The Public Affairs Podcast

Linda Rhodes, Executive Director of The Women’s Fund is on the podcast.  The Women’s Fund is a nonprofit dedicated to providing Houston-area women and girls with the tools they need to be advocates for their health. For 41 years, The Women’s Fund has been educating girls and women through classes, workshops, lectures and publications focused on physical, mental, financial, emotional, health a...

Dr. Garth Graham, a leader at CVS Health and one of the top healthcare experts in the country with extensive experience providing care for minority communities. He’ll discuss why we cannot let screening, treatment and care for other debilitating and life-threatening conditions be another casualty in this fight against COVID-19. Next is Financial Advisor, Kathleen Owings who discusses the topic of...

Consultant/Speaker Robert Jackson talks about his upcoming event, 'Moving Toward Greatness.'  The virtual event is a conference for high school and young adult men. It will be held on Friday, July 24th.  Author, activist and professor, Mark Lamont Hill, former NFL football player Michael Vick and entrepreneur and motivational speaker, Calvin Mackie are among the speakers. This segment of...

Our guest is James LaValle, an internationally recognized clinical pharmacist, author, board-certified clinical nutritionist, and expert and educator in integrative and precision health. We talk about how allergies work, differentiating allergy symptoms from cold/flu, what are the differences between allergies to pollen and dust versus food, and so much more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privac...

Dr. Colleen Cira, Psy. D., is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist who specializes in Women and Trauma, and has worked with hundreds of people struggling with mental health issues.  We talk to Dr. Colleen about how to deal with disappointment. Heather Drevna is RAINN's Vice President of Communications. RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network) is concerned that survivors of sexual violenc...

Derek Robinson, Managing Partner for Black Restaurant Week, partners with local, black-owned restaurants in each city to offer prix fixe menus showcasing each business’ distinctive fare. To help ensure the safety of the public and restaurant workers from COVID-19, Black Restaurant Week is promoting more restaurants to offer specials for takeout/delivery dining. AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), th...

Lorna M. Johnson, the founder of the Lorna M. Johnson Global Institute and a Los Angeles-based nurse-midwife, nurse practitioner and healthcare executive, is speaking out to the brave citizens protesting for justice, asking them to protect their health as well as the U.S. Healthcare workers who are serving them. Tracey D. Brown, CEO of the American Diabetes Association, as she reacts to comments m...

From the Harris County Health Dept., we welcome Dr. Sherri Onyiego. Dr. Sherri currently serves as the Interim Director for Chronic Disease Prevention in the Nutrition and Chronic Disease Division (NCDP). Dr. Onyiego is a Board Certified Family Physician with over 15 years of clinical experience in managing and treating chronic diseases as it relates to individual patient care as well as populatio...

We're talking to the CEO and CNO of Sun Behavioral Health, Brennan Francois and Kia Walker, respectively, about mental health services provided by Sun. Sun provides inpatient and outpatient mental health services for adults and adolescence/children. Due to Covid-19 they feel that it’s imperative they help our community even more so now, for it’s been shown we are struggling mentally in dealing wit...

For this interview we talk to one of the survivors from the film 'On The Record', now streaming on HBOmax, Sheri Sher (member of the first all-female hip-hop group Mercedes Ladies) and one of the film's cultural experts Shanita Hubbard. They both discuss the film, the silencing of Black women and the cultural forces that cause this. Next, we talk to DeAndre' Hutchison, the president of the Afro Am...

In a special edition of the Public Affairs Podcast, we simulcasted on our sister stations 97.9 The Box and Radio Now 92.1 to discuss the death of Houstonian George Floyd and what steps can the community take in not just healing but calls for reform and more. We speak to community leaders such as Congresswoman Shelia Jackson-Lee, Bishop James Dixon, Bro. Deric Muhammad as well as Houston Mayor Sylv...

Sophia Thomas is president of AANP and spearheading the effort to collect COVID stories from the front lines. During Nurses Week these providers are also addressing underlying issues like social determinants and systemic budget shortfalls in a post-COVID world. Stand-up comedian, public speaker, and writer, Ali Siddiq, joins the Public Affairs Podcast to lighten the mood. He gives his take on how...

