Best CAPTC Podcasts (2024)

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S4 E9 From Red Ribbons to Leather Straps: Rodney McCoy’s Trailblazing Tale of HIV Prevention and Pleasure 53:19

4M ago53:19

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In this episode, Rodney McCoy, a Black queer man with over four decades of experience in HIV prevention and education, shares his journey as a Leatherman of color and discusses the intersection of BDSM, kink, and HIV prevention. From his entry into the kink community to becoming a titleholder in the American Leatherman competition, Rodney emphasize…

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S4 E8 Intimacy Starts with I: Women, Self-Love, and HIV with Michelle Lopez 52:46

5M ago52:46

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CW: Mention of abuse, sexual abuse, physical abuse, incest, molestation At 24 years old, in the early 90’s, Michelle Lopez was riding a train in New York with her newborn baby and saw an advertisement that spoke to her. It said, “If you’re a woman and you’re enduring substance abuse, homelessness, or battery, call this number.” Michelle picked up a…

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S4 E7 Dan Savage on the Magic Question “What are you into?” & Dr. Ina Park on How Providers Can Help 46:49

6M ago46:49

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Dan Savage is a sex-advice columnist and podcaster, and Ina Park is a sex positive STI researcher, physician, and author. The two come together in this episode to discuss desire, pleasure, and how to communicate about what feels good with partners and providers. Dan delves into discovering kinks, pleasure as we age, and trying new things alone and …

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S4 E6 Family Planning as Gender Affirming Care with Trans and Nonbinary Patients 51:09

7M ago51:09

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Director of Gender-Affirming Care for UC Davis Health, Miles Harris, FNP-BC, advocates for the integration of gender-affirming care with primary care and family planning. He shares that “so much of gender affirming care is not about hormones” and that “it is often so easy as a health care provider to do the thing that someone needs that changes the…

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S4 E5 Lesser-Known Forms of Birth Control and Downplayed Side-effects: Providing Empowering Contraceptive Care 57:57

8M ago57:57

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Family doctor Jennifer Karlin, MD, PhD, and health educator Mariana Horne, join host Tammy Kremer to talk through forms of birth control that are not as well-known, including self-injectable Depo Provera, internal condoms, and the fertility awareness method. They go into side effects of birth control methods that are not always named, such as chang…

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S4 E4: When People Have or Are Denied Abortions: The Turnaway Study with Dr. Diana Greene Foster 41:47

9M ago41:47

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Welcome to our mini-series on Reproductive Justice and Family Planning! Diana Greene Foster, PhD, author of The Turnaway Study: Ten Years, a Thousand Women, and the Consequences of Having - or Being Denied - an Abortion, sits down with host Tammy Kremer to advocate for reproductive justice and bodily autonomy. She explains that the Turnaway Study f…

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S4 E3: America’s War on Drugs and Harm Reduction Around the World with Tanagra Melgarejo Pulido 38:45

10M ago38:45

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Tanagra Melgarejo Pulido, Director of Capacity Building at the National Harm Reduction Coalition, speaks with host Tammy Kremer about the landscape of harm reduction programs and policies around the world and in the US, with a focus on the impacts of racism and colonization. She explains how harm reduction began with “communities of people who used…

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S4 E2: Harm Reduction by Heart with Braunz Courtney 43:24

10M ago43:24

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CW: Substance Abuse Braunz Courtney speaks with host Tammy Kremer about he practiced strategies of harm reduction at the age of 11 before he knew what the term meant. He went from dancing shirtless to raise awareness of the prevalence of HIV/AIDS in queer Black communities to serving as the Executive Director of the HIV Education Prevention Project…

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S4 E1: Narcan Queen Kochina Rude on Drag and Harm Reduction 38:12

11M ago38:12

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CW: Opioid Overdose, Molestation Welcome to our mini-series on Harm Reduction! Host Tammy Kremer sits down with drag queen Kochina Rude to share how she uses her performances to educate the LGBTQ+ community about Naloxone administration, safer partying, and overdose prevention. At her show “Princess,” cohosted with Lisa Frankenstien, Kochina Rude h…

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S3 E14: Monkeypox, Where Are We Now? with Dr. Peter Chin-Hong 44:30

1+ y ago44:30

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Host Tammy Kremer chats with UCSF Infectious Disease Specialist Dr. Peter Chin-Hong about the current state of the Mpox outbreak: how it reflects contemporary health inequities, how stigma can be a barrier to people accessing treatment, and how lessons learned from past public health crises shaped the clinical and community response. Dr. Chin-Hong …

