Politics, culture, and public policy from the left. Stay alive another week.
w/ Beatrice Adler-Bolton, Artie Vierkant, Phil Rocco and Jules Gill-Peterson.
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Politics, culture, and public policy from the left. Stay alive another week.
w/ Beatrice Adler-Bolton, Artie Vierkant, Phil Rocco and Jules Gill-Peterson.
https://www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
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Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/108202947 Beatrice, Artie and Jules discuss the Trump assassination attempt before diving into the weeks-long discourse on whether Biden should step down and the many assumptions and conjectures being made about Biden’s health and capacity. Find the earlier episode referenced at the top of the show here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/99264802 Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Find Jules' new book here: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3054-a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny Runtime 1:21:24, 15 July 2024
We tell the story of Section 504, a landmark piece of civil rights legislation for disabled people in the US. In Part One, we look at the politics leading up to the 504 sit-in and how the implementation of Section 504 very nearly didn't happen because of concerns that it would be "too expensive." In Part Two, our story continues with a look at the sit-in action itself—the longest occupation of a federal government building in US history—and the key role played by the Oakland Black Panthers and other groups in assuring the occupation's success. Transcript: https://www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/504 Timecodes: Part One: 0:01:43 Part Two: 1:15:00 Note: This episode was originally released as a two-part series, with Part Two as a bonus episode for Death Panel patrons (as mentioned near the end of Part One and beginning of Part Two). This release brings these two episodes together for the first time, along with a new full transcript combining both parts. Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Find Jules' new book, A Short History of Trans Misogyny, here: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3054-a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/107751168 Beatrice speaks with Sunaura Taylor about how industrial pollution and systemic abandonment produce networks of disability among people, animals, and what she calls “injured landscapes;” how one community in Arizona organized against longstanding environmental pollution from arms manufacturing; and her new book, Disabled Ecologies: Lessons from a Wounded Desert. Find Sunaura’s book here: https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520393066/disabled-ecologies Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Find Jules' new book here: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3054-a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny Runtime 1:32:58, 8 July 2024
This episode was originally released for Death Panel patrons on October 23rd, 2023. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod Beatrice speaks with Brian Nam-Sonenstein about two recent briefs he wrote for Prison Policy Initiative focused on a few key intersections of housing, disability, incarceration, and the administrative state. Transcript forthcoming. Find the briefs here: "High stakes mistakes: How courts respond to 'failure to appear'" https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2023/08/15/fta/ "Seeking shelter from mass incarceration: Fighting criminalization with Housing First" https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2023/09/11/housing-first/ Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Find Jules' new book, A Short History of Trans Misogyny, here: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3054-a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/107278315 Beatrice and Jules are joined by Charlie Markbreiter to discuss how liberals dismiss protest as merely “performative”—youthful, “inauthentic,” or “virtue signaling”—and how allegations of performativity turn the act of politics into a problem of optics and manners. Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Find Jules' new book here: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3054-a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny Runtime 1:16:47, 1 July 2024
Beatrice speaks with Maryam Jamshidi about a number of new laws, and amendments to existing laws enacted at the onset of the war on terror, that Congress is currently drafting in order to crack down on actions in support of Palestinian liberation. We talk through what these laws do, how they target actions like the solidarity encampments seen at Universities this spring, and how they reveal the true intentions behind what gets called “national security.” Transcript forthcoming. Read Maryam's piece for LPE Blog, "Securitizing the University," here: https://lpeproject.org/blog/universities-securitization-palestine/ Find Maryam's last appearance on the show (mentioned in this episode), from January, here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/96989016 Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Find Jules' new book, A Short History of Trans Misogyny, here: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3054-a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/106825394 Beatrice, Artie and Abby discuss a recent piece by Freddie deBoer in New York Magazine that attempts to present a "left" case for supporting involuntary commitment policies and the expansion of the carceral state—claiming that “the disability activist community and their enablers in the media have done everything in their power to obscure the truth.” Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Find Jules' new book here: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3054-a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny Runtime 1:42:23, 24 June 2024
Beatrice, Artie and Phil discuss New York Democrats’ plan to ban masks on the subway and beyond, and take a close look at the latest updates on North Carolina’s anti-mask bill HB237, “Unmasking Mobs and Criminals,” which state lawmakers managed to make significantly worse since we last talked about it on the show at the end of May. Transcript: www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/rise-of-mask-bans Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Find Jules' new book, A Short History of Trans Misogyny, here: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3054-a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/106371913 Beatrice, Artie and Abby discuss the recent resurgence of debates over social distancing guidance in 2020 and 2021 brought on by former NIH Director Anthony Fauci’s comment to Congress that six feet of social distancing “sort of just appeared” and “wasn’t based on data.” We talk through why these recent statements aren’t quite the gotcha they’ve been made out to be and how the arguments that have followed have omitted significant context around the debates over social distancing earlier in the pandemic, instead portraying covid protections as a mistake that came at “enormous cost.” Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Find Jules' new book here: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3054-a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny Runtime 1:07:13, 17 June 2024
This episode was originally released for Death Panel patrons on April 22nd. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod Beatrice speaks with Micah Khater about the intersection of race, disability, and incarceration in the southern US in the early 20th century, and her work documenting the history of how Black women experienced and theorized disability from within Alabama prisons. Read Micah’s full article, “No Use to the State: Phrasing Escape and a Black Radical Epistolary of Disability in Early Twentieth-Century Alabama Prisons” here: dsq-sds.org/index.php/dsq/article/view/9662/8007 Transcript: www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/micah-khater Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Find Jules' new book, A Short History of Trans Misogyny, here: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3054-a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/105955239 Beatrice and Jules are joined by Sophie Lewis to discuss how last month NYU disciplined students involved in Palestine solidarity encampments by compelling them to write confessional “reflection papers” and complete so-called “Integrity Modules,” a series of exercises designed by “behavioral intervention management” company Symplicity. We look at how the documents form a perfect storm of pop psych, management consulting speak, and hegemonic repression, and attempt to complete one of the modules ourselves. You can pre-order Sophie's next book, Enemy Feminisms: TERFs, Policewomen, and Girlbosses Against Liberation, here: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2489-enemy-feminisms Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Find Jules' new book here: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3054-a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny Runtime 1:39:08, 10 June 2024
Beatrice, Abby and Phil discuss a recent article by The Atlantic staff writer Graeme Wood that went viral for its assertion that, in the context of the genocide in Palestine, “it is possible to kill children legally.” We take a close look at the piece and how the rest of the surrounding argument uses a veneer of data “objectivity” to mask its underlying idea: that Palestinian death statistics cannot be trusted simply because they are collected by Palestinians themselves. Transcript: www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/atlantic-gaza-statistics Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Find Jules' new book, A Short History of Trans Misogyny, here: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3054-a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/105522184 Beatrice and Phil speak with Melissa Gira Grant about how it came to be that abortion politics are spoken of as the hinge point of the 2024 election—with some pundits confidently predicting the outcome will come down to Biden’s promise to “restore Roe”—and yet at the same time the Democratic Party continues to speak about abortion in only the most hollow and abstract of ways, completely ignoring the reality that for most people the status quo of abortion access was already unacceptable prior to Dobbs. Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Find Jules' new book here: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3054-a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny Runtime 1:09:59, 3 June 2024
This episode was originally released for Death Panel patrons on March 18th 2024, and quickly became one of our most widely requested unlocks. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod Beatrice, Artie and Jules discuss a recent piece in NPR, “Wrestling with my husband's fear of getting COVID again,” which presents avoiding covid both as the product of unreasonable “anxiety” and as something immunocompromised people should let go of lest their loved ones consider abandoning them. Transcript: www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/npr-covid Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Find Jules' new book, A Short History of Trans Misogyny, here: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3054-a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/105055097 Beatrice and Abby discuss last night’s horrific assault on Rafah, liberal handwringing that the bombings may have been somehow “justified”—or that, in the words of one Atlantic writer, in these circumstances “it is possible to kill children legally”—and how events like this have lasting effects that reverberate outward into forms of violence that, to quote our listener G, “might not be as spectacular or obvious as a bomb.” Read Afnan's letter, which Beatrice reads in the episode, "A Palestinian Healthcare Worker on the Water Crisis in Gaza | عاملة صحية فلسطينية تتحدث عن أزمة المياه في غزة" here: https://blindarchive.substack.com/p/a-palestinian-healthcare-worker-on Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Find Jules' new book here: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3054-a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny Runtime 1:10:00, 27 May 2024
Beatrice, Artie and Jules discuss the recent push by state and local governments to criminalize masking in public space, in some cases introducing new legislation to make existing anti-mask laws more severe, and take a close look at HB237, “Unmasking Mobs and Criminals,” a bill currently being debated in North Carolina that perfectly illustrates the links between covid activism, abolition, and the fight for Palestinian liberation. Transcript: https://www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/anti-mask-laws Find audio files of the North Carolina Senate Judiciary and Rules committee meetings from last week here: https://bit.ly/3K9ypsO Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Find Jules' new book, A Short History of Trans Misogyny, here: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3054-a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
Every Monday we release an extra full episode just for patrons; this week we've chosen to make today's patron episode public in hopes that it encourages people to donate to Gaza Muni (link below). Death Panel is entirely listener supported, so to support our work and get a second episode every week and our entire back catalogue, go to https://www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod Beatrice and Abby discuss how the ongoing water crisis in Palestine is a tool of genocide, how to understand the centrality of water and sanitation systems to all of the infrastructure needed to support life, and what Death Panel listeners and contacts in Gaza tell us we can do to help. Transcript: www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/water-gaza Support Gaza Municipality here: https://bit.ly/MuniWater Support Afnan’s fundraiser here: https://bit.ly/HelpAfnan More spotlight campaigns on the Gaza Funds website here: https://gazafunds.com
Beatrice and Jules speak with historian Jiya Pandya about how the Bhopal gas leak—often described as the worst industrial disaster in living memory—continues to be an unchecked crisis 40 years later, what it teaches us about how to respond to more recent crises, and how organizers here in the US can get in touch with Bhopal survivor activists who will be coming to the US later this fall. Transcript: www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/bhopal-jiya-pandya Read Jiya's piece “Crip Life Amidst Debilitation: Medicalization, Survival, and the Bhopal Gas Leak” here: https://dsq-sds.org/index.php/dsq/article/view/9653/8013 Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Find Jules' new book, A Short History of Trans Misogyny, here: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3054-a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/104189586 Beatrice, Artie, Phil and Abby discuss how, as of May 1st, hospitals in the US are no longer required to report covid hospitalization data to the federal government, the enormous information gap that leaves in an already opaque covid data landscape, and the set of questions the pandemic has raised about the complicated relationship between the state and scientific knowledge production, namely: of what use is data we don’t act on? Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Find Jules' new book here: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3054-a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny Runtime 1:13:56, 13 May 2024
Beatrice speaks with Tracy Rosenthal about the pending Supreme Court ruling that could dramatically strip the rights of unhoused people in the US, how politicians frequently invoke a rhetoric of “care” to promote expansions of the carceral system, and how the laws at the center of this Supreme Court case are the same being used to police and sweep solidarity encampments across the US. Transcript: https://www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/carewashing Read Tracy's piece, "The New Sundown Towns," here: https://newrepublic.com/article/181036/new-sundown-towns-grants-pass-v-johnson Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Find Jules' new book, A Short History of Trans Misogyny, here: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3054-a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/103758145 Beatrice and Phil speak with legal scholars Karen Tani and Katie Eyer about how the Supreme Court used cases related to disability and deinstitutionalization in the 1970s and 1980s as an opportunity to remake and expand its own powers, the role that these cases had in securing conservatives’ “New Federalism” revolution, and how disability cases continue to be a site of conservative judicial advancement today. Read Karen and Katie's article, "Disability and the Ongoing Federalism Revolution," here: https://www.yalelawjournal.org/feature/disability-and-the-ongoing-federalism-revolution Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Find Jules' new book here: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3054-a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny Runtime 1:25:44, 6 May 2024
Beatrice speaks with Nicki Kattoura and Charlie Markbreiter about the proliferation of Palestine solidarity encampments, their experiences at the encampments at CUNY and at Columbia, and to share a call to action for today, May Day: strike in solidarity with the people of Palestine. Note: This episode was recorded shortly before the coordinated raid on both the CUNY and Columbia encampments on the evening of April 30th. In our view the NYPD last night proved many of the points we make in the episode. Full Transcript: https://www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/solidarity-encampments More on the call to action here: https://bit.ly/3QpTOBm Read Nicki's piece from October 18th, mentioned at the top of the episode, "I will never be the same" here: https://mondoweiss.net/2023/10/i-will-never-be-the-same/ Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Find Jules' new book, A Short History of Trans Misogyny, here: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3054-a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/103298391 Beatrice, Jules and Artie discuss the findings, impact, and fallout of “The Cass Review,” the recently released 388 page NHS-commissioned report that has led media figures across the political spectrum to proclaim that the evidence supporting transition for young people is flawed. But the report, and the ensuing debate, are asking all the wrong questions. Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Find Jules' new book here: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3054-a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny Runtime 1:42:06, 29 April 2024
Part Two of our discussion with Rasha Abdulhadi about the last six months in the escalation of genocidal violence against the people of Palestine, what has and hasn’t changed since the last time Rasha spoke with us on October 13th, and why appeals to “peace” are not the same as calls for liberation. This is part two of our conversation with Rasha. You can find part one in the public feed, posted April 18th, or on our website here: https://www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/killing-peace Transcript: www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/killing-peace-2 Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Find Jules' new book, A Short History of Trans Misogyny, here: www.versobooks.com/products/3054-a…-trans-misogyny Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/102847558 Beatrice speaks with Micah Khater about the intersection of race, disability, and incarceration in the southern US in the early 20th century, and her work documenting the history of how Black women experienced and theorized disability from within Alabama prisons. Read Micah’s full article, “No Use to the State: Phrasing Escape and a Black Radical Epistolary of Disability in Early Twentieth-Century Alabama Prisons” here: https://dsq-sds.org/index.php/dsq/article/view/9662/8007 Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Find Jules' new book here: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3054-a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny Runtime 1:31:03, 22 April 2024
Beatrice speaks with Rasha Abdulhadi about the last six months in the escalation of genocidal violence against the people of Palestine, what has and hasn’t changed since the last time Rasha spoke with us on October 13th, and why appeals to “peace” are not the same as calls for liberation. This is part one of our conversation with Rasha. Part two will be released next week in the public feed, alongside a transcript. Transcript: www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/killing-peace Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Find Jules' new book, A Short History of Trans Misogyny, here: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3054-a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod Links to resources mentioned in the episode (more links will be coming with the transcript): Al Jazeera’s Video on October 7th: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0atzea-mPY Within Our Lifetime: https://wolpalestine.com “Seizing Knowledge Production in Solidarity With Palestine”: https://thepublicsource.org/knowledge-production-palestine-solidarity
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/102407156 Beatrice speaks with Sasha Warren about the lessons we can take from the history of anti-psychiatry movements, and other movements aligned against earlier forms of asylums and mental hospitals, with a particular focus on two groups active in the 1960s and 1970s: Institutional Psychotherapy in France and Democratic Psychiatry in Italy. Sasha’s new book is Storming Bedlam: Madness, Utopia, and Revolt: https://www.commonnotions.org/storming-bedlam Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Find Jules' new book here: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3054-a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny Runtime 1:40:00, 15 April 2024
Beatrice speaks with Liz Jackson and Rua Williams about the history and ongoing practice of design objects ostensibly created for accessibility being repurposed into tools of war. Transcript: https://www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/wheelchair-to-warfare Read their article in the New Republic, “How Disabled People Get Exploited to Build the Technology of War,” here: https://newrepublic.com/article/179391/wheelchair-warfare-pipeline-disability-technology Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Find Jules' new book, A Short History of Trans Misogyny, here: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3054-a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/101959148 Beatrice, Artie and Abby discuss the recent book “Within Reason: A Liberal Public Health for an Illiberal Time,” which presents itself as chronicling public health’s many missteps since the beginning of the covid pandemic, but in practice wants to draw our attention to all of the wrong conclusions. The book we discuss in this episode was also the subject of the NYT column we talked about in the episode "Masks and Symbols" in January, here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/masks-and-01-29-97441318 Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Find Jules' new book here: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3054-a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny Runtime 1:27:27, 8 April 2024 🧬
This episode was originally released on January 25th. We are re-releasing it today as we approach the sixth month of the ongoing genocidal campaign on Palestine, with a new introduction and a brief update at the end. Beatrice shares messages from Death Panel listeners in Gaza and speaks with Danya Qato about how the totalizing nature of the genocide of Palestine can't be captured in death and injury statistics alone. This episode is for Z, J, R, A, M, G and S. Transcript: www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/letters-from-gaza Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Find Jules' new book, A Short History of Trans Misogyny, here: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3054-a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/101515457 Beatrice, Artie and Phil reflect on the impact of the ongoing Medicaid “unwinding”, which began one year ago today and has already seen 20 million people kicked off of the social safety net insurance program, and the Biden administration’s latest attempts to pretend they’re doing anything about it. Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Find Jules' new book here: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3054-a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny Runtime 1:12:37, 1 April 2024 🧬
Beatrice and Abby speak with Melissa Gira Grant about this week’s oral arguments in a Supreme Court case that could dramatically limit the availability of medication abortion in the US, and the Comstock Act, the 19th century obscenity law looming over the case. Transcript forthcoming. Find Melissa’s article in the New Republic, “Two Supreme Court Justices Favor Zombie Law From 1873 to Ban Abortion” here: https://newrepublic.com/article/180153/alito-thomas-comstock-act-abortion More info on ComstockCon here: https://www.comstockcon.com/ Find our episode on the Comstock Act, “Statutes of Limitation” from last year, here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/statutes-of-w-04-81971897 Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Find Jules' new book, A Short History of Trans Misogyny, here: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3054-a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/101050023 As we prepare for this week’s Supreme Court hearing on mifepristone, Beatrice and Abby discuss the controversy surrounding a recent paper that claims that pregnancy-associated deaths are dramatically overcounted in the US, and that as a result the crisis of perinatal mortality is overstated. We also discuss what the problems with their approach tell us about similar attempts to separate deaths “with covid” from those “from covid,” and the social construction of science as a whole. Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Find Jules' new book here: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3054-a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny Runtime 1:20:05, 25 March 2024 🧬
Beatrice speaks with Vicky Osterweil about the events we’re encouraged to forget, repress, and reinterpret in order to abet genocide, carcerality, or abandonment to a pandemic, and the power of refusing to forget. Transcript: www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/vicky-forget Read Vicky's essay, "Remembering As an Act of Revolt," here: https://all-cats-are-beautiful.ghost.io/a-list-of-things-we-have-been-told-to-forget/ And find her book, In Defense of Looting, here: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/vicky-osterweil/in-defense-of-looting/9781645036678/?lens=bold-type-books Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Find Jules' new book, A Short History of Trans Misogyny, here: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3054-a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/100622256 Beatrice, Artie and Jules discuss a recent piece in NPR, “Wrestling with my husband's fear of getting COVID again,” which presents avoiding covid both as the product of unreasonable “anxiety” and as something immunocompromised people should let go of lest their loved ones consider abandoning them. Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Find Jules' new book here: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3054-a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny Runtime 1:29:17, 18 March 2024 🧬
Beatrice speaks with Jane Thomason of National Nurses United (NNU) about the CDC’s recent abrupt decision to drop its 5-day covid isolation guidance and the latest developments in the campaign to stop the CDC from dramatically weakening infection control practices in healthcare settings. Sign on to NNU’s latest campaign here: nationalnursesunited.org/cdc Transcript: https://www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/nnu-hicpac-3 Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Find Jules' new book, A Short History of Trans Misogyny, here: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3054-a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/100189248 Beatrice, Artie and Phil discuss Biden’s State of the Union address—from the “illegals” moment to Biden’s attempt to co-opt “ceasefire”—as well as the many media reactions to the speech, and what it all tells us about how the Biden administration are trying (and failing) to pretend they can’t hear their critics. Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Find Jules' new book here: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3054-a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny Runtime 1:04:57, 11 March 2024 🧬
This episode was originally released for Death Panel patrons on September 4th 2023. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod Beatrice, Phil, and Jules speak with Claire Dunning about the complex history of how nonprofit organizations became so pervasive in US political life and the issues with how the non-profit system promises to address big, structural problems while at the same time structurally constraining what these groups are and aren't allowed to do. Transcript: https://www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/nonprofit-neighborhoods Find Claire’s book, “Nonprofit Neighborhoods: An Urban History of Inequality and the American State” here: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/N/bo159872695.html Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Find Jules' new book, A Short History of Trans Misogyny, here: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3054-a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/99724675 Beatrice speaks with Shira Hassan about reclaiming harm reduction from public health, reclaiming formations of "peer work" from the nonprofit world, and building the politics and practice of surviving together. Find Shira's book, Saving Our Own Lives: A Liberatory Practice of Harm Reduction here: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1938-saving-our-own-lives Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Find Jules' new book here: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3054-a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny Runtime 1:34:39 🧬
Beatrice speaks with Stefanie Lyn Kaufman-Mthimkhulu about attempts to dismiss Aaron Bushnell’s self immolation as mental illness, and why settler colonialism relies so heavily on drawing lines between madness and “reason.” Transcript: https://www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/aaron-bushnell More on Project LETS here: https://projectlets.org/ Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Find Jules' new book, A Short History of Trans Misogyny, here: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3054-a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/99264802 Bea, Artie and Jules discuss the last few weeks of pundit speculation about Biden’s age and cognitive ability and the history of the relationship between bodily capacity and definitions of the “body politic.” Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Find Jules' new book here: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3054-a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny Runtime 1:19:39, 26 February 2024 🧬
Beatrice speaks with Dean Spade about how we respond to crises, from climate collapse to covid, and how the state’s primary response to these crises is to try to narrow the possibilities for political action around them. Transcript: https://www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/dean-spade-collapse Read Dean’s piece, “Climate Disaster Is Here—and the State Will Never Save Us” here: https://inthesetimes.com/article/climate-disaster-ecological-crisis-deluge-ministry-markley-robinson-gelderloos Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Find Jules' new book, A Short History of Trans Misogyny, here: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3054-a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/98784955 Bea, Artie and Phil discuss why the fact that a record 20 million people are now on ACA (Obamacare) plans is not the unequivocal good news that Democrats are portraying it as, how to understand those numbers in the context of the ongoing Medicaid unwinding, and why it’s long past time to move beyond the ACA. Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Find Jules' new book here: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3054-a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny Runtime 1:06:48, 19 February 2024 🧬
Beatrice, Artie and Abby discuss this week’s news that the CDC is planning to drop its covid isolation guidelines, and how the proposed change is emblematic of the Biden administration’s long running practice of undoing pandemic policies as a form of labor disciple. Transcript: https://www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/cdc-says-back-to-work Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Find Jules' new book, A Short History of Trans Misogyny, here: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3054-a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod Note: In this episode, Artie mentions an old episode, from January 2022, that shares the same title with this episode (“CDC Says Back to Work”). We decided to use that title again, for this episode, because it felt appropriate. You can find the old episode here https://www.patreon.com/posts/60691090
