America's Healthiest City
America's Healthiest City is a podcast about how Richmond, VA, is building a healthier community — one initiative, one leader, one idea at a time.
Hosted by Will Melton, each episode goes inside the people and programs reshaping Richmond's approach to health: the local leaders driving change, the solutions working on the ground, and the practical steps you can take to make a difference where you live. From food access and mental health to fitness, healthcare, and the systems that connect them, the show looks at what a healthy city actually requires — and who's doing the work.
If you care about Richmond and want to understand what moves the needle on community health, this is your show.
Learn more at americashealthiestcity.com or subscribe at channelrva.com/shows/americas-healthiest-city.
Instagram: @americashealthiestcity
America's Healthiest City is a production of Channel RVA.
America's Healthiest City
Latest Episodes
Miles Hopkins, Richmond's People's Budget
The Richmond People's Budget gives residents $3 million and a real vote on real projects. Miles Hopkins explains how it works, district by district.Host Will Melton sits down with Miles Hopkins on the America’s Healthiest City Podcast. A...
Flowers As An Equalizer: Nitika Achalam, True Grit Farm and Flower
America’s Healthiest City exists to track a ten-year partnership working to make the greater Richmond region the healthiest in America by 2033. Host Will Melton sits down with people already doing that work, and this episode’s guest has spent m...
Vincent Vu, Kinis AI: From Barefoot Running To High Tech Balance Checks
Fall prevention has a new tool: a smartphone camera. Vincent Vu, founder of Kinis AI, demos the balance test built to catch instability weeks before it becomes a fall.Falling gets treated like an inevitable part of aging, but the CDC num...
Turning Grief Into Hope: Erin Gallagher and The Jaywalkers Challenge
Erin Gallagher became one of Richmond's leading voices on suicide prevention after her 18-year-old son, Jay, died by suicide in 2016, with no prior diagnosis and no warning signs anyone recognized in time. On this episode of America's Healthies...
Small Steps on a Trail to Better Health: CEO of Sports Backers, Will Dixon
Sports Backers sold out the Allianz Richmond Marathon in June, five months before anyone lines up to run in November. On race weekend, the organization puts 22,000 runners on Richmond streets, backed by thousands of volunteers and tens of thous...
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