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  <title>Abortion Rights After Roe &amp; the 2022 Election</title>
  <link>https://spp.ucr.edu/node/2467</link>
  <description>&lt;span&gt;Abortion Rights After Roe &amp;amp; the 2022 Election&lt;/span&gt;

              Abortion Rights After Roe &amp;amp; the 2022 Election In this episode, the Director of Legislation and Community Affairs for Planned Parenthood Action Fund of the Pacific Southwest, Karen Borja, talks with students from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about reproductive rights in 2022. FEATURING Karen Borja October 31s, 2022 34 MINUTES AND 36...

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&lt;span&gt;&lt;time datetime="2025-11-12T18:05:00-08:00" title="Wednesday, November 12, 2025 - 18:05"&gt;Wed, 11/12/2025 - 18:05&lt;/time&gt;
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            &lt;time datetime="2022-10-31T12:00:00Z"&gt;October 31, 2022&lt;/time&gt;
    
            &lt;a href="https://spp.ucr.edu/podcast-episodes"&gt;Podcast Episode&lt;/a&gt;
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  <pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2025 02:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Vaccine Policy in a Post-COVID World</title>
  <link>https://spp.ucr.edu/podcast-episodes/2023/12/15/vaccine-policy-post-covid-world</link>
  <description>&lt;span&gt;Vaccine Policy in a Post-COVID World&lt;/span&gt;

              In this episode, Associate Professor Katie Attwell talks with students from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about global perspectives on vaccine hesitancy, mandates, and public health policy.

    &lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;jjian132&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span&gt;&lt;time datetime="2025-10-31T15:48:45-07:00" title="Friday, October 31, 2025 - 15:48"&gt;Fri, 10/31/2025 - 15:48&lt;/time&gt;
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            &lt;time datetime="2023-12-15T12:00:00Z"&gt;December 15, 2023&lt;/time&gt;
    
            Rachel Strausman    
            &lt;a href="https://spp.ucr.edu/podcast-episodes"&gt;Podcast Episode&lt;/a&gt;
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  <pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2025 22:48:45 +0000</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>jjian132</dc:creator>
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  <title>Exploring Access and Barriers to Care in Public Health Policy </title>
  <link>https://spp.ucr.edu/podcast-episodes/2023/06/02/exploring-access-and-barriers-care-public-health-policy-0</link>
  <description>&lt;span&gt;Exploring Access and Barriers to Care in Public Health Policy &lt;/span&gt;

              In this episode, Assistant Professional Researcher Deborah Lefkowitz talks with students from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about access and barriers to healthcare and health policy both statewide and nationally.

    &lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;jwill250&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span&gt;&lt;time datetime="2025-10-25T23:08:52-07:00" title="Saturday, October 25, 2025 - 23:08"&gt;Sat, 10/25/2025 - 23:08&lt;/time&gt;
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            &lt;time datetime="2023-06-02T12:00:00Z"&gt;June 02, 2023&lt;/time&gt;
    
            Kevin Karami    
            &lt;a href="https://spp.ucr.edu/podcast-episodes"&gt;Podcast Episode&lt;/a&gt;
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  <pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2025 06:08:52 +0000</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>jwill250</dc:creator>
    <guid isPermaLink="false">2446 at https://spp.ucr.edu</guid>
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  <title>Overcoming Cultural Barriers &amp; Stigma in Mental Health</title>
  <link>https://spp.ucr.edu/podcast-episodes/2023/04/24/overcoming-cultural-barriers-stigma-mental-health-0</link>
  <description>&lt;span&gt;Overcoming Cultural Barriers &amp;amp; Stigma in Mental Health&lt;/span&gt;

              In this episode, Director of Operations &amp;amp; Strategies for Act Now for Mental Health Joy Chen talks with students from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about Mental Health Awareness and Challenges.

