Food Contamination is On the Rise. Here’s What History Can Teach Us About How to Stop It.
One of the hallmarks of living in a high-income country is that we can usually take food safety for granted. But what happens when food contamination recalls are on the rise? Food contamination was a ...
21 Nov 202351min
Public Health vs. The Internet: LIVE from the American Public Health Association Annual Conference in Atlanta
America Dissected comes to you LIVE from Atlanta at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting. Abdul reflects on the ways that the internet is fundamentally reshaping the way we think abou...
14 Nov 20231h 19min
Mexico Tried to Regulate Tony the Tiger. Here’s what Happened Next.
In 2019, the Mexican government instituted a new rule that took mascots like El Tigre Toño off of high-sugar foods. The food industry fought back. And now a similar fight may be coming to the United S...
7 Nov 202350min
Is Ultra-Processed Food…Even Food?
You are what you eat, right? If so, then our guest has a message for us: we’re “ultra-processed people.” In this episode, Abdul reflects on just how culturally-driven our food choices are and how big ...
31 Okt 20231h 7min
Some Bad Mother Suckers with Stephanie Nolen
Episode Description: Mosquitoes are responsible for upwards of half of all deaths in human history. Beyond being a simple nuisance, the diseases they spread are a menace to humanity. A decade ago, we ...
24 Okt 202351min
Rizzing Up Public Health? with Prof. Jerel Ezell
Public health is really cool! Ok … maybe it’s cool to all of us who do it for a living. But to be honest, public health’s got a serious brand problem — a “rizz” gap. Abdul reflects on how the turn tow...
17 Okt 202352min
Activating Public Health with Dr. Shelley Hearne
The truth should speak for itself. The problem is that it just doesn’t speak very loudly — we have to speak for it. Which is why public health has to be a lot smarter about the process of policy chang...
10 Okt 202349min
Red State Public Health with Drs. Judy Monroe and Lindsay Weaver
Public health has never been more political than it is today — and unfortunately, that’s often made it partisan, too. Which is what makes the 1500% increase in local public health funding by the state...
3 Okt 202351min
