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Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/65302819 Part Two of our story of Section 504 continues with a look at the sit-in action itself—the longest occupation of a federal government building in U.S. history—and the key role played by the Oakland Black Panthers and other groups in assuring the occupation's success. Pre-orders are now live...

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/65017716 We discuss Jeff Zients' resignation party, the Gridiron dinner superspreader event, and Leana Wen's Washington Post op-ed "The Gridiron Club outbreak shows what living with covid-19 looks like." Pre-orders are now live for Bea and Artie's book, Health Communism, out October 18th from Verso...

We tell the story of Section 504, a landmark piece of civil rights legislation for disabled people in the U.S., and how it very nearly didn't happen because of concerns that passing it would be "too expensive." This is Part One of our conversation on Section 504. Find Part Two on our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/65302819 Pre-orders are now live for Bea and Artie's book! Pre-order HE...

Many point to Sweden as evidence that lockdowns and school closures were unnecessary and harmful. But what actually happened in Sweden? David Steadson joins us to talk about Sweden's herd immunity strategy, government documents that show what really happened there in 2020, and the lasting population effects of long covid. David Steadson is a co-author of the paper "Evaluation of science advice dur...

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/64722394 With the future of pandemic-era healthcare expansions in flux, we dive into the details of last week's House Oversight hearing on Medicare for All, the first time Congress has held a hearing on single payer since 2019. What has changed about the debate since then? Perhaps more worryingly: w...

This episode was originally a patron exclusive posted February 28th. If you enjoy this episode consider supporting the show at patreon.com/deathpanelpod We speak with Jules Gill-Peterson about Texas Governor Greg Abbott's declaration in February that affirming the identities of trans children is child abuse and her recent piece "We, the Abuser State." Jules Gill-Peterson is Associate Professor of...

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/64397308 Abby Cartus and Justin Feldman join us to discuss their recent article on the pandemic advocacy of Emily Oster and the many pundits who were absolutely incensed by it. Read their article, "Motivated Reasoning: Emily Oster’s COVID Narratives and the Attack on Public Education" here: https://...

We discuss the appointment of Ashish Jha to lead the Biden administration's coronavirus response and replace Jeff Zients, what we know about how Jha views the pandemic, and what we can learn from an interview he did in January with Emily Oster for the New York Times. As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod Pre-orders are now live for Bea and Artie's book! Pre-order HEALTH C...

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/64083399 Jacob Bacharach joins us to discuss New York Times newsletter writer David Leonhardt's outsized influence as a covid minimizer, the broader political philosophy of his newsletter "The Morning," and why "liberals" are mad at David Leonhardt. Read Jacob's piece for The New Republic, "Why Is D...

We answer the question on the tip of everyone's tongue: how, exactly, does the pandemic end? As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod Pre-orders are now live for Bea and Artie's book! Pre-order HEALTH COMMUNISM here: bit.ly/3Af2YaJ Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch join our Discord here: discord.com/invite/3KjKbB2

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/63787980 Bea speaks with Alexander Zaitchik about the fraught history of medical patents, and how applying intellectual property laws to drugs went from outright taboo to established order. Alexander Zaitchik is an independent journalist and author of Owning the Sun: A People's History of Monopoly M...

Bea and Abby speak with Jim Downs about the roots of epidemiology as part of the colonial and imperial project, and his book Maladies of Empire: How Colonialism, Slavery, and War Transformed Medicine. Jim Downs is the Gilder Lehrman-National Endowment for the Humanities Professor of Civil War Era Studies and History. You can find Jim's book here: https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=978067...

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/63506010 Abby Cartus and Justin Feldman join us for a close look at the Biden administration's new pandemic roadmap document, and what it suggests about what the government imagines for their long-promised "next phase" of the pandemic. Pre-orders are now live for Bea and Artie's book, Health Communi...

We discuss the details of the CDC's new redefinition of its covid risk guidelines, and why they don't provide any good justification to drop masking. As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod Pre-orders are now live for Bea and Artie's book! Pre-order HEALTH COMMUNISM here: bit.ly/3Af2YaJ Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch join our...

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/63185114 We speak with Jules Gill-Peterson about Texas Governor Greg Abbott's declaration last week that affirming the identities of trans children is child abuse and her recent piece "We, the Abuser State." Jules Gill-Peterson is Associate Professor of History at Johns Hopkins University, General C...

This episode was originally a patron exclusive posted February 14th. If you enjoy this episode consider supporting the show at patreon.com/deathpanelpod Melissa Gira Grant joins us to discuss the record amount of anti-trans bills already proposed at the state level this year, the passage of South Dakota's SB46, and how little institutional support trans people, trans children, and their parents ar...

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/62871007 Bea speaks with Dr. Jonathan Howard about the rogue's gallery of covid minimizer doctors like Vinay Prasad, Francois Balloux, "Z Dog MD," and others, and their role during the pandemic in downplaying the risks to children while exaggerating the side effects of vaccination. Pre-orders are no...

We discuss the continued fallout of last week's dropped state masking guidelines, the popular new assertion that "one-way masking works," David Leonhardt's 5-point guide to protecting the vulnerable, and Yascha Mounk's appeal in The Atlantic to "Open Everything." As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod Pre-orders are now live for Bea and Artie's book! Pre-order HEALTH COMMU...

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/62568518 Melissa Gira Grant joins us to discuss the record amount of anti-trans bills already proposed at the state level this year, the passage of South Dakota's SB46, and how little institutional support trans people, trans children, and their parents are getting to help them fight back. Melissa G...

Epidemiologist Justin Feldman joins us to talk through this week's sudden pivot by Democrats to drop state mask mandates. We discuss where this policy change came from and how these decisions appear to have been influenced by the anti-mask "Urgency of Normal" group and the increasingly prominent advocacy of Leana Wen. As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod Pre-orders are n...

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/62252204 Nathan Tankus returns to help us analyze the Biden administration's claim that "America is the only leading economy in the world where the economy is stronger than before the pandemic"—despite, you know. All the deaths. Pre-orders are now live for Bea and Artie's book, Health Communism, out...

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/61925249 Abby joins us to discuss the New York Times' pivot to full on covid skepticism, in the form of David Leonhardt's recent commissioned poll on attitudes about the pandemic, the corresponding interview on Times podcast The Daily, and a look back at two years of Leonhardt's downplaying of covid...

Dan Berger joins us for a detailed overview of how the pandemic has demonstrated the need for carceral abolition, how little has been done in the last two years to protect incarcerated people, and why prisons and policing are antithetical to public health. As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod Pre-orders are now live for Bea and Artie's book! Pre-order HEALTH COMMUNISM he...

We speak with Nate Holdren about his book Injury Impoverished: Workplace Accidents, Capitalism, and Law in the Progressive Era, the history of worker's compensation reforms, and what this history can teach us about coronavirus as an occupational disease that spreads at work. Nate Holdren (@n_hold) is Assistant Professor of Law, Politics, & Society at Drake University. Buy his book here: https://bi...

Epidemiologist Abby Cartus returns for a wide ranging conversation on the current state of the school closing/reopening debate and the ongoing vilification of teachers unions and student walkouts. Pre-orders are now live for Bea and Artie's book! Pre-order HEALTH COMMUNISM here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/712391/health-communism-by-beatrice-adler-bolton-and-artie-vierkant/ As always,...