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/98356495 Beatrice, Artie and Jules discuss Pamela Paul's recent piece in the New York Times, "As Kids, They Thought They Were Trans. They No Longer Do." Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Find Jules' new book here: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3054-a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny Runtime 1:45:28, 12 February 2024 🧬
Beatrice and Jules discuss Jules' new book, A Short History of Trans Misogyny, which traces the historical roots of "trans panic" as a product of empire, colonialism, and policing. Transcript: www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny Find Jules' book here, out now from Verso: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3054-a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/97922957 Beatrice and Abby are joined by Melissa Gira Grant to evaluate the Biden administration’s recent announcements for its plans on reproductive healthcare and why Biden’s campaign promise to “restore the protections of Roe v. Wade” leaves significant room for interpretation. Find our episode with Melissa from last year on mifepristone and the Comstock act, "Statutes of Limitation," here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/statutes-of-w-04-81971897 Read Melissa’s piece in the New Republic, “Joe Biden Is Running on Roe. It’s Not Enough” here: https://newrepublic.com/article/178382/joe-biden-running-roe-its-not-enough Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Find Jules' new book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/733966/a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny-by-jules-gill-peterson/ Runtime 1:16:13, 5 February 2024 🧬
Beatrice speaks with Alice Wong about Alice's campaign to reinstate a mask mandate at UCSF, a hospital system home to a number of physicians who have played an outsized, deleterious, role in advocating for a premature end to covid protections. Transcript: https://www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/alice-wong-ucsf Find Alice's call to action here: https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2024/01/25/n95s4ucsf-call-to-action/ Find our template letter from Abby here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTyI4yLBuOJQR_IgnYVc17GxCbBT2G32QiENnFLq0kZCDmoLy-c23o8eLX_ISNlCMCA6xARBAUkWfqQ/pub Find Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha’s template here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JxT8VQbV7ju-xUrKCG6NDeW2scOROyis10wjNg4YnTY/edit Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Find Jules' new book, A Short History of Trans Misogyny (out this week!) here: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3054-a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod Further reading: Alice Wong’s most recent column for Teen Vogue: COVID Isn’t Going Anywhere. Masking Up Could Save My Life. https://www.teenvogue.com/story/covid-isnt-going-anywhere-masking-up-could-save-my-life Alice Wong, August 2022 (Disability Visibility Project): My ICU Summer: A Photo Essay https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2022/08/07/my-icu-summer-a-photo-essay/ Alice Wong, 2020 (Disability Visibility Project): Disabled Oracles and the Coronavirus https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2020/03/18/coronavirus/ Alice Wong, March 2023 (Teen Vogue): The “Unwinding” of Medicaid Coverage Will Be Difficult for Disabled Americans, Leave More People Uninsured https://www.teenvogue.com/story/medicaid-coverage-covid Alice Wong’s 2023 interview with KQED: Alice Wong: I Still Have a Voice https://www.kqed.org/perspectives/201601142614/alice-wong-i-still-have-a-voice Alice Wong, January 2024 (Disability Visibility Project): Disabled Outrage and #PodSaveJon https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2024/01/02/disabled-outrage-and-podsavejon/
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/97441318 Beatrice, Abby, and Jules discuss the symbolic aspects of masking as a public health intervention and demonstration of solidarity, through critiques of a recent New York Times piece by Pamela Paul, "When Public Health Loses the Public," and a new book by Sandro Galea, "Within Reason: A Liberal Public Health for an Illiberal Time." Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Find Jules' new book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/733966/a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny-by-jules-gill-peterson/ Runtime 2:07:35, 29 January 2024 🧬
Beatrice shares messages from Death Panel listeners in Gaza and speaks with Danya Qato about how the totalizing nature of the genocide of Palestine can't be captured in death and injury statistics alone. This episode is for Z, J, R, A, M, G and S. We pray it finds you safely. Transcript: https://www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/letters-from-gaza Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Pre-order Jules' new book here: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3054-a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/96989016 Beatrice speaks with Maryam Jamshidi about how US law has been shaped in recent decades to specifically guard against Palestinian self-determination, and the direct role that Benjamin Netanyahu, Benzion Netanyahu, and other Israeli officials had in crafting contemporary state definitions of what constitutes “terrorism.” Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Runtime 1:18:26, 22 January 2024 🧬
Beatrice, Artie, and Phil discuss how recent claims that Biden has tried to bring about “the largest expansion of the welfare state in a half century” ignore his track record of ending every last pandemic welfare program. Transcript: https://www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/biden-unmaking-welfare Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Pre-order Jules' new book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/733966/a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny-by-jules-gill-peterson/ Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/96560443/ Bea, Artie, and Phil offer their critique of "We've Got You Covered: Rebooting American Health Care", a recent book from two economists—and blurbed by the likes of Emily Oster and Matt Yglesias—that promises a bold new vision for US health policy: what if we did universal healthcare, but we intentionally made it really bad? Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Runtime 1:22:26, 15 January 2024 🧬
Beatrice and Jules speak with Liat Ben-Moshe and Leah Harris about how Palestinian resistance and rebellion is pathologized and the importance of transnational disability solidarity with Palestine. Transcript: https://www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/pathologizing-palestine Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Pre-order Jules' new book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/733966/a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny-by-jules-gill-peterson/ Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod Referenced in this episode: — Nu’man Abd al-Wahid, "Pathologising Palestinians to revive eugenic genocide" https://english.almayadeen.net/articles/analysis/pathologising-palestinians-to-revive-eugenic-genocide — Mohammad El-Kurd, "Jewish settlers stole my house. It’s not my fault they’re Jewish." https://mondoweiss.net/2023/09/jewish-settlers-stole-my-house-its-not-my-fault-theyre-jewish/ — Alice Wong, "Why Palestinian Liberation Is Disability Justice" https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2023/12/02/why-palestinian-liberation-is-disability-justice/
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/96110966 Beatrice speaks with Silky Shah about the negotiations between the Biden administration and Congress that would establish harmful new asylum and immigration policy, alongside billions in additional funding towards the ongoing genocide of Palestine. For more on Title 42, see our episode on the policy—also with Silky—from 2022 here: https://soundcloud.com/deathpanel/title-42-w-silky-shah-unlocked Silky is the executive director of Detention Watch Network. Find more on Detention Watch Network and the resources they have available here: https://www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/ Preorder Silky's forthcoming book, Unbuild Walls: Why Immigrant Justice Needs Abolition here: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2213-unbuild-walls Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Runtime 1:26:44, 8 January 2024 🧬
As we send off 2023, we’re releasing a series of some of our favorite episodes of the year—including some newly unlocked episodes that have previously only been available to patrons. This episode was originally released for Death Panel patrons on August 7th, 2023, and is being unlocked today for the first time. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod. Original description: Bea, Artie, Abby, and Phil discuss the media's collective shrug over rising covid hospitalizations and Ashish Jha's recent op-ed “With a few basic steps, most of us can finally ignore COVID.” Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Pre-order Jules' new book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/733966/a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny-by-jules-gill-peterson/ Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
As we send off 2023, we’re releasing a series of some of our favorite episodes of the year—including some newly unlocked episodes that have previously only been available to patrons. This episode was originally released on August 3rd, 2023. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod. Original description: Bea and Jules mark the 33rd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) with a discussion of just how limited the law is compared with how it's portrayed, how to understand the ADA as part of the broader story of welfare state retrenchment in the 1980s and 1990s, and the broader story of how it got this way. Transcript: https://www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/the-ada-as-welfare-reform Note: Sadly we lost Jules' recording to a technical issue, so this episode uses her backup track. Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Pre-order Jules' new book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/733966/a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny-by-jules-gill-peterson/ Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
As we send off 2023, we’re releasing a series of some of our favorite episodes of the year—including some newly unlocked episodes that have previously only been available to patrons. This episode was originally released for Death Panel patrons on August 28th, 2023. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod. Original description: Bea and Phil speak with lifelong activist William Bronston about his experiences trying to take down the infamous Willowbrook institution from within as a young Doctor, his appeal to replace “long term care” with “lifetime care," and how his work towards deinstitutionalization informs his ongoing advocacy for single payer healthcare. Full transcript here: https://www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/lifetime-care-dr-william-bronston Find Bronston's book "Public Hostage, Public Ransom" here: https://www.publichostagepublicransom.org/ And find the state single payer plan he coauthored here: https://caltcha.org/model Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Pre-order Jules' new book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/733966/a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny-by-jules-gill-peterson/ Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
As we send off 2023, we’re releasing a series of some of our favorite episodes of the year—including some newly unlocked episodes that have previously only been available to patrons. This episode was originally released for Death Panel patrons on October 9th, 2023, and is being unlocked today for the first time. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod. Original description: Bea, Artie, and Abby pick apart a recent paper by Vinay Prasad, Tracy Beth Høeg, and Shamez Ladhani claiming that "methodological pitfalls" have led to the prevalence of long covid being “overestimated,” and that the problem with acknowledging high rates of long covid is that it will lead to “increased social anxiety and healthcare spending.” Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Pre-order Jules' new book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/733966/a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny-by-jules-gill-peterson/ Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
As we send off 2023, we’re releasing a series of some of our favorite episodes of the year—including some newly unlocked episodes that have previously only been available to patrons. This episode was originally released for Death Panel patrons on March 13th, 2023. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod. Original description: Bea, Abby, and Jules speak with Marquisele Mercedes and Monica Kriete about the overwhelming presence of blockbuster drug Ozempic in the media, and how almost every current take on it approaches the drug from a standpoint of unabashed antifatness. If you missed our last episode with Mikey and Monica, "Institutional Antifatness" from February, you can find it here: https://soundcloud.com/deathpanel/institutional-antifatness-w-marquisele-mercedes-monica-kriete-020223 Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Pre-order Jules' new book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/733966/a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny-by-jules-gill-peterson/ Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
As we send off 2023, we’re releasing a series of some of our favorite episodes of the year—including some newly unlocked episodes that have previously only been available to patrons. This episode was originally released for Death Panel patrons on April 3rd, 2023. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod. Original description: Bea and Artie speak with Nate Holdren about a recent court ruling in California that denied a covid worker's compensation claim because recognizing employer liability would have "the potential to destroy businesses and curtail, if not outright end, the provision of essential public services." Full transcript: https://www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/unlimited-liabilities-nate-holdren Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Pre-order Jules' new book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/733966/a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny-by-jules-gill-peterson/ Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
As we send off 2023, we’re releasing a series of some of our favorite episodes of the year—including some newly unlocked episodes that have previously only been available to patrons. This episode was originally released for Death Panel patrons on October 16th, 2023. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod. Original description: Beatrice speaks with Rasha Abdulhadi about how to stand in solidarity with Palestinians in this moment, the importance of refusing the idea that the genocide of Palestinians is inevitable, and how the language we use to resist the colonial project can sometimes fail to meet the scale of our demands. Transcript: https://www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/refusing-genocide-palestine Rasha Abdulhadi is a writer, editor, and cultural organizer, and a queer Palestinian Southerner disabled by Long Covid. Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Pre-order Jules' new book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/733966/a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny-by-jules-gill-peterson/ Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
As we send off 2023, we’re releasing a series of some of our favorite episodes of the year—including some newly unlocked episodes that have previously only been available to patrons. This episode was originally released on May 18th, 2023. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod. Original description: Bea speaks with Mariame Kaba and Kelly Hayes about their new book Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care, released this week. Find Let This Radicalize You here: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1922-let-this-radicalize-you Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Pre-order Jules' new book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/733966/a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny-by-jules-gill-peterson/ Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
As we send off 2023, we’re releasing a series of some of our favorite episodes of the year—including some newly unlocked episodes that have previously only been available to patrons. This episode was originally released for Death Panel patrons on November 13th, 2023, and is being unlocked today for the first time. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod. Original description: Beatrice, Abby and Phil discuss what it means that so far this year over 10 million people have lost their Medicaid coverage, and how it is that—with a full 2/3 of the “unwinding” still to come—politicians have continued to avoid blame and the media has treated it like business as usual. Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Pre-order Jules' new book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/733966/a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny-by-jules-gill-peterson/ Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
As we send off 2023, we’re releasing a series of some of our favorite episodes of the year—including some newly unlocked episodes that have previously only been available to patrons. This two-part episode was originally released on February 16th and 22nd, 2023. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod. Original description: In this two-part series, we speak to a few people engaged in organizing and political education projects about their experiences trying to incorporate covid protections into their existing organizing work, wins and losses they've encountered, and why it's so important for the left to take covid seriously, even as the public health emergency comes to a close. In Part 1, we speak with Alex, a student organizer at a university in the northeast US, and Reina Sultan, a co-creator of 8 to Abolition. A transcript of Part 1 can be found here: https://www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/organizing-and-covid-19-part-1 In Part 2, we speak with Becca, Raia Small, and Kelly Hayes. A transcript of Part 2 will be posted shortly. Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Pre-order Jules' new book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/733966/a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny-by-jules-gill-peterson/ Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
As we send off 2023, we’re releasing a series of some of our favorite episodes of the year—including some newly unlocked episodes that have previously only been available to patrons. This episode was originally released for Death Panel patrons on October 30th, 2023, and is being unlocked today for the first time. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod. Original description: Beatrice and Abby speak with epidemiologist Ellie Murray about how the many arguments against masking tend to repeat the same set of misunderstandings about how population health works and who health interventions are for. We also discuss why universal masking is so effective, the issues with dropping mask mandates in healthcare settings in particular, and how dynamics within the field of public health left space open for the social production of the ‘end’ of the pandemic. Find Ellie's study "Lifting Universal Masking in Schools — Covid-19 Incidence among Students and Staff" here: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2211029 Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Pre-order Jules' new book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/733966/a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny-by-jules-gill-peterson/ Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
As we send off 2023, we’re releasing a series of some of our favorite episodes of the year—including some newly unlocked episodes that have previously only been available to patrons. This episode was originally released for Death Panel patrons on February 27th, 2023. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod. Original description: Bea and Abby speak with Adia Benton about how neoliberalism constrains what public health interventions are considered possible while simultaneously expanding what political issues can be depoliticized as simply a "public health issue." We also look at some of Adia's statements from early in the pandemic on the role of austerity in shaping the covid response, and discuss how development and NGO work shapes the political economy of health. Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Pre-order Jules' new book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/733966/a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny-by-jules-gill-peterson/ Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
As we send off 2023, we’re releasing a series of some of our favorite episodes of the year—including some newly unlocked episodes that have previously only been available to patrons. This episode was originally released for Death Panel patrons on February 20th, 2023. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod. Original description: Bea and Jules speak with Vicky Osterweil about the recent open letter to the New York Times critical of apparent bias in paper's reporting on trans people. In the first half, we get into the letter, the coverage that provoked it, and the Times' dismal response to the criticism so far. In the second half, we get into the conceptual problems with the coverage and some of the deeper issues in the liberal "just asking questions" framework. Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Pre-order Jules' new book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/733966/a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny-by-jules-gill-peterson/ Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod In this episode we reference some of the following previous episodes that touched on this topic at length: Our episode with Jules (back when Jules was a guest!) on the problems with Emily Bazelon's article from last year, can be found here: https://soundcloud.com/deathpanel/panic-at-the-gender-clinic-w-jules-gill-peterson-and-charlie-markbreiter-062322 Our episode with Beans Velocci can be found here: https://soundcloud.com/deathpanel/standards-of-care-w-beans-velocci-080422 Our episode from last year on the court ruling re: the ADA and gender dysphoria can be found here: https://soundcloud.com/deathpanel/in-taxonomy-we-trust-091522
As we send off 2023, we’re releasing a series of some of our favorite episodes of the year—including some newly unlocked episodes that have previously only been available to patrons. This episode was originally released for Death Panel patrons on April 3rd, 2023. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod. Original description: Bea speaks with Kathryn Olivarius about the economy and social structure that emerged around yellow fever in antebellum New Orleans, and the ecosystem of deniers, capitalists, and novel theories of "immunity" that echo our current pandemic. Transcript forthcoming. Find Kathryn's book "Necropolis: Disease, Power, and Capitalism in the Cotton Kingdom" here: https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674241053 Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Pre-order Jules' new book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/733966/a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny-by-jules-gill-peterson/ Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
This episode was originally released for Death Panel patrons on December 12th 2023. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at https://www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod We take a look back at the last year of major social and political developments that worked to normalize covid in 2023. Full Transcript: https://www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/covid-year-four Timecodes: 00:05:30 — Introduction 00:11:53 — Part One: Fall/Winter 2022 00:39:27 — Part Two: 2023, Before the end of the Public Health Emergency (May 11) 01:45:53 — X-Files 02:02:57 — Part Three: 2023, After the end of the Public Health Emergency 03:05:14 — Discussion — Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Pre-order Jules' new book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/733966/a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny-by-jules-gill-peterson/ Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/94887548 Beatrice and Abby speak with Robert Chapman about their new book, Empire of Normality: Neurodiversity and Capitalism, and discuss the close relationship between the fields of statistics and eugenics through five thinkers—Adolphe Quetelet, Francis Galton, Karl Pearson, Ronald Fisher, and Thomas Szasz—whose ideas continue to influence how the state manages neurodiversity and disability. Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Runtime 1:38:47, 18 December 2023 🧬
Beatrice, Abby, and Phil discuss how A.I. tools are used to lend a veneer of objectivity to medical rationing, and how tools like “Gospel” A.I. and UnitedHealth’s “nH Predict” are used to obscure inherently moral, political, and ideological actions. Transcript forthcoming. Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Pre-order Jules' new book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/733966/a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny-by-jules-gill-peterson/ Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod Referenced in this episode: Osama Tanous, "You, as of Now, Are Someone Else!" — https://www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1653909 "Who Shall Live?" (1965) — https://youtu.be/FMay5zw1loA?si=U49FoeGxe_CmIbrp LIFE Magazine article — https://bit.ly/48dDGte
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/94486770 We take a look back at the last year of major social and political developments that worked to normalize covid in 2023. A full transcript of this episode, including links to almost everything referenced, is also now live on our patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/94486514 Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Runtime 03:31:05, 12 December 2023 🧬
As we prepare to record "Covid Year Four," Beatrice, Artie, and Abby discuss what is left of national covid data following the end of the public health emergency, how what's left has become so thoroughly abstracted, and how the CDC prioritizes representing deaths as an abstract percentage even as the official death count has been over 1,000 a week since August. Transcript: www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/economic-endemicity-blue Find the NVSS data sheet mentioned early in the episode here: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/index.htm Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Pre-order Jules' new book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/733966/a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny-by-jules-gill-peterson/ Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/94076448 Beatrice speaks with Astra Taylor about how the capitalist state constructs and reproduces insecurity, the eugenic logic of austerity, and Astra's new book The Age of Insecurity: Coming Together as Things Fall Apart. Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Runtime 1:34:10, 4 December 2023 🧬
This episode was originally released for Death Panel patrons on September 25th 2023. We'll be back with a new episode Monday in the patron feed. Beatrice speaks with Dan Berger about the RICO charges against Stop Cop City activists and the long history of RICO being used as a tool of repression against left movements. Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Pre-order Jules' new book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/733966/a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny-by-jules-gill-peterson/ Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod Links to media and resources mentioned in this episode: Read the full indictment against Stop Cop City activists here: https://www.fultonclerk.org/DocumentCenter/View/2156/CRIMINAL-INDICTMENT Raymond Luc Levasseur, "Until All Are Free": https://archive.org/details/sparrowsnest-4710 Raymond Luc Levasseur, "RICO Expanded By Supreme Court" in Prison Legal Review, 1994. https://www.prisonlegalnews.org/news/1994/jun/15/rico-expanded-by-supreme-court/ Our episode with Jessica Phoenix Sylvia from last year, "Press and the Prison": https://soundcloud.com/deathpanel/press-and-the-prison-w-jessica-phoenix-sylvia-111022 James Baldwin, "An Open Letter to My Sister, Miss Angela Davis," 1971. https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1971/01/07/an-open-letter-to-my-sister-miss-angela-davis/
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/93637981 Beatrice and Jules speak with Melissa Gira Grant about the history of the Lavender Scare, the anti-gay campaign that overlapped and ran in parallel with the Red Scare, how it shaped the politics of gender and sexuality today, and whether we're experiencing a new Lavender Scare today or if instead the Lavender Scare never ended. Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Runtime 1:36:55, 27 November 2023 🧬
This episode was originally released for Death Panel patrons on October 16th 2023. We are re-releasing it today, alongside a new transcript (with links to referenced material), because of news of an inadequate four-day "humanitarian pause" that fails to meet demands to stop the genocide and to free Palestine, and because many of Rasha's observations from a few weeks ago have now come to pass. We'll be back with a new episode Monday in the patron feed. Full transcript: https://www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/refusing-genocide-palestine Original episode description: Beatrice speaks with Rasha Abdulhadi about how to stand in solidarity with Palestinians in this moment, the importance of refusing the idea that the genocide of Palestinians is inevitable, and how the language we use to resist the colonial project can sometimes fail to meet the scale of our demands. Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Pre-order Jules' new book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/733966/a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny-by-jules-gill-peterson/ Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/93226703 Bea speaks with Kathryn Olivarius about the economy and social structure that emerged around yellow fever in antebellum New Orleans, and the ecosystem of deniers, capitalists, and novel theories of "immunity" that echo our current pandemic. Note: This episode is a re-air, as Artie explains in a brief clip at the beginning of the episode. We'll be back with a brand new patron episode next Monday. Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Runtime 1:42:22 🧬
Beatrice speaks with Andrea Ritchie about working to build abolitionist futures in the face of rising fascism and unrelenting state violence, resisting the ongoing annihilatory campaign on Gaza, and her new book Practicing New Worlds: Abolition and Emergent Strategies. Transcript forthcoming. Find Andrea's new book here: https://www.akpress.org/practicing-new-worlds.html And two links Andrea mentions early in the episode: "Stop Gaza Genocide," a public toolkit: https://bit.ly/StopGazaGenocide Another toolkit to find protests and more: https://gazaispalestine.org/ Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Pre-order Jules' new book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/733966/a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny-by-jules-gill-peterson/ Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/92818714 We’ve gotten a lot of requests from patrons for an update on where things stand with the Medicaid “unwinding,” so today Beatrice, Abby and Phil discuss what it means that so far this year over 10 million people have lost their Medicaid coverage, and how it is that—with a full 2/3 of the “unwinding” still to come—politicians have continued to avoid blame and the media has treated it like business as usual. Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Runtime 1:28:11, 13 November 2023 🧬
Beatrice and Jules speak with Mariame Kaba and Melissa Gira Grant about the importance of understanding the library as a site of political contestation and a rare expression of the commons in contemporary US life, and how left organizers are fighting back against right wing attacks on public space. Transcript: https://www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/library-mariame-kaba-melissa-gira-grant Join up with For the People: A Leftist Library Project here: https://www.librariesforthepeople.org/ And find the latest updates here: https://librariesforthepeople.substack.com/p/library-solidarity-with-palestine Read Melissa’s piece, “Librarians Didn’t Sign Up to Be Queer Activists—but This Year, They Are” here: https://newrepublic.com/article/175567/librarians-new-queer-front-lines Referenced in this episode: “The Prison in Twelve Landscapes,” directed by Brett Story (2016) https://www.prisonlandscapes.com/ “The People and the Library: Reflections on Grass-Roots Efforts to Preserve and Expand the Library As a Commons” here: https://justseeds.org/the-people-and-the-library-reflections-on-grass-roots-efforts-to-preserve-and-expand-the-library-as-a-commons/ Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Pre-order Jules' new book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/733966/a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny-by-jules-gill-peterson/ Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/92418379/ Beatrice, Artie and Jules discuss the ongoing escalation of violence on the people of Gaza and the many proxy discourses that have kept US media and politicians busy talking about everything except what’s actually happening. Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Runtime 1:10:36, 6 November 2023 🧬
