Help! Make it Make Sense with Dr. Toni and Dr. Aimee

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Do you get overwhelmed by science? Does it mystify or scare you? Have you ever wondered if scientists are normal people and why they use so much freakin’ jargon when they talk? You’re not alone! In this podcast, you’ll enter the world of science through conversations between two friends who happen to be a med peds doctor (internist and pediatrician) and an immunology professor. They will talk through the most recent and crazy headlines and help you separate the nuggets of truth from the B. S.!Relax, pop in your ear buds, and listen to conversations about science that will surprise, delight, and inform you.Dr. Aimee Bernard is a PhD in immunology with expertise in science communication, community science outreach, and medical education. Dr. Toni Eyssallenne is an MD, PhD double boarded in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics with expertise in global and public health, health equity, and medical education. Both have been actively working in their fields for over 15 years and are dedicated to improving access and understanding to population level questions about science and medicine.

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February 9 · 55 min
Compassionate Science Communication with Liz Marnik
Send a text We are checking back in to speak with the extraordinary Dr. Liz Marnik who discusses her journey into science communication coming from a background where skepticism for vaccines and medicine were the norm into evolving into a premier scientist and scientific communicator on platforms like Those Nerdy Girls on instagram, substack and facebook and founding Science Whiz Liz. What a fun conversation and Dr. Marnik and her story is incredibly inspirational. Please follow her @sciencewhizliz on all the platforms and writes the substack for the Science Classroom and her new endeavor evicollective.org. What a fun convo! Dont forget to check her out and send us questions and comments at drtonianddraimee@gmail.com. Thanks again to Jeff Jeudy for our music and check out our youtube!
Jun 19, 2025 · 41 min
The Power of Showing Up with Your Local Epidemiologist Dr. Katelyn Jetelina
Send a text Great conversation with the one and only Dr. Katelyn Jetelina, AKA Your Local Epidemiologist, about the power of showing up, the experience with members of the Make America Healthy Again movement on the Why Should I Trust You podcast, the work of distinguishing public health from the industrial complexes of food and pharma and insurance and also acknowledging that the status quo of public health needs to change and taking that first step no matter how small because it matters. Such a rich conversation and we were so honored to have her! Dr. Katelyn Jetelina is an epidemiologist and scientific communicator. She is the co-founder of the non-profit Health Trust Initiative, an adjunct professor at Yale School of Public Health, and former Senior Scientific Advisor to the White House and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In addition, Dr. Jetelina is the publisher of Your Local Epidemiologist- a public health newsletter that “translates” ever-evolving science to the public, reaching over 500 million views in over 133 countries. Dr. Jetelina has received numerous national awards, including recently being named a TIME100 Most Influential Person in Health. Check out her newsletter https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/what-would-making-america-healthy Check out our YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@helpmakeitmakesense6769/about Send us your questions and comments to drtonianddraimee@gmail.com Thanks to Jeff Jeudy for our themesong!
Jun 8, 2025 · 52 min
Finding new ways to impact science communication with Ed Nirenberg
Send a text Today we chat with Edward Nirenberg, an immunology science communicator who found his calling working with vaccine hesitant parents on facebook and expanding his reach through a blog on substack called Deplatform Disease, and had a fun convo about what inspired him to get into science communication, the times we are currently in, figuring out new ways to reach those groups of folks who are genuinely lost in the confusion of misinformation and disinformation that have been weaponized by those who oppose vaccines in particular. We shout out the work of Katelyn Jetelina who was recently on the podcast Why Should I Trust You? with other leaders in public health who sat down with a group from the Make America Healthy Again movement. https://www.whyshoulditrustyou.net/ And we discuss the moment of individualism that we are in instead of the moment of community. Aimee and Toni duke it out again about Vicks vapor rub again LOL. See the references below for Ed's blog and the unbiased science podcast work on building brides not divides https://deplatformdisease.substack.com/?utm_source=homepage_recommendations&utm_campaign=4168390 https://theunbiasedscipod.substack.com/p/building-bridges-not-divides Send us your questions and comments to drtonianddraimee@gmail.com
Apr 16, 2025 · 25 min
How we fight back with Dr. Jim Alwine
Send a text Today we sit down with Dr. James Alwine who is a virologist, a professor emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania, a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Academy for Microbiology and a member of the coordinating committee of the public health movement Defend Public Health. We discuss his oped ed Trump is Killing Life Saving Health Research where he highlights the need for our scientific, medical and public health communities to fight back at this moment of our current administration and the impact of federal decisions on local day to day experiences. We need to be loud. We need to get out of our labs and clinics and from behind our desks and let our communities know how important this work is to their day to day lives, their babies, their spouses, their neighbors. It is a short but powerful discussion about the magic of science and how scientists dont have secrets we will talk you to death about our love of the work and how we actually cured cancer! Please see the link to his oped here https://progressive.org/op-eds/trump-is-killing-life-saving-health-research-alwine-20250416/ Please see the link to the oped from Elizabeth Jacobs https://tucson.com/opinion/column/local-opinion-robert-f-kennedy-jr-is-dangerous-for-the-health-and-economy-of-arizona/article_6bc1d020-e2f9-11ef-b359-6732f13f6300.html Please see link to Dr. Aimee's oped The Critical Need for Science Funding https://frontporchne.com/opinion-the-critical-need-for-science-funding/ Join Defend Public Health by emailing defendingpublichealth@gmail.com Send us your questions and comments at drtonianddraimee@gmail.com.
