Welcome to the Fredrick Insurance Brokers Podcast, where health insurance finally makes… sense. Your hosts, Katherine Clark and John Fredrick, are independent health insurance specialists and co-owners of Fredrick Insurance Brokers—a family-owned, faith-grounded agency serving individuals, families, the self-employed, and small businesses nationwide. Known as “Health Insurance Brokers with a Heart,” Katherine and John guide you toward quality care that’s simple, affordable, and aligned with ...
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3 Dorks take a randomly generated sentence and create a 1-3 page comic book inspired by that sentence. Get a new story straight to your feed every other Friday!
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Idaho has a heritage of refugee resettlement that’s enriched our culture, economy, and communities. On the Mosaics podcast, we’ll hear from Idahoans with lived refugee experience and from community members who are building a culture of belonging. We all have a role to play in creating the bigger picture of a vibrant and connected society. Presented by the Idaho Office for Refugees with grant funding from the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust.
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Dial into a frequency where the meticulous world of auditing and the rebellious spirit of hacking collide! Meet Clarissa and Bill, your audacious hosts, navigating you through the labyrinth of traditional auditing and into a realm where controls aren’t just checkboxes but catalysts for change. Steer away from the monotonous audit routines and venture into a world where compliance and managing risk is not a battle but a collaborative journey toward organizational excellence. Clarissa, author ...
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Each Refugee Experience is Unique: Sanga Zamaraikamal Pori
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43:24Within the term “refugee” is a wide range of diverse backgrounds, beliefs, and experiences - including among refugees from the same country.Sanga Zamaraikamal Pori, a senior at Boise State University and fellow with Neighbors United, is a former refugee from Afghanistan. Her story is unique to her own set of experiences and perspectives.Sanga and …
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Katherine Clark of Fredrick Insurance Brokers: Finding Clarity In Health Insurance Decisions
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7:21Meet the Host: Katherine Clark of Fredrick Insurance Brokers Health insurance shouldn’t feel like a maze you walk alone. We sit down with Katherine Clark of Fredrick Insurance Brokers to trace her journey from single mom seeking flexibility to a seasoned broker who thrives on solving hard coverage puzzles with heart, precision, and plain language. …
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UnDEfeated: Advocate and Author Desange Kuenihira
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28:02Desange Kuenihira wrote her book, Undefeated Woman, to encourage other young people from refugee backgrounds - and through the process she found strength and healing for herself. Originally from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Desange spent much of her childhood in a refugee camp in Uganda before resettling in Salt Lake City. She has since gradua…
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Immigration Then and Now: A Deeper Look from John Slocum of Refugee Council USA
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40:02The United States is in a moment of upheaval for refugee resettlement and immigration enforcement. John Slocum, executive director of Refugee Council USA, has spent many years working in migration policy and human rights. John shares a valuable and historical perspective on the immigration conversation of today.…
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Pace for Peace: Advocating for Afghanistan
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50:36The Pace for Peace 5K is returning to Boise this month - this time with a focus on Afghanistan. “The situation in Afghanistan still is getting worse, not better,” said Yasmin Aguilar with Agency for New Americans. “We have clients here, they are suffering, they have family members there – extended or immediate – and our hands are tied.” Sayed Mirba…
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Unified Purpose featuring the Idaho Office for Refugees
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27:11Mosaics host Holly Beech recently joined the Unified Purpose podcast to dive into what it means to help people transition from surviving trauma to truly belonging in a new country. The episode explores how Idaho’s long-standing refugee program —celebrating 50 years of resettlement — goes beyond logistics, offering emotional support, career reintegr…
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Idaho Launches New Pathway for Internationally Trained Physicians
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42:41Doctors moving into the U.S. bring much needed skills but face barriers getting back to the medical field – including a competitive process to redo their residency training. A new law in Idaho is providing an alternative pathway for these physicians so they can complete a supervised apprenticeship and get back to the work they love. Today we’re joi…
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Lena Contor: Idahoans Are Making a Difference in Ukraine
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43:49Lena Contor grew up in Ukraine and moved to Pocatello, Idaho, after getting married. After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Lena was presented with an opportunity to go back on a humanitarian relief trip. Her first thought was, “Who am I to do anything? I’m not rich. I’m not powerful.” But she couldn’t push the thought out of her mind, and she…
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Fredrick Shema: What Motivated Me to Study Law
