Best Nason Maani Podcasts (2025)

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Episode 16: Prisons, health and justice with Chantal Edge and Nicola Dennis 1:02:31

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Hello and welcome back to Money Power Health. Justice and health are deeply intertwined, as the same social and economic factors that can significantly impact individual and population health, can also influence a person's likelihood of interacting with the justice system. Prisons are places with some of the most profound inequalities in health out…

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Episode 15: Addressing research/action gaps with pracademic Dr Gayle Amul 43:00

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Hello, and welcome back to Money, Power, Health. Today we’re talking about research and advocacy in tobacco and alcohol policy with someone seeking to hold the industries in question accountable—not just through research, but through advocacy and policy engagement. My guest is Dr. Gayle Amul, a researcher and advocate whose work focuses on alcohol …

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Episode 14: Forever chemicals, lobbying and transparency with Vicky Cann from Corporate Europe Observatory 50:51

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Hello everyone and welcome back to Money Power Health. This week, we are discussing so called “forever chemicals” or PFAS, a group of more than 10,000 man-made chemicals used in a wide range of industrial applications and consumer products. Of core interest to public health, they are resistant to degradation, meaning they persist in the environment…

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Episode 13: Industry-funded school education programmes with May van Schalkwyk 1:16:00

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Hi everyone and welcome back to Money Power Health. We often tend to think of our health as the product of our own energies, something we alone are accountable for. But in reality, our health is to a large degree shaped by the conditions we find ourselves in, the quality of our air, the wealth of our parents, the food we have access to, our opportu…

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Episode 12: Commercially driven norms around drinking with Emeka Dumbili 52:50

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The alcohol industry is a significant commercial determinant of health, shaping global consumption patterns through aggressive marketing, lobbying against regulation, and expanding into new markets, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. With its substantial influence on policymaking and public perceptions, the industry has contributed t…

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Episode 11: GPs at the Deep End with David Blane 45:53

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Hello everyone, and welcome back to Money, Power, Health with me, Nason Maani. This week we are speaking to Dr David Blane, a GP in Pollokshaws and Clinical Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow, and the academic coordinator of the Deep End GP network. As you know, in this podcast we have spoken about the ways in which the wider physical and…

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Episode 10: Money, Power and Gambling with Rebecca Cassidy 58:15

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Hello everyone, and welcome back to Money Power Health. Today I have the great privilege of speaking to Rebecca Cassidy, professor of social anthropology at Goldsmiths, on the gambling industry and her experience of working on gambling industry research. The gambling industry has experienced tremendous growth in recent years, particularly through o…

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Episode 9: The Power of PR with Grant Ennis 48:44

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Hello and welcome back to Money Power Health. “Think global, act local!” “Be the change you want to see in the world!” “Every little bit counts!” We can all get on board with such sentiments, right? Well, todays guest Grant Ennis, would question that. He is the author of the book "Dark PR: How corporate disinformation undermines our health and the …

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Episode 8: Public health, inequality and resilience with Jihad Makhoul 1:09:01

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Hello everyone, and welcome to Money, Power, Health. All three themes very much play into the health and wellbeing of the people of Lebanon, which has been assailed by a multi-pronged crisis for the past few years. Lebanon hosts an estimated 1.5 million Syrian refugees, the largest number of refugees per capita of any country, and has experienced a…

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Episode 7: Advancing Public Health in Local Government with Greg Fell 55:03

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Hello everyone and welcome back to Money Power Health. As we have been discussing in previous episodes, health is to a large degree shaped by our social and physical environments. Public Health, as defined by Acheson, is “the science and art of promoting health, preventing disease, and prolonging life through the organized efforts of society.” Some…

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Episode 6: The firearm industry, power and the law with Jon Lowy 57:05

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The firearm industry is, without question, a commercial determinant of health. It manufactures and markets harmful products, and companies actively compete with each other on features like round count, ease of reloading, and lethality. More civilian-owned firearms, of more types, with more accessories like scopes or red dot sights, more bullets and…

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Episode 5: Going upstream in health data and decisions with Salma Abdalla 52:36

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Hi everyone, and welcome back to money power health, a podcast on how our health is influenced by wealth and power. As we discussed in our introductory episode with Sandro Galea, one of the main things that determines our health is the distribution of resources and opportunity, yet, when we think of data on health that might better inform decisions…

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Episode 4: Commercial influence on science with Lisa Bero 52:48

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Hello everyone, and welcome back to Money Power Health. As you know, this podcast is about money, and power, and the role they play in shaping population health. I am particularly interested in the commercial determinants of health, the activities of the private sector, and the structures it operates in, that shape health directly and indirectly. O…

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Episode 3: Social Media with Nora Kenworthy and Marco Zenone 43:16

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Hello everyone, and welcome back to Money Power Health. As I mentioned in the first episode, part of the goal of this podcast is to bear witness to some of the hidden forces that shape health, and the extent to which they relate to money and power. Sometimes it is hard to perceive, but everything from the quality of the air you are breathing, to th…

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Episode 2: Conducting research in public health with Martin McKee 39:39

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Welcome back to Money Power Health. This week, we are speaking to Professor Martin McKee, on his research in public health, the responsibility to communicate public health to wider audiences, including the media, and some advice for early career researchers on specialisation and collaboration. Martin is a Professor of European Public Health at the …

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Episode 1: Introducing Money Power Health, with special guest Sandro Galea 25:38

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Welcome to Money Power Health, a podcast on how our health is influenced by commercial forces, wealth and power, hosted by Dr. Nason Maani, lecturer in inequalities and global health policy at the University of Edinburghs Global Health Policy Unit. In this first episode, with the help of guest Professor Sandro Galea, Dean of Boston University Schoo…