Communications Breakdown: What Works (and Doesn't) in Health and Science Communication
Episodes
Storytelling: Turning Data into Decisions
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWe hit our 10th episode by tackling two big tensions in health communication: AI’s fingerprints on our writing and images, and the rea...
Building Smarter Public Health Campaigns
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textBuilding a public health campaign shouldn’t start with what we want to say—it should start with who needs to hear it and what decisi...
Attention First, Understanding Next: Overcoming the Illusion of Communication
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a text"The great enemy of communication...is the illusion of it." In this episode, we pull apart why your message might not be landi...
Soft Skills, Real Impact: Practical Wins for Health Comm
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode, we highlight practical communication strategies that professionals can apply right away to extend their reach and impac...
Finding Your Voice: Navigating Social Media, Creative Choices, and Using AI to Create Music
08 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textTracy and Katrina reflect on the podcast launch and explore the rapidly evolving social media landscape for scientists and researchers, ...
Lessons from the Next Generation Part 3: Creativity and Dissemination Planning
25 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWhat happens when classroom theory meets real-world health communication? Our three-part series concludes with a deep dive into the pers...
Lessons from the Next Generation Part 2: Language, Storytelling, and Design Skills that Matter
25 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWhat happens when academic language meets real-world health communication needs? In this episode—the second in a three-part series—w...
Lessons from the Next Generation Part 1: The Missing Pieces in Health Comm Education
25 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWhat do emerging professionals in health communication wish they'd learned in school? In a long, revealing conversation, we dive in...
When Public Health Meets the Instagram Era
25 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textRemember when social media was just typing out a quick message and hitting “post”? Those days are long gone, replaced by the constan...
Welcome to Communications Breakdown!
25 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textHave you ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes of public health messaging? How scientific research moves from dense academic jour...