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-c...
Aug 25, 2022•1 hr 12 min
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 He...
Aug 23, 2022•9 min
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/merc...
Aug 17, 2022•1 hr 2 min
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 Ver...
Aug 16, 2022•5 min
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 di...
Aug 11, 2022•1 hr 4 min
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/3Af2Ya...
Aug 09, 2022•5 min
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 Be...
Aug 04, 2022•1 hr 15 min
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-ord...
Aug 02, 2022•7 min
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 COMMU...
Jul 28, 2022•1 hr 5 min
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 ...
Jul 26, 2022•6 min
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 h...
Jul 21, 2022•1 hr
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....
Jul 19, 2022•6 min
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 COM...
Jul 14, 2022•1 hr 1 min
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 🧬...
Jul 12, 2022•6 min
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 h...
Jul 07, 2022•1 hr 15 min
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...
Jul 05, 2022•3 min
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...
Jun 30, 2022•1 hr 13 min
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 🧬
Jun 28, 2022•6 min
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.kenningedit...
Jun 23, 2022•1 hr 19 min
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 ...
Jun 21, 2022•6 min
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 COMMUNIS...
Jun 16, 2022•1 hr 3 min
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 epidemiolo...
Jun 14, 2022•5 min
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.l...
Jun 08, 2022•1 hr 1 min
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 fr...
Jun 07, 2022•5 min
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...
Jun 02, 2022•1 hr 7 min
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 B...
May 31, 2022•6 min
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.patre...
May 25, 2022•1 hr 4 min
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 ...
May 24, 2022•6 min
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.ne...
May 18, 2022•1 hr 3 min
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/3A...
May 17, 2022•7 min
