Your doctor’s orders matter—but your block, bus route, and grocery aisle might matter more. Dr. Akilah Weber Pearson and guest Dr. Rodney Hood break down how food access, housing, transportation, education, and the biology of stress drive 80–90% of health outcomes—and the fixes already working in California. From community health workers to Housing First, this episode turns policy into practical prescriptions.

Democracy isn’t abstract—it’s your clinic, your kid’s lunch, your air. In Episode 1, Senator Dr. Akilah Weber Pierson and Will Rodriguez-Kennedy unpack Texas’s mid-decade redistricting and California’s proposed response: Prop 50. Why does it matter? Because congressional control shapes Medi-Cal, CalFresh, hospital stability, and environmental justice. Ballots are landing now; Election Day is November 4. Listen, share, and decide how we protect health and democracy this year.