This episode was originally released for Death Panel patrons on November 21st 2022. We are re-releasing it today, alongside a new transcript of the conversation, because in the past few weeks we have found Jasbir’s work tremendously useful in understanding the enormity of what’s happening in Gaza. Episode description: Beatrice and Jules speak with Jasbir Puar about the violent global effects of settler colonialism and how they shape our understanding of what we mean by “disability” and “debility.” We discuss how colonial occupation itself can be understood through a theory of debility, colonial constructions of who is labeled a "terrorist," and some of the most important insights from Jasbir's 2017 book The Right to Maim. Transcript: https://www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/jasbir-puar-body-politics Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Pre-order Jules' new book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/733966/a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny-by-jules-gill-peterson/ Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/91950097 Beatrice and Abby speak with epidemiologist Ellie Murray about how the many arguments against masking tend to repeat the same set of misunderstandings about how population health works and who health interventions are for. We also discuss why universal masking is so effective, the issues with dropping mask mandates in healthcare settings in particular, and how dynamics within the field of public health left space open for the social production of the ‘end’ of the pandemic. Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Runtime 1:44:13, 30 October 2023 🧬
Phil reads an adaptation of Samuel Beckett's 1938 novel "Murphy." Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Pre-order Jules' new book here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/73396…l-peterson/ Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/91515360 Beatrice speaks with Brian Nam-Sonenstein about two recent briefs he wrote for Prison Policy Initiative focused on a few key intersections of housing, disability, incarceration, and the administrative state. The first concerns how "failure to appear" laws add additional layers of criminalization into the court system, and the second concerns Housing First programs. Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Runtime 1:27:38, 23 October 2023 🧬
Beatrice and Abby speak with Jane Thomason of National Nurses United (NNU) about the latest in an ongoing campaign to stop the CDC from further weakening infection control guidance, how newly revealed documents show the CDC prioritizing employer costs and profits over public health, and how you can help lend pressure to NNU's campaign. Sign onto the letter and sign up to testify here—if you signed on last time, please sign on again!: https://bit.ly/DPNNU2 Our previous episode with Jane can be found in the Death Panel public feed, posted August 17th 2023, or here: https://soundcloud.com/deathpanel/how-the-cdc-could-further-weaken-infection-control-w-jane-thomason-081723 Transcript forthcoming. Read the newly released meeting notes here: https://www.nationalnursesunited.org/cdc-hicpac-work-group Find the webinar Jane mentions here: https://rutgerstraining.sph.rutgers.edu/PreventATD/ Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Pre-order Jules' new book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/733966/a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny-by-jules-gill-peterson/ Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
Listen to this week's patron episode free in its entirety on our patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/posts/91121697 Beatrice speaks with Rasha Abdulhadi about how to stand in solidarity with Palestinians in this moment, the importance of refusing the idea that the genocide of Palestinians is inevitable, and how the language we use to resist the colonial project can sometimes fail to meet the scale of our demands. Rasha Abdulhadi is a writer, editor, and cultural organizer, and a queer Palestinian Southerner disabled by Long Covid. Find the poem Rasha reads at the top here: https://thedeadlands.com/issue-16/believe-the-graves/ The documentary Rasha recommends in the episode called “Women in Struggle” (2005) can be watched via Solidarity Cinema’s radical film archive: https://www.solidaritycinema.com/ Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Runtime 1:47:00, 16 October 2023 🧬
Beatrice speaks with Liat Ben-Moshe, Leah Harris and Vesper Moore about increasing calls to "reopen the asylums" and why the dark history and enduring legacy of psychiatric incarceration mean we should never go back. We look at recent statements by politicians Eric Adams, Donald Trump, Matt Gaetz, and Vivek Ramaswamy and discuss how carceral sanism is not exclusively the domain of the right. Transcript: https://www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/reopen-asylum This episode stands alone, but also functions as an extension of "Resisting Carceral Sanism," posted September 28th in the public Death Panel podcast feed, or available here: https://www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/s23-resisting-carceral-sanism To sign up for resources on psychiatric abolition (collected by Leah Harris) go here: https://bit.ly/psychiatricabolition Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Pre-order Jules' new book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/733966/a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny-by-jules-gill-peterson/ Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
This episode was originally released for Death Panel patrons on August 22nd 2022, and we are re-releasing it today alongside a new transcript of the conversation. (This is in addition to our regular schedule, a new episode will be up tomorrow like usual). Free Palestine 🇵🇸. Transcript: https://www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/public-health-palestine-danya-qato Original episode description: Beatrice speaks with Danya Qato about the political economy of health in Palestine and how to understand the intersection of the pandemic and colonial occupation. Danya Qato is an associate professor of epidemiology and health services research based in Baltimore, Maryland. Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Pre-order Jules' new book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/733966/a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny-by-jules-gill-peterson/ Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/90648358/ Bea, Artie, and Abby pick apart a recent paper by Vinay Prasad, Tracy Beth Høeg, and Shamez Ladhani claiming that "methodological pitfalls" have led to the prevalence of long covid being “overestimated,” and that the problem with acknowledging high rates of long covid is that it will lead to “increased social anxiety and healthcare spending.” Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Runtime 1:44:41, 9 October 2023 🧬
Today's episode was originally a patron exclusive. To support the show and get more episodes like this, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod Bea and Jules discuss “managed care,” a seemingly innocuous term for a guiding principle in contemporary US healthcare that structures and incentivizes medical rationing and austerity. We also discuss how the use of managed care in state Medicaid programs leads to widespread denials for trans care, and tease Jules’ new book, “A Short History of Trans Misogyny,” coming in January from Verso. Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/90195142 Beatrice speaks with Shira Hassan about reclaiming harm reduction from public health, reclaiming formations of "peer work" from the nonprofit world, and building the politics and practice of surviving together. Find Shira's book, Saving Our Own Lives: A Liberatory Practice of Harm Reduction here: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1938-saving-our-own-lives Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Runtime 1:32:42, 2 October 2023 🧬
Bea, Artie, Phil and Abby discuss how the widely reported expense and unavailability of the new covid boosters is the disastrous (and predictable) consequence of the Biden administration’s move to kick covid vaccines and therapeutics to the private market. Transcript: https://www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/covid-booster-rollout-fall-2023 Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Pre-order Jules' new book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/733966/a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny-by-jules-gill-peterson/ Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/rico-w-dan-09-25-89831745 Beatrice speaks with Dan Berger about the RICO charges against Stop Cop City activists and the long history of RICO being used as a tool of repression against left movements. Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Runtime 1:25:39, 25 September 2023 🧬
Earlier this month we collaborated with the organizers the Socialism Conference to put together five sessions at this year’s conference on the political economy of health and disability. Each of these sessions is live now for patrons, and we'll be posting one a day in the main feed, all week. Session Description: The healthcare struggles of the last century have been profoundly shaped by the structures of US federalism: what resources are allocated to states, and what artificial constraints are imposed on them that produce policy in the mold of austerity? Political scientist and Death Panel podcast co-host Philip Rocco is joined by historians Gabriel Winant and Salonee Bhaman to discuss how fiscal decentralization has become an underappreciated force driving the healthcare politics of the United States, and what it can tell us about where we are now. Gabriel Winant will participate in this session remotely. Thanks to Han Olliver for our Death Panel x Socialism Conference 2023 poster image, which is being used as the cover image for this episode on platforms that support it. Find and support Han's work at hanolliver.com Transcript: https://www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/s23-the-state-austerity-and-the-politics-of-healthcare Find a transcript of Session 4, Decolonial Disability Politics and the Left (mentioned at the top of the episode), here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/dp-x-s23-and-4-89458216 Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Pre-order Jules' new book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/733966/a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny-by-jules-gill-peterson/ Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
Earlier this month we collaborated with the organizers the Socialism Conference to put together five sessions at this year’s conference on the political economy of health and disability. Each of these sessions is live now for patrons, and we'll be posting one a day in the main feed, all week. In this session, "Resisting Carceral Sanism" Beatrice, Liat Ben-Moshe, and Leah Harris discuss the increasing wave of policies and legislation, from Eric Adams’ stance on involuntary hospitalization to Gavin Newsom’s Care Courts, that seek to criminalize madness and people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. They also discuss why it is so critical for the left to work against these policies, and how to understand the politics of what Ben-Moshe has termed “carceral sanism.” Thanks to Han Olliver for our Death Panel x Socialism Conference 2023 poster image, which is being used as the cover image for this episode on platforms that support it. Find and support Han's work at hanolliver.com Transcript: https://www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/s23-resisting-carceral-sanism Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Pre-order Jules' new book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/733966/a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny-by-jules-gill-peterson/ Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
Earlier this month we collaborated with the organizers the Socialism Conference to put together five sessions at this year’s conference on the political economy of health and disability. Each of these sessions is live now for patrons, and we'll be posting one a day in the main feed, all week. In this session, "How Capitalism Kills: Social Murder and Covid-19," Artie, Abby, and Nate Holdren discuss Friedrich Engels’ concept of “social murder,” the structural forces within capitalism that abandon populations to injury, debility, and premature death, and how social murder is a key component of capitalism, not merely a side effect. Thanks to Han Olliver for our Death Panel x Socialism Conference 2023 poster image, which is being used as the cover image for this episode on platforms that support it. Find and support Han's work at hanolliver.com Transcript: https://www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/s23-how-capitalism-kills-covid-and-social-murder Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Pre-order Jules' new book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/733966/a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny-by-jules-gill-peterson/ Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
Earlier this month we collaborated with the organizers the Socialism Conference to put together five sessions at this year’s conference on the political economy of health and disability. Each of these sessions is live now for patrons, and we'll be posting one a day in the main feed, all week. In this session, "Health and Capital (Intro)," Beatrice and Artie discuss some ways to think about the intersection of healthcare, disability, and left politics, and introduce each of the rest of the sessions. Thanks to Han Olliver for our Death Panel x Socialism Conference 2023 poster image, which is being used as the cover image for this episode on platforms that support it. Find and support Han's work at hanolliver.com Transcript: https://www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/s23-health-and-capital Timecodes: 0:00 - Introduction to session recordings and thanks from the Panel 4:50 - Session recording begins Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Pre-order Jules' new book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/733966/a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny-by-jules-gill-peterson/ Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
Bea and Jules speak with Naomi Klein about left melancholy, coping with and working against years of disastrous pandemic response, and her new book Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World. Find Doppelganger here: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374610326/doppelganger Transcript: https://www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/doppelganger-naomi-klein Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Pre-order Jules' new book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/733966/a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny-by-jules-gill-peterson/ Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/89127060 Bea, Artie, and Abby discuss how to assess the pandemic as we stare down yet another wave with little to no reliable information, and look at some pervasive tropes in recent reporting on covid that project a sense of unearned certainty. We also discuss Vinay Prasad's recent open appeal to get people to stop reporting positive covid tests to schools and employers, and Biden's masking joke. Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Runtime 1:33:35, 11 September 2023 🧬
Today's episode was originally a patron exclusive. To support the show and get more episodes like this, become a patron at https://www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod Bea and Phil speak with lifelong activist William Bronston about his experiences trying to take down the infamous Willowbrook institution from within as a young doctor, his appeal to replace “long term care” with “lifetime care," and how his work towards deinstitutionalization informs his ongoing advocacy for single payer healthcare. Transcript: https://www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/lifetime-care-dr-william-bronston Find Bronston's book "Public Hostage, Public Ransom" here: https://www.publichostagepublicransom.org/ and the state single payer plan he coauthored here: https://caltcha.org/model Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/88748320 Bea, Phil, and Jules speak with Claire Dunning about the complex history of how nonprofit organizations became so pervasive in US political life and the issues with how the non-profit system promises to address big, structural problems while at the same time structurally constraining what these groups are and aren't allowed to do. Find Claire’s book, “Nonprofit Neighborhoods: An Urban History of Inequality and the American State” here: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/N/bo159872695.html Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Runtime 1:30:25, 4 September 2023 🧬
Bea speaks with Micha Frazer-Carroll about her new book Mad World: The Politics of Mental Health. Transcript: www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/mad-world-micha-frazer-carroll Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/88383833 Bea and Phil speak with lifelong activist William Bronston about his experiences trying to take down the infamous Willowbrook institution from within as a young Doctor, his appeal to replace “long term care” with “lifetime care," and how his work towards deinstitutionalization informs his ongoing advocacy for single payer healthcare. Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Runtime 1:20:40, 28 August 2023 🧬
Bea, Artie, and Phil discuss how the Medicaid "Unwinding," which has already seen over 5 million and counting lose their social safety net health insurance, is still being treated as such an afterthought in the press, even as the Biden administration does nothing to stop it. Transcript: https://www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/unwound-medicaid-unwinding Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/88036153 Bea and Jules discuss “managed care,” a seemingly innocuous term for a guiding principle in contemporary US healthcare that structures and incentivizes medical rationing and austerity. We also discuss how the use of managed care in state Medicaid programs leads to widespread denials for trans care, and tease Jules’ new book, “A Short History of Trans Misogyny,” coming in January from Verso. Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Runtime 1:29:59, 21 August 2023 🧬
Bea speaks with Jane Thomason of National Nurses United (NNU) about troubling new guidance changes the CDC is considering that would further weaken infection control in healthcare settings, and NNU's campaign to stop it. You can help out NNU's campaign at the links below, including giving public comment at the CDC's meeting on August 22nd. Transcript: https://www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/infection-control-cdc-nnu Sign on to NNU's letter here: nnu.org/cdc Sign up to give public testimony on August 22nd here: https://forms.gle/5eqMQ15uNsPQeM2j7 Read NNU's letter to Mandy Cohen here: https://www.nationalnursesunited.org/sites/default/files/nnu/documents/0723_HICPAC_experts_letter_background_combined_FINAL.pdf Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/87687937 We're taking this week off for research and to gear up for what we've got planned for the show in the fall. With that in mind—and since David Leonhardt has been back to writing about covid again recently—today we're revisiting a favorite from last year: our conversation with Jacob Bacharach about what made Leonhardt's New York Times newsletter The Morning such an influential voice of "back to normal," and how Leonhardt's analyses of everything from covid to traffic accidents don't add up. Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Runtime 1:14:45 🧬
We're taking the week of the 14th off for research and to gear up for what we've got planned for the show in the fall. In the meantime, if you appreciate this episode, or just want to support our work, become a patron at https://www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod to unlock more patron exclusive episodes just like this. In today's show, Bea and Artie speak with Nate Holdren about a recent court ruling in California that denied a covid worker's compensation claim because recognizing employer liability would have "the potential to destroy businesses and curtail, if not outright end, the provision of essential public services." Transcript: https://www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/unlimited-liabilities-nate-holdren Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/87350129 Bea, Artie, Abby, and Phil discuss the media's collective shrug over rising covid hospitalizations and Ashish Jha's recent op-ed “With a few basic steps, most of us can finally ignore COVID.” Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Runtime 1:29:32, 7 August 2023 🧬
Bea and Jules mark the 33rd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) with a discussion of just how limited the law is compared with how it's portrayed, how to understand the ADA as part of the broader story of welfare state retrenchment in the 1980s and 1990s, and the broader story of how it got this way. Transcript: https://www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/the-ada-as-welfare-reform Note: Sadly we lost Jules' recording to a technical issue, so this episode uses her backup track. Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/86959200 Bea and Artie speak with Nate Holdren about a recent court ruling in California that denied a covid worker's compensation claim because recognizing employer liability would have "the potential to destroy businesses and curtail, if not outright end, the provision of essential public services." Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Runtime 1:30:10, 31 July 2023 🧬
Bea, Artie, and Phil discuss the career and opinions of Biden's new CDC Director Mandy Cohen and how her self-described mission to rebuild "trust" in the agency is only half the story. Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/86590741 Bea and Abby speak with labor journalist Kim Kelly about the sharp increase in black lung cases in the last few decades, and what people are made to bear as “expected impairments” in the service of extractive capitalism. Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Runtime 1:40:14, 17 July 2023 🧬
Bea speaks with Melissa Gira Grant about the reporting she broke about the Supreme Court case 303 Creative v. Elenis: that the supposed request for a gay marriage website at the center of the case was never actually made. What follows is a bigger story about the legitimacy of the Supreme Court, and the influence of right wing activist groups like the Alliance for Defending Freedom (ADF). Read Melissa's reporting on this in the New Republic here: "The Mysterious Case of the Fake Gay Marriage Website, the Real Straight Man, and the Supreme Court" https://newrepublic.com/article/173987/mysterious-case-fake-gay-marriage-website-real-straight-man-supreme-court "The Straight Man in the Gay Wedding Website Case Is Not the Real Problem" https://newrepublic.com/article/174113/straight-man-gay-wedding-website-case-not-real-problem Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/86249327 In a recent interview, former CDC Director Rochelle Walensky was asked a series of questions that mirror our critiques from the episode "Covid Year Three." Bea, Artie, and Abby take a close look at what was revealed. Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Runtime 1:40:14, 17 July 2023 🧬
Bea and Jules speak with Seth Prins about “criminogenic risk assessment,” a set of tools used across the criminal legal system that purports to not only assess an individual's likelihood of criminalized behavior, but to determine the underlying causes of "crime" itself. Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod Find the episode Bea mentions, "Feminist Jails" with Mon M. and Diana Joy, here: https://soundcloud.com/deathpanel/feminist-jails-w-mon-m-and-diana-joy-090822
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/85889048 Bea and Phil speak with Tim Faust about how the US healthcare system compounds the health issues of indie wrestlers and other people engaged in non-traditional or precarious work, and how the ways that we pay for healthcare in the US constitute a powerful form of labor discipline. Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Runtime 1:18:04, 10 July 2023 🧬
Bea, Phil, and Jules speak with lawyer and welfare scholar Elenore Wade about the recent Supreme Court decision upholding the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA). Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/85541930 Bea, Artie, and Abby reflect on Rochelle Walensky's tenure as CDC Director, which came to an end on Friday. We take a close look at some of her more recent public statements to see what they tell us about the Biden covid response thus far, including Walensky's recent opinion piece in the New York Times, "Our Pandemic Despair Is Fading Too Quickly," and her recent testimony before congress. Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Runtime 1:36:02, 3 July 2023 🧬
Bea and Abby speak with Kathy McAfee about how capitalist "solutions" to climate crisis--like carbon trading and offset markets--don't work, and how ultimately there is no such thing as "green capitalism." Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod For more on the concept of "The Right to Maim" that Beatrice references in this episode, see our episode with Jasbir Puar here: https://soundcloud.com/deathpanel/body-politics-w-jasbir-puar-unlocked
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/85160548 Bea speaks with Tiffany L. Green about how ending mask mandates in healthcare settings further threatens the US' already shameful perinatal mortality rates, and how to think about the linkages between covid and reproductive justice. Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Runtime 1:06:50, 26 June 2023 🧬
This episode was originally a patron exclusive. If you appreciate this episode, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod. Bea and Abby speak with Adia Benton about how neoliberalism constrains what public health interventions are considered possible while simultaneously expanding what political issues can be depoliticized as simply a "public health issue." We also look at some of Adia's statements from early in the pandemic on the role of austerity in shaping the covid response, and discuss how development and NGO work shapes the political economy of health. Adia Benton is a cultural anthropologist who studies global health, biomedicine, and the political economy of humanitarianism. She is a Professor of Anthropology and African Studies at Northwestern University and the author of HIV Exceptionalism: Development through Disease in Sierra Leone. Find Adia's book here: https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/hiv-exceptionalism Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/84818691 Bea, Artie, and Phil discuss the latest updates on the Medicaid "unwinding"—the months-long process that has already led to 1.3 million people being kicked off of Medicaid—and the extremely lax response the media and the Biden administration have taken towards it so far. Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Runtime 1:17:44, 19 June 2023 🧬
This episode was originally a patron exclusive. If you enjoy this episode, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod. Bea and Jules speak with Melissa Gira Grant about the medication abortion case that made its way to the Supreme Court last week, and discuss the long and sordid history of the Comstock Act, a 19th century “anti-obscenity” law that continues to shape the modern US state’s regulation of sexuality. Melissa Gira Grant is a staff writer at The New Republic and the author of Playing the Whore: The Work of Sex Work and the forthcoming book A Woman Is Against the Law: Sex, Race, and the Limits of Justice in America. Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/84473030 Bea, Artie, and Jules discuss the impact of Florida's sweeping anti-trans bill, SB 254, and why the federal judge's injunction against it that made news last week as a "stinging rebuke to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis" is a little more complicated than it may appear. Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Runtime 1:30:43, 5 June 2023 🧬
Bea, Artie, and Abby discuss some of the impacts of the end of the public health emergency one month out, and share listener stories that directly contradict the prevailing narrative that the pandemic "tools" are still free and readily accessible. Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod Submit comments to CMS by June 9th here: bit.ly/cmscomment If you want to submit stories like the ones we share in this episode, you can do so here: bit.ly/adminburden Links to future CMS public comment periods here: bit.ly/morecmscomments
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/84120459 Bea speaks with Marshall Steinbaum about the debt ceiling deal and the provisions in it—from student loan repayments to new work requirements—that amount to a recommitment to austerity. Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Runtime 1:30:43, 5 June 2023 🧬
Bea speaks with Andrea Ritchie about the movement to defund and abolish policing, how police budgets sap resources from state and local governments, and how to understand abolition as a core principle that advances the goals of so many other movements. Find Andrea's book, co-authored with Mariame Kaba, "No More Police: A Case for Abolition" here: https://thenewpress.com/books/no-more-police Find more information on Interrupting Criminalization and the "Beyond Do No Harm" project here: https://www.interruptingcriminalization.com/beyond-do-no-harm Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/83728759 Bea speaks with Lily Sánchez about Ricardo Nuila's popular new book "The People's Hospital," which purports to paint a compassionate picture of how to fix the US healthcare system, while ignoring—and reinforcing—the structural issues that make the system so bad in the first place. Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Runtime 1:18:19, 29 May 2023 🧬
Bea, Artie, Phil, and Abby break format to talk through a major drug denial that has put Bea's care in jeopardy, why private Medicare Part D plans are able to deny necessary care to people with rare diseases, and what it says about the US welfare state. CW: Some bummers around the 45:00 mark. Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/83389515 Bea, Phil, and Abby speak with Gabe Winant about the faux class politics of Republican Senator J.D. Vance, how his 2016 book Hillbilly Elegy pathologizes the poor, and his adherence to the work of inveterate race scientist Charles Murray. Read Gabe's piece for n+1, "J.D. Vance Changes the Subject" here: https://www.nplusonemag.com/issue-45/politics/j-d-vance-changes-the-subject-2/ Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Runtime 1:20:15, 22 May 2023 🧬
Bea speaks with Mariame Kaba and Kelly Hayes about their new book Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care, released this week. Find Let This Radicalize You here: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1922-let-this-radicalize-you Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod TRANSCRIPT: www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/let-this-radicalize-you-mariame-kaba-kelly-hayes
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/83053730 Bea, Artie, and Abby look at how mainstream discourse surrounding the murder of Jordan Neely on May 1st devolved into victim blaming, and how New York Mayor Eric Adams is using the moment to push for the expansion of involuntary hospitalization. Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Runtime 1:08:32, 15 May 2023 🧬
With the public health emergency declaration ending today, May 11th, we turn back the clock to early 2021, mere days into the Biden presidency, and the moment it became clear the US was going to "end the pandemic" not by stopping covid, but by re-narrating its social and political meaning. Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/82700562 Bea, Artie, and Abby discuss how the end of the public health emergency has become an opportunity for pundits and media organizations assert some interpretations of the last three years over others, making—and denying—the meaning of the pandemic as a result. Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Runtime 1:16:32, 8 May 2023 🧬
With one week until the official end of the public health emergency, Bea, Artie, and Jules discuss the Biden administration's long-promised and newly unveiled plans to continue providing free covid vaccines and therapeutics to the uninsured, and just how remarkably their announced plans fall short. Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/82338265 Bea speaks with Zoé Samudzi and M.E. O’Brien about the first issue of Parapraxis Magazine: “The Family Problem,” the anti-trans “groomer” panic, and the evangelical promotion of adoption as a policy replacement for abortion. Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Runtime 1:07:45, 1 May 2023 🧬
