Best West Coast Lisa Podcasts (2024)

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Episode 9: Lessons 43:43

6M ago43:43

43:43

This final episode of Organize the Unorganized is devoted to key lessons of the CIO moment. All of the guests on this program were asked about this basic question, and we try to represent all of their answers on this episode. The negative lessons, points where guests were keen to note the differences between the 30s and the present moment, focused …

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Episode 8: Is There an Ending to the CIO? 46:40

5M ago46:40

46:40

This penultimate episode of Organize the Unorganized concludes the story of the CIO. We cover first the communist purge in the late 1940s, as well as Operation Dixie, the failed campaign to organize the south. We then get to merger with the AFL in 1955, and the afterlife of the CIO in the Industrial Union Department and its contributions to the Civ…

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Episode 7: War 40:40

6M ago40:40

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The early period of the CIO could be said to have ended with the Little Steel strike in 1937, when the limits of the New Deal order were dramatically illustrated in the brutal repression and failure of the strike. But the CIO continued to grow through the 40s, and it was the war escalation that provided the context for it to do so. This episode wil…

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Episode 6: From the Docks to the Killing Floors 51:52

6M ago51:52

51:52

https://jacobin.com/2024/05/organize-the-unorganized-cio-episode-6On this week's episode of Organize the Unorganized, we cover some of the key CIO unions not yet discussed in great detail, including the UE, ILWU, TWOC and PWOC. There were many other unions that formed the CIO - unions in oil, printing, transport, retail - but the four that we’re co…

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Episode 5: Little Steel 47:18

6M ago47:18

47:18

https://jacobin.com/2024/05/organize-the-unorganized-cio-episode-5-little-steelThis episode is devoted to the Little Steel strike in the summer of 1937, a tragic failure for the Steel Workers Organizing Committee and the CIO, and one that illustrated the limits of the New Deal order. It might appear excessive to devote an entire episode of the podc…

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Episode 4: Taking Stock 49:37

7M ago49:37

49:37

https://jacobin.com/2024/04/cio-organize-podcast-left-unityHow was it that the CIO was finally able to make good on the decades-old dream of industrial unionism? In this episode, we outline four factors that were the keys to the CIO’s success. First, there was a political opportunity that the CIO took advantage of. Second, there were militant and d…

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Episode 3: Sit Down! 43:20

7M ago43:20

43:20

https://jacobin.com/2024/04/cio-organize-podcast-sit-down-strikes/On the third episode of Organize the Unorganized, we examine the three initial major victories of the CIO in rubber, auto, and steel. We begin by recounting the story of the “first CIO strike” at the Goodyear complex in Akron, Ohio, a victorious strike that put the CIO on the map. We…

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Episode 2: Powerful Personalities 37:29

7M ago37:29

37:29

https://jacobin.com/2024/04/cio-organize-podcast-hillman-lewisOn the second episode of Organized the Unorganized, we kick things off with an account of the institutional formation of the CIO, and then get to the organization’s key personalities. John L. Lewis, the founding president of and driving force behind the CIO, unsurprisingly gets a fair am…

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Episode 1: Under the Blue Eagle 41:45

8M ago41:45

41:45

https://jacobin.com/2024/04/organize-cio-podcast-bridges-trucker-strikesThe first episode of Organize the Unorganized sets the stage for the story of the Congress of Industrial Organizations, first getting into the history of the organization from which it broke off, the American Federation of Labor, and then describing three developments that rais…

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Trailer 4:01

8M ago4:01

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There have been many moments of labor upsurge in America, including the influx of members into the Knights of Labor in 1886, the dramatic growth of unions during and in the immediate aftermath of World War I, and the great public sector unionism surge of the 1960s and 70s, but none matches the scale of the 1930s, when millions of workers were union…

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Matters of Engagement - Organizations and Patient Stories: An inquiry into the ethics of storytelling in healthcare / patient engagement #2 of 3 56:39

3+ y ago56:39

56:39

We have a special mini-series we’re releasing this week: Engaging in Storytelling: A 3-part collaborative podcast series with SPOR Cast, Matters of Engagement and PEP Talks. We each cover a different angle on patient stories and storytelling - together they provide a rich picture of some of the challenges, concerns, and also opportunities when it c…