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S3 E13: Centering Pleasure, Problems, and Pride in Sexual Health Care with Jenn Rogers & Bryce Furness 48:14

1+ y ago48:14

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Host Tammy Kremer interviews Jenn Rogers, director of the National Coalition for Sexual Health (NCSH), and Bryce Furness, MD, CDC Epidemiologist, about their work developing a toolkit for primary care providers to use in order to center sexual pleasure, problems, and pride as a part of all wellness visits. The CDC encourages taking sexual history b…

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S3 E12: Four Decades of Sexual Health: History of the CAPTC 34:46

1+ y ago34:46

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Director of the CAPTC Dana Cropper sits down with Gail Bolan, MD, and Alice Gandelman to discuss the founding of the CAPTC and its work in supporting sexual healthcare providers over the last 33 years. We learn about the forces that shaped the sexual healthcare field. Our guests unpack how the CAPTC developed alongside the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the …

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S3 E11: See All of Me: Transgender Health and Medical Mistrust with Zami Hyemingway & Dr. Tatyana Moaton 56:11

1+ y ago56:11

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CW: Transphobia, Racism Zami Hyemingway and Dr. Tatyana Moaton sit down with Tammy to discuss their personal and professional experiences with medical care for transgender folks and medical mistreatment. Together, they reflect on the need for medical providers to become responsive to transgender people's individual needs and advocate for them in a …

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S3 E10: How Identity, Trauma, and Relationship Structure Affect Pleasure and Consent with Psychotherapist Sam Kendakur 55:19

1+ y ago55:19

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CW: Sexual Trauma Psychotherapist Sam Kendakur talks with host Tammy Kremer about the intersections of sexual health and mental health. Listen in for nuanced conversations about the gray areas and messiness of consent; how to piece apart our own understandings of sexual pleasure, desire, and attraction; the impacts of stigma on sexual and gender id…

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S3 E9: Abortion and Reproductive Justice Across State Lines with Dr. Mai Fleming 37:51

1+ y ago37:51

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Dr. Mai Fleming sits down with host Tammy Kremer to discuss what she sees as the provider’s role in supporting patients, now that Roe v. Wade has been overturned. They review the multitude of situations in which a pregnancy is not optimal and how abortion stigma is one of the biggest barriers to medically safe abortion. At the core of her work, Dr.…

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S3 E8: Monkeypox in California: A Personal Story and Public Health Perspective 47:48

1+ y ago47:48

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Stephan Ferris, a Bay Area activist lawyer, received one of the first 40 reported diagnoses of Monkeypox after attending a Pride celebration in San Francisco, California. Here, Ferris sits down with host, Tammy Kremer, and Dr. Akanksha Vaidya, a clinical fellow responding to the health crisis, to share his experience and discuss the need for improv…

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S3 E7: Breaking Down STI Stigma with Dr. Ina Park & Courtney Brame 36:42

2y ago36:42

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CW: Suicide, Suicidal Ideation Courtney Brame, the founder of Something Positive for Positive People (SPFPP), sits down with guest host Dr. Ina Park to discuss the ongoing need to foster spaces that destigmatize STI diagnoses. In the ninth year of his HSV-2 diagnosis, Courtney speaks on navigating life with the virus and what drove him to connect w…

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S3 E6: Dante King on Anti-Blackness and The 400-Year Holocaust 57:02

2y ago57:02

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CW: Racism, Genocide, Violence Dante King, author of The 400-Year Holocaust: White America’s Legal, Psychopathic, and Sociopathic Black Genocide - and the Revolt Against Critical Race Theory, sits down with guest host Duran Rutledge, CAPTC's Capacity Building and Technical Assistance Trainer, to reflect on what it means to be a Black person in a co…

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S3 E5: Trauma-Informed Pregnancy Care with Becca Schwartz, LCSW 43:34

2y ago43:34

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Becca Schwartz, LCSW, speaks about Team Lily, a pregnancy clinic for people experiencing significant barriers to care located at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. We focus on trauma-informed care: how past trauma can show up for patients in the medical setting, ways providers can practice trauma-informed care, and how these issues present …

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S3 E4: PrEP Supports: Reflections on the Campaign 57:37

