Today on our KPFK radio show we welcome Taiji Miyagawa of API for CalCare (http://APIforCalCare.com)!  Our interview with Taiji will include strategizing to win health care reform.  API for CalCare studies and shares information about healthcare issues that affect working class Asian and Pacific Islanders in California.

8/10/23 - Taiji Miyagawa discusses API for CalCare and CA Single Payer Health strategy

On this show, your hosts are health care justice warriors Erika Feresten (HC4US Chair; http://hc4us.org/bod-erika) and Gina Viola (Co-Chair; http://hc4us.org/bod-gina).

Their guest, Maebe Pudlo (they/she) became the first drag queen ever elected to public office in the U.S. when she was elected to the Silver Lake Neighborhood Council (http://SilverLakeNC.org) in 2019. She is currently serving her 3rd term on the council as At-Large Representative and Treasurer. In 2022 she also ran for U.S. Congress in California’s 30th congressional district, coming in 2nd place out of 9 candidates, becoming the first openly trans non-binary candidate to advance to a General Election for a seat in the House of Representatives. Maebe hosts, produces and performs in drag shows around LA and she currently works as the Operations Manager for SELAH Neighborhood Homeless Coalition (http://SELAhnhc.org).

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Our Health Care for US show airs at our new time, EVERY FRIDAY MORNING at 7:30am (PST) on 90.7 KPFK (http://kpfk.org) in Los Angeles and 98.7 FM Santa Barbara. Our radio show is also live streamed on http://kpfk.org and our website (http://hc4us.org), with recording made available here on SoundCloud (@HC4US).

For future HC4US shows, we want you to join the conversation by calling in live to the show at 818-985-5735 and sharing your thoughts. Also, please email your questions or tips to communications@hc4us.org.

03/14/2025 - Health Care Justice Warriors Erika Feresten (HC4US Chair) and Gina Viola (Co-Chair) host Maebe Pudlo (a.k.a. Maebe A. Girl)

Your hosts Erica Feresten (http://hc4us.org) and Gina Viola (http://hc4us.org/bod-gina), Chair and Co-Chair of HC4US travelled to Cuba with a delegation of 60 people, bringing suitcases of medical supplies and medicine! Erica and Gina are eager to tell us about the ongoing blockade by the United States and how it affects the health and daily life of Cubans leading them to respond in resourceful ways. Interviews with a Cuban doctor and a patient will also be shared. Listen to learn unique aspects of the Cuban health care system and what we can learn from the people of Cuba.

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Our Health Care for US show airs at our new time, EVERY FRIDAY MORNING at 7:30am (PST) on 90.7 KPFK (kpfk.org) in Los Angeles and 98.7 FM Santa Barbara.

Our radio show is also live streamed on kpfk.org and our website (hc4us.org), with recording made available here on SoundCloud (@HC4US).

For future HC4US shows, we want you to join the conversation by calling in live to the show at 818-985-5735. You can also email your questions or tips to communications@hc4us.org.

05/09/2025 - HC4US with hosts Erika Feresten (HC4US Chair) and Gina Viola (Cuba Visit)

This episode features host and HC4US board member, Taiji T. Miyagawa, a third-generation Japanese American activist and musician.  A California native, he comes from a lineage of U.S. citizens who were stripped of their constitutional rights and imprisoned behind barbed wire during World War II for no crime other than being Japanese.  Taiji leads API for CalCare.  With over four decades of experience as a grassroots empowerment activist and musician, Taiji has been involved in multiple social justice arenas, participated in numerous electoral campaigns and led voter mobilization efforts.

During this episode, Taiji reviews the latest health care related news and events effecting Asian and Pacific Islander communities, from health disparities to hate crimes, and emphasizing the need for CalCare (California Guaranteed Health Care for All Act).


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Our Health Care for US show airs at our new time, EVERY FRIDAY MORNING at 7:30am (PST) on 90.7 KPFK (kpfk.org) in Los Angeles and 98.7 FM Santa Barbara.

