In what amounts to our Season 2 Finale, Professor Jessica Mitchell and Craig Milch participate in a special episode produced by Martina Stephenson on her last day as SAB's official Social Work Intern. They commemorate Mental Health Awareness Month, review this past season, how often topics recurred, and how they have progressed, and close with a discussion on perhaps our most favored topic, voting. Thanks to all who listened and contributed to this season we will see you next time.

Professor Jessica Mitchell, Martina Stephenson, and Craig Milch discuss Biden's 2024 announcement, the debt ceiling and cuts to Medicaid, Tucker Carlson's ouster at Fox News, more (!) SCOTUS ethics violations, FL surgeon general's covid lies, housing first in NYC, and attacks on civil rights in Mississippi and Texas.

This week, Professor Jessica Mitchell, Martina Stephenson, and Craig Milch discuss Clarence Thomas, NYS bail reform and budget talks, the social work licensing exam, new NYS judge nominees, abortion and trans medical care bills in CO, MO, and FL, Black maternal health, a ban of the study of racism in Louisiana, recent shootings, and heinous leaked audio in OK.

Professor Jessica Mitchell, Martina Stephenson, and Craig Milch are back together to record, coincidentally after Trump has (finally) been indicted. They discuss the indictment, the elections in Wisconsin and Chicago, new SCOTUS ethics rules, the next shadow docket-like procedure SCOTUS conservatives are taking advantage of, legislative and policy developments across a slew of states, the aftermath and protests following the Tennessee school shooting, a Tennessee family improperly separated by DCS, reparations in Evanston, Illinois, and an NYPD shooting in response to a mental health crisis call.

In her last interview for Women's History Month, Martina Stephenson speaks with health and wellness coach Vanessa Farrell (vihealthcoaching.com) about her background, health coaching, challenges women face in taking care of their heart health and overall wellness, easy and helpful changes, what success looks like, and the nature and importance of self-care.

This week Martina Stephenson continues to honor Women's History Month and celebrates International Women's Day by welcoming back Nicole Tarangelo LMSW to the podcast to have a wide-ranging conversation about contraception and the disproportionate burden placed on women to prevent pregnancy.

Martina Stephenson kicks off Women's History Month and National Disability Awareness Month by interviewing teacher, advocate, social work student Marc Esposito about his background, how he found his way to social work, working with differently abled clients, Haitian American model and disability advocate Mama Cax, advocating for clients and yourself, and his family's non-profit, Forgotten Children of Haiti.

In this final edition of this year's series of Black History Month interviews, Martina Stephenson speaks to Corey Grant (@coreyg_21) of Granted Access Production (@granted_access_production) about his career as an actor, producer, and educator, the importance of storytelling, and what it means to be an artist.

In the next edition of our series of Black History Month interviews conducted by Martina Stephenson, Randy Ficklin, MSW, CASAC-T returns to talk about the meaning of Black history, who inspires them, social work in Black history, Clarence 13X, the Nation of Islam, the Nation of Gods and Earth (aka the Five Percenters), and Huey Newton. 

This week, Professor Jessica Mitchell and Craig Milch discuss the State of the Union, voting rights and the possible mooting of Moore v. Harper, a democracy voucher proposal in New Hampshire, the potential abortion pill ban, and the pride of Nassau County, George Santos.

In the first of a series of interviews for Black History Month, Martina Stephenson speaks with Franks Deceus (@deceusart on Instagram). They discuss Franks’ background, challenges faced as an aspiring Black artist, the nature of success, what the day-to-day artistic process looks like, art's importance, inspiration, and legacy.

Professor Jessica Mitchell, Martina Stephenson, and Craig Milch talk about the embarrassment that is NY state politics, Alabama's election-denying SOS, the ongoing water crisis in Jackson, MS, the ongoing assault on trans rights, police accountability, and 4-day weeks. 

Professor Jessica Mitchell, Martina Stephenson, and Craig Milch discuss the new House, a Hochul immigration rights veto, Brittney Griner, Dana White, the first death penalty execution of a trans person in US history, abortion pill prosecutions in Alabama, and both information and financial literacy.

Professor Jessica Mitchell, Martina Stephenson, and Craig Milch are back to discuss GOP disarray while trying to elect a Speaker of the House, Biden's judicial nominees, Republican voter fraud, Governor Hochul appointments, Senator Murray's election as Senate President Pro Tempore, developments with abortion pill/birth control access, and effects of anti-CRT laws. 

This week, Professor Jessica Mitchell and Craig Milch discuss the Georgia runoff, the problem with the rail labor dispute narrative, this week's SCOTUS cases, another instance of Republican voter fraud, the need for Black teachers, Baltimore utilizing a trauma-informed approach, Hochul's signaled lack of support for NY overdose prevention centers. 

Professor Jessica Mitchell and Craig Milch are back from hiatus to rejoin Martina Stephenson. They discuss the election results, redistricting, the white power movement's infiltration of politics, the railroad labor dispute, a foreign policy opportunity for Biden, involuntary hospitalization in NYC, and gender-affirming care.

This week, Martina Stephenson speaks to Nicole Tarangelo, LMSW about the Michael Valva case, mandated supporting, and needed changes in education to support the movement to abolish the child welfare system and replace it with true support to families.

This week, Martina Stephenson spoke with Randy Ficklin, MSW, CASAC-T, a forensic mental health specialist. They had a personal and insightful conversation about systemic racism, mass incarceration, education, and related topics. 

Professor Jessica Mitchell and Craig Milch discuss the ongoing midterm elections, inflation, voter suppression, SCOTUS on the verge of (again) overturning decades of precedent, and every instance of Rainbow Fentanyl being given to trick-or-treaters (SPOILER ALERT: there were none).

This week Professor Jessica Mitchell, Martina Stephenson, and Craig Milch discuss legal challenges to Biden's student debt relief, the impending debt ceiling hostage situation, Republican hypocrisy, redistricting, attempts to outlaw slavery in 2022, Britney Griner, and American shootings.