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The Patient Story Experience: Cost or Benefit? (A 3-part collaborative podcast series with SPOR Cast, Matters of Engagement and PEP Talks) 42:48

3+ y ago42:48

42:48

The Patient Story Experience: Cost or Benefit?We have a special mini-series we’re releasing this week: Engaging in Storytelling: A 3-part collaborative podcast series with SPOR Cast, Matters of Engagement and PEP Talks. We each cover a different angle on patient stories and storytelling - together they provide a rich picture of some of the challeng…

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Stronger Together: Bonus Episode featuring a conversation with André Picard, health reporter and columnist for The Globe and Mail 17:44

4y ago17:44

17:44

In this episode, Beverley and Lisa have an earthquake of a conversation with public health hero André Picard, Canada’s foremost health journalist. Beverley and Lisa talk candidly with André, who shares his vision and hope for health care, for patients and families and for health research across Canada. During the conversation, the group tackles the…

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Stronger Together: Adapting Patient Oriented Research During COVID-19 Podcast Series with Terri Fleming, Research Ethics BC 24:22

4y ago24:22

24:22

What an episode! An extraordinary conversation with Terri Fleming, Unit Director of Research Ethics BC. Learn about Research Ethics here in BC and how Terri and her team had to pivot, FAST, when COVID hit. Decision makers, Clinicians , Researchers and Patient Partners will find this interview incredibly informative and motivational.…

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Stronger Together: Adapting Patient Oriented Research During COVID-19 Podcast Series Townhall 57:04

4y ago57:04

57:04

To wrap up the special COVID series, the BC SUPPORT Unit and SPORcast hosted a Virtual Town Hall on July 9, 2020. Facilitated by Stirling Bryan, President of Academic Health Sciences Network and Lisa Ridgway of SPORcast. The event brought together, Megan, a patient partner, Danielle, the new Scientific Director for BC SUPPORT Unit, Stefanie with RE…

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Stronger Together COVID Series Episode #5 with Genevieve Creighton from KT Pathways 21:12

4y ago21:12

21:12

We talk with Genevieve Creighton about KT Pathways, a Knowledge Translation Platform initiated by the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research. Gen shares how KT Pathways is supporting COVID 19 and how everyone can benefit.

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Stronger Together COVID Series Episode #4 : Alison Orth from Clinical Trial BC 23:21

4y ago23:21

23:21

A great conversation with Alison Orth, Director of Clinical Trials BC, who is leading a national initiative to engage research participants about their experience with clinical research in order to enhance patient and public participation in trials and their overall experience. Alison shared the impact of COVID on clinical trials and where patients…

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Stronger Together COVID Series Episode #3 with Patient Partners Sarah Fletcher and Megan O'Reilly 19:42

4y ago19:42

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On episode #3 of our Stronger Together COVID series in partnership with BC SUPPORT Unit, we talk with two young, intelligent, and insightful patient partners; Sarah Fletcher and Megan O'Reilly about their experience both as patient partners and personally during COVID 19.

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Stronger Together COVID Series Episode #2 : Stefanie Cheah from REACH BC 28:22

4y ago28:22

28:22

On Episode #2 of our COVID Series in partnership with BC SUPPORT Unit we talk with Stefanie Cheah, REACH BC's Project Manager on the launch of this new digital platform that connects "British Columbians with researchers, to advance all kinds of health research here in BC, with the aim to make health care better for everyone."…

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Stronger Together: Adapting Patient Oriented Research During COVID-19 Podcast Series 40:26

4y ago40:26

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The 1st episode of our Stronger Together: Adapting Patient Oriented Research During COVID-19 Virtual Town Hall and Podcast Series with Stirling Bryan, in his new position at the helm of the BC Academic Health Sciences Network, and Danielle Lavalee, BC SUPPORT Unit's new Scientific Director.

