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The Good Squishee Podcast

The Good Squishee Podcast

Written by: Dionna Walters
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Public Health + Pop Culture (always with a shot of The Simpsons)!


Unserious takes on serious public health topics from an experienced public health professional who watches A LOT of television.

© 2026 The Good Squishee Podcast
Hygiene & Healthy Living Physical Illness & Disease Politics & Government Science Social Sciences
Episodes
  • Opening Shots
    May 4 2026

    Take a listen to the first episode, where I talk about:

    · The Good Squishee Recipe

    · Milhouse’s dad and how his untreated bipolar disorder made him…cool?

    · Doc McStuffins’ foray into public health

    · How Saturday morning television got me here

    For more info on what I referenced, check out these resources:


    Shot 2: Based on The Simpsons episode “Homer? A Cracker Bro?” (Season 37, Episode 15) – Hulu

    · PRECEDE-PROCEED - https://scienceinsights.org/what-is-the-precede-proceed-model-and-how-does-it-work/

    · Social Cognitive Theory - https://www.simplypsychology.org/social-cognitive-theory.html

    · HIPAA – Health Information Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 - https://www.cdc.gov/phlp/php/resources/health-insurance-portability-and-accountability-act-of-1996-hipaa.html


    Shot 3: Based on the Doc McStuffins’ episode “A Case of the Glitters” – Disney+

    · Infection Theory – National Library of Medicine, National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Institutes of Medicine - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK209708/

    Shot 4: Based on the “Time for Timer/The Bod Squad” interstitial shorts (1970s) – ABC Television – available on YouTube

    https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=time+for+timer

    https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=abc+bod+squad

    · UCLA School of Public Health - https://ph.ucla.edu/

    · Attributes for effective health communication: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2000). Healthy People 2010: Understanding and Improving Health (2nd ed.). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. - https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GOVPUB-HE20-PURL-LPS8902/pdf/GOVPUB-HE20-PURL-LPS8902.pdf

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