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44:07Fredrick Shema grew up in a refugee camp in Uganda before resettling in Boise with his family in 2012 as a high school student. In college, he was able to go back to the camp where he grew up for a research project, reconnecting with friends still living there. Through this experience and working with Boise youth from refugee backgrounds, Fredr…
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Meet Damir Subasic, Local Law Enforcement Officer From A Refugee Background
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48:13Damir Subasic is a local law enforcement officer and trainer whose family came to Idaho many years ago through the refugee resettlement program. Damir and his family left former Yugoslavia when he was 9 on what he thought was going to be a visit to his grandma’s in Germany. But as war and violence escalated back home, it became clear they couldn’t …
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Tap Dancer Andrew Nemr on Enduring the Dark Night
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1:00:54Andrew Nemr is an international performer, speaker, author, and teacher. His parents are originally from Lebanon, and in 2015 when civil war escalated in neighboring Syria, Andrew started exploring the idea of what it means to endure and encounter hope in the midst of darkness. His vision will come to fruition in August, when Andrew will tap dance …
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All are welcome to join the Pace for Peace Run for Refugees in Boise on May 24, 2025, in support of Agency for New Americans. The agency has been resettling refugees in Boise for many years. Community support is even more important this year as federal funding has been frozen. Proceeds from the race will help new refugee neighbors afford rent, util…
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Lok Darjee: Preserving American Democracy Takes All of Us
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41:36Lok Darjee works to empower others from refugee and immigrant backgrounds to use their vote and their voices to help shape and preserve the American democracy that he cares deeply about. His family is originally from Bhutan, but they were among the more than 100,000 Nepali-speaking people who were displaced in the early 1990s due to government pers…
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Displaced for her Baha'i faith, Mona Heern holds on to joy
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42:37Mona Heern shares with Mosaics about her experiences as a young girl growing up during the Iranian revolution of 1979. Mona’s family and other members of the Baha’i faith - Iran’s largest non-Muslim religious minority – became the targets of intense persecution and restrictions, which continue to this day. Mona, her mother, and younger sister fled …
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City Cast Boise: The Resettlement Program is Paused. Now What?
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24:23Join us for a conversation with local podcast City Cast Boise about Boise's rich history of resettlement and the current executive order that abruptly suspended the program. Where are things now? Moses Mukengezi was resettled with his family in 2007, and he’s talking about his story alongside Holly Beech from the Idaho Office for Refugees. City Cas…
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Sisters from Afghanistan Stand in Solidarity
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44:25Razma and Hasina are sisters who resettled in Idaho with their family in 2022. Razma is continuing her education at Boise State, where she is majoring in computer science, and Hasina is a senior in high school. They are pursuing dreams of education and future careers that would not be possible for them under new rules in Afghanistan banning girls a…
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Understanding Immigration With Attorney Chris Christensen
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30:32Immigration attorney Chris Christensen provides insight into where we’ve been and what we might expect in the U.S. immigration system in the year ahead. “I think it’s important for immigrants to understand that regardless of their legal status, that they have rights in this great country,” he said. In this episode, Chris shares valuable Know Your R…
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Raquel Reyes of PODER: Where We Are, and What’s Next
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43:27Join us to hear from Raquel Reyes, director of programs & operations at PODER of Idaho. We talk about the daily anxieties experienced by families of mixed immigration status, reflections on the recent election, and the many ways immigrant communities contribute to a vibrant economy and culture. You can connect with PODER on Instagram (poder_idaho) …
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Ukrainian Welcome Center: Building Trust & Connection
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28:56The Ukrainian Welcome Center in Nampa has served more than 700 people displaced by the war in Ukraine. The center's Executive Director Tina Polishchuk and recent School Impact Coordinator Joni Leipf share how their summer program brought a sense of normalcy and an opportunity for healing for students who haven't had a normal school year since befor…
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Global Gardens Research: A Connection to the Land
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32:26A research team from Boise State University is studying the ecological knowledge of Boise farmers from refugee backgrounds and learning how they adapted to farming in a new location. The project will bring more understanding of how Global Gardens farmers are using knowledge from their home countries here in Boise and contributing to the local food …
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Lisa Meierotto: Global and Local Perspectives
