Latest Social reform Podcast Episodes
22: A Historical Look at the American Garment Industry and Its Impact on Labor Movements in the U.S.
We Can Do This! - December 19, 2023 20:04 - 31 minutesIn our latest installment of We Can Do This! Sally Greenberg, CEO of National Consumers League, sits down with Rebecca Ballard to discuss the fashion and garment industry. Sally and Rebecca, an experienced and leading authority on sustainable fashion and founder of the consulting firm B...
21: NCL Health Podcast Series: Amy Hinojosa, National CEO of MANA
We Can Do This! - October 18, 2023 13:42 - 25 minutesNCL is excited to present the inaugural podcast episode of our new Health Podcast Series under the “We Can Do This!” podcast umbrella, hosted by our Senior Director of Health Policy Robin Strongin. This month we are celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month with our esteemed guest Am...
20: Stop Senior Scams!
We Can Do This! - March 06, 2023 14:00 - 46 minutesHappy Consumer Protection Week! While fraud can affect anyone, regardless of age and other demographic information, Fraud.org and NCL are putting the spotlight on scams targeting older Americans. Our host for this episode is NCL’s very own fraud expert, Vice President of Public Policy, ...
19: Menthol Cigarettes Are Going Up in Smoke
We Can Do This! - June 28, 2022 09:00 - 51 minutesOn this episode of “We Can Do This!” our host Sally Greenberg sits down with members of the African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council, the country’s leading public health education and advocacy organization taking on Big Tobacco to save Black lives. Dr. Phil Gardiner, Carol Mc...
18: How Did My Medicine Get Here? Behind the Scenes of the Healthcare Supply Chain
We Can Do This! - June 21, 2022 11:00 - 39 minutesMany of us take for granted that our medicines are available at the pharmacy whenever needed. Despite the disruptions of the pandemic, U.S. healthcare supply chains remained incredibly resilient, safe and reliable. Dr. Nicolette Louissaint of the Healthcare Distribution Alliance (HDA) j...
17: Maintaining Customer Trust in a Booming eCommerce Marketplace
We Can Do This! - March 11, 2022 10:00 - 34 minutesHappy Consumer Protection Week! Are you an online shopper? This podcast is for you! On this episode of We Can Do This!, NCL’s Vice President of Public Policy, Telecommunications and Fraud, John Breyault, sits down with Alyssa Betz, Director of Public Policy leading Amazon’s Brand Protec...
16: A Woman’s Right to Choose: Equal Access to Health Care Threatened
We Can Do This! - February 08, 2022 10:00 - 51 minutesThis episode contains sensitive topics, such as abortion and sexual violence, that may be difficult for some audiences. Listener discretion advised. As listeners of our podcast know, the National Consumers League believes in equal health care access for all, and that includes a woman'...
15: The Drug Pricing Middlemen Driving up Drug Costs
We Can Do This! - December 01, 2021 10:00 - 46 minutesHealthcare continues to be front and center in the national discourse, particularly in the midst of the pandemic. As Congress works on policy solutions to lower healthcare costs for consumers, we face an unfair disadvantage when it comes to what we’re paying at the pharmacy counter. Man...
14: The boom in e-commerce has been a boon for fraudsters
We Can Do This! - May 28, 2021 10:00 - 57 minutesThe COVID-19 pandemic has greatly accelerated the growth of e-commerce. And counterfeiters are raking in the cash. Dr. Jay Kennedy, Assistant Professor at Michigan State University and Assistant Director of Research at the Center for Anti-Counterfeiting and Product Protection, joins NC...
13: Does recycling even work?
We Can Do This! - February 26, 2021 20:18 - 47 minutesBeth Porter, Climate Campaigns Director at Green America, join NCL’s Executive Director Sally Greenberg to talk about the American arm of the global recycling movement and the confusing myriad of systems consumers must navigate to lead sustainable, eco-conscious lives. *Due to COVID-19...
