A Labor of Love with Randi Weingarten
As children head back to school, masks should be on the shopping list. But, despite CDC recommendations, in many states they won’t be. Abdul talks about the critical work of protecting children in sch...
31 Aug 202132min
Football on the Brain with Dr. Kathleen Bachynski
As football season approaches, Abdul talks about his years on the field and his growing ambivalence to the sport in the face of new research about its health consequences.He interviews Prof. Kathleen ...
24 Aug 202137min
A Second Opinion with Dr. Anthony Fauci
Nobody has come to represent the role of science in taking on this pandemic quite like Dr. Anthony Fauci. He joins Abdul for their second conversation about where we’ve been, where we are now, and how...
17 Aug 202128min
Delta, Delta, Delta with Dr. Angie Rasmussen
Why is the delta variant a game-changer? Abdul dissects how the delta variant has changed our approach to COVID-19—and what could be in store. He speaks with America Dissected’s resident virologist Dr...
10 Aug 202140min
The Green New Heal with Rhiana Gunn-Wright
We can’t talk about infrastructure without centering climate—and we can’t talk about climate without centering structural racism. Abdul dissects the indelible link between infrastructure, climate, and...
3 Aug 202135min
Big Pharma’s big fraud with Dr. Aaron Kesselheim
Abdul dissects the FDA’s disastrous decision to approve the new Alzheimer’s drug aducanumab despite the evidence that it fails to improve symptoms—and its aftermath and implications for the future of ...
27 Juli 202135min
Pandemic Olympics with Peter Vanderkaay
Abdul breaks down the risks--and rewards--inherent in holding an international athletic competition in the middle of a pandemic. He speaks with four-time US Olympic swimmer and gold medalist Peter Van...
20 Juli 202126min
Whose problem is it anyway? with Wayne Brady
Abdul dissects why our society makes it so hard for people with mental illness to get care. Then he interviews comedian and performer Wayne Brady about his experience with mental health and what he th...
13 Juli 202137min
