Hot Air, Cool People
Devoted to cool professionals with cool ideas for a planet full of hot air. Together, we bring forward interesting knowledge and ideas about how our health, climate change and environmental issues are all related & what we can do to make our world a “cooler”, healthier place.
Hot Air, Cool People
Latest Episodes
Reimagining Community, Colonialism, and Poetry Along the Riverbank with Dr. Tom Cull
This episode is hosted by Dr. Anna Gunz, with guest Dr. Tom Cull, a poet, educator, and community organizer. Together they explore the connection between local environments and social justice.Dr. Cull discusses his 11-year...
Feeling the Heat: Climate Change's Hidden Health Crisis with Dr. Sean Kidd
This episode is hosted by Dr. Anna Gunz, with guest Dr. Sean Kidd, a clinical psychologist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and professor at the University of Toronto. In this episode,...
From Research to Rx: Nature for Osteoarthritis with Nicole Struthers
This episode is hosted by Dr. Anna Gunz, with guest Nicole Struthers, a combined Master of Physical Therapy student and PhD candidate at Western University. Nicole’s work explores environmental physiotherapy and nature...
A Nature Prescription Can Be Preventive Medicine with Dr. Melissa Lem
This episode is hosted by Dr. Anna Gunz, with guest Dr. Melissa LemClimate change is not a distant forecast, it’s already shaping symptoms, stress, and risk in the people we care for. In this episode, Dr. Anna Gunz talks wi...
Part 3: Beyond Blame: Education, Privilege, and Seeing Racism Clearly
This episode is hosted by Dr. Anna Gunz, with guest Dr. Ingrid Waldron (Part 3) Dr. Waldron emphasizes education to dismantle systemic racism, noting how Western-centric systems - like Canadian healthcare - marginalize...