Death Panel

Menace to the Future w/ Jess Whatcott (Unlocked) May 08, 2025

Note: We are back from parental leave! This episode was originally released January 27th for Death Panel patrons 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 Beatrice speaks with Jess Whatcott about the ideological links between incarceration and eugenics, how policies like immigration detention are a form of population control, and their new book, Menace to the Future: A Disability and Queer History of Carceral Eugenics. Find Menace to the Future here: https://www.dukeupress.edu/menace-to-the-future Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Find Jules' latest 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

Teaser - Nathan Tanks the Economy: An Oral History of 100 Days of DOGE w/ Nathan Tankus (05/05/25) May 04, 2025

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/128245289 Beatrice speaks with Nathan Tankus to walk through an oral history of the early months of DOGE's ongoing infiltration of the Treasury payments system and Social Security, why the "Trump-Musk Payments Crisis" threatens a bigger fundamental threat of US economic breakdown than even Trump's tariffs, and why Nathan tried (and failed) to crash the stock market. Runtime 2:36:28 Note: We're back! Thank you to everyone for all the well wishes and many kind messages during our parental leave. We have a lot coming together soon processing current events and reacting to some big developments that happened while we were away. As we ramp production back up we'll be prioritizing the patron feed first to make sure patrons get a full new episode every week. 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

Let This Radicalize You w/ Mariame Kaba & Kelly Hayes (May Day Re-Air) May 01, 2025

Note: We are back from parental leave! This episode was originally released May 18th, 2023. We are re-airing it today to celebrate May Day, as Artie explains in a brief intro at the top of the episode. 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 Mariame Kaba and Kelly Hayes about their book Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care. Transcript: https://www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/let-this-radicalize-you-mariame-kaba-kelly-hayes 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 Find Jules' latest 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

Teaser - Sick Sad World w/ Vicky Osterweil (04/28/25) Apr 28, 2025

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/127684119 Beatrice speaks with Vicky Osterweil about some of the major events that happened during our parental leave—from Trump’s kidnapping of protesters for political speech to the proposed autism registry—and what the first months of Trump’s second term tell us about the administration’s particular approach to fascism. Note: We're back! Thank you to everyone for all the well wishes and many kind messages during our parental leave. We have a lot coming together soon processing current events and reacting to some big developments that happened while we were away. As we ramp production back up we'll be prioritizing the patron feed first to make sure patrons get a full new episode every week. 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

Mask Bans Are Everyone’s Fight (Re-Air) Apr 24, 2025

Note: We are back from parental leave! This episode was originally released August 22nd, 2024. We are re-airing it today in light of New York Governor Kathy Hochul's ongoing push to force a mask ban through New York state budget negotiations, as Artie explains in a brief intro at the top of the episode. Please note that the county-level mask ban discussed in this episode was implemented last year; as we discussed in our episode Covid Year Five, within a week of implementation the law was used to arrest an individual for masking in circumstances that sound like a revival of New York's racist stop and frisk initiative. Original description: Beatrice, Artie and Jules discuss the mask ban passed in Nassau County last week, the latest in a dramatic rise in legislation criminalizing face masks and targeting the Palestine solidarity movement. We look at what happened in the overtly hostile public hearing over the ban, the history of the New York statute that ban proponents want back, and how the threat of mask bans goes far beyond public health: mask bans embolden racist policing; they’re anti-trans; and they target the whole of the left. Transcript: https://www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/mask-bans-are-everyones-fight Watch the full Nassau County mask ban hearing here: vimeo.com/994184432 Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Find Jules' latest 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

(We're BACK!) - Teaser - Love in a Fucked Up World w/ Dean Spade (04/21/25) Apr 21, 2025

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/127162993 Beatrice speaks with Dean Spade about holding together political coalitions, friendships, and organizing partnerships in the face of a culture of disposability and a world on fire. Note: We're back! Thank you to everyone for all the well wishes and many kind messages during our parental leave. We have a lot coming together soon processing current events and reacting to some big developments that happened while we were away. As we ramp production back up we'll be prioritizing the patron feed first to make sure you all get a new episode every week. 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

"Waste, Fraud and Abuse" Apr 17, 2025

This episode was originally released for patrons on February 10th, and we are unlocking it today as threats to cut Medicaid and Social Security have only grown louder and more explicit since it was recorded (and as our central comments on the nature of "waste, fraud and abuse" rhetoric remain, unfortunately, enduringly relevant). We're back from our parental leave (!) next Monday in the patron feed with new episodes, and will certainly be picking up where this conversation left off very soon. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod Beatrice, Artie and Phil discuss how Trump and Musk’s DOGE increasingly seems poised to go after Medicare and Social Security, how the constant refrain that Republicans are looking to cut “waste, fraud and abuse” in social spending is a lie meant to obscure their real agenda, and why the open plot to add work requirements to Medicaid would be a tremendous disaster. Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Find Jules' latest 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

Teaser - State Building, Development Ideology and Debt in the West Bank w/ Kareem Rabie Apr 14, 2025

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/126650833 Beatrice speaks with Kareem Rabie about how capitalist visions for “the day after” ceasefire often rely on economic development projects that act as an extension of settler colonialism, Rabie’s research on housing development projects in the West Bank in 2005-2009, and his 2021 book, Palestine Is Throwing a Party and the Whole World Is Invited: Capital and State Building in the West Bank. 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

Lifetime Care w/ William Bronston Apr 10, 2025

Beatrice 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 This episode was originally released for patrons on August 28th, 2023, as Artie explains in a brief note at the top of the show. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod Find Bronston's book "Public Hostage, Public Ransom" here: www.publichostagepublicransom.org/ and the state single payer plan he coauthored here: caltcha.org/model Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Find Jules' latest 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

Teaser - "No Use to the State" w/ Micah Khater Apr 07, 2025

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/126159598 Beatrice speaks with Micah Khater about her award winning article on 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” (winner of the 2024 Toni Cade Bambara Article Prize from the Black Women's Studies Association) 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 1:31:04

Corridors of Contagion w/ Victoria Law Apr 03, 2025

Beatrice speaks with Victoria Law about how prisons and jails have acted as vectors of covid transmission throughout the pandemic, the experiences of people on the inside from early in the pandemic through fights happening now over long covid in incarcerated people, and why it’s still not too late to bring back a common demand from 2020: to free them all for public health. This episode was originally released for patrons on September 9th, 2024, as Artie explains in a brief note at the top of the show. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod Find Victoria's book, Corridors of Contagion: How the Pandemic Exposed the Cruelties of Incarceration, here: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2447-corridors-of-contagion Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Find Jules' latest 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

Teaser - Disability and the Ongoing Federalism Revolution w/ Karen Tani and Katie Eyer Mar 31, 2025

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/125620040 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

The Politics of “Risk Assessment” w/ William Boyd Mar 27, 2025

Beatrice speaks with William Boyd about how “risk assessment” became a central focus of health safety and environmental law since the 1970s, and how the political and economic factors that structure how those risks are assessed have resulted in law and policy far less likely to protect against environmental and health hazards. This episode was originally released for patrons on August 5th, 2024, as Artie explains in a brief note at the top of the show. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod Find William's articles here: How Environmental Law Created a World Awash in Toxic Chemicals (LPE Blog) - https://lpeproject.org/blog/how-environmental-law-created-a-world-awash-in-toxins/ De-Risking Environmental Law - https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4753197 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

Teaser - Disabled Ecologies w/ Sunaura Taylor Mar 24, 2025

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/125073251 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/books/disabled-ecologies/hardcover 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

Evictions, Property and the Administration of Racial Capitalism w/ Marques Vestal & Tracy Rosenthal Mar 20, 2025

Beatrice and Tracy speak with Marques Vestal about the history of political conflicts over eviction and property in Los Angeles, the role of removal in producing property value, and using history to help us tell new stories about the past to shape our present. This episode was originally released for patrons on December 9th, 2024, as Artie explains in a brief note at the top of the show. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod This episode is part of a series in collaboration with Tracy Rosenthal centered around the growing tenants’ movement and their book, co-authored with Leonardo Vilchis, Abolish Rent: How Tenants Can End the Housing Crisis. Find Tracy's book here: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2443-abolish-rent 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

Teaser - Death Classic: Injury Impoverished w/ Nate Holdren Mar 17, 2025

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/124584385 Hi listeners — Beatrice and Artie are currently on parental leave. (We were planning to be able to telegraph the announcement more this week, but "baby death panel" had other plans, and came early!). While we're away, we'll still have episodes in the feed, like today's episode; a mix of some old favorites we haven't revisited in a while and some unlocks. We’ll be back as soon as it’s safe and reasonable for us to do so, because with everything going on right now we want to make sure we’re here for everyone. We also want to thank each and every one of you, because without support from our patrons it wouldn’t be possible for us to take this kind of time. So if you can, now is a great time to support the show at patreon.com/deathpanelpod — either by becoming a patron or increasing your membership. Original episode description: In today's episode, Beatrice and Phil 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. Find Nate's book here: https://www.cambridge.org/us/universitypress/subjects/history/twentieth-century-american-history/injury-impoverished-workplace-accidents-capitalism-and-law-progressive-era?format=HB&isbn=9781108488709 Runtime 1:34:41 🧬

Trust Falls Mar 14, 2025

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--and that Trump and Musk's DOGE are currently taking advantage of to press for cuts. This episode was originally released for patrons on April 17, 2023, as Artie explains in a brief note at the top of the show. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod 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

Teaser - Death Classic: A Death Panel History of Medicare Mar 10, 2025

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/124065295 Hi listeners — Beatrice and Artie are currently on parental leave. (We were planning to be able to telegraph the announcement more this week, but "baby death panel" had other plans, and came early!). While we're away, we'll still have episodes in the feed, like today's episode; a mix of some old favorites we haven't revisited in a while and some unlocks. We’ll be back as soon as it’s safe and reasonable for us to do so, because with everything going on right now we want to make sure we’re here for everyone. We also want to thank each and every one of you, because without support from our patrons it wouldn’t be possible for us to take this kind of time. So if you can, now is a great time to support the show at patreon.com/deathpanelpod — either by becoming a patron or increasing your membership. Original episode description: In today's episode, 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. Runtime 1:14:40 🧬

The New Lavender Scare w/ Melissa Gira Grant (Unlocked) Mar 05, 2025

Hi listeners — Beatrice and Artie are currently on parental leave. (We were planning to be able to telegraph the announcement more this week, but "baby death panel" had other plans, and came early!). While we're away, we'll still have episodes in the feed, like today's episode; a mix of some old favorites we haven't revisited in a while and some unlocks. We’ll be back as soon as it’s safe and reasonable for us to do so, because with everything going on right now we want to make sure we’re here for everyone. We also want to thank each and every one of you, because without support from our patrons it wouldn’t be possible for us to take this kind of time. So if you can, now is a great time to support the show at patreon.com/deathpanelpod — either by becoming a patron or increasing your membership. This episode was originally released for Death Panel patrons November 27th, 2023. Original episode description: 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. 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

