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Labels and the Community’s Perspectives

By yalepodcasts | August 14, 2026

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Rejoining hosts Peta-Gaye Tomlinson and Dante Gennaro, guest Jordan Wynn returns to examine the profound power of terminology in HIV care and community spaces. The episode investigates how language choices, such as shifting from “HIV-positive” to “person living with HIV,” or replacing terms like “clean” with “negative”, fundamentally shape social perceptions and clinical interactions. The hosts and guest explore how labels operate within LGBTQ+ spaces, analyzing how terms like “undetectable,” “poz,” or “PrEP user” influence interpersonal relationships, dating dynamics, and community inclusion.

The dialogue balances the fine line between labels serving as empowering identity markers versus tools of reduction that simplify individuals down to a medical diagnosis. Furthermore, the episode highlights notable generational shifts, comparing how Gen Z, Millennials, and older adults navigate HIV-related vocabulary differently. Listeners will come away with a stronger commitment to person-first language and concrete strategies for reframing everyday clinical conversations to avoid harmful assumptions.

If you have a topic you’d like us to discuss or want to share feedback, please email us at CTAETC@yale.edu.

Fears Around Getting Tested

By yalepodcasts | July 31, 2026

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In this episode, Dante Gennaro and Peta-Gaye Tomlinson sit down with Jordan Wynn to unpack the psychological, historical, and social barriers that prevent individuals from seeking HIV testing. The discussion explores the pervasive “fear of knowing,” examining why the anticipatory anxiety surrounding a potential positive result often proves more paralyzing than receiving the diagnosis itself. The conversation also delves into historical medical trauma, detailing how systemic mistrust within healthcare systems- particularly among BIPOC communities- continues to impede access to routine diagnostic care.

The episode tackles external fears, including worries about social rejection, community gossip, and discrimination following a positive result. Jordan emphasizes the importance of shifting the overall testing narrative away from fear and toward empowerment by illustrating what living with HIV actually looks like with modern care. Healthcare professionals will gain practical approaches for normalizing testing routines, leveraging pop-up events, and utilizing peer-led models to build safe, low-barrier entry points for care.

If you have a topic you’d like us to discuss or want to share feedback, please email us at CTAETC@yale.edu.

The Unspoken Truth of Military Service

By yalepodcasts | March 18, 2026

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In the midst of ongoing global military conflicts, Ellsworth “Tony” Williams and General Jack Hammond join for a timely conversation about their military journeys and their life-giving efforts addressing the invisible wounds of military service. They share openly about their expected and unexpected paths into the military and into advocacy work. In this revealing discussion, we walk through the challenges of transitioning from military service to civilian life, and we acknowledge the ways these difficulties can unknowingly persist for years. We also address the danger of ignoring the invisible impacts of military service, whether traumatic brain injury, PTSD, or other emotional and mental health challenges. We also highlight the often neglected impact of military service on veterans’ families and their communities. In this episode, you’ll learn about important resources and the ways veterans can access innovative programs, effective tools, and supportive communities to bring about healing and thriving. This inspiring and empowering conversation centers on the critical work of reaching one life at a time. Whether you’re a veteran, you know a veteran, or you’re a member of society interacting with veterans as so many of us do, this episode is for you.

Learn more about Veterans Counseling Veterans at www.vetscounselingvets.org

Learn more about Home Base at www.homebase.org

The Addy Hour is recorded at the Yale Teaching Studios, with engineering support from Ryan McEvoy, edited by Orlando Suazo, and hosted by Dr. Nii Addy. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a rating and follow our podcast page, to help us grow this podcast and our community.

Ep. 32 – Gene Baur on changing hearts, minds and laws about farm animals

By yalepodcasts | May 18, 2020

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Amid the systematic cruelties and alienating conditions which define our factory farm system, Farm Sanctuary stands out as an exemplar of human kindness. Over the past thirty years, Farm Sanctuary — co-founded and led by our guest, Gene Baur — has rescued thousands of farm animals from short, tortured lives in industrial confinement and allowed them to live out their days in comfort. There, these rescued cows, pigs, sheep and more serve as ambassadors, teaching millions of people — from schoolchildren to Hollywood stars — that farm animals are individuals with personalities and emotions and deserve to be treated as more than just widgets on an assembly line. In this episode, we speak with Baur about the origins and evolution of Farm Sanctuary, how animals who have suffered transform when they are treated with gentleness for the first time, and the globe wave of farm animal sanctuaries that his work inspired. From spur-of-the-moment calf rescues with celebrity supporters like Joaquin Phoenix to lawsuits against companies and government agencies, Baur has fought tirelessly to protect farm animals from cruelty and to promote a more compassionate world.