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Legitimate Protest and the Construction of "Reason" w/ Stefanie Lyn Kaufman-Mthimkhulu (02/29/24) Feb 28, 2024

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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

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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 21, 2024

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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

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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 15, 2024

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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

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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 07, 2024

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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

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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) Jan 31, 2024

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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

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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 🧬

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