Teaser - Death Classic: Islands of Security w/ Gabriel Winant Mar 05, 2025

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/death-classic-of-123573664 Hi listeners — Beatrice and Artie are currently on parental leave. (We were planning to be able to telegraph the announcement more this week, but "baby death panel" had other plans, and came early!). While we're away, we'll still have episodes in the feed, like today's episode; a mix of some old favorites we haven't revisited in a while and some unlocks. We’ll be back as soon as it’s safe and reasonable for us to do so, because with everything going on right now we want to make sure we’re here for everyone. We also want to thank each and every one of you, because without support from our patrons it wouldn’t be possible for us to take this kind of time. So if you can, now is a great time to support the show at patreon.com/deathpanelpod — either by becoming a patron or increasing your membership. Original episode description: 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/books/9780674292192 Runtime 1:24:23 🧬

Teaser - We Grow the World Together w/ Maya Schenwar and Kim Wilson (02/24/25) Feb 24, 2025

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/123023212 Beatrice speaks with Maya Schenwar and Kim Wilson about care work and parenting as part of abolitionist practice, lessons from integrating abolitionist values into everyday life, and how we show up for each other in dark times like these. Find Kim and Maya’s book, We Grow the World Together: Parenting Toward Abolition, here: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2446-we-grow-the-world-together 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 2:36:27

Enemy Feminisms w/ Sophie Lewis (02/20/25) Feb 21, 2025

Beatrice speaks with Sophie Lewis about the history of “fascist feminisms,” what this history can tell us about the current state of US politics, and the need to embrace more radical and liberatory forms of feminism. Sophie’s new book, Enemy Feminisms: TERFs, Policewomen, and Girlbosses Against Liberation is out this week from Haymarket: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2440-enemy-feminisms 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

Teaser - MAHA vs "The Ministry of Truth" w/ Jonathan Howard (02/17/24) Feb 17, 2025

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/122511116 With RFK’s Senate confirmation complete, hearings for Kennedy’s handpicked agency heads like Jay Bhattacharya and Marty Makary loom. In preparation, Beatrice speaks with Dr. Jonathan Howard—himself a frequent subject of both Bhattacharya and Makary’s scorn—about both of their records on the pandemic, their claims that criticism of their work amounts to “censorship” and “attacks on science,” and what disasters await us with health agencies under their watch, and RFK at the helm. Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Find Jules' new book here: www.versobooks.com/products/3054-a…-trans-misogyny Runtime 1:16:38

Covid Year Five (Unlocked) Feb 14, 2025

This episode was originally released for patrons on December 23rd, 2024. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod We present our 2024 year in review, taking a look back at the last year in the ongoing social and political consequences of normalizing the covid pandemic and rushing to bring the federal covid response to a close. Full Transcript: https://www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/covid-year-five 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

Teaser - "Waste, Fraud and Abuse" (02/10/25) Feb 11, 2025

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/121974390 Beatrice, Artie and Phil discuss how Trump and Musk’s DOGE increasingly seems poised to go after Medicare and Social Security, how the constant refrain that Republicans are looking to cut “waste, fraud and abuse” in social spending is a lie meant to obscure their real agenda, and why the open plot to add work requirements to Medicaid would be a tremendous disaster. 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 1:34:11

Theatre of the Austere w/ Melissa Gira Grant (02/06/25) Feb 07, 2025

Beatrice and Jules speak with Melissa Gira Grant about the Trump administration’s anti-trans executive orders in the context of their broader attack on “wokeness” and DEI. We discuss what the broader impact of these orders could be, what elements are a retread of longstanding rightwing attacks on trans life, and what parts of them seem like a new and evolved form of attack. Read Melissa's piece "Why Are Hospitals Bowing to Trump’s Illegal Gender-Affirming Care Ban?" here: https://newrepublic.com/article/191084/hospitals-childrens-national-trump-gender-affirming-care-ban And find more of her recent reporting here: https://newrepublic.com/authors/melissa-gira-grant 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

Teaser - Executive Functions (02/03/25) Feb 03, 2025

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/121450929 Beatrice, Artie and Phil discuss the Trump administration’s early and sweeping power grab: freezing government spending, infiltrating the systems that distribute federal payments throughout the US, and dramatically cutting off science research and funding. We explain what’s going on and why, and how each of these actions represents the new administration’s self-professed intentions to root out what it has called “wokeness” and “Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering.” 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 1:12:56

RFK, Health Capitalism, and the Myths of Wellness Jan 30, 2025

This episode was originally released for patrons on November 18th, 2024 and we're unlocking it today with a new introduction in response to this week's RFK confirmation hearings in the Senate. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod Beatrice and Artie discuss Trump’s nomination of prominent anti-vaxxer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to head the Department of Health and Human Services, the agency overseeing healthcare, infectious disease, food safety, and more. We discuss some of RFK’s more unseemly beliefs, the responses to his nomination so far, and how his nomination doesn’t come out of nowhere, but instead follows decades of struggles over the political economy of health that have laid the groundwork for a figure like him to come into power. 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

Teaser - Menace to the Future w/ Jess Whatcott (01/27/25) Jan 27, 2025

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/120917942 Beatrice speaks with Jess Whatcott about the ideological links between incarceration and eugenics, how policies like immigration detention are a form of population control, and their new book, Menace to the Future: A Disability and Queer History of Carceral Eugenics. 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 1:09:43

LA Burns but We Keep Us Safe (Part Two) (01/23/25) Jan 23, 2025

Beatrice and Tracy discuss how the situation in Los Angeles has evolved since last week, and speak with organizers in Los Angeles who have stepped up during the fires to support people the state has left behind. In Part Two, we speak with organizers from the LA Tenants Union's South Central Local, KtownForAll, and Union de Vecinos, the Eastside Local of the LA Tenants Union. Links to organizations mentioned in the episode: Find LA Tenant Union (LATU) here: https://latenantsunion.org/ Donate to KtownForAll here: https://www.ktownforall.org/donate Donate to National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON) here: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/lafires2025 Support All Power Books here: https://ko-fi.com/allpower All Power Books volunteer form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd5hxQwEP6nWePPU8IeX8BLDrxfiQzC7AnbrN4Iec64D4UJ8A/viewform All Power Books PPE and air filter request form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf2B_6upY0E1gMFvzjLc4VMprFUnJHsz7Ttu-uvV1gP68HYGw/viewform Mask Bloc LA’s Mask Requests and Volunteer Interest Form here: www.bit.ly/MBLAfire Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Find Tracy's book, Abolish Rent, here: www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2443-abolish-rent 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

Teaser - The Monster at Our Door (01/20/25) Jan 20, 2025

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/120426993 Beatrice and Artie discuss the rise of avian influenza cases last year in the U.S. through a discussion of The Monster at Our Door, Mike Davis' 2005 book on the looming threat of H5N1. 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 1:12:58

LA Burns but We Keep Us Safe (Part One) (01/16/25) Jan 17, 2025

Beatrice and Tracy speak with organizers in Los Angeles who have stepped up during the fires to support people the state has left behind. In Part One, we speak with organizers from Youth Justice Coalition and Mask Bloc LA. Part 2 will be out next week. Find Youth Justice Coalition here: https://linktr.ee/youthjusticela Donate to Support System Impacted Young People and Their Families: http://youthjusticela.org/donate Find the audio clip played in the first interview (with subtitles) here: https://x.com/YouthJusticeLA/status/1877832188583887042 https://x.com/YouthJusticeLA/status/1877834081523859759 Find Mask Bloc LA here: https://linktr.ee/maskblocla Mask Bloc LA’s Mask Requests and Volunteer Interest Form here: https://www.bit.ly/MBLAfire Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Find Tracy's book, Abolish Rent, here: www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2443-abolish-rent 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

Teaser - The Politics of “Risk Assessment” w/ William Boyd Jan 13, 2025

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/119936307 Beatrice speaks with William Boyd about how “risk assessment” became a central focus of health safety and environmental law since the 1970s, and how the political and economic factors that structure how those risks are assessed have resulted in law and policy far less likely to protect against environmental and health hazards. 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 1:22:10

Best of 2024: Mask Bans Are Everyone’s Fight Jan 09, 2025

As this year comes to a close, we’re releasing a Best of 2024 series—by no means objective, and making plenty of tough decisions to leave a few favorites out. Each of these will also be posted in the public feed. We’ll be back January 13th with new episodes. Original description: Beatrice, Artie and Jules discuss the mask ban passed in Nassau County last week, the latest in a dramatic rise in legislation criminalizing face masks and targeting the Palestine solidarity movement. We look at what happened in the overtly hostile public hearing over the ban, the history of the New York statute that ban proponents want back, and how the threat of mask bans goes far beyond public health: mask bans embolden racist policing; they’re anti-trans; and they target the whole of the left. Transcript: www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/mask-bans-are-everyones-fight Watch the full Nassau County mask ban hearing here: https://vimeo.com/994184432 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

Best of 2024: A Killing Peace w/ Rasha Abdulhadi (Parts 1&2) Jan 08, 2025

As this year comes to a close, we’re releasing a Best of 2024 series—by no means objective, and making plenty of tough decisions to leave a few favorites out. Each of these will also be posted in the public feed. We’ll be back January 13th with new episodes. Original description: 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, as well as the linkages between the struggle for Palestinian liberation and political action around covid and long covid. This episode was originally released on April 18 & April 25, 2024. Transcript for Part 1: www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/killing-peace Transcript for Part 2: 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: 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

Best of 2024: Legitimate Protest and the Construction of "Reason" w/ Stefanie Lyn Kaufman-Mthimkhulu Jan 06, 2025

As this year comes to a close, we’re releasing a Best of 2024 series—by no means objective, and making plenty of tough decisions to leave a few favorites out. We’ll be back January 13th with new episodes. Original description: 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.” This episode was originally released on February 29, 2024. 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

Best of 2024: What the Solidarity Encampments Demand w/ Nicki Kattoura and Charlie Markbreiter Jan 06, 2025

As this year comes to a close, we’re releasing a Best of 2024 series—by no means objective, and making plenty of tough decisions to leave a few favorites out. Each of these will also be posted in the public feed. We’ll be back January 13th with new episodes. Original description: 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. This episode was originally released on May 1, 2024. 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/ Transcript: https://www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/solidarity-encampments 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

Best of 2024: Refusing to Forget w/ Vicky Osterweil Jan 06, 2025

As this year comes to a close, we’re releasing a Best of 2024 series—by no means objective, and making plenty of tough decisions to leave a few favorites out. We’ll be back January 13th with new episodes. Original description: 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 This episode was originally released on March 21, 2024. 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

