In their own words
Long-Form Interviews
One-on-one conversations with the people doing the work. OB/GYNs, maternal-fetal medicine specialists, doula collective founders, health policy researchers — the voices behind the evidence and the activism.
Read interviews → Oral HistoryOral Histories
First-person narratives preserved and published with editorial framing. Birth stories, career arcs, institutional memories — the testimony that systems don't record but communities depend on.
Read oral histories → RoundtableRoundtable Conversations
Multi-voice discussions organized around a single question or controversy. We put a doula, a physician, a patient, and a policy analyst in the same room and let them disagree openly.
Read roundtables →About Viva Voce
Viva Voce is the Labora Collective's interview and oral history series. It fills the gap between data-driven reporting and lived experience by giving extended space to the people whose expertise comes from doing the work — not just studying it.
Every interview is edited for clarity but published with full context. Complete transcripts are available for members.
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