Robert Rooks, CEO and co-founder of Alliance for Safety and Justice and one of the country's premiere strategists for state-based criminal justice reform efforts. His organization is working directly with those most impacted by crime and incarceration to change criminal justice policies across the country, and Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice, its state-based affiliate. See omnystudio.com/li...

Sherrell Ogletree  Founder & Executive Director  B.E.A.U.T.Y Mentoring  This week we chat about what we can do why your kids might be acting up more than usual, and what you can do about it.  Steve Baker is vice president of The Great Game of Business, Inc., to discuss why transparency is so important during these extremely difficult times. Through transparency, business ow...

Jade Simmons: former beauty queen, pianist, and motivational speaker. At a time, where Houstonians are in constant fear and panic of the unknown, we hear a good word and a song. Jocelyn Frye is a senior fellow at American Progress, where her work focuses on a wide range of women’s issues, including work-family balance, pay equity, and women’s leadership. We talk about her article On the Frontlines...

This episode welcomes PR guru, strategic business partner, content expert. and social media strategist, Julie O. Griffith. Julie will discuss her business resources for entrepreneurs and small business owners. In the midst of COVID-19, there happens to be a demographic of people that are forgotten. The demographic are those that are grieving from the lost of loved ones. Grieving is typically tough...

We welcome Keisha Dennis to the PAP to talk about her organization. The Elephant in the Room, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) charity organization that was founded in 2017 for the purpose of helping others who do not have the courage or knowledge on how to help themselves deal with the effects of mental health. Next, we speak with Tiffany Ryland and her father, Ed Ryland. Tiffany is one of the youngest and ve...

Today we're talking to Ray Shackleford, National President of The National Urban League Young Professionals. (NULYP) is a National Urban League volunteer auxiliary that targets young professionals ages 21-40 to empower their communities and change lives through the Urban League Movement. Next we talk to Krista from AMIGOS, a non-profit based in Houston, Texas, organizes cultural immersion trips to...

This episode we talk to Dr. Cindy Trimm, Coronavirus plus Faith: What Should our Faith-Based Response Be Beyond Prayer?  Then we talk to Deavra Daughtry, President/Founder TWEF about her Keeping The Elderly and Frail Safe Initiative. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The 2020 National Urban League conference is currently scheduled for August 5-8, 2020 at the George R. Brown Convention Center. However, before we can talk about the conference, in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, we must be reminded, of the role the National Urban League and Houston Area Urban League play when the nation is facing disasters like COVID-19. The importance of organizations like the...

Crystal Hadnott gives information about the immune system and this newly labeled pandemic, COVID-19 from a local wellness expert. Thelma Coleman of Success Tax let’s us know that the IRS is providing some relief, if individuals and businesses owe money they have 90 days to pay interest and penalty free up to $1 million and up to 10 million for corporations but you still have to file by April 15th....

Dress H.E.R. Up Prom Extravaganza for High School SENIORS! Over $100,000 in FREE Prom gowns sponsored by JOVANI Fashions. In addition, there will be on lucky girl will be selected for the “Cinderella Experience” - The Ultimate prom giveaway with a dress, limo, hair & makeup! Fifth Annual Project Prom 2020, Saturday, April 4th, Yates High School The Prom’s initiative helps to meet the needs of...

This episode of the Public Affairs Podcast has Teneshia E. Hudspeth Babalola, Chief Deputy, Office of Diane Trautman, Harris County Clerk to talk about the primaries and what the County Clerk’s Office is doing to educate and prepare voters for November 2020. We also talk to Rebecca Briscoe about the importance of filling out the 2020 Census. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On the debut episode of The Public Affairs Podcast, KG Smooth and Uncle Funky Larry Jones speak to the effects of the cancer clusters that have developed in Kashmere Gardens and has effectively created an environmental health crisis in Houston's Fifth Ward. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.