Best of 2024: Carewashing and the Right to Public Space w/ Tracy Rosenthal Jan 03, 2025

As this year comes to a close, we’re releasing a Best of 2024 series—by no means objective, and making plenty of tough decisions to leave a few favorites out. Each of these will also be posted in the public feed. We’ll be back early in the new year with new episodes. Original description: 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 And find Abolish Rent here: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2443-abolish-rent This episode was originally released on May 9, 2024. 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 As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod

Best of 2024: Collapse w/ Dean Spade Jan 02, 2025

As this year comes to a close, we’re releasing a Best of 2024 series—by no means objective, and making plenty of tough decisions to leave a few favorites out. Each of these will also be posted in the public feed. We’ll be back early in the new year with new episodes. Original description: 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. 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 Transcript: https://www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/dean-spade-collapse This episode was originally released on February 22, 2024. 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 As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod

Best of 2024: On NPR's "Wrestling with my husband's fear of getting COVID again" Jan 01, 2025

As this year comes to a close, we’re releasing a Best of 2024 series—by no means objective, and making plenty of tough decisions to leave a few favorites out. We’ll be back early in the new year with new episodes. Original description: 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 This episode was originally released on March 18, 2024. 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 As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod

Best of 2024: Letters from Gaza w/ Danya Qato Dec 31, 2024

As this year comes to a close, we’re releasing a Best of 2024 series—by no means objective, and making plenty of tough decisions to leave a few favorites out. We’ll be back early in the new year with new episodes. Original description: 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 Find Jules' new book, A Short History of Trans Misogyny, here: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3054-a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod

Best of 2024: Unmaking the Pandemic Welfare State Dec 30, 2024

As this year comes to a close, we’re releasing a Best of 2024 series—by no means objective, and making plenty of tough decisions to leave a few favorites out. Each of these will also be posted in the public feed. We’ll be back early in the new year with new episodes. This episode was originally released on January 18, 2024. Original description: 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. Full transcript here: https://www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/biden-unmaking-welfare 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 As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod

Extended Teaser - Covid Year Five Dec 30, 2024

Now that we've completed the transcript for Covid Year Five, we've decided to extend the public teaser to over the first hour (of four). Find the transcript for this extended teaser here: https://www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/teaser-cy5 Subscribe on Patreon and hear the full episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/118561606 We present our 2024 year in review, taking a look back at the last year in the ongoing social and political consequences of normalizing the covid pandemic and rushing to bring the federal covid response to a close. Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Runtime 4:12:08 🧬

Teaser - Covid Year Five (12/23/24) Dec 23, 2024

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/118561606 We present our 2024 year in review, taking a look back at the last year in the ongoing social and political consequences of normalizing the covid pandemic and rushing to bring the federal covid response to a close. Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Runtime 4:12:08 🧬

Organized Abandonment w/ Ruth Wilson Gilmore Dec 19, 2024

This episode was originally released October 6th, 2022 and we're re-releasing it today in the lead up to Covid Year Five. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod 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. Transcript: https://www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/organized-abandonment-with-ruth-wilson-gilmore Order her book Abolition Geography: Essays Towards Liberation here: 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. 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 As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod

Teaser - "The People's Hospital" w/ Lily Sánchez Dec 16, 2024

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/118100728 After a brief update from Artie on Covid Year Five, Beatrice 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 1:34:00 🧬

Propaganda of the Deed w/ Vicky Osterweil (12/12/24) Dec 13, 2024

Beatrice speaks with Vicky Osterweil about organizing under a second Trump presidency (and why jumping in takes less than you might think), the historic assassination of the CEO of the US’s most profitable health insurance company, and Daniel Penny’s acquittal. Read Vicky’s piece “Let’s get started” here: https://all-cats-are-beautiful.ghost.io/keeping-us-safe/ Find CAW Journal here: https://www.cawshinythings.com/ And CAW’s fundraiser here: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/help-launch-caw/#/?perk=5651030 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

Teaser - Evictions, Property and the Administration of Racial Capitalism w/ Marques Vestal & Tracy Rosenthal (12/09/24) Dec 09, 2024

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/117646789 Beatrice and Tracy Rosenthal speak with Marques Vestal about the history of political conflicts over eviction and property in Los Angeles, the role of removal in producing property value, and using history to help us tell new stories about the past to shape our present. Get Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Runtime 1:34:00 🧬

US v. Skrmetti and the Long History of Youth Transition (Unlocked) Dec 06, 2024

This episode was originally released for Death Panel patrons on September 23rd. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod Beatrice and Jules discuss an amicus brief Jules co-authored for the Supreme Court case United States v. Skrmetti, a case heard at the court this week that could have a dramatic impact on young people’s access to medical transition. We talk through the brief and the historical evidence it contains dispelling popular myths that trans kids are new or that transition is itself dangerous, and show that medical transition and youth transition have histories stretching back far further than popular accounts would lead you to believe. Read the brief here: https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/23/23-477/323955/20240903153746246_23-477tsacAmericanHistoricalAssociation.pdf 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 As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod

Teaser - MAID and Austerity w/ Cassandra Kislenko Dec 02, 2024

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/117169360 Beatrice 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 the UK debates its own MAID policy, and as a handful of U.S. states seek to implement similar laws. Read Cassandra's piece in The Baffler, "Last Resorts," here: https://thebaffler.com/latest/last-resorts-kislenko And in The Maple, "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 1:20:52 🧬

The Great Barrington Cabinet Versus the Administrative State (11/27/24) Nov 27, 2024

Beatrice and Artie discuss the impact that some of Trump's most recent picks to lead major federal agencies will have on the state of welfare programs and healthcare in the US, and why the whole slate of names should be raising as much alarm as Trump's pick of RFK. We walk through how Dr. Oz stands to personally benefit from privatizing Medicare, what anti-vaxxer Dave Weldon could easily do as head of the CDC, why Jay Bhattacharya at NIH and Marty Makary at FDA could harm the future of long covid research, and more. Find our episode on RFK (mentioned in this episode) here: www.patreon.com/posts/116273220 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

Teaser - Manufacturing Insecurity w/ Astra Taylor Nov 25, 2024

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/116717109 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 🧬

The Human Cost of Welfare Reform w/ John Pring (11/21/24) Nov 22, 2024

Beatrice speaks with John Pring about how welfare privatization and calls to cut benefits in the name of reducing waste, fraud and abuse hollowed out the welfare state in the UK and directly led to the deaths of welfare recipients, and about his new book The Department: How a Violent Government Bureaucracy Killed Hundreds and Hid the Evidence. Find our other recent episode with John and China Mills (discussed in this episode) here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/115294795 Find John’s book here: https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745349893/the-department/ Transcript forthcoming. 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

Teaser - RFK, Health Capitalism, and the Myths of Wellness (11/18/24) Nov 18, 2024

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/116273220 Beatrice and Artie discuss Trump’s nomination of prominent anti-vaxxer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to head the Department of Health and Human Services, the agency overseeing healthcare, infectious disease, food safety, and more. We discuss some of RFK’s more unseemly beliefs, the responses to his nomination so far, and how his nomination doesn’t come out of nowhere, but instead follows decades of struggles over the political economy of health that have laid the groundwork for a figure like him to come into power. 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 1:26:33

Seizing the Means of Reproduction w/ Annie Powers & Tracy Rosenthal (11/14/24) Nov 15, 2024

Beatrice and Tracy Rosenthal speak with Annie Powers about how our organizing can meet the moment, with lessons from homeless, landless, and poor people’s movements from the 1930s, 1980s, and today. Annie Powers is an organizer with Union de Vecinos, the Eastside Local of the Los Angeles Tenants Union, and a scholar of landless people’s political movements in the United States. She studies the history of housing and homelessness, and poor people’s urban land struggle, in the US and the world. This episode is part of a series in collaboration with Tracy Rosenthal centered around the growing tenants’ movement and their book, co-authored with Leonardo Vilchis, Abolish Rent: How Tenants Can End the Housing Crisis. Transcript forthcoming. Find Tracy's book, Abolish Rent, here: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2443-abolish-rent 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

Teaser - The Long Trump Era (11/11/24) Nov 11, 2024

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/115816956 Beatrice, Artie, Phil and Jules discuss the outcome of the 2024 election and how Palestine, the pandemic response, and the swift removal of pandemic welfare supports played a part. 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 1:06:32

Grief w/ Sarah Jaffe (Unlocked) Nov 07, 2024

This episode was originally released for Death Panel patrons on October 21st. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod Beatrice speaks with Sarah Jaffe about the politics of grief and grieving: who is allowed to grieve and how, what we are allowed to grieve and aren’t, and how taking the time to experience grief and loss are anathema to capitalism. Sarah’s new book is From the Ashes: Grief and Revolution in a World on Fire. https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/sarah-jaffe/from-the-ashes/9781541703490/?lens=bold-type-books Find Sarah’s new podcast here: www.patreon.com/HeartReacts 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

Teaser - Deaths by Welfare w/ China Mills and John Pring (11/04/24) Nov 04, 2024

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/115294795 Beatrice speaks with China Mills and John Pring about how the structure of welfare benefits in the United Kingdom leads to the death of disabled people, the difficulties in documenting such administrative violence and the process of “slow death,” and their project Deaths by Welfare that attempts to expose 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 1:21:55

A Death Panel Halloween (10/31/24) Nov 01, 2024

Phil reads "The Black Gondolier" by Fritz Leiber. 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

Teaser - Instruments of Dehumanization w/ Maryam Jamshidi Oct 27, 2024

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/114867221 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 settler officials had in crafting contemporary state definitions of what constitutes “terrorism.” 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 1:18:27

New York War Crimes w/ Members of WAWOG (10/24/24) Oct 25, 2024

Beatrice speaks to Nour and Sarah, two members of Writers Against the War on Gaza (WAWOG), about the role the New York Times has played in portraying the genocide in Palestine as just and reasonable, the campaign to get NYT readers to unsubscribe from the paper and for writers to boycott them, and the counter-propaganda project “New York War Crimes.” More on the call to boycott the Times here: https://www.writersagainstthewarongaza.com/boycott-nyt Read The New York War Crimes here: https://newyorkwarcrimes.com/ Transcript forthcoming. 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

Teaser - Grief w/ Sarah Jaffe (10/21/24) Oct 22, 2024

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/113880253 Beatrice speaks with Sarah Jaffe about the politics of grief and grieving: who is allowed to grieve and how, what we are allowed to grieve and aren’t, and how taking the time to experience grief and loss are anathema to capitalism. Sarah’s new book is From the Ashes: Grief and Revolution in a World on Fire. https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/sarah-jaffe/from-the-ashes/9781541703490/?lens=bold-type-books Find Sarah’s new podcast here: https://www.patreon.com/HeartReacts 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 1:43:22, 21 October 2024

