The Listening Repository
This is a podcast focused on health inequity and the lived experiences shaped by it. It features recorded conversations shared with care, consent, and intention, centering the realities of people whose health is influenced by access, systems, and structural conditions.
Our Host
Ama Apeakorama Ampaw is our podcast host. She is a big fan of all things STEM, storytelling, and creative chaos, and she approaches conversation with curiosity, care, and openness.
As a host, Ama is passionate about creating thoughtful and honest discussions about health equity that feel accessible and relevant, especially for young people.
She believes that “storytelling is a powerful way to bridge gaps in understanding and to make complex health and social issues feel human and tangible”.
Through intentional dialogue, Ama works to cultivate a space where people feel comfortable sharing their experiences on their own terms. Her approach centers listening, reflection, and connection, with the goal of honoring lived experiences while encouraging deeper awareness of how health inequities shape everyday lives.
Background
The podcast grew out of conversations at food banks and community spaces, where we met people carrying profound stories about health, care, and inequity. These stories surfaced naturally in moments of vulnerability and trust.
As these conversations accumulated, it became clear that there were few spaces where experiences of health inequity could be heard and held with the care they deserved. Many of these stories are overlooked, simplified, or filtered through institutional language that fails to capture the emotional and physical realities of navigating care.
This podcast exists to create that space. Through intentional, consent based conversations, it allows people to speak about health on their own terms.
Do you have a story you’d like to share?
We invite you to share them with us
This project is grounded in ethical listening.
We prioritize:
• Consent at every stage
• Care for the storyteller
• Confidentiality and agency
Stories are shared on the storyteller’s own terms.
Participation is always voluntary.