12: Women's sexual health shouldn't be taboo
We Can Do This! - February 10, 2021 21:01 - 50 minutesIt's 2021, can we speak frankly about women's sexual health yet? Dr. Crista Johnson-Agbakwu (MD) of Arizona University’s Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center and Dr. Sheryl Kingsberg (Ph.D.) of UH MacDonald Women's Hospital & Case Western Reserve University join NCL’s Executive ...
09 - Muslim Entrepreneurs
Cafe Tanweer - Enlightening Conversations with Muslims - November 02, 2020 16:00 - 1 hourWhat is the process of starting a business like for the modern American Muslim? Are there any culture clashes to keep in mind? In this episode of the Cafe Tanweer Podcast, Aamina and Lelas sat down with Umar Warsi, founder of Book a Muslim, and Reema Hamadeh, founder of Hamadough Sweets - two ta...
08 - Women and the Way We See Them
Cafe Tanweer - Enlightening Conversations with Muslims - September 29, 2020 12:00 - 1 hourAcross time and culture, women’s value in society has been dictated by their physical appearance, so we decided to sit down and have an uncomfortable conversation dissecting how this impacts us. Is the body positivity movement a step in the right direction or does it distract from the message th...
11: Advice to get rid of that debt monkey on your back
We Can Do This! - September 22, 2020 15:19 - 46 minutesMichelle Singletary award-winning Washington Post columnist joins NCL’s Executive Director Sally Greenberg and Lisa Hertzberg, director of the LifeSmarts program, to discuss how consumers can manage debt and finances even amidst the global COVID-19 pandemic and the predatory business pr...
07 - The American Education
Cafe Tanweer - Enlightening Conversations with Muslims - September 07, 2020 16:00 - 1 hourEducation has been a hot button issue for as long as anyone can remember, but arguably now more than ever with the emergence of COVID. What types of educational opportunities exist for students, and are there disparities in access? What can we expect of the rise of ed tech? What long-term impact...
06 - Muslims in Comedy
Cafe Tanweer - Enlightening Conversations with Muslims - August 17, 2020 20:00 - 1 hourIn this episode, Aamina and Lelas sit down with AK Agunbiade, Hiba Bhatty, and Najah Bhatty - three talented, intelligent, and hilarious individuals pursuing comedy and asked them all sorts of questions about the Muslim experience in the realm of entertainment - from intersectionality to the pow...
05 - Being Black and Muslim
Cafe Tanweer - Enlightening Conversations with Muslims - July 20, 2020 11:00 - 1 hourHow do the identities of Black American and Muslim American converge? How can non-Black Muslims be effective allies? Aamina and Lelas are joined by Muttaqi Ismail, Amir Felton, Mazin Khalil, and Daad Sharfi to discuss the multi-dimensional Black Muslim experience, efforts towards fostering commu...
10: Price gouging and usury and fraud, oh my!
We Can Do This! - July 12, 2020 21:19 - 37 minutesBen Wiseman, director of the Office of Consumer Protection at the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia, joins NCL’s VP of Public Policy, Telecommunications and Fraud John Breyault to talk about the surge of consumer protection issues that have emerged as a result ...
04 - Government, Politics, and Civic Engagement
Cafe Tanweer - Enlightening Conversations with Muslims - July 06, 2020 10:00 - 1 hourWhat role do Muslims have in the political realm? What are ways that we can get engaged? What are strides that Muslims have taken in recent years? What is it like to become an elected official when you're Muslim? What is the Muslim presence in social activism? With today's interesting political ...
03 - Muslims in Multimedia
Cafe Tanweer - Enlightening Conversations with Muslims - June 15, 2020 07:00 - 1 hourWhat is it like to be a Muslim in media? Where do we fit in the American narrative? What does representation look like? How can we use art to build bridges - both within our own community as well as with other communities? Aamina and Lelas sit down with Salwa Shameem, Sara Alattar, and Syed (Sue...
