring Racism a Mental Health CrisisLast September, the Hogg Foundation issued a unique statement: a Declaration of Racism as a Mental Health Crisis. Its purpose is to call attention to the link between racial justice and mental health, and to argue that racism undermines our collective health and well-being. More than 200 organizations, including non-profits, cities, and public health associations, have co-signed this document. This episode of Into the Fold features a discussion with our three guests, each an esteemed figure in the world of public health: Josè Ramón Fernández-Peña, President at the American Public Health Association (APHA), Dr. J. Nadine Gracia, executive vice...2021-03-1939 min
Write-on with RileyEp.13, Imani Interviews, Gabriel Evans|2020This is our FIRST video of Booktoberfest 2020! Gabriel Evans is an amazing author and illustrator of children's books; Ollie and Augustus, The Happy Penguin, Norton and the Bear and more! In this interview we chat about oak trees, sibling rivalry and of course his amazing books! Fans of Gabriel's work will get to know a lot more about one of their fave book creators as well as hear some wonderful advice about getting started with their own art work and stories. If any of my friends win the lotto or sell millions of copies...2021-03-0231 min
Into the Fold: Issues in Mental HealthEpisode 108: Empowering Girls through PolicyFor twenty-five years, Girls Empowerment Network has been helping young women across Texas discover that they are unstoppable. They have done so by laser-focusing their curriculum on one critical component: building self-efficacy, which is a girl’s belief in her ability to succeed. On this episode of the Into the Fold, we are joined by Vanessa Beltran, newly hired Mental Health Policy Fellow for Girls Empowerment Network, and her policy mentor Dr. Sarah Miller-Fellows, Director of Impact, to discuss the unique challenges facing girls and how self-efficacy helps young leaders advocate for themselves and their communities.
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Into the Fold: Issues in Mental HealthEpisode 107: A Therapist on Racial GriefAs we enter 2021, most of us are beyond exhausted. In many ways, these awful circumstances of the last year serve as a reminder of just what a moral pivot point the Black American experience has been and continues to be. To put it simply, everything that is going on isn’t just about the Black American experience, but, in many ways, it is not fully comprehensible without the Black American experience. We are joined on this episode by Dr. Chase Anderson, fellow in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of California San Francisco, to discuss the limits of how helpful our professional identities can be...2021-01-2118 min
Into the Fold: Issues in Mental HealthEpisode 106: Getting Serious about Rural BroadbandNearly one million Texans do not have physical access to broadband at home. Over eighty-nine percent of these disconnected Texans live in rural areas. Broadly, this is a matter of equity and economic participation, both of which bear on overall well-being in our state. This is especially true during this pandemic, where remote work, school, and health have become the norm. Jennifer Harris serves as the state program director for Connected Nation Texas. She also serves on the Governors Broadband Development Council. Wynn Rosser is CEO of the Temple Foundation, which is dedicated to increasing prosperity and well-being for rural...2020-12-1633 min
Into the Fold: Issues in Mental HealthEpisode 105: A Lawman's Perspective on Mental HealthThere is currently a strong push in Texas toward diverting people with mental health conditions away from the criminal justice system and into treatment. This is the good news. The bad news is that the demand for flexible, evidence-based, person-centered mental health treatment far outpaces the supply. The state's forensic system is a case in point. In this episode Limestone County Sheriff Dennis Wilson and Kevin Garrett of Texas Jail Project share their complementary perspectives on the issue--one a lawman, the other a person with lived experience of the system.
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Download Incredible Full Audiobooks in Teen & YA, Tough TopicsLove & Olives by Jenna Evans WelchPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/403873 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Love & Olives Author: Jenna Evans Welch Narrator: Imani Jade Powers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 23 minutes Release date: November 10, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Tough Topics Publisher's Summary: A New York Times Bestseller From the New York Times bestselling author of Love & Gelato comes a Mamma Mia!–inspired tale about a teen girl finding romance while trying to connect with her absent father in beautiful Santorini, Greece. Liv Varanakis doesn’t have a lot of fond memories of her father, which make...2020-11-1003 min