In this episode we feature Michael Gilbert- a public health technologist with specializations in epidemiology, health informatics, and harm reduction. Michael’s past work in these fields includes design and implementation of public health i

Bright Spark #4: Treat First- An Interview with Pauli Gray

Feb 1st, 2019 19m 50s

In this episode we interview Pauli Gray, a long time harm reductionist in San Francisco. Pauli is currently the Hepatitis C Program Manager for syringe access services for the San Francisco AIDS Foundation and we asked him to speak to us about

Bright Spark #3: Opening the Psychic Space

Oct 8th, 2018 36m 19s

In this episode we present a monolog from Sam Junge, a volunteer, inactive drug user, and harm reduction worker at the Portland People’s Outreach Project, a need based harm reduction site that is a member of the People’s Harm Reduction Allianc

Bright Spark #2: Operationalizing Harm Reduction- an Interview with Erin Haas

May 1st, 2018 34m 29s

In this episode we interview Erin Haas, a long time volunteer and advocate for harm reduction services and drug users. For the last few years Erin has been the assistant director in the office of Overdose Prevention at the Maryland Department

Bright Spark #1: On the Ground- An interview with Marilou Gagnon

Mar 14th, 2018 45m 28s

In this episode we interview Marilou Gagnon, a nurse based out of Canada. Marilou is a professor of nursing, a researcher, a writer, and an activist. She was the spokesperson for Overdose Prevention Ottawa‘s overdose prevention site that ran f

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