Mar 30, 2025 · 51 min
Social Media as a tool for advocacy with The Vaccine Mom
Send a text Today we have a very special guest, Taryn Chapman also known as "The Vaccine Mom" on instagram, to talk about the power of social media as an advocacy tool. She has a master’s in molecular medicine from the University of South Florida. Before becoming a mother, she worked in vaccines and virology for USF’s College of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering. Currently, she’s a science and vaccine communicator for vaccine- and health-related organizations nationwide and her content can also be found on her website https://www.thevaccinemom.com/ Thanks to Jeff Jeudy for providing our music! Contact us with your questions and comments at drtonianddraimee@gmail.com
Mar 23, 2025 · 53 min
Boiling the Ocean of Health Equity and Delivery with Dr. Torian Easterling!!
Send a text We sit down today with Dr. Torian Easterling to talk about the challenges of working in health equity and care delivery for the most vulnerable in these uncertain times, the importance of checking in, being steady and steadfast in our goals, understanding that while it is important to promote justice and preserve the progress, the status quo wasn't completely working for those that are the most vulnerable and that it is important to rebuild our programs with true equity at the forefront and not performative DEI by building relationships and collaborations with non science or non health entities (law, community organizations, laundromats!) to get everyone to live the lives that we all deserve to live. We cannot go back and NYC is leading the way through the work of NYC Commission on Racial Equity. Dr. Easterling is a distinguished physician and public health leader, currently serving as the Senior Vice President for Population and Community Health and Chief Strategic and Innovation Officer for One Brooklyn Health (Brookdale, Interfaith and Kingsbrook- Jewish). In this senior leadership role, Dr. Easterling spearheads the Office of Community Health and Health Equity- with a mission to strengthen the system's capacity to address health inequities and improve the health and well-being of the communities served. Prior to his tenure at One Brooklyn Health, Dr. Easterling held the positions of First Deputy Commissioner and Chief Equity Officer at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). In these roles, he led New York City’s equity response to the COVID-19 pandemic and ensured equitable distribution of vaccines to vulnerable populations and communities. Dr. Easterling is a member of several boards and commissions, including the NYC Commission on Racial Equity (NYC CORE). He continues to drive local policy and planning efforts to improve community health. Dr. Easterling is the Co-Founder and Director of Education for the Young Doctors Project, intergenerational mentoring program for high school boys of color. Book Recommendation: We Are The Leaders We Have Been Looking For By: Eddie S. Glaude Jr. Health Insurance 101 Medicare And Commercial Health Insurance: The Fundamental Difference", Health Affairs Blog, February 15, 2012 Cindy Mann and Adam Striar, “How Differences in Medicaid, Medicare, and Commercial Health Insurance Payment Rates Impact Access, Health Equity, and Cost,” To the Point (blog), Commonwealth Fund, Aug. 17, 2022 NYC Racial Equity Legislation and Infrastructure NYC City Charter Section on Racial Equity Mayor's Office of Racial Equity NYC CORE NY 1. Commission calls on city to release Racial Equity Plan by March 21 Link to Charter Preamble https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/newyorkcity/latest/NYCcharter/0-0-0-4 Thanks to Jeff Jeudy for providing the music! Email your questions and comments to drtonianddraimee@gmail.com
Feb 9, 2025 · 45 min
Defending Public Health with Dr. Gregg Gonsalves