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34:02Lisa Meierotto is the Program Lead of Boise State University’s Global Studies program, which she helped create. Along with teaching, Lisa researches intersections between global migration, human rights, and environmental justice. Lisa grew up in Idaho and lived in Ecuador, Cuba and Costa Rica while earning her degree in global studios and anthropol…
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Pace4Peace 5K: Meet the Student Organizers
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52:41The Pace4Peace 5K was founded by a local group of people with the goal of raising awareness for the people of the Democratic Republic of Congo and bringing the community together. Boise has a strong Congolese community, and the DRC has been the top country of origin for refugees resettling in Idaho for several years. Hear from some of the race orga…
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Chandra Upreti: Giving Back to the Community that Welcomed Me
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39:44Chandra Upreti is a dedicated advocate for refugee rights and resettlement. Born in Bhutan, he experienced displacement at a young age, fleeing to Nepal as a refugee. After spending 17 years in Refugee Camps, Chandra was eventually resettled in Twin Falls, Idaho, where he found a new home and purpose. With over a decade of experience in refugee res…
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Sangam Kumari: Learning through Life’s Transitions
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42:03Sangam Kumari has experienced many transitions in her life. When she was 4 years old, her family moved from India to Nepal. She took an even bigger leap at the age of 8, moving without her family to America with a family friend. Sangam’s career has also transitioned from environmental engineering, in which she has a Ph.D., to social work, where she…
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Thara Rita: How It Feels to Rebuild - Twice
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30:26Today we share in a powerful conversation with Rita Thara, who owns Thara Fashions with her mother, Veronique. They import fabrics from Africa to design and create modern clothing, handbags and accessories with a traditional African twist. Veronique learned to sew from her own mother at the age of 7 in the Democratic Republic of Congo. She studied …
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Singaporean Mental Health Expert Visits Idaho
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35:39Friends call Yi Feng the "Mental Health Guy" for doing many things relating to mental health for the past 12 years. He is a Registered Social Worker, Certified Master Solution Focused Practitioner, Certified Narrative Therapist, and Organization Development enthusiast, seeking to build mentally healthier workplaces and more socially impactful or…
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Joel Ntando: What World Refugee Day Means to Me
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39:05Today we hear from Joel Ntando, coordinator of the Refugee Speakers Bureau at the Idaho Office for Refugees. Joel has a background in theater and academia. He lived and worked in South Africa for 14 years before resettling in Idaho and is originally from the Democratic of Republic of Congo. He shares what World Refugee Day means to him personal…
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Aanish Shamim: Perspectives from a ‘Third Culture Kid’
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41:18Aanish Shamim is a first-generation immigrant from Pakistan who has called Idaho home since he was 3. Aanish has a degree in international political economy from The College of Idaho and is the City of Boise’s Community Engagement Coordinator. He previously worked closely with students at the College of Western Idaho and helped empower marginalized…
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Safety vs. Security: Why Words Matter with Sounil Yu
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45:17Summary Sounil Yu, author of Cyber Defense Matrix, discusses the importance of terminology in cybersecurity and the distinction between safety and security. He explains how the Cyber Defense Matrix helps organize and identify gaps in security capabilities. He also introduces the concept of the D.I.E. Triad (distributed, immutable, ephemeral) and ho…
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Policy as Code: An Audit-Tech Peacekeeper with Mike Leuzinger and Andy Kolenko
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41:08Summary In this episode, Mike Leuzinger and Andy Kolenko discuss policy as code from a technology and audit perspective. Policy as code extends infrastructure as code, allowing organizations to automate and manage policies across multiple technology stacks. It can enable continuous compliance, self-service for auditors, and more robust controls thr…
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Klaudia Saric: What Happened in Bosnia & Herzegovina Could Happen Anywhere
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53:44Klaudia Saric is a Business Development Specialist at Jannus Economic Opportunity in Boise, Idaho. She works with aspiring entrepreneurs from many backgrounds, including former refugees like herself. Klaudia and her husband are from Bosnia & Herzegovina, which they fled in the 1990s due to war and ethnic cleansing. Klaudia saw firsthand the damage …
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Maintaining solid stand Maintaining solid stand
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Benefit of righteous living
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Joe & Kim Mitchell: Welcoming Refugees to Idaho Falls
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38:58Welcome Corps Allows Private Americans to Help Resettle Refugees Joe & Kim Mitchell are part of a private sponsor group in Idaho Falls that welcomed refugees to the city for the first time in decades. In April 2022, through the Operation Allies Welcome program, their Sponsor Circle welcomed three Afghan Air Force pilots, allies of the U.S. military…