This episode was originally a patron exclusive. If you enjoy this episode, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod. Bea, Artie, and Jules discuss Eric Adams' initiative to broadly expand involuntary hospitalization law and policy in New York, and the dark history of psychiatric institutionalization he appears to want to bring back. Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Read Bea and Artie's piece about this in The Nation (from December) here: https://www.thenation.com/article/society/adams-forced-hospitalization/ Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/81971897 Bea and Jules speak with Melissa Gira Grant about the medication abortion case that made its way to the Supreme Court last week, and discuss the long and sordid history of the Comstock Act, a 19th century “anti-obscenity” law that continues to shape the modern US state’s regulation of sexuality. Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Runtime 1:44:30, 24 April 2023 🧬
Bea, Artie, and Abby discuss the end of mask mandates in healthcare settings, why masking in places like hospitals was a good idea even pre-pandemic, and the one US agency that could put the brakes on this development——but isn't. Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod Read Bea's essay on Eric Adams "mask off at the door" policy proposal here: https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2023/04/09/mask-off-at-the-door-policies-undermine-our-rights-as-disabled-people/
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/81660593 Bea, Artie, and Phil discuss the pervasive, perennial myth that the Medicare and Social Security trust funds are on the brink of imminent collapse, a myth that feeds austerity in policymaking and false panic that the programs "won't be around" when younger generations grow old. Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Runtime 1:19:30, 17 April 2023 🧬
Bea and Jules speak with Lexi McMenamin about the avalanche of anti-trans laws introduced in state legislatures this year, the Biden administration's very inadequate plan for how to approach trans rights under Title IX, and how traditional media outlets have almost universally failed trans kids. Lexi McMenamin is a writer and the News and Politics Editor at Teen Vogue. Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod Find Lexi's recent articles here: https://www.teenvogue.com/contributor/lexi-mcmenamin
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/81319954 Bea and Artie speak with Nathan Tankus about the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, and why popular reporting on the bank's collapse only scratches the surface of the extraordinary measures that made up the government's response. Nathan walks us through how the Federal Reserve tipped its hand last month at the power it has to intervene in political crises, and how to understand SVB's collapse, you have to understand what the Fed did in the early days of the pandemic. Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Runtime 1:30:45, 10 April 2023 🧬
This episode was originally a patron exclusive. If you enjoy this episode, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod. Bea, Abby, and Jules speak with Marquisele Mercedes and Monica Kriete about the overwhelming presence of blockbuster drug Ozempic in the media, and how almost every current take on it approaches the drug from a standpoint of unabashed antifatness. Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/80998433 Bea speaks with Kathryn Olivarius about the economy and social structure that emerged around yellow fever in antebellum New Orleans, and the ecosystem of deniers, capitalists, and novel theories of "immunity" that echo our current pandemic. Find Kathryn's book "Necropolis: Disease, Power, and Capitalism in the Cotton Kingdom" here: https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674241053 Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Runtime 1:42:37, 3 April 2023 🧬
Bea, Artie, and Phil discuss what it will mean for Medicaid redeterminations to resume April 1st, a process that is expected to see as many as 22 million people lose their health insurance. But first, we check in on a report that the White House will disband its covid team shortly after the public health emergency ends in May, and that Ashish Jha has already been put out to pasture in the Eisenhower building. As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/80631223 Bea speaks with Ragen Chastain about how flimsy—and flawed—research on weight loss and improved health outcomes is, and how pervasive antifatness has allowed the weight loss industry to influence research and clinical practice with relative impunity. Ragen Chastain is a writer and researcher. She is the author of the Weight and Healthcare newsletter and the co-author of the Health At Every Size (HAES) Health Sheets. Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Runtime 1:32:31, 27 March 2023 🧬
Bea speaks with Salonee Bhaman about how struggles over housing and healthcare were linked in the early days of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in New York, and what lessons we can draw from this history for single payer, long covid, and more. As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Read Salonee's article (gated access) "For a Few Months of Peace: Housing and Care in the Early AIDS Crisis" here: https://doi.org/10.1215/01636545-8841694 Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/80295762 Bea speaks with Cassandra Kislenko about ethical and political issues with Canada's expansion of MAiD (Medical Assistance in Dying) laws and how we should understand them as a handful of U.S. states seek to implement similar laws. Then, we talk about issues with looking to the Canadian healthcare system as a model for socialized medicine in the U.S. Read Cassandra's piece "How Healthcare Privatization In Ontario Made The Pandemic Worse" here: https://www.readthemaple.com/how-healthcare-privatization-in-ontario-made-the-pandemic-worse/ Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Runtime 1:18:45, 20 March 2023 🧬
This episode was originally a patron exclusive. If you enjoy this episode, consider becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod. Bea and Jules speak with Vicky Osterweil about the recent open letter to the New York Times critical of apparent bias in paper's reporting on trans people. In the first half, we get into the letter, the coverage that provoked it, and the Times' dismal response to the criticism so far. In the second half, we get into the conceptual problems with the coverage and some of the deeper issues in the liberal "just asking questions" framework. Find the open letter here: https://nytletter.com/ Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/79982109 Bea, Abby, and Jules speak with Marquisele Mercedes and Monica Kriete about the overwhelming presence of blockbuster drug Ozempic in the media, and how almost every current take on it approaches the drug from a standpoint of unabashed antifatness. Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Runtime 1:44:41, 13 March 2023 🧬
Bea speaks with Ellie Murray about why mask mandates work to reduce the impact of the pandemic, why simply "recommending" masking doesn't, and how the results of a study she co-authored directly contradict recently revived media claims that "masks work, but mandates don't." Find Ellie's study in NEJM here: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2211029 As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/79655098 Bea, Artie, and Phil discuss how two narratives have recently gained significant traction in mainstream discourse: first, the lab leak theory, by way of vague speculation from government officials; and second, the idea that masking doesn't protect against covid, by way of the much-maligned Cochrane review of masking. Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Runtime 1:16:40, 6 March 2023 🧬
Bea and Abby speak with Kim Garrett about the train derailment in East Palestine as part of the ongoing disaster of industrial capitalism, the environmental impacts of not just industrial accidents but everyday industry, and how our healthcare system fails to address the needs of those put in harm's way. Kim Garrett is an environmental health researcher working at the intersection of environmental toxicology, public health, and environmental justice. As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/79282210 Bea and Abby speak with Adia Benton about how neoliberalism constrains what public health interventions are considered possible while simultaneously expanding what political issues can be depoliticized as simply a "public health issue." We also look at some of Adia's statements from early in the pandemic on the role of austerity in shaping the covid response, and discuss how development and NGO work shapes the political economy of health. Adia Benton is a cultural anthropologist who studies global health, biomedicine, and the political economy of humanitarianism. She is a Professor of Anthropology and African Studies at Northwestern University and the author of HIV Exceptionalism: Development through Disease in Sierra Leone. Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Runtime 1:31:05, 27 February 2023 🧬
In Part 2 of this two-part series, we speak to a few people engaged in organizing and political education projects about their experiences trying to incorporate covid protections into their existing organizing work, wins and losses they've encountered, and why it's so important for the left to take covid seriously, even as the public health emergency comes to a close. In Part 2, we speak with Becca (beginning at 02:30), Raia Small (beginning at 32:00), and Kelly Hayes (1:01:20). As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch
Today's patron episode went extra long, so we felt the best thing to do considering the topic was to post the whole first half as today's public "teaser." Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/78966968 Bea and Jules speak with Vicky Osterweil about the recent open letter to the New York Times critical of apparent bias in paper's reporting on trans people. In the first half, we get into the letter, the coverage that provoked it, and the Times' dismal response to the criticism so far. In the second half, we get into the conceptual problems with the coverage and some of the deeper issues in the liberal "just asking questions" framework. Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Runtime 1:58:49, 20 February 2023 🧬
In this two-part series, we speak to a few people engaged in organizing and political education projects about their experiences trying to incorporate covid protections into their existing organizing work, wins and losses they've encountered, and why it's so important for the left to take covid seriously, even as the public health emergency comes to a close. In Part 1, we speak with Alex (beginning at 03:30), a student organizer at a university in the northeast US, and Reina Sultan (beginning at 54:30), a co-creator of 8 to Abolition. Part 2 will be released as next week's public episode. As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod TRANSCRIPT: www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/organizing-and-covid-19-part-1 Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/78645421 Bea, Artie, and Phil look at the fallout of the announcement that the public health emergency will end on May 11th, including a number of lines the Biden administration has used to defend the move that don't add up, and contention over what is and isn't part of the emergency declaration. Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Runtime 1:13:45, 13 February 2023 🧬
We look back at how such a basic intervention as masking during a pandemic became increasingly scrutinized, undermined, and ultimately stigmatized in mainstream discourse over the last three years. This episode was originally a patron exclusive posted December 19th 2022. If you enjoy this episode, consider becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod. Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/78308989 Beatrice speaks to Megan Linton about the past and present of institutionalization in Canada, the impact of the ongoing pandemic on the population in long term care and nursing homes, Canada's medical assistance in dying program, and Megan's documentary podcast series Invisible Institutions, which just wrapped its first season. Megan Q. Linton is a writer, researcher and doctoral student who studies and challenges the political economy of institutionalization in Canada, and the producer, writer, and host of the documentary podcast series “Invisible Institutions.” Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Runtime 1:33:29 🧬
Bea speaks with Marquisele Mercedes and Monica Kriete about how medicalized antifatness operates in health policy and public health, and discuss a fat liberationist critique of the controversial new guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics. As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch Marquisele (Mikey) Mercedes is a writer, creator, and doctoral student from the Bronx, New York. As a Presidential Fellow at the Brown University School of Public Health, she works at the intersection of critical public health studies, fat studies, and scholarship on race/ism, examining how racism, anti-Blackness, and fatphobia have shaped health care, research, and public health. Mikey is also the co-host of the podcast, Unsolicited: Fatties Talk Back. Mikey links: https://pipewrenchmag.com/dismantling-medical-fatphobia/ https://www.marquiselemercedes.com/about https://linktr.ee/unsolicitedftb Monica Kriete is a public health communicator and strategist, who studies anti-fatness in health care and public health, and advocates for addressing the structural determinants of health through widespread social change. She provides training and technical assistance to help clinicians, policy makers and researchers understand the flaws of weight-centric health systems and imagine fat-positive health care and health policy. Monica links: https://pipewrenchmag.com/public-health-is-failing-fat-people/ https://www.fattymph.com/
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/77981511 Bea, Artie, and Abby reflect on Jeff Zients’s role as coronavirus response coordinator in 2021 and the beginning of 2022, and why his appointment as Biden’s next chief of staff is such a bad idea. Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Runtime 1:14:15, 30 January 2023 🧬
This episode was originally a patron exclusive. If you enjoy this episode, consider becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod. Bea, Artie, and Abby discuss what it will mean for the Biden administration to end the official public health emergency declaration, alongside comments by Ashish Jha that attempt to deflect blame on hospital capacity. Then we take a look at Leana Wen's bold assertion this week that we are "overcounting" covid deaths. Read Bea and Artie's piece in Teen Vogue, "Why The White House Shouldn't Privatize COVID Vaccines," here: https://www.teenvogue.com/story/covid-vaccines-death-panel-oped Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
Bea speaks with Liat Ben-Moshe about lessons we can draw from linking disability justice with abolition, the threat posed by moves like California's CARE courts and Eric Adams's involuntary hospitalization policies, and revisit her 2020 book Decarcerating Disability: Deinstitutionalization and Prison Abolition. Find Liat's book here: https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/decarcerating-disability Episode Transcript: www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/disability-and-abolition-w-liat-ben-moshe As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/77637289 Bea speaks with Dan Berger about his new book Stayed On Freedom, the importance of resisting overly streamlined histories of political movements, and the ongoingness and intergenerational nature of political struggle. Dan's book, Stayed On Freedom: The Long History of Black Power through One Family’s Journey, is out this week from Basic Books: https://www.basicbooks.com/titles/dan-berger/stayed-on-freedom/9781541675360/ Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Runtime 1:10:56, 23 January 2023 🧬
XBB.1.5, aka “Kraken,” may be the latest variant causing a spike in cases, but it isn’t the only one driving spread, nor the only one to watch out for. Bea speaks with evolutionary biologist T Ryan Gregory about how to make sense of the increasingly large pool of new covid variants, what we can do to stop them, and why he and his colleagues suggested the name “Kraken” in the first place. As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/77335507 Bea, Artie, and Abby discuss what it will mean for the Biden administration to end the official public health emergency declaration, alongside comments by Ashish Jha that attempt to deflect blame on hospital capacity. Then we take a look at Leana Wen's bold assertion this week that we are "overcounting" covid deaths. Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Runtime 1:13:39, 16 January 2023 🧬
Bea, Jules, and Abby discuss the complicated history of DIY healthcare and DIY transition as a story of class struggle, and how this history can complicate how we talk about physician expertise, abortion, single payer, and more. Read Jules piece on this in the Baffler, "Doctors Who?" here: https://thebaffler.com/salvos/doctors-who-gill-peterson As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/77016924 Bea, Artie, and Phil discuss how China's zero-covid policy has been used as a political foil over the course of the pandemic and how, after years of dismissal, the moment China abandoned it those very same people began pointing to transmission in China as the impending source of a deadly new variant. Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Runtime 1:12:29, 9 January 2023 🧬
We discuss a recent piece in the New Yorker called "The Case for Masking Forever" which presents itself as a profile of the group The People's CDC but instead, we argue, is a veritable hit piece on the idea of covid advocacy itself. As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/76685724 Bea, Artie, and Jules discuss Eric Adams' new initiative to broadly expanded involuntary hospitalization law and policy in New York, and the dark history of psychiatric institutionalization the plan appears to want to bring back. Health Communism is still 40% off for one more day (Monday January 2nd): www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Runtime 1:39:45, 2 January 2023 🧬
This episode was originally a patron exclusive. If you enjoy this episode, consider becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod. Beatrice and Jules speak with Jasbir Puar about biopolitics, competing theorizations of disability, the difference between debility and disability, and her pathbreaking 2017 book The Right to Maim. Jasbir Puar is the author of The Right to Maim: Debility, Capacity, Disability (2017) and Terrorist Assemblages: Homonationalism in Queer Times (2007). Health Communism is finally back in stock and currently 40% for Verso's holiday sale. Get it here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod join our Discord here: discord.com/invite/3KjKbB2
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/76391071 Bea speaks with Doron Dorfman about how social and political narratives of disabled people as "fakers" cheating the welfare system ultimately come to influence how disability is defined in law and policy. For more on some of the topics discussed in this episode, we recommend our episodes on the history of the 504 occupation, on the court case this year on gender dysphoria as a qualifying impairment under the ADA, and our recent discussion with Jasbir Puar. Health Communism is finally back in stock in the US and Canada, and currently 40% off: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Runtime 1:09:49, 26 December 2022 🧬
We take a look back at the year's events and the major social and political developments that worked to normalize covid in 2022. Find the companion episode to this one, “How Liberals Killed Masking,” here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/how-liberals-12-76127094 This episode was originally a patron exclusive. If you enjoy this episode, consider becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod. After this episode first aired, we adapted it into a piece for The New Inquiry called “The Year the Pandemic ‘Ended.’” Find Part One (of three) here: https://thenewinquiry.com/the-year-the-pandemic-ended-part-1/ Health Communism is finally back in stock and currently 40% for Verso's holiday sale. Get it here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod 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/76127094 We look back at how such a basic intervention as masking during a pandemic became increasingly scrutinized, undermined, and ultimately stigmatized in mainstream discourse over the last three years. Health Communism is finally back in stock in the US and Canada, and currently 40% off: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Runtime 2:33:45, 19 December 2022 🧬
Bea and Phil speak with legal historian Karen Tani about an under-scrutinized case on the Supreme Court's docket this term, Health and Hospital Corp v. Talevski, which could have profound effects on the entire US welfare state. As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod Get Health Communism here: https://www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Find the Marta Russell symposium we co-organized with Karen here: https://lpeproject.org/symposia/capitalism-disability/ 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/75894329 We take a look back at the year's events and the major social and political developments that worked to normalize covid in 2022. Health Communism is finally back in stock in the US and Canada, and currently 40% off: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Runtime 3:10:29, 13 December 2022 🧬
Beatrice and Phil speak with Gabe Winant about the birth of the contemporary care economy and its relationship to deindustrialization, the shaping of the "private welfare state" in the 20th century, and resisting the temptation to look back uncritically toward the "golden age" of organized labor. This episode was originally a patron exclusive. If you enjoy this episode, consider becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod. Find Gabe's book "The Next Shift: The Fall of Industry and the Rise of Health Care in Rust Belt America" here: https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674238091 Health Communism is finally back in stock and currently 40% for Verso's holiday sale. Get it here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod 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/75553332 Bea talks to Amy Kapczynski about the political economy of drug development and how, from HIV/AIDS to covid, intellectual property laws support and make possible big pharma's business model at the expense of global public health. Amy Kapczynski is a Professor of Law at Yale Law School, co-director of the Law and Political Economy Project and cofounder of the Law and Political Economy blog. Health Communism is finally back in stock in the US and Canada, and currently 40% off: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Runtime 1:08:15, 5 December 2022 🧬
Beatrice speaks with Dan Berger about how mass incarceration has driven the spread of the pandemic, how prisons and other carceral sites have used covid as an excuse to grow more punitive, and why we need to renew calls from early in the pandemic to “free them all for public health.” You can preorder Dan’s forthcoming book, “Stayed On Freedom: The Long History of Black Power through One Family’s Journey” https://www.basicbooks.com/titles/dan-berger/stayed-on-freedom/9781541675360 As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod Health Communism is finally back in stock and currently 40% for Verso's holiday sale. Get it here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism 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/75226518 Bea, Artie and Phil are joined by Justin Feldman to cast doubt on a recent paper claiming that the US is suffering from an "injustice of under-policing" and that the way to finally reduce mass incarceration is ... 500,000 more cops. Health Communism is finally back in stock in the US and Canada, and currently 40% off: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Runtime 1:11:57, 28 November 2022 🧬
Beatrice, Artie, and Jules discuss the Biden administration's recently announced fall covid plan, the rather lazy recycling of old lines to justify covid normalization, and the recent uptick in claims that pandemic mitigations were worse than the virus itself because of so-called "immunity debt." (Episode begins at 2:00 after introduction.) As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod Health Communism is finally back in stock and currently 40% for Verso's holiday sale. Get it here: https://www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism 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/74944636 Beatrice and Jules speak with Jasbir Puar about biopolitics, competing theorizations of disability, the difference between debility and disability, and her pathbreaking 2017 book The Right to Maim. Jasbir Puar is the author of The Right to Maim: Debility, Capacity, Disability (2017) and Terrorist Assemblages: Homonationalism in Queer Times (2007). Health Communism is finally back in stock in the US and Canada, and currently 40% off: https://www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Runtime 2:19:28, 21 November 2022 🧬
Beatrice, Artie, and Abby discuss the way long covid is portrayed in the media and the mainstream press, and the frequently used tropes that focus on long covid as a question of economic productivity and "spoiled identity." As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod Get Health Communism here: tinyurl.com/healthcommunism 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/74656039 Beatrice speaks with Minh-ha T. Pham about the extractive dynamics of the global garment industry, what happened to garment workers in the global south in the early days of the pandemic, and understanding the need to end sweatshop labor through an abolitionist lens. Minh-ha T. Pham is an Associate Professor in the Graduate Program in Media Studies at Pratt Institute, and is the author of ”Why We Can’t Have Nice Things: Social Media’s Influence on Fashion, Ethics, and Property” (2022). Her essay “A World Without Sweatshops: Abolition Not Reform” is included in the recently released anthology from Haymarket, “Abolition Feminisms: Organizing, Survival and Transformative Practice." Find Bea and Artie's new book Health Communism here: tinyurl.com/healthcommunism Runtime 1:07:23, 14 November 2022 🧬
Beatrice speaks with Jessica Phoenix Sylvia about prison book bans, how simple it is for prison officials to administratively withhold basic needs, and the necessity of publishing incarcerated writers. Jessica Phoenix Sylvia is an Empowerment Avenue social justice writer, abolition theorist, and community organizer. She is one of the contributors to the recently published book “The Press In Prison,” (Haymarket Books & Scalawag Media). She is currently working with the Study and Struggle program, and she is the author of a recent piece in PEN America called “Prison Book Bans, Protect Mass Incarceration.” Mentioned in this episode: https://www.empowermentave.com https://pen.org/prison-book-bans-protect-mass-incarceration https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1993-the-press-in-prison https://www.studyandstruggle.com As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod Find available copies of Health Communism here: tinyurl.com/healthcommunism 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/74364392 Beatrice, Abby, and Artie formally decline Emily Oster’s request for a “pandemic amnesty.” But first, we check in on a few recent statements out of the CDC minimizing the impact of covid and leaning into “immunity debt.” Find Bea and Artie's new book Health Communism here: tinyurl.com/healthcommunism Runtime 1:16:54, 7 November 2022 🧬
This episode was originally a patron exclusive. If you enjoy this episode consider supporting the show at patreon.com/deathpanelpod Beatrice speaks with Danya Qato about the political economy of health in Palestine, and how to understand the intersection of the pandemic and colonial occupation. Danya Qato is an associate professor of epidemiology and health services research based in Baltimore, Maryland. Find available copies of Health Communism here: tinyurl.com/healthcommunism Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch join our Discord here: https://discord.gg/V9DECnM As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/74043634 Beatrice, Artie, and Jules discuss the Biden administration's recently announced fall covid plan, the rather lazy recycling of old lines to justify covid normalization, and the recent uptick in claims that pandemic mitigations were worse than the virus itself because of so-called "immunity debt." Find Bea and Artie's new book Health Communism here: tinyurl.com/healthcommunism Runtime 1:21:44, 31 October 2022 🧬
Phil reads "The Bungalow House" by Thomas Ligotti. As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod Find available copies of Health Communism here: tinyurl.com/healthcommunism 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: https://www.patreon.com/posts/73720650 Beatrice speaks with Sophie Lewis about working toward the de-privatization of care, what people who dismiss "family abolition" miss about the concept by not engaging with it, Emily Oster's book "The Family Firm," and more. Find Sophie's new book Abolish the Family here: https://www.versobooks.com/books/4075-abolish-the-family Find Bea and Artie's new book Health Communism here: https://tinyurl.com/healthcommunism Runtime 1:31:40, 24 October 2022 🧬
Health Communism is out this week! Find available copies here: https://tinyurl.com/healthcommunism Beatrice and Artie talk about their new book Health Communism: why they wrote it, how they hope it can be used, and why in the end, health is such a fundamentally important site of political struggle. We also read two big excerpts from the chapter "SURPLUS." As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod for access to a new patron-exclusive episode every Monday. 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/73428796 Health Communism is out TOMORROW—this Tuesday, October 18th! If you haven't preordered a copy, please do so here: https://www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Beatrice and Phil speak with Gabe Winant about the birth of the contemporary care economy and its relationship to deindustrialization, the shaping of the "private welfare state" in the 20th century, and resisting the temptation to look back uncritically toward the "golden age" of organized labor. Find Gabe's book "The Next Shift: The Fall of Industry and the Rise of Health Care in Rust Belt America" here: https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674238091 Runtime 1:24:22, 17 October 2022 🧬
We discuss the meaning and history of "the social determinants of health"—all of the social and political factors that impact individual and population health beyond what healthcare traditionally focuses on—and what becomes possible when we recognize that health is political. This episode was originally a patron exclusive. If you enjoy this episode consider supporting the show at patreon.com/deathpanelpod TRANSCRIPT: https://www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/social-determinants-of-health Pre-order HEALTH COMMUNISM here: bit.ly/3Af2YaJ As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch join our Discord here: discord.com/invite/3KjKbB2 *Note: this episode was released prior to the official announcement that Abby Cartus and Jules Gill-Peterson were joining the Death Panel, as a result in this episode Abby is introduced as a "guest"
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/73128522 Beatrice speaks with Dean Spade about administrative violence, neoliberal co-optation through 'inclusion,' what separates mutual aid from charity, and his book "Normal Life: Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Politics, and the Limits of Law." Find Normal Life here: https://www.dukeupress.edu/normal-life-revised Health Communism is out in just ONE WEEK (October 18th) from Verso Books! Pre-order your copy here: bit.ly/3Af2YaJ Runtime 1:42:24, 10 October 2022 🧬
Beatrice speaks with Ruth Wilson Gilmore about how to understand the concept of "the state," the capitalist state's capacity of organized abandonment, and the extraction of time. Order her book Abolition Geography: Essays Towards Liberation here: https://www.versobooks.com/books/3785-abolition-geography Ruth Wilson Gilmore is Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences, and American Studies at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, where she is also Director of the Center for Place, Culture, and Politics. TRANSCRIPT: www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/organized-abandonment-with-ruth-wilson-gilmore Pre-order HEALTH COMMUNISM here: bit.ly/3Af2YaJ As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod 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/72838142 Seth Prins joins us to discuss his research on the school-to-prison pipeline and the impact of carcerality on schools, public health, and our society. Seth Prins is an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Sociomedical Sciences at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. Health Communism is out in just TWO WEEKS (October 18th) from Verso Books! Pre-order your copy here: bit.ly/3Af2YaJ Runtime 1:08:14, 3 October 2022 🧬