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Sound Bites from Putting Patients First 2019 9:22

4+ y ago9:22

9:22

Putting Patients First is BC SUPPORT Unit's annual conference designed to encourage learning and collaboration between patients interested in patient-oriented research (POR), health researchers, health care providers and health system decision makers. In this episode, you will get a chance to hear sound bites from attendees as we ask "what does put…

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Dr Charlotte Loppie - A Conversation about Cultural Safety in Community Based Research 29:31

4+ y ago29:31

29:31

Dr. Charlotte Loppie is a Professor in the School of Public Health and Social Policy at the University of Victoria, and the Director of the university’s Centre for Indigenous Research and Community-Led Engagement. In this episode, we are a bit provocative in discussing cultural humility and safety. This will be an ongoing dialogue in order to build…

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Kent Cadogan Loftsgard - Healthcare Educator / Patient Partner 24:52

4+ y ago24:52

24:52

In this episode, we spent time with Kent Cadogan Loftsgard discussing his lengthy career as a healthcare educator, and also his lifelong healthcare experience living with a congenital childhood condition.

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Christina Krause - CEO of British Columbia Patient Safety and Quality Council 31:44

5y ago31:44

31:44

This episode with Christina is a robust conversation on patient voices and the impact on patient safety and quality of care. Christina shares her own personal story of why she so passionate in her work and where she thinks patient engagement, safety and quality are going.

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Citizen Patients - Adjunct Professor, UBC, Carolyn Canfield 33:00

5y ago33:00

33:00

Carolyn Canfield works as a citizen-patient across Canada and internationally to expand opportunities for patients, carers and communities to partner with healthcare professionals to transform health systems. Following personal tragedy from care failures in 2008, her full-time volunteering has earned her recognition as Canada’s first Patient Safety…

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Partnerships and Collaboration: Taylor Hainstock, Research Liaison Lead with the Vancouver Island Centre 24:55

5y ago24:55

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This episode is a conversation with Taylor Hainstock, Research Liaison Lead with the Vancouver Island Centre of the BC SUPPORT Unit; a partnership between University of Victoria, Vancouver Island Health Research and Island Health Medical Department.

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Why SPORcast? 11:03

5y ago11:03

11:03

Bev and Lisa share their own personal stories about why they are passionate about patient-oriented research, impacting health outcomes and how SPORcast came about in the spring of 2019.

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Building Patient-Oriented Capacity: Susana Koczkur, Program Manager and Research Lead PaCER, University of Calgary 26:54

5y ago26:54

26:54

Guest(s): Susanna Koczkur, Program Manager and Research Lead PaCER, O'Brien Institute for Public Health, University of Calgary.

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Patient Engagement: Dr Erin Michalak, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, UBC 31:37

5y ago31:37

31:37

Episode 3 is a dynamic and provocative conversation with Dr Erin Michalak, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of British Colombia, Founder C.R.E.S.T. BD, Methods Cluster PE Lead for BC SUPPORT Unit and the recent winner of CIHR Golf Leaf prize for Transformation: Patient Engagement.

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Patient Leaders: Helene Campbell, a Double Double Lung Transplant Recipient and Patient Leader with Health Standards Organization 30:11

5y ago30:11

30:11

In this episode, Lisa and Bev talk with Helene Campbell, a Double Double Lung Transplant Recipient and Patient Leader with Health Standards Organization.

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Episode 150-Goat Yogis 1:06:40

5y ago1:06:40

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In their final episode, the Lisas yack about east coast goat yoga vs west coast goat yoga, a potential job at Burning Man, front thongs and their friendship. Follow us on Facebook at Yack it up with Lisa and Lisa Instagram @theeastcoastlisa @westcoastlisa

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Episode 149-"Hey, you, get on my mattress" 59:12

5y ago59:12

59:12

The Lisas discuss Mick Jagger and his touring request, Westcoast Lisa crushing the Gen Z quiz and vomiting vultures. Find us on Facebook at Yack it up with Lisa and Lisa Instagram @westcoastlisa @theeastcoastlisa

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Episode 148-Peace, love and traffic! 51:06

5y ago51:06

51:06

The Lisas talk about people assuming they are mind readers, Woodstock 50 and sexed up hedgehogs. Facebook Yack it up with Lisa and Lisa Instagra @theeastcoastlisa @westcoastlisa

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Episode 147-Sign below 57:50

5y ago57:50

57:50

The Lisas talk about the new Netflix binge control contract, multiple heroes & zeroes and a very adept elephant. Follow us on Instagram @westcoastlisa @theeastcoastlisa Facebook Yack it up with Lisa and Lisa

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SPORcast Introductory Inaugural Episode: Stirling Bryan, the Scientific Director of the BC SUPPORT Unit and Methods Clusters 35:28

5y ago35:28

35:28

Welcome to SPORcast inaugural episode! In the first segment, Bev and Lisa will discuss Patient Oriented Research and the what, how and why they got involved. The second segment is a great conversation with Stirling Bryan, the Scientific Director of the BC SUPPORT Unit and Methods Clusters.