Send a text We are here today with Dr. Gregg Gonsalves to discuss ways forward to defend public health. Dr. Gonsalves is an epidemiologist focused on substance use and infectious diseases. He is also an expert in policy modeling on infectious disease and substance use, as well as the intersection of public policy and health equity. In the past he worked in non-governmental organizations (NGOs) for 25+ years, in HIV/AIDS, global health and human rights, in the US and Southern Africa. He started a grassroots coalition - Defending Public Health - on LinkedIn in November 2024 in response to the nomination of RFK Jr. to lead HHS. We discuss the tragic battle of the billionaires, the strength of people power, what we can learn from the global HIV/AIDS pandemic, the way doctors and scientists can reach the communities they care for and translate our work in ways that communities can digest, and advocate for policy changes that can strengthen the health of the public in the current political climate and beyond. The persistence of a few people is enough!! The article he mentioned below: How Public Health Took Part of its Own Downfall. Ed Yong https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/10/how-public-health-took-part-its-own-downfall/620457/ Dr. Aimee's favorite podcast besides ours LOL: Unbiased Science And learn more about the movement to defend public health by reaching out to the below! EMAIL: defendingpublichealth@gmail.com WEBSITE: coming soon! GOOGLE GROUP: need to 'ask to join' - go to Google Groups, search for defendpublichealth (lowercase, no spaces) and request to join Thanks as always to Jeff Jeudy for providing our music! And don't forget to check out our youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zY4BNZEI5dk. Send us your questions and comments to drtonianddraimee@gmail.com
Dec 31, 2024 · 36 min
Buckle up Buttercup!! 2025 loading....
Send a text We are back to wrap up the year after an accidental hiatus!! We wanted to stop by before the end of the year to discuss what our work looks like in the near future under leadership changes in the US, our worries about the increase in misinformation and confusion as we all just try and survive this life and do what is right for ourselves and our families, and valuing science education and science communication so we can bring people along in confidence instead of fear. Science and medicine have done great things for the health of our populations AND we are not speaking in words and terms that non-science people understand nor are we patient enough to explain during encounters and that stokes conspiracy. We must do better! Dr. Aimee recommends 3 resources of science information that can help you understand the world of health: Your Local Epidemiologist https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/ Unbiased science podcast https://www.unbiasedscipod.com/ Immunologic https://news.immunologic.org/ Thanks to Jeff Jeudy for providing our music and see you all in 2025!!
May 11, 2024 · 1 hr 5 min
Don't shake us down for antibiotics!!! Its allergy season
Send a text Dr. Toni and Dr. Aimee yuck it up about allergies after getting tons of questions that were really great! We discuss why allergies exist, how annoying they are, why antibiotics dont work, why immunotherapy might or might now work, why pollen won't kill you but shellfish could, the peanut allergy saga, how to be careful with that benadryl and so much more! Send us your questions and comments to drtonianddraimee@gmail.com. Thanks Jeff Jeudy for rocking us out! Check out our Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/@helpmakeitmakesense6769
Mar 23, 2024 · 53 min
Dr. Aimee's Career Journey
Send a text Yay we get a chance to talk to Dr. Aimee about her career journey! She hilariously explains why she decided not to be a doctor, Dr. Toni is still laughing. She takes us through how she evolved into the amazing scientist-teacher that she is despite her high school biology teacher giving her some discouraging advice and how she fell in love, like literally fell in love with immunology. Shout out to being stubborn and John Lammert from Gustavus Adolphus University. She takes us through the challenges of her PhD experience, her two post docs, some not so fun teaching and landing her dream job of teaching all the students including medical, dental, pharmacy, and physician assistants. Shout out to URMC where our friendship budded over offering chocolate and motrin to Dr. Toni's dysfunctional PCR machine! Shout out from us both to Tim Bushnell who carried both of us through our PhDs!! It is so important to get more than one mentor and to surround yourself with people who promote you and help you grow, not bring you down and say that you can't. You may not be able to do it now but gosh darn it if there is a will there is a way! And just because it looks different doesn't mean you haven't achieved