Bea, Artie, and Phil speak with Nate Holdren about how to understand the pandemic response as a site of class struggle, latent imaginaries of the state, and the power dynamics at play in the Biden administration's plans to restructure the CDC. Pre-order HEALTH COMMUNISM here: bit.ly/3Af2YaJ Read Nate's (and all of our) contributions to the Harvard Petrie-Flom Center's "Health Law and Policy in an Era of Mass Suffering" series here: https://blog.petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/2022/09/19/pandemic-nihilism-social-murder-and-the-banality-of-evil/ As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod 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/72510930 Beatrice, Artie, and Abby discuss Vinay Prasad's covid advocacy as an archetype for a particular type of interpretation of the politics of health, and why his arguments seem to sometimes work on liberals, "progressives," and even some on the left. Pre-orders are now live for Bea and Artie's book, Health Communism, out October 18th from Verso Books. Pre-order Health Communism here: bit.ly/3Af2YaJ Runtime 1:15:52, 26 September 2022 🧬
Bea, Artie, Phil, and Abby discuss Joe Biden's recent statement that "the pandemic is over," what it means for the US pandemic response, and the many flawed assumptions that have led people to make similar claims in recent weeks. 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/72205167 Beatrice speaks with epidemiologist and HIV/AIDS researcher Keletso Makofane about state failures in the monkeypox response, efforts to organize around it, and the inside story of what activists were told about why delivering monkeypox vaccines was taking so long vs. the reality. Keletso Makofane is a social network epidemiologist who studies how human relationships shape population health, a Health and Human Rights Fellow at Harvard’s FXB Center, and one of the Principal Investigators of the RESPND-MI (MPX NYC) Study Team. Take the survey Keletso talks about here: https://www.mpxnyc.app/ Pre-orders are now live for Bea and Artie's book, Health Communism, out October 18th from Verso Books. Pre-order Health Communism here: bit.ly/3Af2YaJ Runtime 1:16:41, 19 September 2022 🧬
After a big announcement, Beatrice, Artie, and Jules Gill-Peterson discuss a recent court ruling that gender dysphoria qualifies for protection under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the promises and perils of this framework, and the histories of both "gender dysphoria" as a term and the ADA's deliberate exclusion of trans identity from its text. 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/71889859 We discuss the Biden administration's increasingly open embrace of pushing covid vaccines to the private market and how the updated booster campaign is going so far. Pre-orders are now live for Bea and Artie's book, Health Communism, out October 18th from Verso Books. Pre-order Health Communism here: bit.ly/3Af2YaJ Runtime 1:02:21, 12 September 2022 🧬
Beatrice speaks to organizers Mon M. and Diana Joy about resisting proposals to open a "feminist jail" in New York, carceral humanism, and the difference between decarceration and abolition. Mon M. is an abolitionist organizer based in New York and the author of a recent op-ed arguing against so-called “humane” jails published in Teen Vogue called: ‘Feminist’ Jail Proposals Contribute to Mass Incarceration.” Diana Joy is a prison industrial complex and coercive psych abolitionist who organizes with Survived and Punished New York. 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/71558455 Recorded live as part of the 2022 Socialism Conference, Bea and Artie speak for the first time about some of the contents of their forthcoming book Health Communism, featuring an exclusive excerpt from the book and remastered audio. (This teaser includes only the main talk; the excerpt is a special bonus for patrons). Pre-orders are now live for Bea and Artie's book, Health Communism, out October 18th from Verso Books. Pre-order Health Communism here: bit.ly/3Af2YaJ Runtime 1:34:22, 5 September 2022 🧬
Abby Cartus joins us to discuss the Biden administration's two recently released plans on long covid, and the total inadequacy of the US social safety net to catch the many people newly disabled by the pandemic. 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/71217378 Beatrice speaks to Megan Linton about the past and present of institutionalization in Canada, the impact of the ongoing pandemic on the population in long term care and nursing homes, Canada's medical assistance in dying program, and Megan's documentary podcast series Invisible Institutions, which just wrapped its first season. Megan Q. Linton is a writer, researcher and doctoral student who studies and challenges the political economy of institutionalization in Canada, and the producer, writer, and host of the documentary podcast series “Invisible Institutions.” Pre-orders are now live for Bea and Artie's book, Health Communism, out October 18th from Verso Books. Pre-order Health Communism here: bit.ly/3Af2YaJ Runtime 1:33:29, 29 August 2022 🧬
Beatrice and Phil speak with Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò about the politics of "getting a seat at the table" and his book Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (And Everything Else). Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Georgetown University, and the author of the books “Reconsidering Reparations” and “Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (And Everything Else)”. Find Olúfẹ́mi's book here: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1867-elite-capture 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/70892312 Beatrice speaks with Danya Qato about the political economy of health in Palestine, and how to understand the intersection of the pandemic and colonial occupation. Danya Qato is an associate professor of epidemiology and health services research based in Baltimore, Maryland. Pre-orders are now live for Bea and Artie's book, Health Communism, out October 18th from Verso Books. Pre-order Health Communism here: bit.ly/3Af2YaJ Runtime 1:31:46, 22 August 2022 🧬
Justin Feldman joins us to talk through the latest downgrade to the CDC's covid guidelines and Ashish Jha's statement this week that the Biden administration is aiming for covid vaccines and therapeutics to be kicked to the private market starting in the fall. 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 episode transcript: www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/who-has-the-tools-with-justin-feldman
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/70569938 Abby Cartus joins us to discuss the meaning and history of "the social determinants of health"—all of the social and political factors that impact individual and population health beyond what healthcare traditionally focuses on—and what becomes possible when we recognize that health is political. Pre-orders are now live for Bea and Artie's book, Health Communism, out October 18th from Verso Books. Pre-order Health Communism here: bit.ly/3Af2YaJ Runtime 1:13:38, 15 August 2022 🧬
Nathan Tankus joins us to talk about inflation: what is it, what are the issues with how we measure it, and why do mainstream economists think austerity measures are the only way to tackle it? We also briefly discuss the Inflation Reduction Act. Subscribe to Nathan's newsletter at crisesnotes.com 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/70203869 Bea and Artie speak with Sophie Lewis about their recent writing on the post-Roe abortion bans and reproduction as labor. Pre-order Sophie's forthcoming book "Abolish the Family" here: https://www.versobooks.com/books/4075-abolish-the-family Pre-orders are now live for Bea and Artie's book, Health Communism, out October 18th from Verso Books. Pre-order Health Communism here: bit.ly/3Af2YaJ Runtime 1:10:48, 08 August 2022 🧬
We talk to Beans Velocci about the early history of medicalized transition in the US, how the earliest clinical guidelines were largely written with physician indemnity in mind, and the harms of the perpetual myth that trans and nonbinary people are a novel phenomenon. Beans Velocci is a historian of sex, science, and classification, and an Assistant Professor in History and Sociology of Science and Core Faculty in Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Read Beans' piece, "Standards of Care: Uncertainty and Risk in Harry Benjamin's Transsexual Classifications" in the November 2021 issue of Transgender Studies Quarterly. 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/69915341 We discuss a new framing in media that everyone has already had covid, including the Wall Street Journal's "Think You've Never Had Covid-19? Think Again" and The Atlantic's "America Is Running Out of ‘COVID Virgins.’" Then we look at what we've learned in recent days about Biden's covid diagnosis and how covid response coordinator Ashish Jha worked to sell it as "a success story." Pre-orders are now live for Bea and Artie's book, Health Communism, out October 18th from Verso Books. Pre-order Health Communism here: bit.ly/3Af2YaJ Runtime 1:04:54, 01 August 2022 🧬
With pediatric covid vaccination levels stalled and no big programs on the horizon to change that, Bea speaks to Dr. Jonathan Howard about the figures who have stepped in to fill that void with a series of false claims about vaccine side effects in children. Read Dr. Howard's latest piece in Science Based Medicine here: https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/framing/ 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 Find the Kaiser Family Foundation report Bea cites in this episode here: "COVID-19 Vaccination Rates Among Children Under 5 Have Peaked and Are Decreasing Just Weeks Into Their Eligibility" https://www.kff.org/coronavirus-covid-19/issue-brief/covid-19-vaccination-rates-among-children-under-5-have-peaked-and-are-decreasing-just-weeks-into-their-eligibility/
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/69569086 We discuss Biden's covid diagnosis, statements made about it by administration officials Ashish Jha and Rochelle Walensky, and why so many people seem to think we've hit an equilibrium on covid deaths. Finally, we visit a cursed new take from Emily Oster on covid reinfections. Pre-orders are now live for Bea and Artie's book, Health Communism, out October 18th from Verso Books. Pre-order Health Communism here: bit.ly/3Af2YaJ Runtime 1:15:49, 25 July 2022 🧬
We discuss why so many cities and states are ignoring the CDC's community level system, the controversy over the return of LA's mask mandate, and Josh Barro's substack tirade against "team covid forever" and the return of covid mitigations. 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/69260827 We discuss Glenn Kessler's dubious attempt to fact check the story of a 10-year old forced to travel out of state for an abortion, and what it says about the lengths the media are willing to go to reassure people that things aren't actually that bad. Pre-orders are now live for Bea and Artie's book, Health Communism, out October 18th from Verso Books. Pre-order Health Communism here: bit.ly/3Af2YaJ Runtime 1:03:46, 18 July 2022 🧬
We discuss a new refrain that pushing for a return of pandemic mitigations is "moralizing" even as the BA.5 wave takes hold. But first, we check in on the Biden administration's inability to meet the moment on abortion rights, and one official's claim that codifying Roe is something for "activists who have been consistently out of step with the Democratic Party." 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/68967375 Libby Watson joins us for a post-mortem on the pandemic subsidies for COBRA health insurance, one of the most needlessly convoluted covid aid programs, and, perhaps unsurprisingly, an absolute trainwreck. Pre-orders are now live for Bea and Artie's book, Health Communism, out October 18th from Verso Books. Pre-order Health Communism here: bit.ly/3Af2YaJ Runtime 1:15:50, 11 July 2022 🧬
We speak with Silky Shah about the Trump-era border restrictions the Biden administration has held onto, including deporting migrants under the pretense of keeping covid out of the US. Silky is the executive director of Detention Watch Network. You can follow her @silkys13 This episode was originally a patron exclusive posted May 16th. If you enjoy this episode consider supporting the show at 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 As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/68638860 We're off this week, so for today's episode we've curated a selection of three of our favorite conversations about Emily Oster, showing the arc of her influence over the school reopening debate from 2020 onward. Pre-orders are now live for Bea and Artie's book, Health Communism, out October 18th from Verso Books. Pre-order Health Communism here: bit.ly/3Af2YaJ Runtime 1:57:12, 4 July 2022 🧬
With Roe v. Wade officially struck down by the Supreme Court, we speak with Melissa Gira Grant, Charlotte Shane, and Abby Cartus about how to react to this moment and where to go from here. This episode was originally a patron exclusive posted June 27th. If you enjoy this episode consider supporting the show at patreon.com/deathpanelpod 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/68332894 With Roe v. Wade officially struck down by the Supreme Court, we speak with Melissa Gira Grant, Charlotte Shane, and Abby Cartus about how to react to this moment and where to go from here. Pre-orders are now live for Bea and Artie's book, Health Communism, out October 18th from Verso Books. Pre-order Health Communism here: bit.ly/3Af2YaJ Runtime 1:15:29, 27 June 2022 🧬
Jules Gill-Peterson and Charlie Markbreiter join us to discuss Emily Bazelon's recent controversial New York Times Magazine cover story "The Battle Over Gender Therapy," its harmful and historically inaccurate portrayal of medical transition, and why liberals are so ready to embrace gatekeeping in trans healthcare. TRANSCRIPT: www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/panic-at-the-gender-clinic-w-jules-gill-peterson-and-charlie-markbreiter-062322 Pre-order Charlie's first book here: https://www.kenningeditions.com/shop/gossip-girl-fanfic-novella/ Buy Jules' book, "Histories of the Transgender Child," here: https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/histories-of-the-transgender-child 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/68028713 We discuss the death of the TRIPS waiver last week at the World Trade Organization, then take a close look at a recent interview given by White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Ashish Jha to get a sense of some of the troubling stances that may be brewing inside the Biden administration. Pre-orders are now live for Bea and Artie's book, Health Communism, out October 18th from Verso Books. Pre-order Health Communism here: bit.ly/3Af2YaJ Runtime 1:15:51, 20 June 2022 🧬
Abby Cartus joins us to discuss David Leonhardt's "Covid and Race," in which he made the bold (and inaccurate) claim in the New York Times that "covid’s racial gaps have narrowed and, more recently, even flipped." But first, we discuss a report that the Biden administration privately discussed what an acceptable number of ongoing daily covid deaths would be. 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/67732744 Beatrice speaks with Gregg Gonsalves about the recent monkeypox outbreaks in multiple countries, how global public health and healthcare priorities have left us in a politically vulnerable position to respond to outbreaks, and his work with ACT UP and Treatment Action Group. Gregg Gonsalves is the codirector of the Global Health Justice Partnership and an associate professor of epidemiology at the Yale School of Public Health. Read Gregg's piece, "Monkeypox Is Not a Gay Disease" here: https://www.thenation.com/article/society/monkeypox-hiv-lgbt-pride/ Pre-orders are now live for Bea and Artie's book, Health Communism, out October 18th from Verso Books. Pre-order Health Communism here: bit.ly/3Af2YaJ Runtime 1:10:45, 13 June 2022 🧬
We speak with epidemiologist Dr. Theresa Chapple about how seemingly everyone became convinced that you can't catch covid outdoors, common misconceptions about the pandemic driven by an overwhelming focus on individual risk assessment, and lessons from her work in the field during the first two years of covid. Follow Dr. Chapple @Theresa_Chapple 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 episode transcript: www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/outdoor-transmission-theresa-chapple
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/67438083 We discuss how mask mandates rapidly went from an obvious pandemic intervention to something even many public health experts now seem reluctant to stand behind, including the role David Leonhardt has played in minimizing the impact of masking and his recent piece "Why Masks Work, but Mandates Haven’t." Pre-orders are now live for Bea and Artie's book, Health Communism, out October 18th from Verso Books. Pre-order Health Communism here: bit.ly/3Af2YaJ Runtime 1:05:32, 6 June 2022 🧬
Beatrice speaks with Tracy Rosenthal about the policy frameworks that create and police houselessness and their recent piece in the New Republic, "Inside LA’s Homeless Industrial Complex." Read Tracy's piece here: https://newrepublic.com/article/166383/los-angeles-echo-park-homeless-industrial-complex 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/67101110 Beatrice speaks with Tracy Rosenthal about the policy frameworks that create and police houselessness and their recent piece in the New Republic, "Inside LA’s Homeless Industrial Complex." Tracy Rosenthal is a co-founder of the L.A. Tenants Union. Their first book, Abolish Rent, written with Leonardo Vilchis, is forthcoming from Verso. Follow them @two__evils Pre-orders are now live for Bea and Artie's book, Health Communism, out October 18th from Verso Books. Pre-order Health Communism here: bit.ly/3Af2YaJ Runtime 1:08:58, 30 May 2022 🧬
We speak with Nate Holdren about Friedrich Engels' concept of "social murder" and the social and political processes that have enabled the pandemic to be portrayed as if nothing more could be done. Read Nate's piece "Depoliticizing Social Murder in the COVID-19 Pandemic" here: https://blog.petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/2022/03/21/depoliticizing-social-murder-covid-pandemic/ TRANSCRIPT: https://www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/social-murder-with-nate-holdren 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/66802133 We discuss how the concept of herd immunity has been interpreted over the course of the pandemic and what it may mean for us now, in light of a recent paper co-authored by Anthony Fauci titled "The Concept of Classical Herd Immunity May Not Apply to COVID-19." Pre-orders are now live for Bea and Artie's book, Health Communism, out October 18th from Verso Books. Pre-order Health Communism here: bit.ly/3Af2YaJ Runtime 1:09:15, 23 May 2022 🧬
We discuss the one thing everyone can seemingly agree on: the US is in a new wave, and no one knows quite how big it really is. Then we revisit the CDC's "community level" metrics, and discuss new reports that the White House is preparing to have to ration vaccines. 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/66509165 We speak with Silky Shah about the Trump-era border restrictions the Biden administration has held onto, including deporting migrants under the pretense of keeping covid out of the US. Silky Shah is executive director of Detention Watch Network. Pre-orders are now live for Bea and Artie's book, Health Communism, out October 18th from Verso Books. Pre-order Health Communism here: bit.ly/3Af2YaJ Runtime 1:17:34, 16 May 2022 🧬
We discuss the Biden administration's increasingly ambivalent attitude toward the pandemic as the US reaches one million deaths, and revisit the CDC's data on breakthrough deaths to try to get a better picture of what happened this past winter. 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/66210099 We speak with Melissa Gira Grant about the Supreme Court's draft decision that would overturn Roe v. Wade, the many ways pregnancy and reproductive care is already policed, surveilled, and criminalized, and what to expect in a post-Roe United States. Pre-orders are now live for Bea and Artie's book, Health Communism, out October 18th from Verso Books. Pre-order Health Communism here: bit.ly/3Af2YaJ Runtime 1:23:24, 9 May 2022 🧬
In light of the draft Supreme Court decision that would overturn abortion rights in the US, this week we're unlocking our deep dive on the oral arguments presented in that case, in an episode that was previously available only to patrons. This episode features a brief new introduction, with the original recording starting at 6:30. 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/65905776 We speak with Nate Holdren about Friedrich Engels' concept of "social murder" and the social and political processes that have enabled the pandemic to be portrayed as if nothing more could be done. Read Nate's piece "Depoliticizing Social Murder in the COVID-19 Pandemic" here: https://blog.petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/2022/03/21/depoliticizing-social-murder-covid-pandemic/ TRANSCRIPT: https://www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/social-murder-with-nate-holdren Pre-orders are now live for Bea and Artie's book, Health Communism, out October 18th from Verso Books. Pre-order Health Communism here: bit.ly/3Af2YaJ Runtime 1:05:32, 2 May 2022 🧬
Elizabeth Popp Berman joins us to discuss how what she calls the "economic style of reasoning" came to dominate US political debates in the 20th century, and the way it continues to constrain what is understood to be politically possible. Elizabeth Popp Berman is Associate Professor of Organizational Studies at the University of Michigan. FInd her new book, Thinking Like An Economist: How Efficiency Replaced Equality in U.S. Public Policy, here: https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691167381/thinking-like-an-economist# 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/65598734 We discuss a troubling new report that, according to CDC data, 40 percent of U.S. covid deaths in January and February were in people who were fully vaccinated. Pre-orders are now live for Bea and Artie's book, Health Communism, out October 18th from Verso Books. Pre-order Health Communism here: bit.ly/3Af2YaJ Runtime 1:08:11, 25 April 2022 🧬
We discuss the abrupt end of the transportation mask mandate, what people really mean when they assert that "We Have the Tools," and Benjamin Mazer's awful new Atlantic piece, "It’s Just Scaring People, and It’s Not Saving Lives." 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 This episode was recorded prior to the CDC's decision to appeal the ruling we discuss in the episode; our points stand.
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 for Bea and Artie's book, Health Communism, out October 18th from Verso Books. Pre-order Health Communism here: bit.ly/3Af2YaJ Runtime 1:13:07, 18 April 2022 🧬
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 HEALTH COMMUNISM here: bit.ly/3Af2YaJ Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod 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/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 Books. Pre-order Health Communism here: bit.ly/3Af2YaJ Runtime 1:17:02, 11 April 2022 🧬
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 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden," published by Nature’s Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences Communications in March. You can read the full paper here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-022-01097-5 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/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: what hasn't? Pre-orders are now live for Bea and Artie's book, Health Communism, out October 18th from Verso Books. Pre-order Health Communism here: bit.ly/3Af2YaJ Runtime 1:14:02, 4 April 2022 🧬
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 History at Johns Hopkins University, General Co-Editor at Transgender Studies Quarterly, and the author of Histories of the Transgender Child. Also! Pre-orders are now live for Bea and Artie's book, Health Communism, out October 18th from Verso Books. Pre-order Health Communism here: bit.ly/3Af2YaJ 🧬
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://proteanmag.com/2022/03/22/motivated-reasoning-emily-osters-covid-narratives-and-the-attack-on-public-education/ Pre-orders are now live for Bea and Artie's book, Health Communism, out October 18th from Verso Books. Pre-order Health Communism here: bit.ly/3Af2YaJ Runtime 1:16:10, 28 March 2022 🧬
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 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/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 David Leonhardt So Happy?" here: https://newrepublic.com/article/165729/david-leonhardt-happy-review-new-york-times-morning-newsletter Pre-orders are now live for Bea and Artie's book, Health Communism, out October 18th from Verso Books. Pre-order Health Communism here: bit.ly/3Af2YaJ Runtime 1:15:59, 21 March 2022 🧬
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 Medicine from Asprin to COVID-19. You can order his book here: https://www.counterpointpress.com/dd-product/owning-the-sun/ Pre-orders are now live for Bea and Artie's book, Health Communism, out October 18th from Verso Books. Pre-order Health Communism here: bit.ly/3Af2YaJ Runtime 1:14:54, 14 March 2022 🧬
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=9780674971721 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/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 Communism, out October 18th from Verso Books. Pre-order Health Communism here: bit.ly/3Af2YaJ Runtime 1:25:37, 7 March 2022 🧬
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 Discord here: discord.com/invite/3KjKbB2
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 Co-Editor at Transgender Studies Quarterly, and the author of Histories of the Transgender Child. Pre-orders are now live for Bea and Artie's book, Health Communism, out October 18th from Verso Books. Pre-order Health Communism here: bit.ly/3Af2YaJ Runtime 1:30:38, 28 February 2022 🧬
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 are getting to help them fight back. Melissa Gira Grant is a journalist, author, and documentary filmmaker. She is is a staff writer at The New Republic. Also! Pre-orders are now live for Bea and Artie's book, Health Communism, out October 18th from Verso Books. Pre-order Health Communism here: bit.ly/3Af2YaJ 🧬
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 now live for Bea and Artie's book, Health Communism, out October 18th from Verso Books. Pre-order Health Communism here: bit.ly/3Af2YaJ Runtime 1:18:53, 21 February 2022 🧬
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 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/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 Gira Grant is a journalist, author, and documentary filmmaker. She is is a staff writer at The New Republic. Pre-orders are now live for Bea and Artie's book, Health Communism, out October 18th from Verso Books. Pre-order Health Communism here: bit.ly/3Af2YaJ Runtime 1:12:13, 14 February 2022 🧬
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 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/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 October 18th from Verso Books. Pre-order Health Communism here: bit.ly/3Af2YaJ Runtime 1:21:57, 7 February 2022 🧬
This episode was originally a patron exclusive posted January 31st. If you enjoy this episode consider supporting the show at patreon.com/deathpanelpod 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 risk. Then, we take a look at the "Urgency of Normal" PR kit, a document designed to sell 'focused protection' to suburban parents. 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
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 here: bit.ly/3Af2YaJ Mentioned in this episode: Find the Washington Prison History Project here: waprisonhistory.org Find Stevie's abolitionist study group here: abolitioniststudy.wordpress.com Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch join our Discord here: discord.com/invite/3KjKbB2 episode transcript: www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/abolition-pandemic-dan-berger
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 risk. Then, we take a look at the "Urgency of Normal" PR kit, a document designed to sell 'focused protection' to suburban parents. Pre-orders are now live for Bea and Artie's book, Health Communism, out October 18th from Verso Books. Pre-order Health Communism here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/71239…e-vierkant/ Runtime 1:25:12, 31 January 2022 🧬
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://bit.ly/3KR4Yec This episode was originally a patron exclusive posted December 20th. If you enjoy this episode consider supporting the show at patreon.com/deathpanelpod Pre-orders are now live for Bea and Artie's book! Pre-order HEALTH COMMUNISM here: https://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/61592961 Beatrice speaks with Dr. Steven Thrasher about his recent piece for the Guardian "The Biden administration has failed its Covid test," what we can and can't learn about covid mitigation from the HIV/AIDS crisis, and his forthcoming book "The Viral Underclass." You can pre-order Dr. Thrasher's book here: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250796639 Also! Pre-orders are now live for Bea and Artie's book, Health Communism, out October 18th from Verso Books. Pre-order Health Communism here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/712391/health-communism-by-beatrice-adler-bolton-and-artie-vierkant/ Runtime 1:08:16, 24 January 2022 🧬
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, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new 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/61291719 We discuss the administration's resigned stance that "virtually everybody is going to wind up getting exposed and likely infected" with covid-19 and what it really means to "learn to live with the virus," then take a look at the Supreme Court's decision this week to strike down the Biden employer vaccine mandate. Runtime 1:03:11, 17 January 2022 🧬
We're joined by Astra Taylor and Marshall Steinbaum for a conversation on why ending student debt is so pressing, the Biden administration's failure to fulfill its promises on student debt, and why we need a broader debt jubilee. Astra Taylor is cofounder of the Debt Collective, a filmmaker, and the author of The People’s Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age and Democracy May Not Exist, but We’ll Miss It When It’s Gone (Metropolitan Books). Marshall Steinbaum is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Utah and a Senior Fellow in Higher Education Finance at Jain Family Institute. As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new 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/60992988 We turn back the clock to the beginning of the pandemic to look at how our current pandemic response stacks up against even the lowest of bars: the proposals released by conservative think tanks like the American Enterprise Institute in early 2020. But first, we weigh in on CDC director Rochelle Walensky's "encouraging news" from last week. Runtime 1:10:50, 10 January 2022 🧬
We discuss two newly pervasive lines on the pandemic. First, that case numbers are an increasingly unimportant metric, and that what we should be looking to hospitalization numbers instead. Second, that on top of that, we need to find out how many people are "hospitalized for" covid, compared with those who are simply "hospitalized with" covid. As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new 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/60691090 We discuss the CDC's decision to shorten its covid isolation guidelines, their questionable reasoning for doing so, and how the scandal has played out in the last week. Runtime 1:08:45, 3 January 2022 🧬
Frank Pasquale joins us to discuss the rise of cost-benefit analysis as an influential force in American policy, the many problems with it, and what should be done about it. We also discuss his introduction to the Law and Political Economy Project's symposium on cost benefit analysis. Frank Pasquale (@FrankPasquale) is a Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School, and author of New Laws of Robotics (2020) and The Black Box Society (2015). Read the LPE symposium here: lpeproject.org/symposia/cost-benefit-analysis/ This episode was originally a patron exclusive posted December 13th. If you enjoy this episode consider supporting the show at patreon.com/deathpanelpod new 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/60399460 Beatrice speaks with Loretta Torrago about the choices being forced on medically vulnerable children and their caregivers, and how the experiences of ill and disabled children have been largely erased during the pandemic. PSA: This week's public episode (12/30) we're unlocking our interview with Frank Pasquale so the Panel can catch up with themselves. We're back for an episode with the full Panel next Monday (1/3) Runtime 1:10:04, 27 December 2021 🧬
We review the year in the U.S. covid response, and the profound miscalculations on the part of the government and the media that have played a direct role in keeping this crisis ongoing. Episode transcript: https://blindarchive.substack.com/p/death-panel-podcast-covid-year-2 This episode was originally a patron exclusive posted December 13th. If you enjoy this episode consider supporting the show at patreon.com/deathpanelpod new 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/60137584 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 the tensions surrounding disablement and the working class. Nate Holdren (@n_hold) is Assistant Professor of Law, Politics, & Society at Drake University. Runtime 1:34:40, 20 December 2021 🧬
