HIT Like a Girl Pod Podcast
1) The Digital Divide is a Care Divide: Inside the Fight for Latino Health Equity
In a digital-first healthcare world, who gets left behind? The answer is often the same communities that have always been marginalized. But what if the solution wasn't just to build better apps, but t...Show More
The Digital Divide is a Care Divide: Inside the Fight for Latino Health Equity
21:37 | Nov 18th, 2025
2) Dr. Aditi Joshi on AI, XR, and Unlearning American Healthcare to Build the Future of Medicine
In a world where healthcare is simultaneously global and deeply local, how do we build technology that truly serves humanity? From the conference floors of HLTH 2025 to the cobblestone streets of Pari...Show More
3) Beyond the Before & After: Hilary Phelps on the Messy, Courageous Work of Long-Term Recovery
What does it really take to rebuild a life after addiction? For Hilary Phelps, the journey wasn't a linear path to a happy ending — it was a daily practice of peeling back layers, navigating severe de...Show More
4) The Body's Secret Weapon: An ER Doctor on the Endocannabinoid System and Why Cannabis is Real Medicine
What if we’ve been missing a fundamental piece of human biology? Dr. Leigh Vinocur, one of the first physicians with a master’s in Cannabis Science, pulls back the curtain on the endocannabinoid syste...Show More
5) Are We Failing Our Athletes? A Sports Medicine Doctor on Healing the Whole Person, Not Just the Player
We celebrate athletes as superheroes, but what happens when the pressure to perform ignores their basic humanity? From social media noise to the dangerous myth of the "normal" missing period, Dr. Marc...Show More
6) Hope is an 18-Hour Drive: Inside Planned Parenthood’s Fight Against a "Backdoor Abortion Ban"
In a post-Roe America, the attacks on reproductive healthcare are becoming more insidious. Planned Parenthood CEO Alexis McGill Johnson reveals how a recent "big, beautiful" bill contains a provision ...Show More
7) Why Are Kids Dying? A Pediatrician’s Run for Senate to Stop the Normalization of Neglect
Gun violence is the leading cause of death for American children. Millions have been plunged back into poverty. A top anti-vaccine activist runs Health and Human Services. Pediatrician Dr. Annie Andre...Show More
8) Breaking the Gender Gap in Healthcare: The Bold Innovations Shaping Women’s Futures
What if a tampon could diagnose infections—not just absorb them? In this fiery episode of HIT Like A Girl, guest host Demi Radeva sits down with Valentina Milanova, founder and CEO of Daye, live from ...Show More
Breaking the Gender Gap in Healthcare: The Bold Innovations Shaping Women’s Futures
10:31 | Aug 19th, 2025
9) Revolutionizing Women’s Health: The Breakthrough in Continuous Hormone Monitoring
What if women could track their hormones as easily as blood sugar? In this electrifying episode of HIT Like A Girl, guest host Demi Radeva sits down with Anna Luisa Schaffgotsch, founder & CEO of Impl...Show More
Revolutionizing Women’s Health: The Breakthrough in Continuous Hormone Monitoring
13:33 | Aug 12th, 2025
10) Why Gender Equality in Global Health Is Still a Fight—And How We Can Win It
Despite decades of progress, women’s health remains narrowly defined by reproduction, research still overlooks gender disparities, and harmful norms continue shaping health outcomes worldwide. So how ...Show More
Why Gender Equality in Global Health Is Still a Fight—And How We Can Win It
21:10 | Aug 5th, 2025