Mental health is a social justice issue with Dr. Ashwin Vasan
Abdul dissects the various ways that people with mental illness are stigmatized, marginalized, and oppressed in our society. Then he talks to Dr. Ashwin Vasan, President and CEO of Fountain House, a n...
6 Heinä 202138min
A Tale of Two Crises: Opiates vs. Crack (from Season 1)
We bring back an episode from Season 1 that remains relevant today: The Opioid Crisis has wreaked havoc across America, taking lives and devastating families, neighborhoods, and communities. But this ...
22 Kesä 202126min
Preventable with Andy Slavitt
Abdul dissects the critical role of trust in public health--and how the pandemic challenged it. He interviews Andy Slavitt, a former Obama health official and former member of the Biden COVID-19 Task ...
15 Kesä 202136min
A Global Vaccine for a Global Pandemic?
Abdul dissects the incentives that drive Big Pharma and how they tend to get in the way of getting medications to those who need them most. Then he interviews Priti Krishtel and Tahir Amin of the Init...
8 Kesä 202140min
Pro-politics but anti-life in Texas with Nancy Northup
Abdul dissects the politics underneath Texas’s new anti-choice bill. Then he speaks with Nancy Northup, President and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights about the wave of anti-abortion legislat...
1 Kesä 202139min
Antiracist healthcare? with Prof Ibram X. Kendi
Abdul dissects health inequities to understand why America’s focus on healthcare rather than public health is part of the problem. Then he speaks with Professor Ibram X. Kendi, author of the New York ...
25 Touko 202139min
Talking Science with Dr. Sanjay Gupta
Abdul cuts into how the climate of misinformation and politicization forced us to change the way we talk about science. Then he sits down with Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN’s Chief Medical Correspondent, and ...
18 Touko 202143min
From the bedside to the bullhorn for Black Lives with Rep. Cori Bush
Abdul dissects how Black Lives Matter in healthcare. He talks to Rep. Cori Bush, the former nurse turned Black Lives Matter Activist turned Congresswoman about her journey from the bedside to the bull...
11 Touko 202131min
