Hot Jobs- Heat & Work with Dr. Maeve McMurdo
One of my more striking memories as an ICU doctor was a heat dome that occurred early in June one year where temperatures soared to 116 in the Pacific Northwest,…
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May 5, 2025
Fungus, Fire, and Fixes- an ER doc on Emergency Management & Infectious Risk in Wildfires
It seems that once in a lifetime events are happening every decade or even more frequently these days as climate change continues to drive disasters in our world. We all…
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April 7, 2025
Bypass Toxic Politics- Dr Gerber on Local and State Action for Healthy Air and Communities
“70% of the people want 70% of the same thing,” according to my podcast guest for this month. Everyone, regardless of their politics, wants to breathe clean air and live…
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February 3, 2025
Faith in (Climate) Action
Solar Panel Installation Projectas part of Catholic Climate Covenant Happy Holidays! I spend the majority of this podcast sharing the science of what we know about climate change and air…
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December 2, 2024
Air Health Our Health Live! Climate Change & Your Career with Dr. Mary Rice
Slideshow intro for Air Health Our Health podcast recording- a different experience! I think most people in our communities care deeply about passing a healthy world on to our children.…
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November 4, 2024
Burn Pits and their Aftermath- with Captain LeRoy Torres and Rosie Torres
I had never heard of burn pits until I was in my pulmonary fellowship at the Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, but I first learned about them from my patients.…
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October 8, 2024
Climate Change, Microplastics & Fires- the EcoToll of Tobacco with the Sierra Club
Photo Courtesy of California Department of Public Health Happy World No Tobacco Day! I’m breaking the tradition of releasing on the first Monday of the month because World No Tobacco…
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May 31, 2024
The Nose Knows- Understanding VOCs with Dr. Delphine Farmer
Since becoming a lung doctor and raising three young children, I find myself thinking constantly about what is in the air we breathe. We spend so much time in our…
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April 1, 2024
The Killer in the Kitchen Counter- Crystalline Silica with Dr. Jeremy Hua
Last month we heard from Dr Drew Harris about the ongoing death and disease from coal dust exposure in both miners and the community surrounding mines. We also discussed the…
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March 4, 2024
Fugitive Coal Dust on the walls of a community home in a coal-mining town
The Cost of Coal & the Importance of Advocacy- Black Lung Disease with Dr. Drew Harris
I’m working on this post in the depth of a winter snow storm in which we lost power, and I had to spend the night at the hospital because the…
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February 6, 2024