Shows
Public Health Review Morning EditionMental Health in Tribal Communities, Working With Medicaid PartnersKaleb Roedel, News Reporter at KUNR Public Radio, reacts to a recent Pew survey that documents extremely high suicide rates among Native Americans and Alaska Natives; and Stephanie Doyle, Deputy Director for the Bureau of Family Health and Nutrition at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and Madi Wachman, Director of Parent, Child, and Family Policy at MassHealth with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, says agencies in Massachusetts are working together to help improve health while utilizing the state’s 1115 waiver. KUNR News Article: Native Americans, Alaska Natives see big spike in suicide rates Pew Webpage: Su...2023-11-0603 min
IndyMattersShowgirls and nuclear science
The life of a working showgirl, Nevada’s nuclear future, and National Guard recruitment.
This week freelance reporter Savanna Strott has a story about showgirls in Las Vegas. Once regarded as an art form, today’s showgirls say their hustle is a sales job — and they want more respect for their business. After that, host Joey Lovato interviews Taylor Wilson, a nuclear scientist based in Reno who, at age 14, built a nuclear reactor in his parents’ garage. At the end of the show, KUNR and Mountain West News Bureau reporter Kaleb Roedel has a short story about National...2022-11-2929 min