A Short History Of Trans Misogyny (DP x S24) (10/17/24) Oct 18, 2024

Jules speaks about her book A Short History of Trans Misogyny, the need to integrate material analysis into trans politics, and how it is that such a (relatively) small population of people have become the subject of such a high degree of political ire. Transcript forthcoming. This episode was recorded live at the 2024 Socialism Conference in Chicago in early September. We collaborated with conference organizers to host five discussions there over labor day weekend. Today's episode is the final recording to be released from those sessions. Thanks to Han Olliver for our Death Panel x Socialism Conference 2024 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 Find Jules' new book, A Short History of Trans Misogyny, here: 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

Teaser - “Forensic Skepticism” (10/14/24) Oct 15, 2024

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/113747049 Beatrice, Artie and Jules discuss a recent article called “Are Colleges Getting Disability Accommodations All Wrong?” that earned enormous backlash from the disability community for arguing that young people are faking or exaggerating disabilities in order to secure preferential treatment and “financial compensation.” 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, 14 October 2024

Care Not Courts w/ Liat Ben-Moshe, Sasha Warren and Leah Harris (DP x S24) (10/10/24) Oct 11, 2024

Liat Ben-Moshe, Sasha Warren, and Leah Harris discuss the political economy of psychiatric incarceration and strategies for resisting surveillance and carcerality that center liberatory care and international solidarities. Transcript forthcoming. This episode was recorded live at the 2024 Socialism Conference in Chicago in early September, under the session title "Care Not Courts: Resisting Carceral Psychiatry and the Pathologization of Dissent." This panel was the rare exception where a DP member was not able to chair the session, so our thanks to Eman Abdelhadi who graciously stepped in as moderator. Thanks to Han Olliver for our Death Panel x Socialism Conference 2024 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 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

Teaser - One Year / Body Politics (10/07/24) Oct 08, 2024

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/113438086 Today, Death Panel are joining the calls of organizers around the world to strike for Palestine. As such, today's Death Panel is an episode in two parts: Part One — One Year (0:00:00 - 0:20:45) A statement on one year of genocide from us at Death Panel through parts of three texts from the past year. Part Two — Body Politics w/ Jasbir Puar (originally released November 21st, 2022) 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 events like the ongoing genocide in Gaza and the bombings in 2014 are often described through the number of dead, when they also entail mass disablement and mass debilitation, and how colonial occupation itself can be understood through a theory of debility. Find the Jasbir Puar interview (and transcript) here: https://www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/jasbir-puar-body-politics 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 2:40:11, 7 October 2024

Carewashing w/ Mon Mohapatra, Tracy Rosenthal & Victoria Law (DP x S24) (10/03/24) Oct 03, 2024

Beatrice speaks with Mon Mohapatra, Tracy Rosenthal and Victoria Law about how the rhetorics of “care,” support, and empathy are often deployed to expand and reinforce carcerality—to make carcerality appear innocuous, or even an expansion of social welfare and public health. Transcript forthcoming. This episode was recorded live at the 2024 Socialism Conference in Chicago in early September, under the session title "Carewashing: Carcerality Disguised as Social Welfare." We collaborated with conference organizers to host five discussions there over labor day weekend. Recordings and transcripts of those sessions will be released over the coming weeks. Note: As speakers were not introduced individually before their opening statements, those statements are in the order listed in the title (Mon, Tracy, then Victoria). Thanks to Han Olliver for our Death Panel x Socialism Conference 2024 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 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

Teaser - Concepts of a Risk Pool (09/30/24) Oct 01, 2024

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/113089961 Beatrice, Artie and Phil discuss the deeper problems behind JD Vance’s recent comments that Trump wants to separate the sick into their own “risk pool,” and how the US’s system of private healthcare itself generates resentment towards the sick. Then we take a close look at Medicaid unwinding, as some of the final unwinding data now shows that 25 million people were disenrolled from Medicaid in the last year—millions more than originally estimated. 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 1:14:45, 30 September 2024

Refusing Genocide, from Palestine to Pandemic w/ Rasha Abdulhadi (DP x S24) (09/26/24) Sep 27, 2024

Beatrice speaks with Rasha Abdulhadi about how, as we near 11 months and 100+ years of genocidal settler colonial violence in Palestine, it is vital to remain steadfast in our demands for Palestinian liberation. We discuss turning away from despair towards patience and boldness in our actions, why our demands must push for and beyond “ceasefire,” and draw connections between settler colonialism here and in Palestine; inviting us all to become more skillful in keeping each other alive. Transcript forthcoming. This episode was recorded live at the 2024 Socialism Conference in Chicago in early September. We collaborated with conference organizers to host five discussions there over labor day weekend. Recordings and transcripts of those sessions will be released over the coming weeks. Thanks to Han Olliver for our Death Panel x Socialism Conference 2024 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 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

Teaser - The Long History of Youth Transition (09/23/24) Sep 24, 2024

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/112625641 Beatrice and Jules discuss an amicus brief Jules co-authored for the upcoming Supreme Court case United States v. Skrmetti, a case being heard next month that could have a dramatic impact on young people’s access to medical transition. We talk through the brief and the historical evidence it contains dispelling popular myths that trans kids are new or that transition is itself dangerous; and show that medical transition and youth transition have histories stretching back far further than popular accounts would lead you to believe. Read the brief here: https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/23/23-477/323955/20240903153746246_23-477tsacAmericanHistoricalAssociation.pdf 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 1:43:42, 23 September 2024

Abolish Rent w/ Tracy Rosenthal and Leonardo Vilchis (09/19/24) Sep 20, 2024

Beatrice speaks with Tracy Rosenthal and Leonardo Vilchis about the demands of the growing tenants movement, why so-called “affordable housing” policies fail to keep people in their homes, and why we need to abolish rent once and for all. Tracy and Leonardo are the authors of Abolish Rent: How Tenants Can End the Housing Crisis, out next week: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2443-abolish-rent Transcript forthcoming. 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

Teaser - Abortion Stigma and the 2024 Election w/ Ja’Loni Owens (09/16/24) Sep 17, 2024

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/112179324 Beatrice speaks with Ja’Loni Owens about what we can learn from the discussion of abortion in last week’s Harris/Trump debate and how much of the subsequent fact checking of debate statements leaned into anti-abortion stigma. Find Ja'Loni's zine mentioned in the episode, Friends Help Friends Have Abortions, here: https://www.canva.com/design/DAGNlKBtwt8/9DgvIJT14dLd2z9ngqtkLQ/edit 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 1:23:00, 16 September 2024

The Political Economy Of Covid (DP x S24) (09/12/24) Sep 13, 2024

Beatrice, Artie and Jules discuss the political economy of the pandemic and how organizing around covid and long covid intersects with priorities in movements across the left, including labor struggles and economic justice, disability justice, and abolition. Transcript forthcoming. This episode was recorded live at the 2024 Socialism Conference in Chicago. We collaborated with conference organizers to host five discussions there over labor day weekend. Recordings and transcripts of those sessions will be released over the coming weeks. More info in the intro stinger at the beginning of this episode, which ends at 0:02:30. Thanks to Han Olliver for our Death Panel x Socialism Conference 2024 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 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

Teaser - Corridors of Contagion w/ Victoria Law (09/09/24) Sep 10, 2024

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/111673467 Beatrice speaks with Victoria Law about how prisons and jails have acted as vectors of covid transmission throughout the pandemic, the experiences of people on the inside from early in the pandemic through fights happening now over long covid in incarcerated people, and why it’s still not too late to bring back a common demand from 2020: to free them all for public health. Find Victoria's book, Corridors of Contagion: How the Pandemic Exposed the Cruelties of Incarceration, here: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2447-corridors-of-contagion 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 2:00:02, 9 September 2024

Storming Bedlam w/ Sasha Warren Sep 06, 2024

This episode was originally released for Death Panel patrons on April 15th. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod 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. Find Sasha's book, Storming Bedlam: Madness, Utopia, and Revolt, here: https://www.commonnotions.org/storming-bedlam Transcript forthcoming. 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

Teaser - How to Abolish Prisons w/ Rachel Herzing & Justin Piché (09/02/24) Sep 03, 2024

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/110969806 Beatrice speaks with Rachel Herzing and Justin Piché about how the fight to abolish prisons touches other movements, what abolitionist movement wins tell us about taking the long view in organizing work, and their new book How to Abolish Prisons: Lessons from the Movement against Imprisonment. Find their new book here: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2212-how-to-abolish-prisons 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 1:17:41, 2 September 2024

The Promise and Perils of Wastewater Data w/ Betsy Ladyzhets (08/29/24) Aug 29, 2024

Beatrice speaks with Betsy Ladyzhets of The Sick Times about what wastewater surveillance does—and doesn’t—tell us about the level of covid spread and how the rise of covid wastewater monitoring fits inside the larger picture of the privatization of both covid risk and covid data. Transcript: www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/promises-and-perils-of-wastewater-data Find Betsy’s report, “Wastewater surveillance for Covid-19 keeps evolving. Here’s what you need to know” here: https://thesicktimes.org/2024/07/23/wastewater-surveillance-for-covid-19-keeps-evolving-heres-what-you-need-to-know/ 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

Teaser - Unbuild Walls w/ Silky Shah (08/26/24) Aug 27, 2024

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/110836544 Beatrice speaks with Silky Shah about the harsh immigration and border detention rhetoric on display at both the DNC and RNC this summer, the historical and material links between the rise of the immigration detention system and mass incarceration, and her new book, Unbuild Walls: Why Immigrant Justice Needs Abolition. 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 1:21:31, 26 August 2024

Mask Bans Are Everyone’s Fight (08/22/24) Aug 22, 2024

Beatrice, Artie and Jules discuss the mask ban passed in Nassau County last week, the latest in a dramatic rise in legislation criminalizing face masks and targeting the Palestine solidarity movement. We look at what happened in the overtly hostile public hearing over the ban, the history of the New York statute that ban proponents want back, and how the threat of mask bans goes far beyond public health: mask bans embolden racist policing; they’re anti-trans; and they target the whole of the left. Transcript: www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/mask-bans-are-everyones-fight Watch the full Nassau County mask ban hearing here: https://vimeo.com/994184432 Read the statement on the hearing by Jews for Mask Rights here: https://www.jewsformaskrights.com/resources/anti-mask-harassment-nassau-countys-mask-ban-hearing 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