    &lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;jwill250&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span&gt;&lt;time datetime="2025-10-25T22:41:38-07:00" title="Saturday, October 25, 2025 - 22:41"&gt;Sat, 10/25/2025 - 22:41&lt;/time&gt;
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            &lt;time datetime="2023-04-24T12:00:00Z"&gt;April 24, 2023&lt;/time&gt;
    
            Kevin Karami    
            &lt;a href="https://spp.ucr.edu/podcast-episodes"&gt;Podcast Episode&lt;/a&gt;
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  <pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2025 05:41:38 +0000</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>jwill250</dc:creator>
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  <title>Abortion Rights After Roe &amp; the 2022 Election</title>
  <link>https://spp.ucr.edu/podcast-episodes/2022/10/31/abortion-rights-after-roe-2022-election</link>
  <description>&lt;span&gt;Abortion Rights After Roe &amp;amp; the 2022 Election&lt;/span&gt;

              In this episode, the Director of Legislation and Community Affairs for Planned Parenthood Action Fund of the Pacific Southwest, Karen Borja, talks with students from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about reproductive rights in 2022.

    &lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;jwill250&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span&gt;&lt;time datetime="2025-10-25T19:38:40-07:00" title="Saturday, October 25, 2025 - 19:38"&gt;Sat, 10/25/2025 - 19:38&lt;/time&gt;
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            &lt;time datetime="2022-10-31T12:00:00Z"&gt;October 31, 2022&lt;/time&gt;
    
            Kevin Karami    
            &lt;a href="https://spp.ucr.edu/podcast-episodes"&gt;Podcast Episode&lt;/a&gt;
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  <pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2025 02:38:40 +0000</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>jwill250</dc:creator>
    <guid isPermaLink="false">2436 at https://spp.ucr.edu</guid>
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  <title>COVID-19 and Preparing for a New School Year (with Mike McCormick)</title>
  <link>https://spp.ucr.edu/podcast-episodes/2020/08/28/covid-19-and-preparing-new-school-year-mike-mccormick</link>
  <description>&lt;span&gt;COVID-19 and Preparing for a New School Year (with Mike McCormick)&lt;/span&gt;

              In this episode, students from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy talk with Superintendent Mike McCormick about the challenges school districts face as the academic school year begins and distance learning continues.

    &lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;pomok001&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span&gt;&lt;time datetime="2025-10-22T19:56:17-07:00" title="Wednesday, October 22, 2025 - 19:56"&gt;Wed, 10/22/2025 - 19:56&lt;/time&gt;
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            &lt;time datetime="2020-08-28T12:00:00Z"&gt;August 28, 2020&lt;/time&gt;
    
            Maddie Bunting    
            &lt;a href="https://spp.ucr.edu/podcast-episodes"&gt;Podcast Episode&lt;/a&gt;
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  <pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2025 02:56:17 +0000</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>pomok001</dc:creator>
    <guid isPermaLink="false">2433 at https://spp.ucr.edu</guid>
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  <title>COVID-19: The Constitutionality of the Shutdown (with Greg Stepanicich)</title>
  <link>https://spp.ucr.edu/podcast-episodes/2020/08/14/covid-19-constitutionality-shutdown-greg-stepanicich</link>
  <description>&lt;span&gt;COVID-19: The Constitutionality of the Shutdown (with Greg Stepanicich)&lt;/span&gt;

              In this episode, students from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy talk with Greg Stepanicich about "police power" and the legality of the shutdown.

