Into the Fold Podcast: Issues in Mental Health
Our podcast series is one of the ways we move from simply talking about our grantmaking to influencing dialogue and learning about mental health and well-being. Hosted by “Ike at the Mic,” our public affairs representative Ike Evans, the series captures the human implications of mental health and the factors that influence it, bringing you conversations with mental health experts, consumers, advocates, practitioners, researchers and community leaders from across Texas and beyond.
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Recent Podcasts
A written synopsis is available for each podcast.
Children in 2021
How are children are faring during the pandemic from the point of view of two Hogg Foundation grantees.
Vaccine Equity and Disability Rights
Vaccination is a golden opportunity to address longstanding issues of equity and injustice. Our guest, Dr. Kara Ayers, is here to help us explore just how true that is for people with disabilities.
Young and Invincible
On this episode of Into the Fold, we sit down with three people from Young Invincibles who are dedicated to amplifying the voices of youth and young adults to advance mental health policy work in Texas.
Fear of Going Outside: A Podcaster on Asian Identity, Mental Health and Belonging
For this episode of Into the Fold, we talk to Ivy Le, a second-generation Vietnamese American podcaster, writer, performer and activist, to share her perspective on the status of Asian Americans in the year 2021.
The Case Against Spanking
In this episode of Into the Fold, we talk with child discipline expert Dr. Elizabeth Gershoff, who studies the effects of physical discipline on children and is advocating for an end to the practice.
Vaccine Equity and Trust
The term “vaccine hesitancy” is all the rage—but does it adequately explain what is going on in the minds of those who are hesitant to get the COVID-19 vaccine? Listen to this episode of Into the Fold to learn more.
*Into the Fold is part of the Texas Podcast Network. Texas Podcast Network is brought to you by The University of Texas at Austin. Podcasts are produced by faculty members and staffers at UT Austin who work with University Communications to craft content that adheres to journalistic best practices. The University of Texas at Austin offers these podcasts at no charge. Podcasts appearing on the network and this webpage represent the views of the hosts, not of The University of Texas at Austin.
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