The Social Work Podcast provides audio programs on services provided by social workers, including direct practice, human behavior in the social environment, research, policy, field work, and social work education.
Latest episodes
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24 min
150: The Grand Challenges for Social Work: 10 Year Update with Dr. Carrie Pettus
Episode 150: In today's episode I'm talking with Carrie Pettus, chair of the executive board for the Grand Challenges for Social Work. Today's episode explores the 10-year journey…
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35 min
149: Getting the Social Work Job You Want: Interview with Jennifer Luna, Michelle Woods, and Cindy Snell
Episode 149: In today’s episode of the Social Work Podcast, I spoke with Jennifer Luna, Michelle Woods, and Cindy Snell - co-authors of the NASW Press book The Social Work Career G…
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43 min
148: Psychodynamic Theory and Human Development: Interview with Dr. Terry Northcut
Episode 148: In today's episode of the Social Work Podcast, I spoke with Dr. Terry Northcut, Lucian and Carol Welch Matusak Endowed Professor at Loyola University Chicago's School…
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45 min
147: Neurobiology for Social Work: Interview with James Marley, Ph.D.
Episode 147: In today's episode of the Social Work Podcast is about a topic that's often glossed over in social work education: neurobiology and the brain. I spoke with Loyola Univ…
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24 min
146: The Evolving Landscape of Social Work Practice: Technology, Advocacy, and the Interstate Compact with NAS…
Episode 146: In today’s episode of the Social Work Podcast I talk with NASW CEO, Dr. Anthony Estreet, about what he sees as some of the most pressing issues shaping the future of s…
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19 min
145: Experimental Research Design (Part 2): Interview with Bruce Thyer, PhD, LCSW
Episode 145: Today's episode is the third of a three-part series on research design (and the second of a two-part series on Experimental Research Design) with Dr. Bruce Thyer, Dist…
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22 min
144: Experimental Research Design (Part 1): Interview with Bruce Thyer, PhD, LCSW
Episode 144: In today's episode, I spoke with Dr. Bruce Thyer, Distinguished Research Professor, former Dean with the College of Social Work at Florida State University, founding a…
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33 min
143: The Power of One: Single System Design with Bruce Thyer, PhD, LCSW
Episode 143: In today's episode, I spoke with Dr. Bruce Thyer, is Distinguished Research Professor and former Dean with the College of Social Work at Florida State University about…
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30 min
142: Social Roots of Youth Suicide: Interview with Anna Mueller, PhD
Episode 142: In today's episode, I spoke with sociologist, Anna S. Mueller, PhD. Luther Dana Waterman Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and the Senior Research Pro…
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42 min
141: How Do You Feel?: Interview with Jessi Gold, MD
Episode 141: In today's episode I speak with Jessi Gold, MD about her 2024 book, How Do You Feel? One Doctor's Search for Humanity in Medicine, a powerful, honest, and often funny…
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52 min
140: The Greatest of All Plagues: David Lay Williams, PhD on Economic Inequality
Episode 140: In today's episode I talk with David Lay Williams, Professor of Political Science at DePaul University about his 2024 book, The Greatest of All Plagues: How Economic I…
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9 min
139: An Update of the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: Interview with Tia Dole, PhD
Episode 139: In today's episode, I speak with Tia Dole, PhD, Chief 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline Officer, about updates to 988. We talk about how 988 provides services to Deaf an…
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41 min
138: Embracing Therapeutic Complexity: Interview with Patricia Gianotti, Psy.D.
Episode 138: In today's episode of the Social Work Podcast, I speak with Dr. Patricia Gianotti, author of the book, Embracing Therapeutic Complexity, and Academic Director of The I…
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31 min
137: The Role of AI in Child Welfare and Community Organizing: Interview with ChatGPT-4o
Episode 137: In today's Social Work Podcast, I speak with ChatGPT-4o about the role of AI in child welfare and community organizing and how we can use Bronfenbrenner's ecosystems f…
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46 min
136: Living with Young-Onset Parkinson's Disease: Interview with Allan Cole, PhD
Episode 136: In today's Social Work Podcast, we speak with Allan Cole about his experiences with Young-Onset Parkinson's Disease. Parkinson's Disease affects nearly 1 million peopl…
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4 min
136: Social Work Pioneer
Episode 136: I am humbled and honored to let you know that I have been selected as one of 25 Social Work Pioneers for starting the first podcast by and for social workers. The NASW…
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35 min
135: The Emotional Lives of Teenagers – Part 2: Interview with Lisa Damour, PhD
Episode 135: Today's episode is the second of a two-part series with Lisa Damour about her 2023 book, The Emotional Lives of Teenagers: Raising Connected, Capable, and Compassionat…
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32 min
134: The Emotional Lives of Teenagers – Part 1: Interview with Lisa Damour, PhD
Episode 134: Today's episode is the first of a two-part series with Lisa Damour about her 2023 book, The Emotional Lives of Teenagers: Raising Connected, Capable, and Compassionate…
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28 min
133: Eliminating the ASWB exam from the Illinois LSW law: Interview with Joel Rubin, LSW
Episode 133: In today's interview, NASW-IL Executive Director, Joel Rubin, and I talk about the legislative process that NASW-IL went through to eliminate the requirement that BSW…
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33 min
132: Loving someone with suicidal thoughts: Interview with Stacey Freedenthal, PhD, LCSW
Episode 132: In today's interview, Stacey and I talk about how she drew on her personal and professional experiences to write a book for families, friends and parents of someone wh…