success. Maybe it will take longer than you thought. So what? Find your people. Ask for help. Be patient. Don't lose sight of the goal. And keep on swimming. There were so many humans that took the time to mentor and inspire Dr. Aimee that we couldn't list them all and the story is likely incomplete. No one has achieved anything without some form of support. If it is not your family, then it is a teacher or a group of teachers. If it is not your teachers then it is your social circle or someone you connected to through your social circle. And if it is nothing like that then it is a book or a song, a presenter or a poem, a portrait or a character. You can be inspired and supported no matter the dream, it just depends on your perspective. Find your people and open your heart and you will get where you want to go no matter how long it takes. Thanks to Jeff Jeudy for providing the music! Send us your questions and comments to drtonianddraimee@gmail.com
Mar 10, 2024 · 1 hr 3 min
Dr Toni's Career Journey
Send a text Due to some requests, we are dedicating the next two podcasts to our career journeys and Dr. Toni goes first. Shout out to Dr. Toni's mom who got her a subscription to some animal cards as a child to influence her learning. Shout out to Dr. Toni's dad who believed she could do more than take care of animals, may he Rest in Peace. Shout out to the Minority Access to Research Careers program which saved Dr. Toni from dropping out of College (now known as Maximizing Access to Research Careers) https://www.benefits.gov/benefit/695 https://www.nigms.nih.gov/training/MARC/Pages/USTARAwards.aspx Shout out to Klaus Grohmann from Hunter College Organic Chemistry who took an interest in mentoring Dr. Toni (the internet has failed in trying to find him) Shout out to Peter Lipke, another mentor and leader of the MARC program at Hunter College who the internet says is in Brooklyn College who believed in all his students and encouraged applications to SURF programs (Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship) https://www.nist.gov/surf Shout out to Wayne Bowen who led a lab at the NIH (National Institute of Digestive and Kidney Diseases) in Bethesda Maryland who was Dr. Toni's mentor for a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship ( the internet helped find him! The internet says he is at Brown University y'all are lucky) Shout out to Dean Johnston, another mentor and leader of the Medical Laboratory Science Program at Hunter College who is retired and Dr. Toni is still connected to! Shout out to Antonia Bernard who just gave philosophies in life. Dr. Toni takes you through her windy path through Medical and Graduate school and then through residency training and her work in Haiti. If you are interested in donating to the pediatric residency program in Haiti that is still going despite the the difficulties because while some people can leave many can't and the work continues, please donate at this link and specify Pediatrics Residency Program. https://donate.projectmedishare.org/give/85297/#!/donation/checkout It is so important to get more than one mentor and to surround yourself with people who promote you and help you grow, not bring you down and say that you can't. You may not be able to do it now but gosh darn it if there is a will there is a way! And just because it looks different doesn't mean you haven't achieved success. Maybe it will take longer than you thought. So what? Find your people. Ask for help. Be patient. Don't lose sight of the goal. And keep on swimming. There were so many humans that took the time to mentor and inspire Dr. Toni that we couldn't list them all and the story is likely incomplete. No one has achieved anything without some form of support. If it is not your family, then it is a teacher or a group of teachers. If it is not your teachers then it is your social circle or someone you connected to through your social circle. And if it is nothing like that then it is a book or a song, a presenter or a poem, a portrait or a character. You can be inspired and supported no matter the dream, it just depends on your perspective. Find your people and open your heart and you will get where you want to go no matter how long it takes. Thanks to Jeff Jeudy for providing the music!! Dr. Aimee is next!
Feb 21, 2024 · 49 min
DNA integration and vaccines: WHY IT CANNOT HAPPEN!!!!