Our radio show is also live streamed on kpfk.org and our website (hc4us.org), with recording made available here on SoundCloud (@HC4US).

For future HC4US shows, we want you to join the conversation by calling in live to the show at 818-985-5735.  You can also email your questions or tips to communications@hc4us.org.

05/16/2025 - HC4US show with host Taiji Miyagawa

In this episode, Jackie Hernandez is your host with guest Alejandra "Alex" Quintero, a labor organizer and the creator of AllThingsLabor (http://www.instagram.com/allthingslabor), a social media platform with over 40,000 followers that educates workers about their rights and how to organize.

With coworkers, Alex has unionized her workplace three times, served on both organizing and bargaining committees, and successfully filed complaints with the National Labor Relations Board. Alex is also the co-coordinator of the nonprofit circle of the Democratic Socialists of America - LA Labor Committee (https://dsa-la.org/committees/labor-committee-platform) and is a committee member of the Mother Jones Foundation Committee.


News articles related to this show:

* Medicare for All Helps Unions by Taking Health Care Off the Bargaining Table [Truthout]
  https://hc4us.org/medicare-for-all-helps-unions-by-taking-health-care-off-the-bargaining-table-truthout/

* Unions Can Lead the Struggle for Single-Payer Health Care
  https://hc4us.org/unions-can-lead-the-struggle-for-single-payer-health-care-pnhp/


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Our Health Care for US show airs at our new time, EVERY FRIDAY MORNING at 7:30am (PST) on 90.7 KPFK (kpfk.org) in Los Angeles and 98.7 FM Santa Barbara.

Our radio show is also live streamed on kpfk.org and our website (hc4us.org), with recording made available here on SoundCloud (@HC4US).

For future HC4US shows, we want you to join the conversation by calling in live to the show at 818-985-5735.  You can also email your questions or tips to communications@hc4us.org.

2025-05-23 - HC4US show with host Jackie Hernandez and guest Alejandra 'Alex' Quintero

In this episode, Sheila Bates (http://hc4us.org/bod-sheila) is your host with guest Emilee Bargoma (https://bitesizebio.com/29714/phd-staying-positively-headstrong-determined), who holds a doctorate in Cell and Molecular Biology and a Master’s in Biology and Microbiology.  Emilee began her career at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, contributing to the Biotechnology and Planetary Protection Program, before focusing on diseases disproportionately affecting individuals of African descent.

Her research includes published work on gene-editing mutations and acute vaso-occlusive crises in Sickle Cell Disease (https://www.cityofhope.org/clinical-program/sickle-cell-disease).  Emilee has also led a team that conducted preclinical safety evaluations of drugs, drug products, and medical devices in cellular models.  Currently, she is transitioning into the startup space, serving as Chief Scientific Officer and co-founder of a biotechnology company.  Emilee is also the founder of a Black-owned, Black- and Brown-staffed science consulting firm dedicated to advancing equity and innovation in scientific research.


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Our Health Care for US show airs at our new time, EVERY FRIDAY MORNING at 7:30am (PST) on 90.7 KPFK (kpfk.org) in Los Angeles and 98.7 FM Santa Barbara.

Our radio show is also live streamed on kpfk.org and our website (hc4us.org), with recording made available here on SoundCloud (@HC4US).

For future HC4US shows, we want you to join the conversation by calling in live to the show at 818-985-5735.  You can also email your questions or tips to communications@hc4us.org.

06/06/2025 - HC4US Radio show with host Sheila Bates

Health Care for US (HC4US) is a non-partisan, non-profit organization of volunteers championing California single-payer health care. HC4US advocates for comprehensive, high-quality universal health care through single-payer public financing. Our goal is to guarantee health care as a human right for ALL California residents, advancing the larger fight for health care justice and energizing the implementation of national Single Payer/Medicare for All.

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