Bea speaks with Abby Cartus about why mortality for pregnant people is so high in the U.S., how our system of private health insurance companies and hospitals contributes to the problem, and why the field of public health as a whole needs to be remade. As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new 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/59879913 We take a close look at the U.S. covid response across 2021 and the government's many, tragic unforced errors that explain why things are as bad as they are right now. Runtime 1:49:23, 13 December 2021 🧬
We discuss the administration's truly awful new plan on rapid covid testing, Jen Psaki's viral clip on the subject, and the latest updates on the new Omicron variant. As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new 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/59605994 Abby Cartus joins us for a close read of the oral arguments in the latest Supreme Court challenge to abortion rights in the U.S., Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. Runtime 1:23:34, 6 December 2021 🧬
Abby Cartus stops by for a long discussion on the implications of SB 8, the Texas anti-abortion bill, two months into enactment. We dig into the oral arguments heard last week at the Supreme Court and one study that shows the law already reduced abortions by 49.8%, and wonder just what, exactly, it would take to get anyone to do anything about it. This episode was originally a patron exclusive recorded November 9th 2021. If you enjoy this episode consider supporting the show at patreon.com/deathpanelpod new Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch join our Discord here: discord.com/invite/3KjKbB2
Justin Feldman joins us to discuss how the narrative on covid has largely dropped enduring racial and economic disparities in deaths, and a certain milestone we've probably crossed due to underreporting. We also discuss his recent study in JAMA showing that if everyone had died at the same rate as college-educated white people in the first year of the pandemic 71% fewer people of color would have died. Justin Feldman is an epidemiologist of social inequality and state violence and a Health & Human Rights Fellow at the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard. You can follow him on Twitter @jfeldman_epi As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch join our Discord here: discord.com/invite/3KjKbB2 Referenced in this episode: Justin's study, "Variation in COVID-19 Mortality in the US by Race and Ethnicity and Educational Attainment" in JAMA: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2786466 Justin's piece for Slate, "All the Ways That “1 in 5,000 per Day” Breakthrough Infection Stat Is Nonsense": https://slate.com/technology/2021/09/breakthrough-infections-one-in-five-thousand-nonsense.html
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/59291592 We delve into what is known, and what is not known, about the new Omicron variant of covid-19, including some of the more popular misconceptions being frequently repeated about it, and what's gone wrong with the response so far. Runtime 1:09:37, 29 November 2021 🧬
Beatrice speaks with Da'Shaun L. Harrison about their book Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness and the joined histories of eugenics and racial capitalism. This episode was originally a patron exclusive. If you enjoy this episode consider supporting the show at patreon.com/deathpanelpod new 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/59025004 We discuss what was cut—and what remains—in the Democrats' big social spending bill, and the high profile role Panel villain the CBO played in the debate surrounding it in recent weeks. Then, we look at the CDC's new approval of booster shots for all adults and discuss what impact it might have on cases going into the winter. Runtime 1:26:27, 23 November 2021 🧬
We speak with Abdullah Shihipar about the state of the pandemic as cases rise once again, the recent CDC study showing 140,000 children have lost a parent or caregiver to the pandemic, and how to resist the omnipresent social pressure to give up and accept covid. Abdullah Shihipar is a contributing writer for Business Insider and leads Narrative Projects and Policy Impact initiatives at the People, Place & Health Collective (PPHC) at the Brown University School of Public Health. Read Abdullah's piece on covid, kids, and their caregivers here: https://www.businessinsider.com/children-kids-lost-parents-covid-19-biden-mental-health-2021-11 As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new 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/58747021 Beatrice speaks with Da'Shaun L. Harrison about their book Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness and the joined histories of eugenics and racial capitalism. Runtime 1:04:15, 16 November 2021 🧬
We discuss the media's fixation on the need to set covid "offramps" and sketch a trajectory for how the talking point has become increasingly pervasive. As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch join our Discord here: discord.com/invite/3KjKbB2
Extra-long teaser today! Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/58474936 Abby Cartus stops by for a long discussion on the implications of SB 8, the Texas anti-abortion bill, two months into enactment. We dig into the oral arguments heard last week at the Supreme Court and one study that shows the law already reduced abortions by 49.8%, and wonder just what, exactly, it would take to get anyone to do anything about it. Runtime 1:36:22, 9 November 2021 🧬
We review Kathryn Paige Harden's new book "The Genetic Lottery: Why DNA Matters for Social Equality." Does this pop psychologist succeed in creating a framework for "anti-eugenics," or are these old just ideas in a new skin? This episode was originally a patron exclusive. If you enjoy this episode consider supporting the show at patreon.com/deathpanelpod new 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/58173782 Frank Pasquale joins us to discuss the rise of cost-benefit analysis as an influential force in American policy, the many problems with it, and what should be done about it. We also discuss his introduction to the Law and Political Economy Project's symposium on cost benefit analysis. Frank Pasquale (@FrankPasquale) is a Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School, and author of New Laws of Robotics (2020) and The Black Box Society (2015). Read the LPE symposium here: https://lpeproject.org/symposia/cost-benefit-analysis/ Runtime 1:07:59, 2 November 2021 🧬
We celebrate Halloween the Death Panel way: with two chilling tales of empire and capital, as read by the one and only Phil Rocco. As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new 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/57856991 In this very special episode, we look at how it became that 42% of Medicare plans in the US are administered through the privatized, "Medicare Advantage" option. We talk about why that sucks and what we can do about it. This is (loosely) the third part of a slowly unfolding series of historical deep dives on how the US healthcare system was so horribly designed. While this is a standalone episode, you can find the two earlier discussions at patreon.com/deathpanelpod Runtime 1:16:11, 26 October 2021 🧬
We discuss the Biden administration's newly narrowed ambitions for its Build Back Better bill, including the assertion that negotiations over the healthcare provisions are now "holding it up," and the surprising possibility that Democrats might, finally, do something about privatized Medicare plans. Then we look at J.G. Allen's proclamation this week that schools should end mask mandates as soon as the vaccine is approved for children. As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new 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/57567504 We discuss the New York Times' recent claim—citing Abby!—that Emily Oster has been "vindicated" when it comes to covid and kids. Then we take a look at the novel policy solution no one asked for: the "opioid vaccine." Runtime 1:19:15, 19 October 2021 🧬
We discuss the supply chain crisis as a global labor issue and a result of the administration's covid policies. Then we consider an overwhelmingly myopic piece of health policy analysis from Vox, titled "Can the US cut drug prices without sacrificing new cures?" As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new 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/57286198 We review Kathryn Paige Harden's new book "The Genetic Lottery: Why DNA Matters for Social Equality." Does this pop psychologist succeed in creating a framework for "anti-eugenics," or are these old just ideas in a new skin? Runtime 1:23:24, 12 October 2021 🧬
We set out to discuss the deprioritization of long-term care in the reconciliation bill and a New York Times investigative report on rampant chemical sedation in nursing homes, and end up explaining the history of chemical incarceration and how nursing homes exist as part of the prison industrial complex. This episode was originally a patron exclusive. If you enjoy this episode consider supporting the show at patreon.com/deathpanelpod new 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/57010611 Libby Watson joins us to sort out last week's reconciliation bill mess, the unceremonious termination of pandemic COBRA benefits, and the ongoing pundit obsession with Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema. Subscribe to Libby's newsletter Sick Note at sicknote.co Runtime 1:13:47, 5 October 2021 🧬
Sophie Lewis joins us on the occasion of the paperback edition of their book Full Surrogacy Now: Feminism Against Family to discuss the politics of pregnancy as labor, the political naturalization of the family structure, and what we mean when we say "utopia." Buy Sophie's book here: https://www.versobooks.com/books/3756-full-surrogacy-now As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new 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/56682062 We discuss the increasing politicization of monoclonal antibody treatments for covid-19, why they're so absent from the national debate over covid response, treatment, and IP, and the Biden administration's recent decision to adjust the quantities it ships to states. Runtime 1:08:58, 28 September 2021 🧬
We discuss the Biden administration's Global COVID-19 Summit, the decision by the CDC and FDA this week to approve booster shots of the Pfizer vaccine, and where things stand with the TRIPS waiver. As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new 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/56398292 We set out to discuss the deprioritization of long-term care in the reconciliation bill and a New York Times investigative report on rampant chemical sedation in nursing homes, and end up explaining the history of chemical incarceration and how nursing homes exist as part of the prison industrial complex. Runtime 1:11:54, 21 September 2021 🧬
We discuss the ongoing fight over the drug pricing component of the reconciliation bill and critique a report from the Congressional Budget Office that makes some incredible claims about the bill's impact on the pharmaceutical industries. As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new 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/56123726 We discuss a new CDC report that complicates public insistence that dangers to the vaccinated are overblown. Then we discuss the eminently dismissible work of philosopher Peter Singer, 2021 winner of the $1 million Berggruen Prize, and his 2009 essay "Why We Must Ration Health Care." Runtime 1:11:07, 14 September 2021 🧬
We review the Biden administration's new "Path Out of the Pandemic" and new employer vaccine mandate, contrasted against the quiet end of pandemic unemployment assistance on Labor Day. Then, we discuss the rise of Kathryn Paige Harden and her new book, "The Genetic Lottery," in light of her recent New Yorker profile. As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new 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/55839379 Beatrice speaks with Charlotte Shane about the Texas abortion ban and why a politics that stops at "access" and "choice" is insufficient to meet the needs of the moment. Read Charlotte's piece "Stop Being Stupid About Abortion" here: https://www.gawker.com/politics/stop-being-stupid-about-abortion Charlotte Shane is the author of Prostitute Laundry, and a co-founder of TigerBee Press. Follow her on twitter @CharoShane. Runtime 1:02:55, 7 September 2021 🧬
We discuss where are with the TRIPS waiver months after the Biden administration announced their purported support for it, and the difficulty of mobilizing pressure against hegemonic and unaccountable international organizations like the WTO. As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod Note: The piece we refer to as coming out in the New Inquiry today has been delayed to next week. We'll update the episode description with a link when it goes live, and post it in the Discord. new 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/55537032 We discuss the Supreme Court's move to strike down the eviction moratorium, the state of rent relief programs in Louisiana following Hurricane Ida, and read from the court's memorable, if bizarre, written decision. Runtime 1:03:19, 30 August 2021 🧬
We discuss what it means that so many of the soon-to-expire pandemic social supports were given arbitrary end dates not tied to the actual end of the public health emergency. Then we take a moment to unravel Glenn Greenwald's unusual new take, "The Bizarre Refusal to Apply Cost-Benefit Analysis to COVID Debates." As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod Read Phil's essay on the first topic, "The Waning of Pandemic Time" here: https://medium.com/3streams/the-waning-of-pandemic-time-41d56947392b new 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/55253198 We discuss reporting from over the weekend that Abbott Laboratories, makers of a widely used covid test, systematically destroyed hundreds of thousands of tests; new details on the prevalence of consulting groups in the White House and in state public health responses; and how to make it look like you're responding to a pandemic when you're going about business as usual. Runtime 1:22:55, 23 August 2021 🧬
Epidemiologist Abby Cartus joins us to discuss why nothing is being done about fall school reopenings and the increasing prevalence of pediatric covid hospitalizations. We also take the opportunity to check in on our rogue's gallery of cloyingly positive pandemic influencers, like Emily Oster and Monica Gandhi. As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new 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/54980742 (Teaser) We discuss the FDA and CDC's decision last week on booster vaccine doses for immunocompromised people, the state of the pandemic, and of course: the resignation of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Runtime 1:07:31, 16 August 2021 🧬
We survey the extremely messy history that led to the passage of original Medicare, the role private insurers and other industry groups played in its creation, and some of its unintended consequences we live with to this day. This episode was originally a patron exclusive. If you enjoy this episode consider supporting the show at patreon.com/deathpanelpod new Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch join our Discord here: discord.com/invite/3KjKbB2
Alex Sammon joins us to discuss why progressive groups have spent months promoting Biden as "the new FDR" even as the administration has routinely shut out even the most modest demands of these same groups. Alex is a staff writer at The American Prospect. You can read his work below or find him on twitter @alex_sammon As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch join our Discord here: discord.com/invite/3KjKbB2 "How Joe Biden Defanged the Left" https://prospect.org/politics/how-joe-biden-defanged-the-left/ "Nina Turner Lost to the Redbox" https://prospect.org/politics/nina-turner-lost-to-redbox-ohio-shontel-brown/
Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron exclusive episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/54439324 (Teaser) We discuss the expiration of the eviction moratorium and what the leaked internal CDC presentation tells us about the delta variant and the next few months of the pandemic. Runtime 1:13:21, 2 August 2021 🧬
We take a close look at where we are in the pandemic going into fall, between the CDC's partial guidance rollback this week, escalating discourse over "vaccine mandates" and "the problem of the unvaccinated," and an open question: will the Biden administration do anything at all? As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new 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/54144257 (Teaser) We mark the occasion of Jeff Bezos' spaceflight with a look at the last few decades of increasingly pro-capitalist space policies that made it possible, and the lobbying efforts of the so called "NewSpace" movement that won them. Runtime 1:19:32, 26 July 2021 🧬
We discuss widely cited and highly suspect assertions from Johns Hopkins surgeon Marty Makary that the only children vulnerable to covid-19 are those with "pre-existing conditions," and examine his history of writing anti-Medicare for All airport books. But first, we discuss Jeff Bezos' sort-of-spaceflight. As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new 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/53875622 (Teaser) We discuss the Biden administration's new line that we have a "pandemic of the unvaccinated" fueled by "the disinformation dozen," and how to understand the rise in covid cases. Then we take a closer look at New York City's attempt to rapidly expel unhoused people from midtown hotels. Runtime 1:02:06, 19 July 2021 🧬
We discuss the Biden administration's suggestion that cities use covid relief money to fund more police, a truly galaxy brain proposal in Democrats' reconciliation bill for how to expand Medicaid, and why so many people are asserting adding vision and dental coverage to Medicare is a step towards single payer. As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new 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/53570806/ (Teaser) We discuss the CDC's latest guidance change for fall school reopening and the implications of Pfizer's lawsuit to get around a long-established drug pricing norm. But first, we break out the calipers to look at one research team's quest to determine whether certain genetic traits made some people more susceptible to covid than others. Runtime 1:06:19, 12 July 2021 🧬
We discuss the controversy surrounding the Britney Spears conservatorship as part of the long history of carceral responses to mental health, and what so much of the public debate around Britney has missed. This episode was originally a patron exclusive. If you enjoy this episode consider supporting the show at patreon.com/deathpanelpod new 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/53339178 (Teaser) We take advantage of the holiday weekend to survey the extremely messy history that led to the passage of original Medicare, the role private insurers and other industry groups played in its creation, and some of its unintended consequences we live with to this day. Runtime 1:16:49, 5 July 2021 🧬
We're joined by Charlie Markbreiter to pour one out for Lauren Berlant and reflect on what their work meant to each of us. But first (until 31:45), we discuss newly released draft OSHA guidelines suggesting the Biden administration considered much stronger worker protections against COVID—until they were aggressively lobbied by industry groups to limit their scope. As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new 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/52967262/ (Teaser) We discuss Britney Spears' testimony from last week over her conservatorship and what so much of the public debate around it has missed. Runtime 1:15:24, 28 June 2021 🧬
We discuss economist Emily Oster's rise to pandemic relevance and the issues with the "Freakonomics" framework she's known for, in order to correct her recent portrayal in a glowing New York Times piece. But first, we look at warning signs of a coming Medicaid "purge" and why absolutely nothing is being done to stop it. As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new 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/52767971 (Teaser) We discuss historical formulations of madness and institutionalization in light of Andrew Yang's recent comments on incarcerating the mentally ill. But first, we check in on the recent Supreme Court decision on the Affordable Care Act and explain why so many insurance companies are happy the law was upheld. Runtime 1:17:35, 21 June 2021 🧬
We discuss the total erasure of disability long term care from the Democrats' infrastructure agenda, the new "stakeholder capitalism caucus," and Jon Stewart's full embrace of the lab leak theory. As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new 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 the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/52502011 (Teaser) We discuss an absurd new policy advanced at this year's G7 meeting to "Build Back Better World" and counter China's belt and road initiative. Then we discuss new updates in the Biden administration's forthcoming Supreme Court case US v. Vaello-Madero, where the administration will seek to make clear that people in Puerto Rico and other territories aren't owed the same social welfare programs as residents of states. Runtime 1:11:45, 14 June 2021 🧬
This episode was originally a patron exclusive and is being unlocked by popular demand. If you enjoy this episode consider supporting the show at patreon.com/deathpanelpod We discuss the viral New York Times piece "How to Rearrange Your Post-Pandemic Friendscape" and trace the intellectual history of the ideas it promotes directly back to the eugenics movement. But first, we look forward to "The God Committee," a film about Death Panels. 🧬
We discuss the FDA's controversial approval of a new Alzheimer's drug of questionable efficacy and explain the problems with Democrats' renewed push on their drug pricing bill, HR 3. As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new 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 the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/52227601 (Teaser) We discuss the viral New York Times piece "How to Rearrange Your Post-Pandemic Friendscape" and trace the intellectual history of the ideas it promotes directly back to the eugenics movement. But first, we look forward to "The God Committee," a film about Death Panels. Runtime 1:09:16, 7 June 2021 🧬
Alex Zaitchik joins us to walk through how the TRIPS council was formed in the first place, and the direct role that pharmaceutical companies—including and especially Pfizer—played in shaping global intellectual property throughout the 20th century. Read Alex's piece in The New Republic, "Long, Strange TRIPS: The Grubby History of How Vaccines Became Intellectual Property" here: https://newrepublic.com/article/162527/long-strange-trips-grubby-history-vaccines-became-intellectual-property Alexander Zaitchik is a freelance journalist. His next book, Owning the Sun: A People’s History of Monopoly Medicine from Aspirin to Covid-19, will be published by Counterpoint in 2022. As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new 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 the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/51930643 (Teaser) We discuss what is—and isn't—happening with Democrats' latest move on the public option, and break down what their request for more information about it suggests about the flaws in their latest approach to health policy. Runtime 1:21:38, 31 May 2021 🧬
We discuss how the "lab leak" origin scenario for the covid pandemic became the object of mainstream political discussion in the US, and whether recent claims by theory proponents have any merits. As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new 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 the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/51640584 (Teaser) [This teaser features an extended clip from Bea's interview with Harsha Walia] We discuss how the Israel-Gaza ceasefire leaves a great deal of other forms of violence on Palestinians unaddressed, and by listener request get further into a paper on settler colonialism and public health mentioned in our last episode. Then (35:30), Bea speaks with Harsha Walia about the historical formation of borders and her book "Border and Rule: Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism." Find Harsha's book here: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1553-border-and-rule Runtime 1:15:17, 24 May 2021 🧬
Adam Johnson of Citations Needed joins us to critique some recurring anti-Palestinian media narratives that have been ubiquitous over the last few weeks, how US media narratives naturalize colonization and imperialism, and the ongoing vaccine apartheid. As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch join our Discord here: discord.com/invite/3KjKbB2 [Note: brief recording issue around 45:00, resolved by 50:00]
Subscribe on Patreon and hear the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/51335230 (Teaser) We discuss the far reaching implications of the CDC's decision to change its masking guidelines, and look at one paradigmatic example of its immediate effects through Yascha Mounk's "Take Off That Mask." Runtime 1:09:19, 17 May 2021 🧬
We go into the archives to examine the tensions that emerged within ACT UP over whether to work directly with pharmaceutical companies or to continue pursuing earlier, more radical tactics. Full transcripts of all interviews in this episode are available at actuporalhistory.org As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new 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 the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/51100750 (Teaser) We discuss the weekend's job market handwringing over pandemic unemployment insurance and weigh in on the increasingly prevalent framing of the "pandemic addict" in light of last week's "The Liberals Who Can't Quit Lockdown" piece. But first, we get into some new information on the TRIPS waiver as companies work to get their stories straight. Runtime 1:13:43, 10 May 2021 🧬
We discuss the US announcement supporting a TRIPS waiver on covid vaccine patents, the Miami school that has become a beacon for anti-vaxxers, and one Financial Times writer's praise for private industry. As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new 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 the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/50820735 (Teaser) Jules returns to the show for a discussion on the latest in the anti-trans legislation sweeping the nation, the clear ideological project behind it that so many people seem unwilling to look for, and why the state is trying to make itself cis. Runtime 1:30:55, 3 May 2021 🧬
We speak with Vicky Osterweil about the birth of policing, the colonial history underpinning modern property relations, and why riots and looting are so often dismissed as political tactics. Vicky is the author of In Defense of Looting: A Riotous History of Uncivil Action (Bold Type, 2020) - https://www.boldtypebooks.com/titles/vicky-osterweil/in-defense-of-looting/9781645036678/ and host of Cerise and Vicky Rank the Movies - https://soundcloud.com/ceriseandvicky As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new 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 the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/50515988 (Teaser) Happy World Intellectual Property Day, everyone. We discuss the rapid rise of covid cases in India, some of the obscene ways it's been interpreted by American press, and the recent dramatic rise in calls for the WTO to waive pharmaceutical companies' patents for covid vaccines and therapeutics. 26 April 2021 🧬
We discuss Pfizer's leaked contract with the EU as they begin to increase vaccine prices and some troubling new studies on covid antibody production in immunocompromised people. Then we look at why the Biden justice department is continuing a lawsuit against a man in Puerto Rico for receiving SSI benefits. As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new 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 the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/50236195 (Teaser) Abby Cartus and Justin Feldman join us to talk about American police departments' multifaceted role as city budget sink, public health threat, and executioner. We also review the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, the Biden administration's supposed solution to the problem. Runtime 1:14:15, 19 April 2021 🧬
Abby Cartus joins us for a brief overview of what's going on with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine pause, then we get into the outsized influence Bill Gates and his philanthropic organizations have wielded over the global vaccine rollout, and over the WHO as a whole. As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new 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 the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/49952600 (Teaser) We discuss the murder of Duane Wright, escalating covid cases in Michigan, and one writer's concern that people who don't get the vaccine will be a burden on insurance companies. Finally, we review Emily Oster's covid "Risk Calculator." Runtime 1:10:10, 12 April 2021 🧬
It's the question of the moment: just what *is* infrastructure, anyway? We discuss the Biden infrastructure / jobs plan, its proposal to "solidify the care economy," and Andrew Cuomo's proposed Essential Workers Monument. As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new 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 the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/49667412 (Teaser) We discuss the heated debate over vaccine passports, including New York's blockchain-based "Excelsior Pass" app. Runtime 1:08:45, 5 April 2021 🧬
Jules Gill-Peterson joins us to discuss the anti-trans legislation passed in Arkansas this week and the long neglected history of trans children's self advocacy and medicalization in the 20th century. Jules Gill-Peterson is Associate Professor of English and Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies at the University of Pittsburgh, and the author of Histories of the Transgender Child (University of Minnesota Press, 2018). Find her on twitter @gp_jls and subscribe to her newsletter at sadbrowngirl.substack.com As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new 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 the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/49364437 (Teaser) We discuss this week's Amazon union vote alongside the company's announced expansion of its healthcare business, Amazon Care, to be available in more states and to other companies across the US. But first, we look at a new study that asks “Why Is All Covid-19 News Bad News?” Runtime 1:19:46 DP EP 238, 29 March 2021 🧬
Yves joins us to discuss the aftermath of the recent mass shootings in Atlanta and how to push back against policy responses that would benefit the carceral state. Yves Tong Nguyen is an abolitionist organizer and cultural worker with Red Canary Song and Survived and Punished. Full statement from Red Canary Song on the events in Atlanta: https://www.redcanarysong.net/media-kit Find the orgs Yvie calls out at the end of the show here: Massage Parlor Outreach Project - https://tinyurl.com/ymb73rb5 Butterfly (Toronto) - https://www.butterflysw.org/ SWAN Vancouver - https://www.swanvancouver.ca/ Scarlet Cha Cha (South Korea) - https://twitter.com/redcanarysong/status/1374918622909501440?s=21 As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new 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 the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/49080479 (Teaser) Late last week the CDC changed its recommendations to endorse schools reopening with a minimum of 3 feet distance between students. Abby Cartus joins us from the Death Panel epidemiology desk to help us cast some extreme doubts on the study that reportedly heavily influenced this guideline change, as well as study co-author Emily Oster's concurrent op-ed in the Atlantic, "Your Unvaccinated Kid Is Like a Vaccinated Grandma." Runtime 1:22:05 DP EP 236, 22 March 2021 🧬
We discuss the rapid rise of NFTs and compare them to previous developments in the lineage of private property and ownership. But first, we look at an early study on how well immunocompromised people are producing and maintaining covid antibodies after the vaccine. As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new 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 the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/48792629 (Teaser) We take a close look at the deals Pfizer has been making with countries for orders of its covid-19 mRNA vaccine and what it tells us about pharmaceutical companies' position in international politics. Runtime 1:11:16 DP EP 234, 15 March 2021 🧬
We discuss the new relief bill passed this week, and in particular the suite of temporary tweaks it makes to the Affordable Care Act. As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new 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 the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/48509714 (Teaser) It's not too late. It's still the best and only option. We make the case. First, we're joined by Abby Cartus for a discussion on why we need a paid shutdown. Then (1:19:00), Beatrice sits down with Abdullah Shihipar to talk about what a paid shutdown would mean, and why the pervasive claim that resisting lockdowns is "harm reduction" is a complete mischaracterization of the term. Runtime 2:05:41 DP EP 232, 8 March 2021 🧬
