Having a Healthy Holiday With Family

Family holidays are supposed to be joyful — but for many of us, they’re complicated, emotional, and sometimes exhausting. In this episode of Prescribing a Healthier Future, Dr. Akilah Webber Pearson sits down with her cousins for a deeply honest conversation about what family gatherings are really…

The Truth About HBCUs: Underfunded, Targeted… and Still Winning

What does it really mean to walk onto a college campus where you’re not the minority — where your professors, your classmates, your leaders look like you? In this powerful episode of Prescribing a Healthier Future, Dr. Akilah Weber Pearson sits down with Dr. Kelly Elmore to explore the impact of Hi…

Mother, Mentor, and Democracy Defender: Dr. Shirley Weber on Raising Kids & Protecting Our Future

In this powerful and deeply personal episode of Prescribing a Healthier Future, Dr. Akilah Weber Pierson sits down with her mother, Dr. Shirley Weber — California’s Secretary of State, educator, and trailblazer. Together, they discuss: How parenting has evolved across generations Raising children …

How Social Determinants Shape Our Health

What if your doctor’s prescription for better health had nothing to do with medicine—and everything to do with where you live? In this episode of Prescribing a Healthier Future, Dr. Akilah Weber Pearson, physician and California State Senator, sits down with Dr. Rodney Hood, a nationally recognize…

Why California Is Fighting Back

What happens when the rules of democracy are rewritten in the middle of the game? In this urgent first episode of Prescribing a Healthier Future, California State Senator and physician Dr. Akilah Weber Pierson exposes a national power grab threatening not just our democracy, but the very programs t…