BONUS: Ebola, Africa, and What DOGE Actually Broke — Meredith on The Atlantic Current

This is a bonus episode — a guest appearance I made on The Atlantic Current with Vince Martin and Tull McAdoo, reposted here with their kind permission.They brought me on to talk about the Ebola outbreak currently unfolding in the DRC. We ended up covering a lot of ground: how Ebola spreads and how it doesn't, what the gutting of USAID, GAVI and the CDC actually means for an outbreak happening right now in a remote and conflict-adjacent corner of the world, and why American foreign aid was never charity — but self-interest.We also talked about Africa more broadly, and the extraordinary gap between what the continent actually is and what most Americans think they know about it.The Atlantic Current is hosted by Vince Martin, an economist and writer, and creator of Wall Street and Main, and Tull McAdoo of the Irish Politics Newsletter. It's a smart, irreverent show and I loved every minute being with these two.Have something to say? I'm all ears. If this conversation meant something to you, share it — it's still the best way new listeners discover the show.The podcast is free and always will be. If you'd like to support the reporting, essays and interviews behind these conversations, consider becoming a paid subscriber.  Subscribe hereWant more between essays and episodes? Check out Below the Fold —dispatches on the stories worth paying attention to, from the people in my own backyard to those reshaping the wider world.Watch clips and video previews on YouTube Credits:Host: Meredith Ogilvie-ThompsonSound Editing: Dax Krishna and the team at SpeechDocsMusic: Ilya Kuznetsov