We discuss the social construction of "the end of the pandemic" in light Texas and Mississippi's lifted restrictions this week, and the ongoing claim that state and local aid is now unnecessary. Then before we go, review Oren Cass' recent Times op-ed and its claims about the causes of poverty. As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new 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 the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/48202666 (Teaser) We discuss a prominent study that claims there is "no statistical difference" in covid risk across different occupations and weigh in on the increasing prevalence of the 3 ft vs 6 ft debate. But first, we look at Gwyneth Paltrow's controversial advice for dealing with long covid. Runtime 1:19:21 DP EP 230, 1 March 2021 🧬
With the US passing 500,000 covid deaths this week, we unpack how these deaths have been normalized in social and political life and the competing attempts to imbue them with meaning or obscure their meaning entirely. As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new 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 the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/47886340 (Teaser) Nathan Tankus joins us for a review of the new Adam Curtis film "Can't Get You Out Of My Head." Runtime 1:31:33 DP EP 228, 22 February 2021 🧬
Today we break format a little bit to speak publicly about something the health insurer Cigna is doing to Beatrice, which was unfolding in the backdrop of Medicare for All Week. As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new 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 the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/47598706 (Teaser) We discuss the new CDC guidelines on school reopenings and the immediate response from reopening advocates like Emily Oster, plus dig into the latest revelations in the Cuomo nursing home scandal. Then stick around for a very special announcement from Vince at the end. Runtime 1:03:04 DP EP 226, 15 February 2021 🧬
Economists Nathan Tankus and Marshall Steinbaum join us to discuss the biggest red herring argument leveraged against the single payer movement: how are you going to pay for it? We discuss what this question distracts from, how the answer is actually quite simple, and the number of ways a single payer system would have profound macroeconomic benefits. Nathan Tankus is Research Director at the Modern Money Network and the author of the publication Notes on the Crises. Marshall Steinbaum is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Utah and Senior Fellow at the Jain Family Institute. This interview is part of Medicare for All Week 2021, our second annual limited series on building the movement for health justice. Every day from February 8-13 we'll be airing a new interview on single payer and the need for a national health system in America. To support Death Panel and make series like Medicare for All Week possible, become a patron at patreon.com/deathpanelpod Episode Transcript: bit.ly/M4AWeek-NathanMarshall-Transcript [PDF] www.deathpanel.net/m4aw206-nathan-tankus-marshall-steinbaum [html]
Dean Spade joins us to discuss building the movement for single payer, how the fragmentation of our social welfare systems is used to demobilize us, and how Medicare for All would help build solidarity to fight future struggles. This interview is part of Medicare for All Week 2021, our second annual limited series on building the movement for health justice. Every day from February 8-13 we'll be airing a new interview on single payer and the need for a national health system in America. To support Death Panel and make series like Medicare for All Week possible, become a patron at patreon.com/deathpanelpod Episode Transcript: bit.ly/M4AWeek-DeanSpade-Transcript [PDF] www.deathpanel.net/m4aw205-dean-spade [html]
Justin Feldman joins us to discuss the how state violence operates as a public health vector and how the politics of medicalization and data production interact with the carceral system. Justin Feldman is an epidemiologist of social inequality and state violence and a Health & Human Rights Fellow at the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard. This interview is part of Medicare for All Week 2021, our second annual limited series on building the movement for health justice. Every day from February 8-13 we'll be airing a new interview on single payer and the need for a national health system in America. To support Death Panel and make series like Medicare for All Week possible, become a patron at patreon.com/deathpanelpod Episode Transcript: bit.ly/M4AWeek-JustinFeldman-Transcript [PDF] www.deathpanel.net/m4aw204-justin-feldman [html]
Arrianna Planey joins us to discuss the how the distribution and rationing of healthcare in the United States is closely tied to property relations, systemic racism and ableism, and capitalist market frameworks. Arrianna Planey is a medical geographer and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management in the University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health. This interview is part of Medicare for All Week 2021, our second annual limited series on building the movement for health justice. Every day from February 8-13 we'll be airing a new interview on single payer and the need for a national health system in America. To support Death Panel and make series like Medicare for All Week possible, become a patron at patreon.com/deathpanelpod Episode Transcript: bit.ly/M4AWeek-ArriannaPlaney-Transcript [PDF] www.deathpanel.net/m4aw203-arrianna-planey [html]
Adam Gaffney joins us to discuss how the pandemic has highlighted the need for Medicare for All and more comprehensive coordination of healthcare resource distribution. Adam Gaffney is the most recent past president of Physicians for a National Health Program and a pulmonary specialist at Cambridge Health Alliance / Harvard Medical School. This interview is part of Medicare for All Week 2021, our second annual limited series on building the movement for health justice. Every day from February 8-13 we'll be airing a new interview on single payer and the need for a national health system in America. To support Death Panel and make series like Medicare for All Week possible, become a patron at patreon.com/deathpanelpod Episode Transcript: bit.ly/M4AWeek-AdamGaffney-Transcript [PDF] twww.deathpanel.net/m4aw202-adam-gaffney [html]
Libby Watson joins us to discuss how the way the press frames healthcare stories obscures systemic problems with our healthcare system, and the issues with limiting our demands to incremental reforms. Subscribe to Libby's publication Sick Note at sicknote.co This interview is part of Medicare for All Week 2021, our second annual limited series on building the movement for health justice. Every day from February 8-13 we'll be airing a new interview on single payer and the need for a national health system in America. To support Death Panel and make series like Medicare for All Week possible, become a patron at patreon.com/deathpanelpod Episode Transcript: http://bit.ly/M4AWeek-LibbyWatson-Transcript [PDF] https://www.deathpanel.net/m4aw201-libby-watson [html]
Welcome to Medicare for All Week 2021, our second annual limited series on building the movement for health justice. Every day from February 8-13 we'll be airing a new interview on single payer and the need for a national health system in America. In this brief episode, we announce this year's lineup, introduce this year's series, and tease some of what's to come this week. To support Death Panel and make series like Medicare for All Week possible, become a patron at patreon.com/deathpanelpod Episode Transcript: http://bit.ly/M4AWeek-2 [PDF] www.deathpanel.net/m4aw2 [html]
If you enjoy this full episode, originally posted as a patron exclusive, please consider becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod We speak with journalist Rachel Cohen and epidemiologist Abby Cartus about the media's rush to emphasize scientific certainty on covid transmission in schools, from a recent JAMA commentary headlines mislabeled as "CDC guidance" to a Rockefeller Foundation report based on Emily Oster's dashboard. Rachel Cohen is a freelance journalist and contributing writer for The Intercept. Follow her on twitter @rmc031 Abby Cartus is a PhD in perinatal epidemiology. Follow her on twitter @AbbyCScience
We discuss the wave of lifted restrictions across states in the US even as the pandemic continues to surge, how states have shifted their vaccine priority schedules to privilege economic output, and how the term "essential worker" has been refigured over the course of the crisis. Our second annual Medicare for All Week begins next week, February 8th. Support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod to make the show and event series like Medicare for All Week possible. new 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 the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/46938261/ (Teaser) We speak with journalist Rachel Cohen and epidemiologist Abby Cartus about the media's rush to emphasize scientific certainty on covid transmission in schools, from a recent JAMA commentary headlines mislabeled as "CDC guidance" to a Rockefeller Foundation report based on Emily Oster's dashboard. Rachel Cohen is a freelance journalist and contributing writer for The Intercept. Follow her on twitter @rmc031 Abby Cartus is a PhD in perinatal epidemiology. Follow her on twitter @AbbyCScience Runtime 1:11:23 DP EP 224, 1 February 2021 🧬
Jules Gleeson joins us to discuss the latest fallout from the UK's Bell v. Tavistock decision on trans healthcare and the litany of suspiciously similar laws being introduced in states across the US. Jules is the editor of the forthcoming collection Transgender Marxism, which you can preorder at the links below. You can support Jules' work at https://www.patreon.com/QueerComm As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch join our Discord here: discord.com/invite/3KjKbB2 US: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/transgender-marxism-jules-joanne-gleeson/1137053125 EU: https://www.lehmanns.de/shop/sozialwissenschaften/50696703-9780745341668-transgender-marxism UK: https://www.waterstones.com/book/transgender-marxism/jules-joanne-gleeson/elle-orourke/9780745341668
Subscribe on Patreon and hear the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/46626984 (Teaser) We review the Biden administration's massive new strategy document on how it plans to handle the pandemic from here on. But first, we take a look at Pfizer's successful appeal to distribute less vials of vaccine than originally planned. Runtime 1:20:40 DP EP 222, 25 January 2021 🧬
We discuss the inauguration of Joe Biden, dismal recent updates to his healthcare agenda that were copied direct from AHIP, and one writer's bad argument that under Biden the left should cool it on Medicare for All. As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new 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 the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/46375015 (Teaser) We discuss the latest attempt by proponents of the Great Barrington Declaration to forestall any meaningful public health interventions, and check in on the increasingly bungled US vaccination effort. Runtime 1:08:10 DP EP 220, 18 January 2021 🧬
We discuss the race to reopen now that the vaccine is slowly rolling out, exemplified by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plans to host a pandemic concert series. As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch join our Discord here: discord.com/invite/3KjKbB2
With schools set to resume after the holiday break and local officials cracking down on teachers unions across the US, we're unlocking one of our recent favorites: an in-depth discussion on what the school reopening debate has gotten miserably wrong. If you like this episode, support us if you can at https://www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod. The Panel is joined by epidemiologists Abby Cartus and Justin Feldman to discuss why politicians have almost universally pushed to keep schools open during the pandemic, how little we actually know about the potential impact of these decisions, and just how bad the "data" is that self-styled experts like Emily Oster hang their arguments on. Abby Cartus is a PhD in perinatal epidemiology. Justin Feldman is an epidemiologist of social inequality and state violence and a Health & Human Rights Fellow at the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard. You can follow him on Twitter @jfeldman_epi As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new 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 the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/46094842 (Teaser) How did the idea of lockdowns to control the pandemic completely disappear from American political discourse? When people say lockdowns don't work, what do they mean exactly? We get to the bottom of it, and the Brookings Institution-supported paper we think might be patient zero. Runtime 1:26:58 DP EP 218, 11 January 2021 🧬
We discuss the temporary occupation of Congress, the increasing rationing of healthcare during the pandemic, and a case study of how one US state has been willfully misinterpreting its own coronavirus case data. As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch join our Discord here: discord.com/invite/3KjKbB2
In this special bonus interview, Beatrice speaks with virologist Paul Bieniasz about his concerns over policy proposals that could allow a second dose of vaccines be delayed, as well as the failure of certain countries to effectively control the pandemic. Dr. Bieniasz is a Professor and Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and head of the Laboratory of Retrovirology at Rockefeller University. As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new 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 the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/45814779 (Teaser) We discuss the push among the pundit class to focus on administering one vaccine dose rather than two, motivated by the slow vaccine rollout and the new UK variant. Then we take a look at one modest proposal to let 'wealthy influencers' skip the line to get vaccinated first. Runtime 1:20:42 DP EP 216, 4 January 2021 🧬
Nathan Tankus joins us to discuss the long-awaited second coronavirus relief bill, $600 checks vs $2000 checks, and what we can expect from the crisis in 2021. DP listeners can get a discount on a subscription to Nathan's substack here: nathantankus.substack.com/deathpanel As always, support the show at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch
Subscribe on Patreon and hear the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/45532091 (Teaser) The Panel is joined by epidemiologists Abby Cartus and Justin Feldman to discuss why politicians have almost universally pushed to keep schools open during the pandemic, how little we actually know about the potential impact of these decisions, and just how bad the "data" is that self-styled experts like Emily Oster hang their arguments on. Abby Cartus is a PhD in perinatal epidemiology. Justin Feldman is an epidemiologist of social inequality and state violence and a Health & Human Rights Fellow at the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard. You can follow him on Twitter @jfeldman_epi Runtime 1:39:30 DP EP 214, 28 December 2020 🧬
In this very special bonus episode, we've brought together for the first time two recent conversations we've had locked behind the patron paywall about the vaccination of Santa Claus. Join us as we dig into Michael Caputo's plot to vaccinate mall Santas, Anthony Fauci's claim that Santa has innate immunity to covid-19, and the ontology of the Santa itself. Part One is taken from "I Saw Fauci Kissing Santa Claus (10/26/20)" - https://www.patreon.com/posts/43182683 Part Two is taken from "The Passion of the Neera (11/30/20)" - https://www.patreon.com/posts/44495996 As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch join our Discord here: discord.com/invite/3KjKbB2
We're joined by Tim Faust and Struggle Session's Leslie Lee III and Jack Allison to discuss Cyberpunk 2077 and the slow cancellation of the future. Find Struggle Session at http://sesh.plus or in your podcast platform of choice and read Leslie's piece on Cyberpunk 2077 and Mark Fisher in the first issue of Funland Magazine. Order Tim's book Health Justice Now: Single Payer and What Comes Next healthjusticenow.com or wherever books are sold. As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new 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 the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/45289395 (Teaser) We take a look at how the early rollout of the two EUA-approved vaccines is going so far and what the news of a new strain in the UK means (or doesn't). Also: why do Matt Yglesias, Ross Douthat, and Nate Silver think they have a better idea for vaccine prioritization? Runtime 1:29:48 DP EP 212, 21 December 2020 🧬
We discuss this week's debate over whether to force a floor vote for Medicare for All. But first, we dip into leaked emails of White House officials pushing a herd immunity strategy, and discuss the race to find a good brand name for the covid vaccines. As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new 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 the full episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/45040400 (Teaser) We discuss the Congressional Budget Office's latest report on approaches to implementing Medicare for All. But first, we touch on how Andrew Cuomo's office has creatively interpreted coronavirus data to boost their personal responsibility narrative. Runtime 1:20:25 DP EP 210, 14 December 2020 🧬
We revisit one of our favorite COVID conspiracy theories so far, to review the documentary film Plandemic 2: Indoctornation [sic]. If you enjoy this full episode, originally posted as a patron exclusive, please consider becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod Originally posted for patrons 2 November 2020 (which is why the first few minutes there are some election jokes). 🧬
Subscribe on Patreon and hear the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/44783871 (Teaser) We catch up on new information from our recent conversation on vaccine distribution, then discuss Joe Biden's idea to ask people to please wear masks for 100 days, why pandemic relief is still nowhere in sight, and do a preliminary review of Biden HHS pick Xavier Beccera. But first, one TikTok teen who seems to have a firmer grasp on monetary policy than most of Congress. Runtime 1:26:14 DP EP 209, 7 December 2020 🧬
We discuss the decisions made this week on who gets prioritized for COVID-19 vaccination, and the many unresolved questions about how the program will be handled. We also touch on this week's major ruling in the UK on hormone blockers. As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new 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 the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/44495996 (Teaser) We discuss Center for American Progress head Neera Tanden's nomination to run the Office of Management and Budget, Anthony Fauci's claim that Santa Claus has innate immunity to COVID-19, and the implications of last week's Supreme Court decision on state public health orders limiting religious gatherings. Runtime 1:22:04 DP EP 207, 30 November 2020 🧬
We're joined by Liat Ben-Moshe to discuss the largest instance of carceral abolition in modern American history: the closure, in the 20th century, of disability institutions and psychiatric hospitals. Dr. Ben-Moshe is an Assistant Professor of Criminology, Law and Justice at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and the author of Decarcerating Disability: Deinstitutionalization and Prison Abolition. Buy the book here: https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/decarcerating-disability Our thanks to Death Panel's community-run reading group, which meets Sundays in our Discord server, and spent several weeks this year on a close reading of Liat's book. You can join our Discord here: discord.com/invite/3KjKbB2 As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch (Episode transcript forthcoming)
Subscribe on Patreon and hear the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/44227519 (Teaser) We discuss the Tyson COVID betting scandal and the Times op-ed “I Traced My Covid-19 Bubble and It’s Enormous.” Then (40:45), Bea and Phil sit down with Marshall Steinbaum to discuss Biden's rather limp student debt plan, the origins of the myth that student debt relief is regressive economic policy, and why it's time for a debt jubilee. Marshall Steinbaum is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Utah and a Senior Fellow at the Jain Family Institute. Follow him on twitter @Econ_Marshall Referenced in this episode: Marshall Steinbaum, "The Student Debt Crisis is a Crisis of Non-Repayment" - https://phenomenalworld.org/analysis/crisis-of-non-repayment Runtime 1:57:15 DP EP 205, 23 November 2020 🧬
We discuss the War on Thanksgiving and fresh controversies over school closures, then go in depth on the week's news on the Pfizer and Moderna coronavirus vaccine candidates. As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new 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 the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/43976096 (Teaser) The full Panel is joined by K Agbebiyi to discuss the challenges a Biden / Harris administration poses to the abolition movement, their records on incarceration, and why reformers are so mad about "Defund the Police." K is a macro social worker based in Brooklyn, a co-creator of 8 to Abolition, and a member of Survived & Punished's New York chapter. You can follow them on twitter @sheabutterfemme and find more of their work at kagbebiyi.com. Runtime 1:13:34 DP EP 203, 16 November 2020 🧬
We discuss the US election coup rumors, then take a close look at some of the people the Biden/Harris staff has tapped for its COVID-19 Task Force and its transition 'Agency Review Teams,' including the author of a highly questionable whitepaper. As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new 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 the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/43720252 (Teaser) We discuss the Democratic Party's immediate war on the left following Biden's victory, Rudy Giuliani's ill-fated Philadelphia press conference, and Pfizer's much-hyped announcement today of early results for its COVID-19 vaccine. Runtime 1:15:36 DP EP 201, 9 November 2020 🧬
We discuss the protracted outcome of the U.S. presidential election and the passage of Prop 22 in California. As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new 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 the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/43468454 (Teaser) With the election at hand, we turn to the second chapter in one of our favorite COVID conspiracy theories so far, and review the documentary film Plandemic 2: Indoctornation [sic]. Runtime 1:24:53 DP EP 199, 2 November 2020 🧬
In this very spooky Halloween special, we're unlocking Phil's performance of "The Black Gondolier" by Fritz Leiber, remastered and presented with a new, seasonal introduction from the whole Panel. This recording was first presented as a bonus exclusive for Patrons in April, as we all came to grips with covid quarantine. To get access to a second full episode every week and our entire back catalogue, support us at https://www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch join our Discord here: discord.com/invite/3KjKbB2
Bea and Artie speak with Dean Spade about his new book “Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next),” dismantling the nonprofitization of political activity in the U.S., and the limits of fighting movement battles in the courts and on the field of law. Dean Spade has been working to build queer and trans liberation based in racial and economic justice for the past two decades. He works as an Associate Professor at Seattle University School of Law. Buy his book “Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next),” out this week from Verso Books, here: https://www.versobooks.com/books/3713-mutual-aid We also touch on his first book, “Normal Life: Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Politics, and the Limits of Law,” available here: https://www.dukeupress.edu/normal-life-revised Episode TRANSCRIPT: https://www.dropbox.com/s/krtbh0gygd8ulu3/DP_EP_198_Mutual%20Aid%20with%20Dean%20Spade%20TRANSCRIPT.pdf?dl=0 As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new 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 the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/43182683 (Teaser) We discuss a scrapped HHS program to vaccinate mall santas against COVID-19, Mark Meadows' assertion that the administration is done trying to control the pandemic, and Biden's latest comments on the public option. Runtime 1:18:31 DP EP 197, 26 October 2020 🧬
UNLOCKED — If you enjoy this full episode, originally posted as a patron exclusive, please become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod We're joined by Abby Cartus and Justin Feldman to thoroughly debunk the so-called "Great Barrington Declaration" calling for a regime of "Focused Protection" to combat COVID-19. We discuss its funding sources, why their claims that the issue is about protecting the working class are specious, and briefly explore one of the authors' second life as a failed novelist. Abby Cartus is a PhD candidate in perinatal epidemiology. You can follow her on Twitter @AbbyCScience Justin Feldman is an epidemiologist of social inequality and state violence and a Health & Human Rights Fellow at the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard. You can follow him on Twitter @jfeldman_epi Originally posted for patrons 19 October 2020 🧬
We take a break from the presidential debate discourse to talk through the moral and scientific merits of human challenge trials toward a COVID-19 vaccine, after a major UK trial was announced this week. Referenced in this episode: "COVID-19 human challenge trials – what research ethics committees need to consider" (SAGE Research Ethics) — https://doi.org/10.1177/1747016120943635 As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new 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 the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/42895151/ (Teaser) We're joined by Abby Cartus and Justin Feldman to thoroughly debunk the so-called "Great Barrington Declaration" calling for a regime of "Focused Protection" to combat COVID-19. We discuss its funding sources, why their claims that the issue is about protecting the working class are specious, and briefly explore one of the authors' second life as a failed novelist. Abby Cartus is a PhD candidate in perinatal epidemiology. You can follow her on Twitter @AbbyCScience Justin Feldman is an epidemiologist of social inequality and state violence and a Health & Human Rights Fellow at the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard. You can follow him on Twitter @jfeldman_epi Runtime 1:31:38 DP EP 195, 19 October 2020 🧬
We discuss Trump's COVID recovery theatrics, the Amy Coney Barrett confirmation hearings, and why congress continues to do absolutely nothing on further pandemic relief. As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod The episode we reference on Zach Bush MD: www.patreon.com/posts/39782916 new 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 the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/42678484 (Teaser) Beatrice speaks with Jules Gleeson about the U.K.'s antagonistic approach to trans healthcare, as a U.K. court weighs whether to bar the use of puberty blockers and as private stopgap company GenderGP has been forced to halt some of its operations. Jules is a writer and one of the editors of Transgender Marxism, forthcoming from Pluto Press. Preorder Transgender Marxism here: https://www.foyles.co.uk/witem/lgbt-gender-studies/transgender-marxism,jules-joanne-gleeson-elle-orourke-9780745341668 Referenced in this episode: "Gender Identity Communism: A Gay Utopian Examination of Trans Healthcare in Britain" by Jules Gleeson and J N Hoad (Salvage): https://salvage.zone/articles/gender-identity-communism-a-gay-utopian-examination-of-trans-healthcare-in-britain/ "Trans Ethics, Not Gender Ideology: Against the Church and the Gender Critics" by Jules Gleeson (Verso): https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/3894-trans-ethics-not-gender-ideology-against-the-church-and-the-gender-critics Runtime 1:10:16 DP EP 193, 12 October 2020 🧬
We discuss how it seems clear that we're already in the middle of a second wave of the pandemic, with few willing to declare it. We also check in on herd immunity proponent Martin Kulldorff's visit to the White House, and review a new paper from the CBO assessing pathways to "near-universal" healthcare coverage. As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new 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 the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/42411976 (Teaser) We discuss Donald Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis and the experimental therapies he was given over the weekend. Runtime 1:30:11 DP EP 191, 5 October 2020 🧬
We discuss the first debate between Trump and Biden, then try to explain the difficulties with COVID-19 testing in the US and why it's failed to come up with a coherent strategy. Finally, we look into a company caught pretending its workforce was majority blind or low vision. As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new 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 the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/42123213 (Teaser) We discuss Trump's "America-First Health Care Plan," the huge HHS ad campaign to "defeat despair" over the pandemic, the inadequacy of the CDC eviction moratorium, and the TikTok "Benadryl challenge." Runtime 1:19:37 DP EP 189, 28 September 2020 🧬
We discuss the CDC's back-and-forth this week on aerosolized transmission, then (21:00) Beatrice and Phil speak with Abby Cartus about herd immunity and the idea of "stratified lockdown" circulating among certain epidemiologists. Abby Cartus is a PhD candidate in perinatal epidemiology. You can follow her on Twitter @AbbyCScience As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new 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 the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/41870765 (Teaser) We discuss the death of Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and take a look at the latest in COVID-19 conspiracy theories via "The Yan Report," a document from "The Rule of Law Society" purporting to show evidence that the coronavirus was created in a Chinese lab. Runtime 1:24:44 DP EP 187, 21 September 2020 🧬
We discuss the whistleblower report on forced sterilizations at an ICE facility, then (19:15) take a look at embattled Trump administration Health and Human Services official Michael Caputo's attempts to alter language in official CDC reports on COVID-19, and explore his truly bizarre past. As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new 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 the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/41562550 (Teaser) We're joined by Jacob Bacharach for a thorough review of Matt Yglesias' latest book, "One Billion Americans: The Case for Thinking Bigger." Read Jacob's review in The New Republic here: https://newrepublic.com/article/159306/emptiness-matthew-yglesias-biggest-idea-billion-americans-book-review and follow him on Twitter @jakebackpack. Runtime 1:27:23 DP EP 185, 14 September 2020 🧬
We discuss Congress' continued resistance to a relief bill, and why for the wealthy it looks like the economy has already recovered. Then we look into a suite of employee tracking initiatives made by Google, Microsoft, and Salesforce to fight the pandemic, and explain why it became such big news that AstraZeneca paused its COVID vaccine trial. As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new 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 the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/41353907 (Teaser) In this Labor Day special, we take a look back at the fight for national health insurance in America from the 1920s into the 1970s. Eugenicists, industry groups, paternalistic wonks, this one has it all. Runtime 1:23:40 DP EP 183, 7 September 2020 🧬
We discuss the Trump and Biden campaigns' week of competing over law and order, the fresh controversy over looting, and recent updates on federal agencies willingness to push the AstraZeneca vaccine through rushed development. As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new 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 the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/41078414 (Teaser) We discuss Elon Musk's Neurolink device presentation and review the Republican National Convention. Runtime 1:28:09 DP EP 181, 31 August 2020 🧬
We're joined by Lina and John of Work Stoppage to discuss the push to reopen schools in the U.S. at any cost, and the actions teachers' unions have (and haven't) taken to stop it. We also get into the strikes vs boycotts discussion brought on by the NBA work stoppage. Find Work Stoppage on your podcast player of choice and support them at www.patreon.com/workstoppage As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new 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 the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/40819841 (Teaser) We piece together everything we've come to learn about COVID-19 over the course of the pandemic to try to form our most comprehensive and accessible explanation of what the coronavirus is, the many ways it affects the body, and what you should know to try to protect yourself. Runtime 1:35:58 DP EP 179, 24 August 2020 🧬
We discuss this week's Democratic National Convention, evaluating it as a work of political theater and as a unique aesthetic object. As always, support the show at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new 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 the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/40567983 (Teaser) We take a look at how the return to schools and offices is being normalized among elites, looking to reports on safety procedures at elite private schools and why the Times says "rapid testing is the new velvet rope." But first, Phil reports live from the Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee, and we discuss how the US Postal Service is being dismantled ahead of the election. Runtime 1:28:19 DP EP 177, 17 August 2020 🧬