Send a text Prompted by an advisory from a person in power in the south, Dr. Aimee and Dr. Toni chat about how that is literally not possible while we catch up since we hadn't talked in awhile. We review some pearls on how to decipher scary information and again review your risk tolerance which is personal for everyone. To review risk tolerance check out our podcast episode on the topic here https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/help-make-it-make-sense-with-dr-toni-and-dr-aimee/id1617545906?i=1000628181144 Or the YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugx61zraPnI References: DNA in Covid 19 vaccines by Katelyn Jetelina, Edward Nirenberg and Kristin Panthagani https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/dna-in-covid-19-vaccines-7-pieces Thanks to Jeff Jeudy as always blazing the tunes! Thanks to Shared Harvest sponsoring our episode! Check out their heartwork here: https://www.sharedharvestfund.org/
Jan 21, 2024 · 1 hr 2 min
Its the remix! Measles Wipes the Hard Drive
Send a text Spurred by an outbreak in Philadelphia December 2023 and continuing into 2024 with some pockets of infection in Colorado we wanted to re-release our previous podcast on measles for those of you who are concerned! Breaking news! Measles outbreak in Ohio has prompted us to talk a little bit about this. (November 2022) Measles is highly contagious and requires 95% of eligible human beings in the community to be vaccinated. 25% in this Ohio community are unvaccinated. It is an RNA virus, the only host is human. Clinically, viral syndrome like fever, malaise, cough, runny nose, conjunctivitis, so called "koplik" spots which we try to describe. The scary stuff, is encephalitis (we explain), pneumonia, and other brain complications, and death. The freshly coughed pocket of air is not the only way it is transmitted! And you can infect others before you have symptoms! Folks with measles have weakened immune systems! We explain how we got here and the autism story and how misinformation got us on lock. Mina MJ, Kula T, Leng Y, et al. Measles virus infection diminishes preexisting antibodies that offer protection from other pathogens. Science 2019 November 01; 366(6465):599-606 Petrova VN, Sawatsky B, Han AX, et al. Incomplete genetic reconstitution of B cell pools contributes to prolonged immunosuppression after measles. Science Immunology 2019 November 01; 4:1-14 Vaccine is incredibly effective! No known transmission among vaccinated folks. Send us your questions and comments at drtoniaanddraimee@gmail.com Thanks to Jeff Jeudy for providing the music! https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-jeudy-a4640826/ Thanks to Shared Harvest for sponsoring our podcast episode https://www.linkedin.com/company/sharedharvestfund/ Check out our YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIUeWN5Mmp2DKnT1ceDu4zg
Dec 10, 2023 · 58 min
Collective trauma and choices during the holidays
Send a text Today we have two amazing leaders in mental health discussing the issues of holiday anxiety after experiencing the collective trauma of Covid and other global and local tragedies. Do we gather? Do we stay in solitude? How can we be authentic and still preserve the relationships that matter the most to us? How can we hold two things to be true at the same time? And how can we center our choices and ensure they are not hurting anyone else? We could have talked for hours! Kathy Rivera, CEO of North Shore Child and Family Guidance Center https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathleen-rivera-lcsw-80602222/ Vibhuti Arya, PharmD, MPH, FAPhA. Global Lead, Gender Equity and Diversity Workforce Development; International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP); Professor, St. John's University https://www.linkedin.com/in/vibhuti-arya-amirfar-72777512/ Link: TEDx Talk Bringing Light to Structural Racism www.VibhutiArya.com Thanks to Jeff Jeudy for providing the music! https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-jeudy-a4640826/ Thanks to Shared Harvest for sponsoring our podcast episode https://www.linkedin.com/company/sharedharvestfund/ Check out our YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIUeWN5Mmp2DKnT1ceDu4zg
Nov 6, 2023 · 1 hr 1 min
HPV--Its about myths and body parts!! With Dr. Pooja Mehta
Send a text We have the distinct pleasure of sitting down and chatting with the esteemed Dr. Pooja Mehta. Pooja K. Mehta, MD, MSHP, is a board-certified practicing obstetrician gynecologist, and head of women’s health at Cityblock Health, the first Medicaid-focused, value-based, tech-enabled provider for communities with complex health and social needs. In this episode we dive all the way in on Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) and talk about the myths, transmission, and why the vaccine came to be such a big deal for humans of all genders and young ages. You don't want to miss this even if you are a clinician, she teaches us all how to speak clearly and eloquently about this infection. https://www.cdc.gov/hpv/parents/vaccine-for-hpv.html Shared Harvest Fund: https://www.sharedharvestfund.org/ Check out our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@helpmakeitmakesense6769/videos Shout out to Jeff Jeudy to providing the music!
Sep 17, 2023 · 47 min
Risk tolerance and using your tools...whatcha gonna do??
Send a text Kicking off season 3 with updates on covid vaccinations (we only need one now yay!!) and what to do with masks. What is your risk tolerance? What is the timing of this new shot? Why did Dr. Aimee walk though a freshly coughed pocket of air???? There is no cookie cutter answer y'all. We have tools now that we didn't have to keep us all safe and we discuss how to use them as responsibly as possible. Check out these resources: Vaccines: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/acip-recs/vacc-specific/covid-19.html https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/stay-up-to-date.html Paxlovid: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/your-health/treatments-for-severe-illness.html Guidance on what to do: Listen to our podcast LOL! Email us at drtonianddraimee@gmail.com https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/considerations-for-your-fall-covid https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/faustfiles/106200 Music: Jeff Jeudy!!! He is the best! Shared Harvest Fund: https://www.sharedharvestfund.org/ Check out our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@helpmakeitmakesense6769/videos Here is the episode on naming: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jc4XWQf3kpU Stay safe out there!
