The Tuskegee Experiment Whistleblower

In the fall of 1966, public health worker Peter Buxtun overheard a conversation in the work canteen that changed his life forever. He found out that for the last 30 years, the U.S. government had funded a racist and unethical experiment that had left hundreds of black, Southern men ill or dying. And his colleagues in public health had no plans to shut it down. When Peter set out to discover why, he uncovered the most shocking health scandal in America’s history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices