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 t...
Jan 27, 2022•1 hr 37 min
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 disc...
Jan 20, 2022•1 hr 19 min
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 🧬
Jan 18, 2022•5 min
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 Assistan...
Jan 13, 2022•1 hr 10 min
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 🧬
Jan 11, 2022•7 min
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 o...
Jan 06, 2022•1 hr 15 min
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 🧬
Jan 04, 2022•5 min
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-be...
Dec 30, 2021•1 hr 7 min
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 f...
Dec 28, 2021•5 min
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.deathpane...
Dec 22, 2021•1 hr 46 min
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 🧬
Dec 21, 2021•8 min
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 🧬
Dec 14, 2021•13 min
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 🧬
Dec 07, 2021•8 min
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 🧬
Nov 30, 2021•6 min
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 🧬
Nov 24, 2021•8 min
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 🧬
Nov 17, 2021•6 min
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,...
Nov 10, 2021•17 min
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 R...
Nov 03, 2021•4 min
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...
Oct 27, 2021•5 min
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 🧬
Oct 20, 2021•7 min
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 🧬
Oct 13, 2021•7 min
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 🧬
Oct 06, 2021•5 min
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 🧬
Sep 28, 2021•5 min
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 🧬
Sep 22, 2021•4 min
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 🧬
Sep 15, 2021•6 min
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. Fol...
Sep 08, 2021•3 min
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 🧬
Aug 31, 2021•6 min
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, ...
Aug 24, 2021•5 min