Aug 13, 2023 · 1 hr 3 min
The remix! 1 dose, 2 doses, ....87 doses??!!
Send a text We bring back these episodes originally released in April 2022 about extra doses and the confusion of using the word booster. We talk about getting certain terms in the graveyard of tearing down terminology and making sure folks understand what these extra vaccine doses are all about. How many do we need?? And why are scientists and medical doctors not agreeing?? How do we manage the vaccine fatigue, the inequity and the inconvenience? How you decide for yourself using a risk benefit and alternative analysis, and what is the deal with the 87 dose man??? And isn't big pharma just saying we need this for them to get rich and we are just tiring the immune system?? You are not sheep! You are survivors! Email us your questions and comments at DrToniandDrAimee@gmail.com. Check out our YouTube Channel! https://www.youtube.com/@helpmakeitmakesense6769 Thanks to Jeff Jeudy as always for providing the tunes!!! Shout out to Shared Harvest for sponsoring this episode https://www.sharedharvestfund.org/ 1. Ravindra K. GuptaEric J. Topol. COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough infections. Science, 374 (6575), • DOI: 10.1126/science.abl8487 2. Katherine J Wu. America Created Its Own Booster Problems. The Atlantic. April 12, 2022 3. https://fortune.com/2020/11/09/pfizer-vaccine-funding-warp-speed-germany/ 4. Offit, P. Covid-19 Boosters---Where from here? NEJM April 2022. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe2203329
Jul 18, 2023 · 40 min
Whats up with all these freaking colds??
Send a text Prompted by a question Dr. Aimee received this podcast tries to explain why we have so many colds and what the difference is between the mild symptoms of a cold and something more serious and why antibiotics don't work. We got profiled in Futurum Careers Magazine! Check out our three page spread pages 34-37 https://futurumcareers.com/Issue-21.pdf Wash your hands!! Wear your mask in crowded areas, especially indoors. And get vaccinated to give yourself the maximum protections to have a great rest of your year! See you next season! Send your questions and comments to drtonianddraimee@gmail.com Thanks again to Shared Harvest for sponsoring this episode. Check out their heartwork at https://www.sharedharvestfund.org/
Jun 6, 2023 · 1 hr 1 min
The infodemic of misinformation, disinformation and conspiracy theories
Send a text Meet Evan "the bioethicist" Thornburg, an expert on misinformation, disinformation, and conspiracy theories, who has found notoriety on Tik Tok, sits down with us to talk about health literacy, scientism, the exclusionary elitism of the medical and scientific realms which gate-keeps information and contributes to the public's mistrust, and the difficulty of science to compete with the sheer volume, creativity and sensationalism behind disinformation in our current infodemic. Tiktok handle @gaygtownbae EVN the (Bio) Ethicist Check out our YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@helpmakeitmakesense6769 Shout out to Jeff Jeudy for providing our music! https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-jeudy-a4640826/ Thank you to Shared Harvest for sponsoring this conversation. Find out about their heartwork at www.sharedharvestfund.org Send us your questions and comments at DrToniandDrAimee@gmail.com
May 23, 2023 · 59 min
Tapping into our littles, our spidey sense and turning up our love meter with Kathy Rivera
Send a text Trigger warning: Discussion includes suicide and substance use Late mother's day edition! How can you tell if your child is depressed? Anxious? How do we manage our fears about getting "it" wrong or sitting with silence? How do we deal with how covid exacerbated and continues to exacerbate how young people are unable to manage their emotions, attention and the unlimited access to information? And so many pearls about managing ourselves as parents, as clinicians, the never ending stigma of mental health in the most affected communities, the bravery of asking for help when it is hard, and the ecosystem of our littles and how we can forget that sometimes they have the answers too! Today we sit down with Northshore Child and Family Guidance Center's CEO Kathy Rivera who dropped just so many pearls!! There is not enough space here to write them all! Just know that everything you do, you do for love. Its just so good! You are not alone! Northshore Child and Family Guidance Center https://northshorechildguidance.org/ For substance use services: www.samhsa.gov 1-800-662-4357 For suicide concerns call 988 it is a national number anywhere in the US. Shout out to Jeff Jeudy for our music! Thank you to Shared Harvest for sponsoring this conversation. Find out about their heartwork at https://www.sharedharvestfund.org/ Send us your questions and comments at drtonianddraimee@gmail.com