02 - Raising the Coming Generations
Cafe Tanweer - Enlightening Conversations with Muslims - June 15, 2020 07:00 - 1 hourMost of us can agree that adolescence is not the easiest time. What place do youth programs and mentorship have in the rollercoaster journey that is child development? Why are Muslim-specific programs important? What does providing these opportunities for the youth entail? In this episode, Aamin...
02 - Muslim Youth Programming and Mentorship
Cafe Tanweer - Enlightening Conversations with Muslims - June 15, 2020 07:00 - 1 hourMost of us can agree that adolescence is not the easiest time. What place do youth programs and mentorship have in the rollercoaster journey that is child development? Why are Muslim-specific programs important? What does providing these opportunities for the youth entail? In this episode, Aamin...
01 - Mental Health and Therapy
Cafe Tanweer - Enlightening Conversations with Muslims - June 15, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour1 in 5 adults and 1 in 6 youths living in the U.S. experience a mental illness, while less than half of sufferers receive treatment. In this first episode, Lelas and Aamina are joined by Dr. Ali Anwar (psychiatrist), Dr. Layla Khayr (social worker), and Danyah Subei (art therapist) to explore th...
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Cafe Tanweer - Enlightening Conversations with Muslims - June 12, 2020 23:00 - 38 secondsSalaam! We are Aamina and Lelas, and we want to welcome you to Cafe Tanweer, a podcast dedicated to having enlightening conversations with Muslims. Our focus is quite broad - any issue that affects the contemporary Muslim is on-limits, which means that we have a LOT of interesting discussions ac...
S E9: Child and forced marriage puts the "lock" in wedlock.
We Can Do This! - May 08, 2020 21:17 - 47 minutesFraidy Reiss, activist and founder/director of Unchained At Last, joins Reid Maki, NCL’s director of child labor issues and coordinator of the Child Labor Coalition for a dialogue about the silent scourge of child marriage in America and the continued effort to support women who wish to...
9: Child and forced marriage puts the "lock" in wedlock
We Can Do This! - May 08, 2020 21:17 - 47 minutesFraidy Reiss, activist and founder/director of Unchained At Last, joins Reid Maki, NCL’s director of child labor issues and coordinator of the Child Labor Coalition for a dialogue about the silent scourge of child marriage in America and the continued effort to support women who wish to...
9: Child and forced marriage puts the "lock" in wedlock.
We Can Do This! - May 08, 2020 21:17 - 47 minutesFraidy Reiss, activist and founder/director of Unchained At Last, joins Reid Maki, NCL’s director of child labor issues and coordinator of the Child Labor Coalition for a dialogue about the silent scourge of child marriage in America and the continued effort to support women who wish to...
S E8: Born too soon; the difference a day makes
We Can Do This! - April 21, 2020 16:59 - 52 minutesDr. Joia Adele Crear-Perry of the National Birth Equity Collaborative and Dr. Kelle H. Moley of March of Dimes joins NCL’s Executive Director Sally Greenberg for a dialogue about premature births, maternal outcomes, and the societal stressors that disproportionately affect some pregnant...
8: Born too soon; the difference a day makes
We Can Do This! - April 21, 2020 16:59 - 52 minutesDr. Joia Adele Crear-Perry of the National Birth Equity Collaborative and Dr. Kelle H. Moley of March of Dimes joins NCL’s Executive Director Sally Greenberg for a dialogue about premature births, maternal outcomes, and the societal stressors that disproportionately affect some pregnant...
7: The invisible child laborers in our fields
We Can Do This! - February 24, 2020 07:00 - 52 minutesNorma Flores López, Governance and Development/Collaboration Manager at East Coast Migrant Head Start Project, joins Reid Maki, NCL’s director of child labor issues and coordinator of the Child Labor Coalition for a dialogue about the plight of workers on America’s farms. Joining them a...