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Eliza Shabire Reunites With Her Dad After Years Apart
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36:33Eliza Shabire was a young girl when she and her sisters were separated from their father when he had to flee the Democratic Republic of Congo for his safety. She lived with relatives in Rwanda for many years before reuniting with her father in her early 20s in Idaho. Eliza is now a mother to 1-year-old Mina. They are waiting for her husband's case …
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What is in your hand
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Harvesting Harmony: John Deere's IT & Audit Jamboree
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58:03In this episode, Lynn, Roberto, & Matt from John Deere discuss their digital transformation journey and its impact on IT and Internal Audit. They highlight the importance of agility in internal audit and how it helped prioritize work and enhance relationships with stakeholders. The team also shares the challenges they faced during the transformatio…
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Sakhi Hasmati on His Work and Experience in Refugee Resettlement
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43:29Sakhi Hasmati was born in Afghanistan and lived in Pakistan, India, and United Arab Emirates before moving to Idaho to reunite with his parents and siblings about seven years ago. “My parents, one of the reasons they were moving around, is because they had concerns about their children’s safety,” he said.Now, Sakhi helps other people who are earlie…
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Mythbusting Agility: Agile, DevOps, and Lean Across Disciplines
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40:06In this episode, Clarissa & Bill promise to open up new avenues of thought! Agile, Lean, and DevOps – you've probably heard these terms thrown around in software development circles. But what if we told you these methodologies are not confined to the digital realm? Join us as we shatter this age-old myth with our guests, Robin Yeman and Suzette Joh…
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Sadia Abdulkadir on Social Work, Fashion, and Family
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40:05Sadia Abdulkadir is a social work student at Boise State University. Born in Kenya, Sadia is part of a large, tight-knit family who resettled in Boise in 2008, when she was 4. “Since I was young, I was able to kind of adapt and change into the culture a bit more,” she said. Fashion is a way for Sadia to stay connected to her cultural roots. “I just…
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Moses Mukengezi: ‘I am more than a refugee, but it’s also part of me’
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43:31Moses Mukengezi is a dad, husband, soccer coach, commercial real estate broker, nonprofit board member and former resettlement worker in Boise. Originally from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Moses’ family resettled in Boise, Idaho, in 2007 when he was 13. It was through soccer that he first felt connection to the community. He went on to play fo…
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Coffee Clatch For A Better Batch with Jeffrey Fredrick
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49:09In this conversation, Bill and Clarissa discuss the importance of effective conversations with “Agile Conversations” co-author Jeffrey Frederick. Overall, the episode emphasizes the power of conversations in reducing unnecessary pain and improving collaboration in various domains. They explore the concept of Taylorism and its impact on management p…
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From the Philippines to Pocatello with Andrea Soleta Schmutz
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37:30University professor Andrea Soleta Schmutz moved to Pocatello, Idaho, in 2022 and wanted to do something to connect and empower other immigrants. She founded Empowering Immigrant Women, has helped launch a weekly mental health clinic for immigrants and refugees, and will teach a community course to help New Americans navigate higher ed. Andrea, who…
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How We Automated Governance with Robert Kelly
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49:13Clarrissa, Bill, and Robert Kelly discuss implementing automated governance systems in highly regulated organizations in this conversation. They explore the challenges of working with internal auditors and the importance of bringing auditors to the table early in the process. They emphasize the need for a culture shift and a change in mindset to en…
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Developer Productivity Engineering (DPE), Audit, and GRC with Justin Reock
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46:10Clarissa Lucas and Bill Bensing interview Justin Reock about Developer Productivity Engineering (DPE) and its role in auditing and governance. They discuss the importance of measuring engineering productivity, observing the value stream, and identifying bottlenecks and impediments to productivity. They also explore the concept of proactive risk man…
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Global Talent Docs: The Journey for New American Doctors
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36:42Idaho comes in last place for the number of doctors we have per capita. Yet when immigrant and refugee physicians move here, the process to get back to practicing medicine is complex and expensive. On today’s episode we’re joined by local doctors who are addressing this issue – Drs. Scott Smith, Paula Carvalho, and Sampson Nde. Scott is a mentor wi…
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