Teaser - Pandemic Imaginaries w/ October Krausch (08/19/24) Aug 20, 2024

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/110415159 Beatrice speaks with October Krausch about how the cultural imaginary of covid and covid risk has shifted from some of the earliest interpretations of the pandemic, how social pressure amongst liberals to place trust in institutions led many to ignore ongoing risk, and their recent article for Truthout, “The US Government Has Abandoned Us to Endless COVID. We Can Do Better.” Read October's piece here: https://truthout.org/articles/the-us-government-has-abandoned-us-to-endless-covid-we-can-do-better/ 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 1:34:06, 19 August 2024

Abolish Managed Care Aug 16, 2024

Beatrice 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. Transcript forthcoming. This episode was originally released for Death Panel patrons on August 21st, 2023. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod 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

Teaser - State Building, Development Ideology and Debt in the West Bank w/ Kareem Rabie (08/12/24) Aug 13, 2024

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/109988706 Beatrice speaks with Kareem Rabie about how capitalist visions for “the day after” ceasefire often rely on economic development projects that act as an extension of settler colonialism, Rabie’s research on housing development projects in the West Bank in 2005-2009, and his 2021 book, Palestine Is Throwing a Party and the Whole World Is Invited: Capital and State Building in the West Bank. 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 12 August 2024

Legitimate Protest and the Construction of "Reason" w/ Stefanie Lyn Kaufman-Mthimkhulu Aug 09, 2024

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.” Note: intro from Artie ends at 0:03:30 Transcript: www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/aaron-bushnell This episode was originally released on February 29th, 2024 and we're re-releasing it today to mark nearly six months since Bushnell's action against the still ongoing genocide. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod More on Project LETS here: projectlets.org/ More info on 2024 Socialism Conference here: https://socialismconference.org/2024-schedule 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

Teaser - The Politics of “Risk Assessment” w/ William Boyd (08/05/24) Aug 06, 2024

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/109524186 Beatrice speaks with William Boyd about how “risk assessment” became a central focus of health safety and environmental law since the 1970s, and how the political and economic factors that structure how those risks are assessed have resulted in law and policy far less likely to protect against environmental and health hazards. 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 1:22:10, 5 August 2024

Disabled Ecologies w/ Sunaura Taylor Aug 02, 2024

This episode was originally released for Death Panel patrons on July 8th. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod 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 Transcript: https://www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/sunaura-taylor 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

Teaser - What to Watch for With Kamala Harris (07/29/24) Jul 30, 2024

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/109069424 Beatrice, Artie and Jules discuss the sudden ascendance of Kamala Harris as the new Democratic Party nominee and take a close look at her record and early stances on Palestine, policing, and her (not quite) Medicare for All platform from 2020. 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 1:32:24, 29 July 2024

The ADA as Welfare Reform Jul 26, 2024

Beatrice and Jules mark the 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 This episode was originally released on August 3rd, 2023 to mark the 33rd anniversary of the passage of the ADA, and we're re-releasing it today to mark the 34th anniversary. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod Transcript: https://www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/the-ada-as-welfare-reform 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

Teaser - Strange Days (07/22/24) Jul 23, 2024

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/108630596 Beatrice, Artie and Phil discuss Biden’s decision to step down, break down last week’s Republican National Convention, and how fitting it is that the last straw in Biden’s reelection campaign was a covid infection. 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 22 July 2024

(How We Talk About) Gerontocracy Jul 19, 2024

Bea, Artie and Jules discuss pundit speculation about Biden’s age and cognitive ability and the history of the relationship between bodily capacity and definitions of the “body politic.” This episode was originally released for Death Panel patrons on February 26th, 2024. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod Transcript forthcoming. Find this week's patron episode that continues this conversation in the context of the debate and the Trump assassination attempt (mentioned in Artie's message at the top of the show) here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/108202947 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

Teaser - "Unity" and Euphemisms (07/15/24) Jul 16, 2024

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

A Death Panel History of 504 (Parts I & II) Jul 12, 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

Teaser - Disabled Ecologies w/ Sunaura Taylor (07/08/24) Jul 08, 2024

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

"Failure to Appear" and Housing First w/ Brian Nam-Sonenstein (Unlocked) Jul 05, 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

Teaser - Protest and "Performativity" w/ Charlie Markbreiter (07/01/24) Jul 02, 2024

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

How the Security State Plans to Target Palestine Solidarity w/ Maryam Jamshidi (06/27/24) Jun 28, 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

Teaser - On New York Magazine's "The Case for Forcing the Mentally Ill Into Treatment" (06/24/24) Jun 25, 2024

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

The Rise of Mask Bans (06/20/24) Jun 18, 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

Teaser - 3 Feet Under (06/17/24) Jun 18, 2024

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

"No Use to the State" w/ Micah Khater (Unlocked) Jun 12, 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 her award winning article on 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” (winner of the 2024 Toni Cade Bambara Article Prize from the Black Women's Studies Association) 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

Teaser - Reflection Papers and "Integrity Modules" w/ Sophie Lewis (06/10/24) Jun 11, 2024

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

On The Atlantic’s “The UN’s Gaza Statistics Make No Sense” (06/05/24) Jun 06, 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

Teaser - The Abortion Phantasm and the Dobbs Story w/ Melissa Gira Grant (06/03/24) Jun 04, 2024

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

On NPR's "Wrestling with my husband's fear of getting COVID again" (Unlocked) May 30, 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

Teaser - Rafah (05/27/24) May 28, 2024

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

“Unmasking Mobs and Criminals” (05/23/24) May 23, 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

Water for Gaza (05/20/24) May 20, 2024

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

Massification, Debility, and 40 Years of Crisis in Bhopal w/ Jiya Pandya (05/16/24) May 16, 2024

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

Teaser - The Pandemic and the Fantasy of Governing Through Statistics (05/13/24) May 14, 2024

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

Carewashing and the Right to Public Space w/ Tracy Rosenthal (05/09/24) May 09, 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

Teaser - Disability and the Ongoing Federalism Revolution w/ Karen Tani and Katie Eyer (05/06/24) May 07, 2024

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

What the Solidarity Encampments Demand w/ Nicki Kattoura and Charlie Markbreiter (05/01/24) May 01, 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

Teaser - The Cass Retort (04/29/24) Apr 30, 2024

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

A Killing Peace w/ Rasha Abdulhadi (Part Two) (04/25/24) Apr 25, 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

Teaser - "No Use to the State" w/ Micah Khater (04/22/24) Apr 22, 2024

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 her award winning article on 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” (winner of the 2024 Toni Cade Bambara Article Prize from the Black Women's Studies Association) here: 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

A Killing Peace w/ Rasha Abdulhadi (Part One) (04/18/24) Apr 18, 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

Teaser - Storming Bedlam w/ Sasha Warren (04/15/24) Apr 15, 2024

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

"The Wheelchair-to-Warfare Pipeline" w/ Liz Jackson and Rua Williams (04/11/24) Apr 11, 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

Teaser - Liberalism, “Illiberalism,” and Public Health (04/08/24) Apr 09, 2024

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 🧬

Letters from Gaza w/ Danya Qato Apr 05, 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

Teaser - One Year of Medicaid Unwinding (04/01/24) Apr 02, 2024

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 🧬

The Comstock Mindset w/ Melissa Gira Grant (03/28/24) Mar 29, 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

Teaser - Data Can't Speak (03/25/24) Mar 26, 2024

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 🧬

Refusing to Forget w/ Vicky Osterweil (03/21/24) Mar 21, 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

Teaser - On NPR's "Wrestling with my husband's fear of getting COVID again" (03/18/24) Mar 19, 2024

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 🧬

Policy-Based Evidence Making w/ Jane Thomason (03/14/24) Mar 13, 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

Teaser - "Impression Management" and "Bedwetters" (03/11/24) Mar 12, 2024

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 🧬

The Birth of the Nonprofit Industrial Complex w/ Claire Dunning (Unlocked) Mar 08, 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

Teaser - Liberatory Harm Reduction w/ Shira Hassan Mar 04, 2024

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 🧬

Legitimate Protest and the Construction of "Reason" w/ Stefanie Lyn Kaufman-Mthimkhulu (02/29/24) Feb 29, 2024

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

Teaser - (How We Talk About) Gerontocracy (02/26/24) Feb 27, 2024

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 🧬

Collapse w/ Dean Spade (02/22/24) Feb 22, 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

Teaser - Let Them Eat Statistics (02/19/24) Feb 20, 2024

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 🧬

CDC Says: Back to Work (02/15/24) Feb 16, 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

Teaser - Pamela Paul, the New York Times and the Social Contagion Myth (02/12/24) Feb 13, 2024

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 🧬

A Short History of Trans Misogyny (02/08/24) Feb 08, 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

Teaser - The Limits of "Codify Roe" w/ Melissa Gira Grant (02/05/24) Feb 06, 2024

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 🧬

#N95s4UCSF w/ Alice Wong (02/01/24) Feb 01, 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/

Teaser - Masks and Symbols (01/29/24) Jan 30, 2024

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 🧬

Letters from Gaza w/ Danya Qato (01/25/24) Jan 26, 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

Teaser - Instruments of Dehumanization w/ Maryam Jamshidi (01/22/24) Jan 23, 2024

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 🧬

Unmaking the Pandemic Welfare State (01/18/24) Jan 19, 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

Teaser - "Normal Species Functioning" (01/15/24) Jan 16, 2024

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 🧬

Pathologizing Palestinian Resistance w/ Liat Ben-Moshe and Leah Harris (01/11/24) Jan 12, 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/

Teaser - The Cynical Politics of the "Border Deal" w/ Silky Shah (01/08/24) Jan 09, 2024

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 🧬

Best Of 2023: The New (New, New, New) Normal Jan 08, 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

Best Of 2023: The ADA as Welfare Reform Jan 07, 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 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

Best Of 2023: Lifetime Care w/ William Bronston Jan 06, 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 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

Best of 2023: Long Covid and “Methodological Pitfalls” Jan 05, 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 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

Best of 2023: Ozempic w/ Marquisele Mercedes and Monica Kriete Jan 04, 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 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

Best of 2023: Unlimited Liabilities w/ Nate Holdren Jan 03, 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 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

Best of 2023: Refusing Genocide w/ Rasha Abdulhadi Jan 02, 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 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

Best of 2023: Let This Radicalize You w/ Mariame Kaba & Kelly Hayes Jan 01, 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 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

Best of 2023: The Unwinding and the Waning of Pandemic Time Dec 31, 2023

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

Best of 2023: Organizing and Covid-19 (Parts 1 & 2) Dec 30, 2023

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

Best of 2023: The Sociology of Mask Mandates w/ Ellie Murray Dec 29, 2023

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

Best Of 2023: Neoliberalism and Public Health w/ Adia Benton Dec 28, 2023

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

Best of 2023: The Gray Lady vs. Trans Life w/ Vicky Osterweil Dec 27, 2023

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

Best of 2023: Immunocapitalism w/ Kathryn Olivarius Dec 26, 2023

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

Covid Year Four (Unlocked) Dec 22, 2023

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

Teaser - Empire of Normality w/ Robert Chapman (12/18/23) Dec 19, 2023

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 🧬

Malthusian Machines (12/14/23) Dec 15, 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