    &lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;pomok001&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span&gt;&lt;time datetime="2025-10-22T19:49:27-07:00" title="Wednesday, October 22, 2025 - 19:49"&gt;Wed, 10/22/2025 - 19:49&lt;/time&gt;
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            &lt;time datetime="2020-08-14T12:00:00Z"&gt;August 14, 2020&lt;/time&gt;
    
            Maddie Bunting, Maya Prasad    
            &lt;a href="https://spp.ucr.edu/podcast-episodes"&gt;Podcast Episode&lt;/a&gt;
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  <pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2025 02:49:27 +0000</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>pomok001</dc:creator>
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  <title>COVID-19: Heightened Racial Disparities (with Dr. Aerika Loyd)</title>
  <link>https://spp.ucr.edu/podcast-episodes/2020/07/31/covid-19-heightened-racial-disparities-dr-aerika-loyd</link>
  <description>&lt;span&gt;COVID-19: Heightened Racial Disparities (with Dr. Aerika Loyd)&lt;/span&gt;

              In this episode, students from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy talk with psychology professor Aerika Loyd about how the COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected minority communities in the United States and laid bare the deep roots of systemic racism in America ranging from healthcare inequity to lack of access in education.

    &lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;pomok001&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span&gt;&lt;time datetime="2025-10-22T19:32:04-07:00" title="Wednesday, October 22, 2025 - 19:32"&gt;Wed, 10/22/2025 - 19:32&lt;/time&gt;
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            &lt;time datetime="2020-07-31T12:00:00Z"&gt;July 31, 2020&lt;/time&gt;
    
            Maddie Bunting, Arleth Flores Aparicio    
            &lt;a href="https://spp.ucr.edu/podcast-episodes"&gt;Podcast Episode&lt;/a&gt;
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  <pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2025 02:32:04 +0000</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>pomok001</dc:creator>
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  <title> COVID-19: Lack of Access in the American Education System (with Tracy Gray)</title>
  <link>https://spp.ucr.edu/podcast-episodes/2020/07/16/covid-19-lack-access-american-education-system-tracy-gray</link>
  <description>&lt;span&gt; COVID-19: Lack of Access in the American Education System (with Tracy Gray)&lt;/span&gt;

              In this episode, students from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy talk with Managing Director at the American Institutes for Research, Tracy Gray, about the challenges and opportunites faced by distanced learning, as well as depending on technology in education now, and in the future.

    &lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;pomok001&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span&gt;&lt;time datetime="2025-10-22T19:03:50-07:00" title="Wednesday, October 22, 2025 - 19:03"&gt;Wed, 10/22/2025 - 19:03&lt;/time&gt;
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            &lt;time datetime="2020-07-16T12:00:00Z"&gt;July 16, 2020&lt;/time&gt;
    
            Maddie Bunting, Kamillah Pollard    
            &lt;a href="https://spp.ucr.edu/podcast-episodes"&gt;Podcast Episode&lt;/a&gt;
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  <pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2025 02:03:50 +0000</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>pomok001</dc:creator>
    <guid isPermaLink="false">2430 at https://spp.ucr.edu</guid>
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  <title>COVID-19: Employer-Based Insurance (with Dave Jones)</title>
  <link>https://spp.ucr.edu/podcast-episodes/2020/06/23/covid-19-employer-based-insurance-dave-jones</link>
  <description>&lt;span&gt;COVID-19: Employer-Based Insurance (with Dave Jones)&lt;/span&gt;

              In this episode, the UCR School of Public Policy talk about the implications and challenges the American system of employer-based insurance is currently facing due to COVID-19 with former California Insurance Commissioner, Dave Jones.

    &lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;pomok001&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span&gt;&lt;time datetime="2025-10-22T18:58:49-07:00" title="Wednesday, October 22, 2025 - 18:58"&gt;Wed, 10/22/2025 - 18:58&lt;/time&gt;
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            &lt;time datetime="2020-06-23T12:00:00Z"&gt;June 23, 2020&lt;/time&gt;
    
            Maddie Bunting, Eric Calderon    
            &lt;a href="https://spp.ucr.edu/podcast-episodes"&gt;Podcast Episode&lt;/a&gt;
    </description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2025 01:58:49 +0000</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>pomok001</dc:creator>
    <guid isPermaLink="false">2429 at https://spp.ucr.edu</guid>
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