2y ago57:37

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We speak with Terrance Wilder and Nikole Trainor, two people who were intimately involved in PrEP Supports, a campaign launched by the San Francisco Department of Public Health in 2018. PrEP Supports was a community-engaged campaign that specifically focused on PrEP access and education in Black communities in San Francisco. Download the transcript…

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S3 E3: Monkeypox, What's The Hype? with Dr. Ina Park 19:04

2y ago19:04

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This special episode features Dr. Ina Park discussing monkeypox: what it is, what's the hype, and how worried (hint: not very) she is about the spread. Follow Dr. Ina Park on Instagram and Twitter. Download the transcript of the episode here. Resources: CDC Strange Bedfellows: Adventures in the Science, History, and Surprising Secrets of STDs. Turn…

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S3 E2: Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll: Harm Reduction Strategies with Jen Jackson 59:32

2y ago59:32

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Jen Jackson, Disease Intervention Specialist and Harm Reductionist, walks us through the history of harm reduction, the principles that guide the movement, and gives us some personal examples of disease intervention and harm reduction values in action. Listen in to learn how theories of harm reduction apply in myriad settings, and how a foundation …

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S3 E1: Disability and Sexual Health with Andrew Gurza 45:59

2y ago45:59

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CW: Ableism Download the transcript of this episode. Follow Andrew Gurza on Instagram. Resources: Disability After Dark Hot, Wet, and Shaking: How I Learned to Talk about Sex by Kaleigh Trace Purchase or financially support The Joystick: The World’s First Accessible Sex Toy by Get Bump’n Turn on notifications to never miss an episode of Coming Toge…

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S2 E8: All Things Anal Cancer with Dr. Rosalyn Plotzker 43:04

2+ y ago43:04

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We speak with Dr. Rosalyn Plotzker about her work with UCSF’s ANCRE Center, the world’s first clinic devoted to anal cancer prevention. Anal cancer incidence is on the rise despite it being associated with HPV, a highly preventable (and extremely common!) virus. Roz takes us through her work with the clinic, anal cancer screening and risk factors, …

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S2 Bonus: Asking for a Friend with Dr Rosalyn Plotzker 27:44

2+ y ago27:44

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If you work in sexual health, you have probably had the experience of becoming the "sexpert" for your friends and family. We have gathered some (but by no means all!) of the questions Dr. Rosalyn Plotzker has received from her various circles to try and demystify at least some of these aspects of sexual health. Turn on notifications to never miss a…

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S2 E7: Dr. Paul Nash on the Intersections of Aging, Discrimination, and Sexual Health Pt 2 25:48

2+ y ago25:48

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We continue our conversation with Dr. Paul Nash, Associate Professor in Gerontology at USC. In Part 2 of this discussion about ageism, host Duran Rutledge and Paul dive into the harmful stigma surrounding sex and aging, particularly for people at the intersections of various identities and life experiences. Turn on notifications to never miss an ep…

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S2 E6: Dr. Paul Nash on the Intersections of Aging, Discrimination, and Sexual Health Pt 1 27:55

2+ y ago27:55

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In this episode, we talk with Dr. Paul Nash, Associate Professor in Gerontology at USC. His research spans over a decade and focuses on ageism, discrimination, sexual health, and the built environment. He partners with several non-profit organizations on his research into HIV and aging as well as ageism and intergenerational communication. Paul cur…

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S2 E5: Confronting Structural Racism in Healthcare with Dante King 42:58

3y ago42:58

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We talk with anti-racist activist, Dante King. He’s worked with organizations like the San Francisco Metropolitan transportation agency and the San Francisco Department of Public Health to cultivate environments that are anti-racist and inclusive. He discusses how capitalism reinforces racism, the creation of anti-blackness through policy, and the …

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S2 E4: Why Sex Positivity Can Transform Healthcare with JaDawn Wright 39:23

3y ago39:23

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"Sex positivity" has become quite a buzzy phrase in sexual health and advocacy spaces in the last decade. But what does that actually mean in practice? Today we will talk with JaDawn Wright of the Pacific Aids Education training Center, about just that. JaDawn is the Deputy Director of the organization and a long-term trainer in the world of sexual…

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S2 E3: Examining Structural Racism in Healthcare with Ana Delgado 42:29

3y ago42:29

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Ana Delgado, CNM, is a Clinical Professor in the UC San Francisco Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, San Francisco General Hospital Division. She acts as the Assistant Director of Inpatient Obstetrics and Co-Director for Anti-Racism, Equity, Inclusion, and Structural Change. She talks with us about racial inequities in …