Teaser - Covid Year Four (12/12/23) Dec 13, 2023

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 🧬

Economic Endemicity Blue (12/07/23) Dec 07, 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

Teaser - Manufacturing Insecurity w/ Astra Taylor (12/04/23) Dec 05, 2023

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 🧬

RICO w/ Dan Berger (Unlocked) Dec 01, 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/

Teaser - The New Lavender Scare w/ Melissa Gira Grant (11/27/23) Nov 28, 2023

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 🧬

Refusing Genocide w/ Rasha Abdulhadi Nov 24, 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

Teaser - Immunocapitalism w/ Kathryn Olivarius Nov 21, 2023

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 🧬

Practicing New Worlds w/ Andrea Ritchie (11/16/23) Nov 17, 2023

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

Teaser - The Unwinding and the Waning of Pandemic Time (11/13/23) Nov 14, 2023

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 🧬

Taking Back the Library w/ Mariame Kaba & Melissa Gira Grant (11/09/23) Nov 10, 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

Teaser - Proxy Discourses (11/06/23) Nov 07, 2023

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 🧬

Body Politics w/ Jasbir Puar Nov 03, 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

Teaser - The Sociology of Mask Mandates w/ Ellie Murray (10/30/23) Oct 31, 2023

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 🧬

A Death Panel Halloween IV (10/26/23) Oct 27, 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

Teaser - "Failure to Appear" and Housing First w/ Brian Nam-Sonenstein (10/23/23) Oct 24, 2023

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 🧬

CDC: Release the Draft w/ Jane Thomason (10/19/23) Oct 20, 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

Teaser - Refusing Genocide w/ Rasha Abdulhadi (10/16/23) Oct 17, 2023

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 🧬

On Calls to "Reopen the Asylums" w/ Liat Ben-Moshe, Leah Harris and Vesper Moore (10/11/23) Oct 13, 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

Public Health and Palestine w/ Danya Qato Oct 12, 2023

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

Teaser - Long Covid and “Methodological Pitfalls” (10/09/23) Oct 10, 2023

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 🧬

Abolish Managed Care (Unlocked) Oct 06, 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

Teaser - Liberatory Harm Reduction w/ Shira Hassan (10/02/23) Oct 03, 2023

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 🧬

Scenes from the Class Struggle at CVS (09/28/23) Sep 28, 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

Teaser - RICO w/ Dan Berger (09/25/23) Sep 25, 2023

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 🧬

DP x S23: The State, Austerity, and the Politics of Healthcare (Final Session) Sep 21, 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

DP x S23: Resisting Carceral Sanism (Session 3) Sep 20, 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. 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

DP x S23: How Capitalism Kills: Social Murder and Covid-19 (Session 2) Sep 19, 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. 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

DP x S23: Health and Capital (Session 1) Sep 18, 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. 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

Reflections w/ Naomi Klein (09/14/23) Sep 14, 2023

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

Teaser - Invisible Waves (09/11/23) Sep 12, 2023

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 🧬

Lifetime Care w/ William Bronston (Unlocked) Sep 07, 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

Teaser - The Birth of the Nonprofit Industrial Complex w/ Claire Dunning (09/04/23) Sep 05, 2023

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 🧬

Mad World w/ Micha Frazer-Carroll (08/31/23) Sep 01, 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

Teaser - Lifetime Care w/ William Bronston (08/28/23) Aug 29, 2023

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 🧬

Unwound (08/24/23) Aug 25, 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

Teaser - Abolish Managed Care (08/21/23) Aug 22, 2023

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 🧬

How the CDC Could Further Weaken Infection Control w/ Jane Thomason (08/17/23) Aug 18, 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

Teaser - The Leonhardt Doctrine w/ Jacob Bacharach (Re-air) Aug 15, 2023

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 🧬

Unlimited Liabilities w/ Nate Holdren (Unlocked) Aug 11, 2023

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

Teaser - The New (New, New, New) Normal (08/07/23) Aug 08, 2023

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 🧬

The ADA as Welfare Reform (08/03/23) Aug 04, 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

Teaser - Unlimited Liabilities w/ Nate Holdren (07/31/23) Aug 01, 2023

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 🧬

Who Is Mandy Cohen? (07/27/23) Jul 28, 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

Teaser - Black Lung and “Expected Impairments” w/ Kim Kelly (07/24/23) Jul 25, 2023

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 🧬

303 w/ Melissa Gira Grant (07/20/23) Jul 21, 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

Teaser - Walensky Responds (07/17/23) Jul 18, 2023

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 🧬

Against Criminogenic Risk w/ Seth Prins (07/13/23) Jul 14, 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

Teaser - Where Bodies Are Cheap and Healthcare Is Not w/ Tim Faust (07/10/23) Jul 11, 2023

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 🧬

Sympathy, Solidarity, Sovereignty w/ Elenore Wade (07/06/23) Jul 07, 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

Teaser - Farewell Rochelle (07/03/23) Jul 04, 2023

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 🧬

Selling Nature to Save It w/ Kathy McAfee (06/29/23) Jun 30, 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

Teaser - Covid and Reproductive Justice w/ Tiffany L. Green (06/26/23) Jun 27, 2023

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 🧬

Neoliberalism and Public Health w/ Adia Benton (Unlocked) Jun 23, 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

Teaser - Fallacies of Decomposition (06/19/23) Jun 20, 2023

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 🧬

Statutes of Limitation w/ Melissa Gira Grant (Unlocked) Jun 16, 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

Teaser - "A Citadel of Normalcy" (06/12/23) Jun 13, 2023

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 🧬

Covid in an Abandoned Field (06/08/23) Jun 09, 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

Teaser - The Debt Ceiling Deal w/ Marshall Steinbaum (06/05/23) Jun 06, 2023

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 🧬

No More Police w/ Andrea Ritchie (06/01/23) Jun 02, 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

Teaser - "The People's Hospital" w/ Lily Sánchez (05/29/23) May 30, 2023

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 🧬

Part D (05/25/23) May 26, 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

Teaser - J.D. Vance vs the Working Class w/ Gabriel Winant (05/22/23) May 23, 2023

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 🧬

Let This Radicalize You w/ Mariame Kaba & Kelly Hayes (05/18/23) May 18, 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

Teaser - "Defense Against Disorder" (05/15/23) May 16, 2023

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 🧬

"The Sociological Production of the End of the Pandemic" (05/11/23) May 12, 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

Teaser - Meaning Production at the End of Emergency (05/08/23) May 09, 2023

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 🧬

"No One Is Left Behind" (05/04/23) May 05, 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

Teaser - The Family Problem w/ Zoé Samudzi and M.E. O’Brien (05/01/23) May 02, 2023

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 🧬

Empty Rights and Carceral Sanism (Unlocked) Apr 28, 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

Teaser - Statutes of Limitation w/ Melissa Gira Grant (04/24/23) Apr 25, 2023

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 🧬

Masking in Healthcare (04/20/23) Apr 21, 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/

Teaser - Trust Falls (04/17/23) Apr 18, 2023

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 🧬

The Kids and the State w/ Lexi McMenamin (04/13/23) Apr 14, 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

Teaser - Every SVB Issue All At Once w/ Nathan Tankus (04/10/23) Apr 11, 2023

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 🧬

Ozempic w/ Marquisele Mercedes and Monica Kriete (Unlocked) Apr 07, 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

Teaser - Immunocapitalism w/ Kathryn Olivarius (04/03/23) Apr 04, 2023

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 🧬

"The Unwinding" (03/30/23) Mar 31, 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

Teaser - Weight and Healthcare w/ Ragen Chastain (03/27/23) Mar 28, 2023

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 🧬

Moral Hazard and the Dustbin of Public Interest w/ Salonee Bhaman (03/23/23) Mar 24, 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

Teaser - MAiD and Canadian Austerity w/ Cassandra Kislenko (03/20/23) Mar 21, 2023

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 🧬

The Gray Lady vs. Trans Life w/ Vicky Osterweil (Unlocked) Mar 17, 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

Teaser - Ozempic w/ Marquisele Mercedes and Monica Kriete (03/13/23) Mar 13, 2023

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 🧬

Why Mask Mandates Work w/ Ellie Murray (03/09/23) Mar 10, 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

Teaser - Where Does Discourse Come From? (03/06/23) Mar 07, 2023

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 🧬

Slow Death, Industrial Pollution, and East Palestine w/ Kim Garrett (03/02/23) Mar 03, 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

Teaser - Neoliberalism and Public Health w/ Adia Benton (02/27/23) Feb 28, 2023

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 🧬

Organizing and Covid-19 (Part 2) (02/22/23) Feb 23, 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

Teaser - The Gray Lady v. Trans Life w/ Vicky Osterweil (02/20/23) Feb 21, 2023

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 🧬

Organizing and Covid-19 (Part 1) (02/16/23) Feb 16, 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

Teaser - A Public Health Emergency, While Supplies Last (02/13/23) Feb 14, 2023

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 🧬

How Liberals Killed Masking (Unlocked) Feb 10, 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

Teaser - Invisible Institutions w/ Megan Linton Feb 07, 2023

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 🧬

Institutional Antifatness w/ Marquisele Mercedes & Monica Kriete (02/02/23) Feb 03, 2023

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/

Teaser - Following the Zients (01/30/23) Jan 31, 2023

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 🧬

A Winter of Severe Chillness and Death (Unlocked) Jan 28, 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

Disability and Abolition w/ Liat Ben-Moshe (01/26/23) Jan 26, 2023

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

Teaser - A Political Life w/ Dan Berger (01/23/23) Jan 24, 2023

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 🧬

Kraken w/ T Ryan Gregory (01/19/23) Jan 20, 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

Teaser - A Winter of Severe Chillness and Death (01/16/23) Jan 16, 2023

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 🧬

DIY and/or Die (01/12/23) Jan 13, 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

Teaser - Hypocrisy and Red-Baiting on China's Covid Turn (01/09/23) Jan 10, 2023

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 🧬

The Case for Covid Gaslighting Forever (01/05/23) Jan 06, 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

Teaser - Empty Rights and Carceral Sanism (01/02/23) Jan 03, 2023

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 🧬

Body Politics w/ Jasbir Puar (Unlocked) Dec 30, 2022

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

Teaser - Disability as Metaphor w/ Doron Dorfman (12/26/22) Dec 27, 2022

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 🧬

Covid Year Three (Unlocked) Dec 23, 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