We discuss the Russian COVID vaccine "Sputnik V," a damning report from the Treasury Department on long-term care, and the selection of Kamala Harris as Biden's VP pick. As always, support the show at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch join our Discord here: discord.com/invite/3KjKbB2 Read Artie's piece on Kamala's Medicare for All plan here: https://healthandcapital.substack.com/p/how-kamala-harris-rebranded-medicare 🧬
Subscribe on Patreon and hear the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/40319490 (Teaser) We discuss the executive orders and memoranda issued by the Trump administration over the weekend, the ongoing deferral of action on unemployment, and the fate of the USPS. Then we look at a randomized control trial funded by the World Bank to test the political repercussions of shutting off water to people's homes in Nairobi. Runtime 1:21:40 💉 DP EP 175 💉 10 August 2020 🧬
We discuss the "vaccine arms race" taking place over the coronavirus vaccine and its international political implications. We also discuss the latest on the pandemic as schools begin to reopen, and a study on the differing immunological responses to COVID. As always, support the show at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch join our Discord here: discord.com/invite/3KjKbB2 Study Bea talks about toward the end is here: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2020/07/15/science.abc8511 🧬
*UNLOCKED* By popular demand and because of the viral Trump interview, we're unlocking our episode from July 20th on the normalization of COVID deaths. If you enjoy this episode please become a patron at patreon.com/deathpanelpod Original show notes below: We try to explain the narratives and political actions that have allowed coronavirus deaths in the U.S. to be so dramatically normalized, including a major study that may unintentionally play into the argument that COVID patients simply "die sooner" than they otherwise would. But first, we discuss the abductions by federal officers in Portland. 💉 DP EP 169 💉 20 July 2020
Subscribe on Patreon and hear the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/40060419 (Teaser) We discuss the expiration of pandemic unemployment benefits and the start of mass evictions in the United States. But first, we check in on the bipartisan crusade against TikTok. Runtime 1:35:10 💉 DP EP 173 💉 3 August 2020 🧬
We discuss the DNC's vote against including Medicare for All in the 2020 Democratic Party Platform and look back on the 30 year history of the ADA. As always, support the show at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new 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 the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/39782916 (Teaser) We discuss how anti-vaxxer and COVID grifter Zach Bush MD's ideas ended up front and center in the art world, then take a close look at welfare reform architect Lawrence Mead's racist article "Poverty and Culture" alongside fresh calls for welfare cuts during the pandemic. Runtime 1:45:00 💉 DP EP 171 Poverty of Culture 💉 27 July 2020 🧬
We review the leaked DNC party platform and assess it for the current Democratic party's political imagination. Then, we discuss the Trump administration's moves against voting rights and the USPS, and new developments in how hospitals and insurers are seeking profit during the crisis. As always, support the show at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new 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 the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/39533181 (Teaser) We try to explain the narratives and political actions that have allowed coronavirus deaths in the U.S. to be so dramatically normalized, including a major study that may unintentionally play into the argument that COVID patients simply "die sooner" than they otherwise would. But first, we discuss the abductions by federal officers in Portland. Runtime 1:26:33 💉 DP EP 169 The New Normal 💉 20 July 2020 🧬
We discuss a report on McKinsey's $100 million+ in state coronavirus contracts, a consulting scandal at CMS, and the diversion of hospital data from the CDC. We also touch on the debate over school reopening, what to expect from CARES 2, and close out with one writer's take on "Normal People." As always, support the show at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch 🧬
Subscribe on Patreon and hear the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/39290678 (Teaser) We discuss Disney reopening its parks and the long set of Biden / Sanders Unity Task Force recommendations that dropped at the end of the week. Then we discuss the role of firms like McKinsey in government in light of the document they authored for New York state to draw ire away from Andrew Cuomo. Runtime 1:20:13 💉 DP EP 167 Tragic Kingdom 💉 13 July 2020 🧬
We discuss how the specifics of the CARES Act directly contributed to state pressure to reopen and fed the pandemic, including some exclusive preliminary data analysis from Phil. Then we look at two studies that may complicate how we think about COVID-19 itself. As always, support the show at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch Join our Discord: discord.gg/85MhRyW 🧬
Subscribe on Patreon and hear the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/39007722 (Teaser) We discuss Trump's Mount Rushmore rally, Kanye West's 2020 bid, the push to reopen schools in the middle of the pandemic, and a rather baffling attempt to call abolition "Third Way" politics. Runtime 1:27:25 💉 DP EP 165 2 Million Americans 💉 6 July 2020 🧬
We discuss how reality is puncturing US plans to reopen the economy, Goldman Sachs' report on mandating masks, and the "anecdata" helping legislators defer action. Then we dip into the Democrats' new healthcare bill and recent testimony on how systemic racism and COVID-19 have impacted long-term care. As always, support the show at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch 🧬
Subscribe on Patreon and hear the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/38765762 (Teaser) We catch up on the Executive Branch's various exacerbations of the contradictions of capitalism over the last few days, including the creation of the "Office of Burden Reduction." We also discuss today's Supreme Court decisions on abortion and the CFPB, and Gilead's announced price for coronavirus drug Remdesivir. 💉 DP EP 163 💉 29 June 2020 🧬
Nathan Tankus returns to help us pick apart "Promoting Economic Recovery After COVID-19," a paper by a group of influential economists published by think tank The Aspen Institute, and trace out what it suggests might soon filter up in liberal policy circles. Read Nathan's piece on the paper here: https://nathantankus.substack.com/p/can-the-aspen-institutes-elite-economists DP listeners can get a discount on a subscription to Nathan's substack here: https://nathantankus.substack.com/deathpanel As always, support the show at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch 🧬
Subscribe on Patreon and hear the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/38513100 (Teaser) We discuss a group of recent studies that look at the exacerbating effects of incarceration and policing on the pandemic, and whether or not the protests have increased the spread of COVID-19. We also discuss Trump's weekend rally and Malcolm Gladwell's speech to lobbying group AHIP. 💉 DP EP 161 Incarceration And Its Disseminations 💉 22 June 2020 Referenced in this episode: Black Lives Matter Protests, Social Distancing, and COVID-19 (Center for Health Economics and Policy Studies) Incarceration And Its Disseminations: COVID-19 Pandemic Lessons From Chicago’s Cook County Jail (Health Affairs) US law enforcement crowd control tactics at anti-racism protests: a public health threat (The Lancet) Community Use Of Face Masks And COVID-19: Evidence From A Natural Experiment Of State Mandates In The US (Health Affairs) 🧬
We're joined by Noah Zazanis to discuss trans reproductive justice, how gender misclassification impacts healthcare and medical research, and professional and academic stigma around mental health. We also discuss this week's Supreme Court ruling on trans workplace discrimination. Noah is the co-author of "The Imperative for Transgender and Gender Nonbinary Inclusion: Beyond Women's Health" published last month in Ibis: https://journals.lww.com/greenjournal/Fulltext/2020/05000/The_Imperative_for_Transgender_and_Gender.10.aspx You can participate in the PRIDE study Noah mentions here: https://pridestudy.org/ As always, support the show at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch 🧬
Subscribe on Patreon and hear the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/38235525 (Teaser) We look at the continuing discourse around autonomous zones in the US and contrast them against a recently declassified military wargame centered around a zoomer uprising. Then we pick apart Joe Biden's "Biden Plan for an Effective Re-Opening that Jumpstarts the Economy" and HHS' decision to reinterpret trans discrimination under the ACA. 💉 DP EP 159 💉 15 June 2020 🧬
We discuss the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ), the week in voter suppression, and pharma company AstraZeneca's collab with DARPA and BARDA on a new coronavirus treatment. Then (52:22) Beatrice speaks with Harron Walker about her new piece in Esquire "How Essential Is My Facial Feminization Surgery?" Follow Harron Walker on Twitter @harronwawker / Instagram @harnwaw Harron’s piece for Esquire https://www.esquire.com/lifestyle/amp32685343/facial-feminization-surgery-covid-19/ Harron’s Instagram Live Fundraiser for GLITS: 6/10-6/13 @ 8pm EST on instagram live instagram.com/harnwaw/ + donate here glitsinc.org/donations As always, support the show at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch 🧬
Subscribe on Patreon and hear the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/38035351 (Teaser) We discuss the ongoing calls to "defund the police," the counter-insurgency tactics the state appears to be using, and look at Minneapolis City Council's decision to 'dismantle' its police department in light of what the term has meant historically in other cities. 🧬
We discuss the nationwide popular uprising, the media's failure to make sense of it, and the political efficacy of riots. Then (1:22:10) Bea interviews K from Survived and Punished about their work and why the goal is abolition, not reform. K is a social worker and organizer with Survived and Punished. Follow them on Twitter and Instagram @sheabutterfemme and check out their new living document that’s an abolition FAQ at http://bit.ly/KsAbolitionGuide K has also been coordinating a Disability Justice Mutual Aid Fund - donate with PayPal at tinyurl.com/disjusticefund / donate with the Cash App to $HSHA24 / and request aid at bit.ly/djmutualaid As always, support the show at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod new Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch 🧬
Subscribe on Patreon and hear the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/37754814 (Teaser) We're joined by Nathan Tankus to discuss social unrest as an automatic stabilizer, how monetary policy can be leveraged against the pandemic, and summoning the Hoover of 1926 (but not later). Subscribe to Nathan's Substack at nathantankus.substack.com 💉 DP EP 155 The Coronavirus Depression w/ Nathan Tankus 💉 31 May 2020 🧬
We survey the main drugs and vaccines being tested for coronavirus treatment and weigh their study results against the headlines they've generated. We also discuss the events in Minneapolis this week, and close out with a tribute to Larry Kramer. 💉 DP EP 154 💉 28 May 2020 As always, support the show at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod and check out our new Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch 🧬
Subscribe on Patreon and hear the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/37521917 and check out our new Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): https://www.deathpanel.net/merch (Teaser) We take a close look at Joe Biden's policy advisors, the policies and industries they favor, and what they mean for what a future Biden cabinet would entail. In particular we take a dive into the life and philosophy of one of Biden's top advisors: former Harvard President Larry Summers. Runtime 1:34:52 💉 DP EP 153 Endless Summers 💉 25 May 2020 🧬
We discuss Ezekiel Emanuel's recent promotion of "Immunity Licenses" as a coronavirus response, alongside a new tactic by anti-lockdown protesters: invoking the ADA. But first, we look at the latest on the Paycheck Guarantee Act. 💉 DP EP 152 💉 21 May 2020 As always, support the show at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod 🧬
Subscribe on Patreon and hear the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/37270398 (Teaser) We take an in depth look at the banned-from-YouTube viral documentary "Plandemic." We also take a moment to catch up on the fallout from the HEROES Act and a certain piece by a writer who's not *not* wearing a mask. Runtime 1:28:51 💉 DP EP 151 Plandemic 💉 18 May 2020 🧬
We get mad about the new HEROES Act from House Democrats. 💉 DP EP 150 💉 14 May 2020 As always, support the show at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod 🧬
Subscribe on Patreon and hear the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/37003069 (Teaser) We discuss "The Eagle Plan," a whitepaper being circulated in the White House that proposes we solve the economic crisis by cutting social security. Then we take a close look at why a disproportionate amount of cases of COVID-19 are happening in long term care facilities, and one care facility chain in particular: Life Care Centers of America. Runtime 1:13:33 💉 DP EP 149 Aging Empire 💉 11 May 2020 🧬
*Unlocked* Hannah Black joins us from isolation in the UK to discuss rent strikes, tenant organizing, the abolition of Rikers, and Universal Basic Income. COVID-19 Bailout Art Fundraiser round 2 is now on, you can donate on Venmo @artbailoutnyc or Paypal to artbailoutnyc@gmail.com Hannah is an artist and writer based in New York. Follow Hannah on twitter @nanpansky Originally posted 27 April 2020 Read Hannah's discussion on UBI with Philippe Van Parijs in Artforum here: www.artforum.com/slant/hannah-bla…sic-income-82760 As always, support the show at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod 🧬
We discuss the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's new role in "reimagining" public schools, new state websites where employers can snitch on laid off workers seeking unemployment, details on the Democrats' next coronavirus bill, and a new study that asks the question: does prayer help covid patients? 💉 DP EP 148 💉 7 May 2020 As always, support the show at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod Mentioned in this episode: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25510233/ 🧬
Subscribe on Patreon and hear the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/36748404 (Teaser) We discuss a new report from the National Coronavirus Recovery Panel (us), "Building A Pandemic-Ready Society for All." But first we check in on one California official's pro-eugenics Facebook post, a McKinsey whitepaper about sacrificing poor schoolkids, and the Pramila Jayapal "Medicare Crisis Program Act." Runtime 1:36:28 💉 DP EP 147 Don't Call It A Roadmap 💉 4 May 2020 Read the National Coronavirus Recovery Panel's report here: http://covidrecoverypanel.com/ 🧬
We discuss the cancellation of New York's primary, new figures on GDP shrink and unemployment, and the big companies pushing for liability against the pandemic as their workers prepare to strike. 💉 DP EP 146 💉 1 May 2020 As always, support the show at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod 🧬
Subscribe on Patreon and hear the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/36425124/ (Teaser) Hannah Black joins us from isolation in the UK to discuss rent strikes, tenant organizing, the abolition of Rikers, and Universal Basic Income. Hannah is an artist and writer based in New York. Follow Hannah on twitter @nanpansky Runtime 1:25:57 💉 DP EP 145 Poverty Isn't A Strike w/ Hannah Black 💉 27 April 2020 Read Hannah's discussion on UBI with Philippe Van Parijs in Artforum here: https://www.artforum.com/slant/hannah-black-and-philippe-van-parijs-discuss-universal-basic-income-82760 🧬
We discuss Amazon's use of a "relations heatmap" to spot union activity, deregulatory measures the Trump administration is adopting from the Heritage Foundation's economic recovery commission, and new reports on the body's reaction to the novel coronavirus. 💉 DP EP 144 💉 23 April 2020 And as always, support the show at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod 🧬
Subscribe on Patreon and hear the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/36216899 (Teaser) We discuss the protests to reopen the economy and how, for many, the economy is very much still "open," McKinsey & Co.'s coronavirus strategy documents for business, and why Gilead's remdesivir probably isn't the miracle COVID treatment the press has made it out to be. Runtime 01:16:20 💉 DP EP 143 Wave of Innovation 💉 20 April 2020 🧬
We discuss a new study looking at likely scenarios for COVID-19's continued spread into 2022. But first, we look at the Democratic Party's plan for extending health insurance through COBRA and some of the wrinkles in the CARES Act that came to light this week. 💉 DP EP 142 💉 16 April 2020 Read the study here: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2020/04/14/science.abb5793.full And as always, support the show at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod If you'd like to get involved and help out with the project that Beatrice mentioned at the end of the episode check out – https://bit.ly/FilmFeedsTheFrontLine for more info. If you know of other mutual aid projects that need a boost, our DMs are open <3 🧬
Subscribe on Patreon and hear the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/35964586 (Teaser) We discuss the conservative push to re-open the economy and Joe Biden's op-ed on it, then look at the Sanders / Jayapal plan to expand Medicare during the coronavirus crisis, Biden's Medicare for All (who turn 60), and the debate over the fate of the USPS. Runtime 01:23:37 💉 DP EP 141 Joe Biden and the Reopening of the Economy 💉 13 April 2020 🧬
We discuss the suspension of the Bernie Sanders campaign, how the DNC held back their rival, and where we go from here. 💉 DP EP 140 💉 8 April 2020 Read Phil's essay in Jacobin on the Wisconsin election here: https://jacobinmag.com/2020/04/wisconsin-democratic-primary-voters-pandemic-biden-tony-evers And as always, support the show at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod 🧬
Subscribe on Patreon and hear the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/35717870 (Teaser) We take a close look at the budget just passed by New York State and what it tells us about what to expect in terms of state level responses to the COVID crisis, and NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo's grab for power. Runtime 01:43:29 💉 DP EP 139 💉 6 April 2020 🧬
We check in on the still in progress election and the state of Wisconsin which still plans to hold both its primary next week and the DNC in August. Then we discuss the rise in popularity of Medicare for All in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, and why Democrats are focused instead on ACA enrollment windows. 💉 DP EP 138 💉 2 April 2020 You can follow Phil's new Medium here: https://medium.com/@philrocco And as always, support the show at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod 🧬
Subscribe on Patreon and hear the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/35444833 (Teaser) We discuss the process of deferral and indemnification taking place among state leadership, new calls to do Medicare for All (but only for COVID-19), and a new industry group angling for a private health insurer bailout. Runtime 01:31:14 💉 DP EP 137 💉 30 March 2020 🧬
We discuss the calls to "re-open the economy" as the Senate fights over its bailout package, a coronavirus treatment that pharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences is positioning itself to sell at exorbitant cost, and the impact of the crisis on the global supply chain from the workers on the front lines to the possibility of drug shortages. 💉 DP EP 136 💉 26 March 2020 🧬
Subscribe on Patreon and hear the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/35165228 (Teaser) We discuss the CARES act being debated in the Senate and the two diametrically opposed futures for public life and civil liberties in front of us: socialism, or exterminism. We also debunk a viral Medium post on the COVID-19 pandemic and consider a 'modest proposal' for coronavirus vaccination. Runtime 01:39:34 💉 DP EP 135 Two Futures 💉23 March 2020 🧬
We discuss the debate over the future of the election in light of the coronavirus pandemic, the major planks of public policy being floated in response, and the moment of political possibility the crisis may allow. 💉 DP EP 134 💉 19 March 2020 🧬
We discuss the international coronavirus pandemic, a massive test case for Death Panel's central thesis of the horrors at the intersection of health and capital. Typically at this time of week we release a full episode to patrons only. We are releasing the full first half of this episode simultaneously to the public as the crisis is urgent and ongoing. Full run time is 3:38:25. You can hear the full episode, including Part Two, here: www.patreon.com/posts/34894988 In Part One: Recent events, impact on US election, how to prepare and how seriously to do so, Trump and Bernie's responses, and the possibilities ahead. In Part Two (1:35:08): Boris Johnson and the UK response, the US House coronavirus emergency package, what is possible, major conspiracy theories addressed, plus we answer questions from the community. 💉 DP EP 133 💉 13 March 2020 🧬
We discuss the primary results in Michigan and Washington, the increasing spread of coronavirus, and the path ahead. 💉 DP EP 132 💉 11 March 2020 Support us on Patreon for a second full episode every week and our backlog of episodes: www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod 🧬
Subscribe on Patreon and hear the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/34739296 (Teaser) We discuss the market crash over coronavirus fears, the discourse around Joe Biden's mental health, and how we think COVID-19 will reshape the election. We cap it off with a discussion of Elizabeth Warren's moment on the sidelines. Runtime 01:52:16 💉 DP EP 131 The Biopolitics Election 💉9 March 2020 🧬
We discuss the results of Super Tuesday, the events that led up to it, and the battle ahead. Then we touch on the latest on COVID-19 and the Supreme Court's decision to hear a challenge to the ACA in the next term. 💉 DP EP 130 💉 5 March 2020 Support us on Patreon for a second full episode every week and our backlog of episodes: www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod 🧬
Subscribe on Patreon and hear the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/34492292 (Teaser) We discuss the results of the South Carolina primary, new reports on the CDC's incredible mishandling of its test for coronavirus, a new study linking increases in minimum wage to higher voter turnout, and take a historical lesson on why to be broadly skeptical of health economists. Runtime 01:28:05 💉 DP EP 129 Superdelegates, Superbugs, and Superutilizers 💉1 March 2020 🧬
With Bernie the presumptive frontrunner, Medicare for All has come under fire this week from centrists, the CRFB, and even Elizabeth Warren. We dissect these attacks, plus consider this week's debate, and the looming possibility of a COVID-19 pandemic. 💉 DP EP 128 💉 27 February 2020 Support us on Patreon for a second full episode every week and our backlog of episodes: www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod 🧬
Subscribe on Patreon and hear the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/34283557 (Teaser) We discuss the massive Bernie Sanders win in Nevada, the possibility of a contested convention looking like the only path remaining for centrists, #StopBernie, and Warren's new Super PAC. Runtime 01:29:51 💉 DP EP 127 Contest This 💉 23 February 2020 🧬
It's debate night again. We discuss the proposed rules on protest and assembly at the DNC, the business of policing, and Mike Bloomberg's new raft of policy proposals. Then we take a look at a New York Times survey of what economists think about health care reform. We're joined by contributor Charlie Markbreiter. 💉 DP EP 126 💉 20 February 2020 Support us on Patreon for a second full episode every week and our backlog of episodes: www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod 🧬
Subscribe on Patreon and hear the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/34110487 (Teaser) We discuss Bloomberg's seemingly successful attempt to buy his way into the Democratic Primary and his track record on public policy as mayor. Then we dive into a new study published in The Lancet showing that Medicare for All would save 68,000 lives every year, alongside the fervor over the Nevada Culinary Union and AOC's unfortunate comments this week about a public option. Runtime 01:28:45 💉 DP EP 125 Terminal Bloomberg 💉 17 February 2020 🧬
We discuss the primary results in New Hampshire, what we learned from exit polls, and what it all means for Bernie, for the upcoming primaries in South Carolina and Nevada, and for centrists everywhere. We're joined by contributor Charlie Markbreiter. 💉 DP EP 124 💉 13 February 2020 Support us on Patreon for a second full episode every week and our backlog of episodes: www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod 🧬
In our final installment of Medicare for All Week, we sit down with Tim Faust (@crulge) to talk about how we win Medicare for All. Tim Faust is the author of "Health Justice Now: Single Payer and What Comes Next" and the star of the forthcoming YouTube series "Medicare for You." Buy his book at healthjusticenow.com This episode is the final installment of Medicare for All Week, a limited event series running Feb 3 - 11. Death Panel is entirely listener supported, so if you enjoy this series please help us out by subscribing, leaving us a rating, or becoming a patron at patreon.com/deathpanelpod. 💉 DP Medicare for All Week 2020: Tim Faust on Winning Federal Universal Single Payer (FUSP) 💉 11 February 2020 Support us on Patreon for a second full episode every week and our backlog of episodes: www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod 🧬
Dr. Victoria Dooley joins us to discuss racial and economic justice through single payer, her experience in a small family practice and doing her medical residency in Flint, Michigan, and how our current health care system punishes patients and caregivers alike. Dr. Dooley is a family medicine doctor and 2020 National Surrogate for the Sanders campaign. Follow her on twitter @DrDooleyMD. This episode is part of Medicare for All Week, a limited event series running Feb 3 - 11. Every day between Iowa and New Hampshire, we're bringing you fresh interviews from some of our favorite voices on single payer and the fight for health justice, plus some special surprises. Death Panel is entirely listener supported, so if you enjoy this series please help us out by subscribing, leaving us a rating, or becoming a patron at patreon.com/deathpanelpod. 💉 DP Medicare for All Week 2020: Dr. Victoria Dooley on Health Justice 💉 10 February 2020 Support us on Patreon for a second full episode every week and our backlog of episodes: www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod 🧬
Subscribe on Patreon and hear the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/33899560 (Teaser) It may be Medicare for All Week, but with New Hampshire on the way and Iowa a mess we just had to reconvene. We discuss the latest on the Iowa Democratic Party's series of questionable decisions before taking this opportunity to deep dive into some of Mayor Pete's major public policy platforms, and considering what Pete's America would really look like. Runtime 01:35:53 💉 DP EP 123 Pete's America 💉 10 February 2020 🧬
Michael Lighty joins us to discuss lessons from his more than 25 years as part of the struggle for single payer and health justice in the United States. Michael is Health Care Constituency Director for the Sanders campaign and former Policy Director for National Nurses United (NNU). This episode is part of Medicare for All Week, a limited event series running Feb 3 - 11. Every day between Iowa and New Hampshire, we're bringing you fresh interviews from some of our favorite voices on single payer and the fight for health justice, plus some special surprises. Death Panel is entirely listener supported, so if you enjoy this series please help us out by subscribing, leaving us a rating, or becoming a patron at patreon.com/deathpanelpod. 💉 DP Medicare for All Week 2020: Michael Lighty on Why This Time Is Different 💉 9 February 2020 This is the sole re-air of Medicare for All Week. This interview was originally posted as Death Panel Episode 111 on Christmas 2019. Support us on Patreon for a second full episode every week and our backlog of episodes: www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod 🧬
Ryan Grim joins us to discuss the balance of power within the Democratic Party, the recent history of progressive challengers, and whether Congress is changing quickly enough. Ryan Grim is D.C. Bureau Chief of The Intercept and the author of "We've Got People" (Strong Arm Press, 2019). This episode is part of Medicare for All Week, a limited event series running Feb 3 - 11. Every day between Iowa and New Hampshire, we're bringing you fresh interviews from some of our favorite voices on single payer and the fight for health justice, plus some special surprises. Death Panel is entirely listener supported, so if you enjoy this series please help us out by subscribing, leaving us a rating, or becoming a patron at patreon.com/deathpanelpod. 💉 DP Medicare for All Week 2020: Ryan Grim on Congress 💉 8 February 2020 Support us on Patreon for a second full episode every week and our backlog of episodes: www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod 🧬
We sit down with Steve Way to discuss the crisis of long term services and supports (LTSS) in American healthcare, his support of Medicare for All, Bernie's Disability Rights platform, and his own battle with New Jersey Medicaid over home care hours. Note: The day before this posted, there was a major update to Steve's case. Bea reached Steve over the phone to briefly provide some context at the beginning of the episode. The original interview begins at 05:25. This episode is part of Medicare for All Week, a limited event series running Feb 3 - 11. Every day between Iowa and New Hampshire, we're bringing you fresh interviews from some of our favorite voices on single payer and the fight for health justice, plus some special surprises. Death Panel is entirely listener supported, so if you enjoy this series please help us out by subscribing, leaving us a rating, or becoming a patron at patreon.com/deathpanelpod. 💉 DP Medicare for All Week 2020: Steve Way on Long Term Care and Bernie's Disability Platform 💉 7 February 2020 Support us on Patreon for a second full episode every week and our backlog of episodes: www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod 🧬
Subscribe on Patreon and hear the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/33787490 (Teaser) We're joined by Jack Allison of Struggle Session and JackAM to discuss the absolute chaos in Iowa and his ongoing campaign to get to the bottom of the connections between Shadow Inc., ACRONYM, and Crooked Media. Then we delve further into the caucus results and their potential implications for the rest of the primary. Runtime 01:32:30 💉 DP EP 122 Pod Save ACRONYM w/ Jack Allison 💉 6 February 2020 🧬
We're joined by Leslie Lee III (Struggle Session) and OK Fox (Art and Labor) for a Medicare for All podcast crossover event spectacular, featuring call-ins from Bryan Quinby (Street Fight) and Todd (Beep Beep Lettuce). This episode is part of Medicare for All Week, a limited event series running Feb 3 - 11. Every day between Iowa and New Hampshire, we're bringing you fresh interviews from some of our favorite voices on single payer and the fight for health justice, plus some special surprises. Death Panel is entirely listener supported, so if you enjoy this series please help us out by subscribing, leaving us a rating, or becoming a patron at patreon.com/deathpanelpod. 💉 DP Medicare for All Week 2020: The M4A Podcasters Caucus w/ Leslie Lee III, OK Fox, Bryan Quinby and Todd 💉 6 February 2020 Support us on Patreon for a second full episode every week and our backlog of episodes: www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod 🧬
We speak with Vivian Negron about how medical billing has changed over her 37 years working as a medical receptionist, and the absurd hoops private insurance companies make her jump through on a daily basis. This episode is part of Medicare for All Week, a limited event series running Feb 3 - 11. Every day between Iowa and New Hampshire, we're bringing you fresh interviews from some of our favorite voices on single payer and the fight for health justice, plus some special surprises. Death Panel is entirely listener supported, so if you enjoy this series please help us out by subscribing, leaving us a rating, or becoming a patron at patreon.com/deathpanelpod. 💉 DP Medicare for All Week 2020: Vivian Negron on 37 Years of Billing Private Insurance 💉 5 February 2020 EPISODE TRANSCRIPT: http://bit.ly/m4aw03 Support us on Patreon for a second full episode every week and our backlog of episodes: www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod 🧬