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S2 E2: Supporting Youths' Choice to Parent with Dr. Aisha Mays 45:49

3y ago45:49

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Dr. Aisha Mays is a Family Physician who focuses on Adolescent Medicine. She is the Founder and Medical Director of the Dream Youth Clinic of Roots Community Health Center, in Oakland, California -- a youth-led, youth-engaged adolescent clinic co-located within Oakland’s two youth shelters. Dr. Mays’ work centers on adolescent reproductive health, …

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S2 E1: Welcoming Dana Cropper to CAPTC as Director 33:08

3y ago33:08

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Dana Cropper recently took the helm of the California Prevention Training Center as its new Director after Alice Gandelman's retirement. She previously served as Director of Education at HealthHIV. We talk with Dana about her new position, why Oprah and Sojourner Truth are two of her heroes, and why she thinks to reduce stigma, we must each engage …

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S1 E8: Rolling Out the First Injectable HIV Treatment with Dr. Kelly Johnson 33:00

3y ago33:00

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On Jan 21, 2021, the FDA approved Cabenuva, the first once-monthly injectable HIV treatment for adults. Dr. Kelly Johnson, a fellow in infectious diseases and in sexually transmitted diseases at the University of California, San Francisco, explains the implications of this new treatment and how it affects the 1.2 million Americans living with HIV. …

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S1 E7: How Effective Are COVID-19 Vaccines? with Dr. Monica Gandhi 32:24

3y ago32:24

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Dr. Monica Gandhi is an infectious disease physician and professor of medicine at UCSF, and the Medical Director of the Ward 86 clinic. She talks about the efficacy of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine (that was submitted to the FDA for Emergency Use Authorization on 2/8/2021), and theorizes as to when we may return to some normalcy. Turn on notificati…

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S1 E6: Fighting STIgma With Humor & Honesty with Dr. Ina Park 37:19

3y ago37:19

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In Dr. Ina Park's new book, Strange Bedfellows, she helps readers understand the broad impact of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), while removing the unfair stigma. She speaks with us about the writing process, tackling sex ed with her own kids, and how stigma impacts mental and physical health. Turn on notifications to never miss an episode …

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S1 E5: What's Driving The Rise In Congenital Syphilis? with Dr. Rosalyn Plotzker 29:44

3y ago29:44

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Congenital syphilis (CS) is up 900% in California since 2012. UC San Francisco's Dr. Rosalyn Plotzker speaks with us about CS prevention and treatment and about the complex issues contributing to the spike, such as systemic racism. Turn on notifications to never miss an episode of Coming Together for Sexual Health. Follow Coming Together for Sexual…

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S1 E4: COVID-19, HIV & The Risk of Future Pandemics with Dr. George Rutherford 31:41

3y ago31:41

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Dr George Rutherford, Professor of Epidemiology at UC San Francisco, talks with us about COVID-19, the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, and why anti-microbial resistance is the next public health threat. Turn on notifications to never miss an episode of Coming Together for Sexual Health. Follow Coming Together for Sexual Health on Instagram and Twitter…

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S1 E3: Sex Ed Has Come A Long Way with Lidia Carlton Pt 2 24:13

3y ago24:13

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We continue our discussion with Lidia Carlton, Director of Community Education at Planned Parenthood Pasadena and San Gabriel Valley, about the CA Healthy Youth Act and how it's changing sex ed. She tells us why some parents are pushing back against gender diversity discussions, and why sex ed is a natural place to teach about race and ableism. Tur…

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S1 E2: Sex Ed Has Come A Long Way with Lidia Carlton Pt 1 27:46

3y ago27:46

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Lidia Carlton, Director of Community Education at Planned Parenthood Pasadena and San Gabriel Valley, walks us through the California Healthy Youth Act (AB 329) which mandates more inclusive sex education in public schools in California. She sheds light on the nuances of the legislation, talks about why some parents are pushing back against it, and…

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S1 E1: BTS of Contact Tracing with Wanda Jackson 30:39

3y ago30:39

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Five weeks before the FDA approved the first COVID-19 vaccine in November of 2020, we talked with Wanda Jackson, an expert in disease investigation and contact tracing. Wanda explains the ins and outs of contact tracing and underscores the value of compassion and empathy as we face one of the greatest health challenges in history. Turn on notificat…

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