Teaser - How Liberals Killed Masking (12/19/22) Dec 20, 2022

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 🧬

Laboratories of Extraction w/ Karen Tani (12/15/22) Dec 16, 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

Teaser - Covid Year Three (12/13/22) Dec 14, 2022

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 🧬

Islands of Security w/ Gabriel Winant (Unlocked) Dec 09, 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

Teaser - Pfizer and the Leviathan w/ Amy Kapczynski (12/05/22) Dec 06, 2022

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 🧬

The Pandemic Prison w/ Dan Berger (12/01/22) Dec 02, 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

Teaser - 500,000 Cops w/ Justin Feldman (11/28/22) Nov 29, 2022

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 🧬

"Immunity Debt" (Unlocked) Nov 24, 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

Teaser - Body Politics w/ Jasbir Puar (11/21/22) Nov 22, 2022

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 🧬

Long Covid Media Narratives (11/17/22) Nov 17, 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

Teaser - Sweatshop Abolition w/ Minh-ha T. Pham (11/14/22) Nov 15, 2022

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 🧬

Press and the Prison w/ Jessica Phoenix Sylvia (11/10/22) Nov 11, 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

Teaser - Amnesty Oster (11/07/22) Nov 08, 2022

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 🧬

Public Health and Palestine w/ Danya Qato (Unlocked) Nov 04, 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

Teaser - "Immunity Debt" (10/31/22) Nov 01, 2022

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 🧬

A Death Panel Halloween III (10/27/22) Oct 28, 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

Teaser - The Machine for the Individual w/ Sophie Lewis (10/24/22) Oct 25, 2022

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 (10/20/22) Oct 21, 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

Teaser - Islands of Security w/ Gabriel Winant (10/17/22) Oct 18, 2022

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 🧬

Social Determinants of Health (Unlocked) Oct 13, 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"

Teaser - Administrative Violence and "Normal Life" w/ Dean Spade (10/10/22) Oct 11, 2022

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 🧬

Organized Abandonment w/ Ruth Wilson Gilmore (10/06/22) Oct 06, 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

Teaser - The School to Prison Pipeline w/ Seth Prins (10/03/22) Oct 04, 2022

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 🧬

Pandemic Nihilism and the Banality of Evil w/ Nate Holdren (09/29/22) Sep 30, 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

Teaser - A General Theory of Vinay Prasad (09/26/22) Sep 27, 2022

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 🧬

"The Pandemic Is Over" (09/21/22) Sep 22, 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

Teaser - Access and Abandonment in the Monkeypox Response w/ Keletso Makofane (09/19/22) Sep 20, 2022

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 🧬

In Taxonomy We Trust (09/15/22) Sep 16, 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

Teaser - You Do You (09/12/22) Sep 13, 2022

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 🧬

"Feminist Jails" w/ Mon M. and Diana Joy (09/08/22) Sep 09, 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

Teaser - Introducing Health Communism (09/05/22) Sep 06, 2022

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 🧬

The Long Welfare State w/ Abby Cartus (09/01/22) Sep 02, 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

Teaser - Invisible Institutions w/ Megan Linton (08/29/22) Aug 30, 2022

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 🧬

Elite Capture w/ Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò (08/25/22) Aug 26, 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

Teaser - Public Health and Palestine w/ Danya Qato (08/22/22) Aug 23, 2022

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 🧬

Who Has the Tools? w/ Justin Feldman (08/18/22) Aug 18, 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

Teaser - Social Determinants of Health w/ Abby Cartus (08/15/22) Aug 16, 2022

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 🧬

Inflation Reduction Facts w/ Nathan Tankus (08/11/22) Aug 12, 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

Teaser - Against Forced Life w/ Sophie Lewis (08/08/2022) Aug 09, 2022

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 🧬

Standards of Care w/ Beans Velocci (08/04/22) Aug 05, 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

Teaser - Object Lessons (08/01/22) Aug 02, 2022

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 🧬

Fact and Fiction in Kids Vaccines w/ Dr. Jonathan Howard (07/28/22) Jul 29, 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/

Teaser - The President and Several Hundred Thousand Other People Have Covid (07/25/22) Jul 26, 2022

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 🧬

"Team Covid Forever" (07/21/22) Jul 22, 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

Teaser - An Accumulation of Facts (07/18/22) Jul 19, 2022

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 🧬

"Pandemic Nihilism" (07/14/22) Jul 15, 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

Teaser - Fake Life Rafts w/ Libby Watson (07/11/22) Jul 12, 2022

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 🧬

Title 42 w/ Silky Shah (Unlocked) Jul 08, 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

Teaser - Emily Oster, This Is Your Life (07/04/22) Jul 05, 2022

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 🧬

The End of Roe w/ Melissa Gira Grant, Charlotte Shane, and Abby Cartus (Unlocked) Jul 01, 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

Teaser - The End of Roe w/ Melissa Gira Grant, Charlotte Shane, and Abby Cartus (06/27/22) Jun 28, 2022

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 🧬

Panic! At the Gender Clinic w/ Jules Gill-Peterson and Charlie Markbreiter (06/23/22) Jun 23, 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

Teaser - Jha Watch (06/20/22) Jun 21, 2022

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 🧬

David Leonhardt and the Tolerable Plague w/ Abby Cartus (06/16/22) Jun 17, 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

Teaser - Monkeypox w/ Gregg Gonsalves (06/13/22) Jun 14, 2022

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 🧬

Outdoor Transmission w/ Dr. Theresa Chapple (06/09/22) Jun 09, 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

Teaser - Everybody Loves Mask Mandates (06/06/22) Jun 07, 2022

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 🧬

Forced Alternatives w/ Tracy Rosenthal (Unlocked) Jun 03, 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

Teaser - Forced Alternatives w/ Tracy Rosenthal (05/30/22) May 31, 2022

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 🧬

Social Murder w/ Nate Holdren (Unlocked) May 26, 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

Teaser - Herd Immunity (05/23/22) May 24, 2022

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 🧬

An Invisible Wave (05/19/22) May 19, 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

Teaser - Title 42 w/ Silky Shah (05/16/22) May 17, 2022

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 🧬

An Incalculable Loss (05/12/22) May 12, 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

Teaser - Post-Roe w/ Melissa Gira Grant (05/09/22) May 10, 2022

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 🧬

Roe Decayed w/ Abby Cartus (Unlocked) May 05, 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

Teaser - Social Murder w/ Nate Holdren (05/02/22) May 02, 2022

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 🧬

Thinking Like An Economist w/ Elizabeth Popp Berman (04/28/22) Apr 29, 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

Teaser - Breakthroughs (04/25/22) Apr 26, 2022

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 Have the Tools" (04/20/22) Apr 21, 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.

Teaser - A Death Panel History of 504, Part Two (04/18/22) Apr 19, 2022

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 🧬

A Death Panel History of 504, Part One (04/14/22) Apr 13, 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

Teaser - A Farewell to Zients (04/11/22) Apr 12, 2022

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 🧬

What Happened In Sweden w/ David Steadson (04/07/22) Apr 08, 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

Teaser - Medicare for All Now (04/04/22) Apr 05, 2022

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 🧬

Texas w/ Jules Gill-Peterson (Unlocked) Apr 01, 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 🧬

Teaser - Tradeoffs w/ Abby Cartus and Justin Feldman (03/28/22) Mar 30, 2022

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 🧬

As Seen On TV (03/24/22) Mar 24, 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

Teaser - The Leonhardt Doctrine w/ Jacob Bacharach (03/21/22) Mar 22, 2022

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 🧬

How It Doesn't End (03/17/22) Mar 17, 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

Teaser - Owning the Sun w/ Alexander Zaitchik (03/14/22) Mar 15, 2022

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 🧬

Maladies of Empire w/ Jim Downs (03/10/22) Mar 11, 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

Teaser - The Next Normal w/ Abby Cartus and Justin Feldman (03/07/22) Mar 08, 2022

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 🧬

Lying Like A State (03/02/22) Mar 03, 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

Teaser - Texas w/ Jules Gill-Peterson (02/28/22) Mar 01, 2022

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 🧬

The Marketplace of Rights w/ Melissa Gira Grant (Unlocked) Feb 25, 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 🧬

Teaser - Pro-Covid MDs w/ Dr. Jonathan Howard (02/21/22) Feb 22, 2022

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 🧬

"Open Everything" (02/17/22) Feb 18, 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

Teaser - The Marketplace of Rights w/ Melissa Gira Grant (02/14/22) Feb 15, 2022

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 🧬

Manufacturing Descent w/ Justin Feldman (02/10/22) Feb 11, 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

Teaser - Die For Your Economy w/ Nathan Tankus (02/07/22) Feb 08, 2022

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 🧬

David Leonhardt and the Emergency of Normal w/ Abby Cartus (Unlocked) Feb 06, 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

Abolition and the Pandemic w/ Dan Berger (02/03/22) Feb 02, 2022

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

Teaser - David Leonhardt and the Emergency of Normal w/ Abby Cartus (01/31/22) Feb 01, 2022

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 🧬

Injury Impoverished w/ Nate Holdren (Unlocked) Jan 28, 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

Teaser - Biden's Covid Test w/ Dr. Steven Thrasher (01/24/22) Jan 25, 2022

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 🧬

Plague School w/ Abby Cartus (01/20/22) Jan 21, 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

Teaser - It Is Time for Us to Do What We Have Been Doing and That Time Is Every Day (01/17/22) Jan 18, 2022

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 🧬

Cancel Student Debt w/ Astra Taylor and Marshall Steinbaum (01/13/22) Jan 14, 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

Teaser - What Would AEI Do? (01/10/22) Jan 11, 2022

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 🧬

Vaxxed and Collapsed (01/06/22) Jan 07, 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

Teaser - CDC Says Back to Work (01/03/22) Jan 04, 2022

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 🧬

Against Cost-Benefit Analysis w/ Frank Pasquale (Unlocked) Dec 31, 2021

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

Teaser - We Opened the Schools and It Wasn't Fine w/ Loretta Torrago (12/27/21) Dec 28, 2021

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 🧬

Covid Year Two (Unlocked) Dec 23, 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

Teaser - Injury Impoverished w/ Nate Holdren (12/20/21) Dec 21, 2021

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 🧬

Eternal Mortality w/ Abby Cartus (12/16/21) Dec 17, 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

Teaser - Covid Year Two (12/13/21) Dec 14, 2021

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 🧬

Bracing for the Wave (12/09/21) Dec 10, 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

Teaser - Roe Decayed w/ Abby Cartus (12/06/21) Dec 07, 2021

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 🧬

SB8 or Die w/ Abby Cartus (Unlocked) Dec 05, 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