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Episode 146-Santa's cruisin' 55:05

5y ago55:05

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The Lisas gab about frustrating travels, a woman who feels no pain and all year Santas. Facebook Yack it up with Lisa and Lisa Instagram @westcoastlisa @theeastcoastlisa

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Episode 145-"Thanks, we're passing" 55:36

5y ago55:36

55:36

The LIsas yack about moving Stonehenge into position, a tiled Mars and the creepiest places on earth. Facebook Yack it up with Lisa and Lisa Instagram @westcoastlisa @theeastcoastlisa

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Episode 144-Welcome Home! 58:17

5y ago58:17

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The Lisas delve into Swinging Brits, cave dwelling and a slightly robot piece of crap. Facebook Yack it up with Lisa and Lisa Instagram @westcoastlisa @theeastcoastlisa

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Episode 143-She is OUT! 56:34

5y ago56:34

56:34

The Lisas discuss what mot to wear outdoors, the Goop Summit and the 'fatal attraction' killer Carolyn Warmus. Instagram @westcoastlisa @theeastcoastlisa FB Yack it up with Lisa and Lisa

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Episode 142-Monkeying Around 54:15

5y ago54:15

54:15

The Lisas yack about the original Planet of the Apes, Instagram honeymoons and the Quiet Zone.

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Episode 141-Giddy up! 1:02:21

5y ago1:02:21

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The Lisas gab about a horse-girl, Amazon's new shocker and some VERY fresh clams. FB Yack it up with Lisa and Lisa Instagram @westcoastlisa @theeastcoastlisa

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Episode 140-Watch out for cheaters! 51:12

5y ago51:12

51:12

The Lisas talk about Dad jokes, infidelity revenge options and Terrific Tom.

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Episode 139-I am done!!! 47:16

5y ago47:16

47:16

The Lisas gab about the dangers of fly fishing, cyborg baristas and Cabot on the loose. FB Yack it up with Lisa and Lisa Instagram @westcoastlisa @theeastcoastlisa

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I do!!! 55:45

5+ y ago55:45

55:45

The Lisas yack about the final episode of Game of Thrones (spoiler alert), what goes on in the back seat of Uber and our biggest hero to date. Facebook Yack it up with Lisa and Lsa Instagram @westcoastlisa @theeastcoastlisa

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Episode 137-Black Cat Mini Mart bar 59:59

5+ y ago59:59

59:59

The Lisas dish about lying down in the movie theater, the world's sexiest accent and craft beer weight loss. Facebook Yack it up with Lisa and Lisa Instagram @westcoastlisa @theeastcoastlisa

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Episode 136-The party is over 46:58

5+ y ago46:58

46:58

The Lisas discuss a moth filled 94th birthday party, undesirable Mother's Day gifts and the newest royal.

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Episode 135-Sweet Qsuite 56:03

5+ y ago56:03

56:03

The Lisas discuss the fake German heiress, flying in the Qsuite and employment opportunities in Qatar. Facebook Yack it up with Lisa and Lisa Instagram @westcoastlisa @theeastcoastlisa

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Episode 134-Pass the salt 59:45

5+ y ago59:45

59:45

The Lisas yack about the 2019 version of Oklahoma!, getting "Meghan Markled" and a baggage claim wedding. Facebook Yack it up with Lisa and Lisa Instagram @westcoastlisa @theeastcoastlisa

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Episode 133-Jet Blew 53:55

5+ y ago53:55

53:55

The Lisas discuss Eastcoast's harrowing flight from west to east. Bring your vomit bag. FB Yack it up with Lisa and Lisa Instagram @westcoastlisa @eastcoastlisa