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

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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 08, 2022

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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

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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 01, 2022

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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

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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 23, 2022

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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

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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 16, 2022

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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

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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 10, 2022

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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

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