One Million w/ Justin Feldman (12/02/21) Dec 02, 2021

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

Teaser - The Omicron View (11/29/21) Nov 30, 2021

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 🧬

Belly of the Beast w/ Da'Shaun L. Harrison (Unlocked) Nov 27, 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

Teaser - The Asterisk Society (11/23/21) Nov 24, 2021

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 🧬

Covidposting w/ Abdullah Shihipar (11/19/21) Nov 19, 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

Teaser - Belly of the Beast w/ Da'Shaun L. Harrison (11/16/21) Nov 17, 2021

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 🧬

Beyond Offramps (11/12/21) Nov 13, 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

Teaser - Whole Woman's Health v. Jackson w/ Abby Cartus (11/09/21) Nov 10, 2021

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 🧬

Kathryn Paige Harden and the Spectre of Eugenics (Unlocked) Nov 06, 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

Teaser - Against Cost-Benefit Analysis w/ Frank Pasquale (11/02/21) Nov 03, 2021

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 🧬

A Death Panel Halloween II (10/28/21) Oct 28, 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

Teaser - How Medicare Was Privatized (10/26/21) Oct 27, 2021

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 🧬

A Nightmare on Medicare Advantage (10/22/21) Oct 23, 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

Teaser - No Going Back w/ Abby Cartus (10/19/21) Oct 20, 2021

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 🧬

Scarcity and the Stenographer (10/15/21) Oct 16, 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

Teaser - Kathryn Paige Harden and the Spectre of Eugenics (10/12/21) Oct 13, 2021

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 🧬

A Spoonful of Thorazine Oct 09, 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

Teaser - The Entitlement Society w/ Libby Watson (10/05/21) Oct 06, 2021

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 🧬

Repro Utopia w/ Sophie Lewis (10/01/21) Oct 02, 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

Teaser - Monoclonal Antipathies (09/28/21) Sep 28, 2021

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 🧬

Operation Enduring Virus (09/24/21) Sep 25, 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

Teaser - A Spoonful of Thorazine (09/21/21) Sep 22, 2021

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 🧬

Sacred and Profane (09/17/21) Sep 18, 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

Teaser - The Many Saints of Austerity (09/14/21) Sep 15, 2021

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 🧬

The Eugenic Lottery (09/10/21) Sep 11, 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

Teaser - We're Talking About Abortion Wrong w/ Charlotte Shane (09/07/21) Sep 08, 2021

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 🧬

Keeping Up with the Pfizers (09/02/21) Sep 03, 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

Teaser - Hurricane Scotus (08/30/21) Aug 31, 2021

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 🧬

Leviathan (08/26/21) Aug 27, 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

Teaser - Crisis PR (08/23/21) Aug 24, 2021

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 🧬

What Does Public Health Really Mean? w/ Abby Cartus (08/19/21) Aug 20, 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

Teaser - Everybody Is On Fire (08/16/21) Aug 17, 2021

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 🧬

A Death Panel History of Medicare Aug 13, 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

The Discreet Charm of Progressive Advocacy w/ Alex Sammon (08/05/21) Aug 06, 2021

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/

Teaser - Through the Looking Glass (08/02/31) Aug 03, 2021

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 🧬

Pieces of Change (07/29/21) Jul 30, 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

Teaser - 2021: A Neoliberal Space Odyssey (07/26/21) Jul 27, 2021

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 🧬

Kids Pulled from the Future (07/22/21) Jul 23, 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

Teaser - A Pandemic of the Unvaccinated (07/19/21) Jul 20, 2021

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 🧬

A New Spirit of Austerity (07/15/21) Jul 16, 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

Teaser - Gene Hunters (07/12/21) Jul 13, 2021

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 🧬

Free Britney, Free Them All (Unlocked) Jul 09, 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

Teaser - A Death Panel History of Medicare (07/05/21) Jul 06, 2021

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 🧬

They Did What They Could at the Time w/ Charlie Markbreiter (07/01/21) Jul 02, 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

Teaser - Free Britney, Free Them All (06/28/21) Jun 29, 2021

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 🧬

My Life with the Cost-Benefit Cult (06/24/21) Jun 25, 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

Teaser - An Empty Planet In Loveless Space (06/21/21) Jun 22, 2021

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 🧬

Infrastructure Year (06/17/21) Jun 18, 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

Teaser - Build Back Better World (06/14/21) Jun 15, 2021

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 🧬

UNLOCKED - Fake Friends Jun 13, 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. 🧬

Surrogate Endnotes (06/10/21) Jun 11, 2021

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

Teaser - Fake Friends (06/07/21) Jun 08, 2021

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 🧬

Telling the Drug Story w/ Alexander Zaitchik (06/03/21) Jun 04, 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

Teaser - The Public Option Returns (05/31/21) Jun 01, 2021

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 🧬

Lab Bleak (05/27/21) May 28, 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

Teaser - Boundary Problems w/ Harsha Walia (05/24/21) May 25, 2021

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 🧬

Media Against Palestine w/ Adam Johnson (05/20/21) May 21, 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]

Teaser - Mask Off (05/17/21) May 18, 2021

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 🧬

A Lost History of ACT UP (05/13/21) May 14, 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

Teaser - Pandemic Anonymous (05/10/21) May 11, 2021

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 🧬

Waive of Mutilation (05/06/21) May 07, 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

Teaser - On the Trans Question w/ Jules Gill-Peterson (05/03/21) May 04, 2021

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 🧬

Property and Theft w/ Vicky Osterweil (04/29/21) Apr 30, 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

Teaser - The Innovator's Dilemma (04/26/21) Apr 27, 2021

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 🧬

Decolonizing SSI (04/22/21) Apr 23, 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

Teaser - Police Defund You w/ Abby Cartus and Justin Feldman (04/19/21) Apr 20, 2021

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 🧬

Bill Gates vs Public Health (04/15/21) Apr 16, 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

Teaser - Risk Theater (04/12/21) Apr 13, 2021

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 🧬

Care Infrastructure (04/08/21) Apr 09, 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

Teaser - Papers, Please (04/05/21) Apr 06, 2021

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 🧬

A Political History of Trans Children w/ Jules Gill-Peterson (04/01/21) Apr 02, 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

Teaser - AmazonCare (03/29/21) Mar 30, 2021

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 🧬

Atlanta and Abolition w/ Yves Tong Nguyen (03/25/21) Mar 25, 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

Teaser - Osterity w/ Abby Cartus (03/22/21) Mar 23, 2021

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 🧬

Memoirs of Extraordinary Public Delusions (03/18/21) Mar 19, 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

Teaser - Pfizer Walk With Me (03/15/21) Mar 16, 2021

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 🧬

Careless (03/11/21) Mar 12, 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

Teaser - Paid Shutdown Now w/ Abdullah Shihipar & Abby Cartus (03/08/21) Mar 09, 2021

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 🧬

No End Theory (03/04/21) Mar 05, 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

Teaser - Safety Dance (03/01/21) Mar 02, 2021

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 🧬

Meaning Production At 500,000 Dead (02/25/21) Feb 26, 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

Teaser - HyperCurtisisation w/ Nathan Tankus (02/22/21) Feb 23, 2021

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 🧬

On Being Surplus (02/18/21) Feb 19, 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

Teaser - Cradle To The Grave (02/15/21) Feb 16, 2021

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 🧬

Nathan Tankus & Marshall Steinbaum On How To Pay For Medicare for All (Medicare for All Week 2021) Feb 14, 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 On Mobilization And The Limits Of The Law (Medicare for All Week 2021) Feb 13, 2021

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 On Police Violence And Social Murder (Medicare for All Week 2021) Feb 12, 2021

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 On Medical Geography And The Surplus Population (Medicare for All Week 2021) Feb 11, 2021

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 On The Pandemic And A National Health System (Medicare for All Week 2021) Feb 10, 2021

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 On How Media Get Healthcare Wrong (Medicare for All Week 2021) Feb 09, 2021

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 Feb 09, 2021

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]

UNLOCKED - Selling School Reopening w/ Rachel Cohen and Abby Cartus Feb 07, 2021

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

Covid Is Over (If You Want It) (02/04/21) Feb 05, 2021

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

Teaser - Selling School Reopening w/ Rachel Cohen and Abby Cartus Feb 02, 2021

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 🧬

Age of Consent w/ Jules Gleeson (01/28/21) Jan 29, 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

Teaser - Lean New Deal (01/25/21) Jan 26, 2021

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 🧬

Esteem Change (01/21/21) Jan 22, 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

Teaser - Return to Great Barrington (01/18/21) Jan 19, 2021

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 🧬

Covid Shrugged (01/14/21) Jan 15, 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

UNLOCKED - Everybody Loves School Reopenings w/ Abby Cartus and Justin Feldman Jan 14, 2021

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

Teaser - The Case For Lockdowns (01/11/21)` Jan 12, 2021

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 🧬

Frailstate (01/07/21) Jan 08, 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

Paul Bieniasz: Musings of A Pissed-off Virologist (Bonus) Jan 07, 2021

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

Teaser - Lies, Noble Lies, and Statistics (01/04/21) Jan 05, 2021

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 🧬

Overheating the Economy w/ Nathan Tankus (12/31/20) Jan 01, 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

Teaser - Everybody Loves School Reopenings w/ Abby Cartus and Justin Feldman (12/28/20) Dec 29, 2020

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 🧬

A Death Panel Christmas Dec 25, 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

Cyberpunk 2077 w/ Leslie Lee III, Jack Allison, & Tim Faust (12/24/20) Dec 24, 2020

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

Teaser - Vax Chat (12/21/20) Dec 22, 2020

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 🧬

The Commodity Form of Policy (12/17/20) Dec 19, 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

Teaser - What Single Payer Costs (Doesn't Matter) (12/14/20) Dec 16, 2020

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 🧬

UNLOCKED - Plandemic 2: In Doctor Nation Dec 11, 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). 🧬

Teaser - Optimism's Deficit (12/07/20) Dec 08, 2020

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 🧬

Who Gets A Vaccine? (12/03/20) Dec 04, 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

Teaser - The Passion of the Neera (11/30/20) Dec 01, 2020

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 🧬

Decarcerating Disability w/ Liat Ben-Moshe (11/26/20) Nov 27, 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)

Teaser - Cancel Student Debt w/ Marshall Steinbaum (11/23/20) Nov 24, 2020

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 🧬

Thanksgiving For All Who Want It (11/19/20) Nov 20, 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

Teaser - Abolition Under Biden w/ K Agbebiyi (11/16/20) Nov 17, 2020

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 🧬

Optimism of the Intellect, Pessimism of the Will (11/12/20) Nov 13, 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

Teaser - The End of History and the Four Seasons (11/9/20) Nov 10, 2020

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 🧬

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