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America Dissected — 308 episodes
Where We Go From Here
Put Up Or Shutdown
On The Ground In Gaza
Tylenol Needs A Tylenol
What Really Happened at the CDC
About That MAHA Report…
Exodus at the CDC
Public Health Punched Back
Bullets at CDC
New Casualties on RFK Jr’s Chopping Block
Another Day, Another RFK Headline
Sugar Daddies and Budget Baddies
Stall Tactics and Scare Tactics
A Big Brutal Bill
MAHA Comes for Vaccine
A quick note about this week's episode
RFK Jr Euthanizes ACIP
Boos, Boosters and BooBoos
US COVID Vaccine Policy by Vibes
Democrats Confront RFK Jr.
The Problem with “Do Your Own Research”
Baby Boom or Bust?
RFK Jr’s Autism Registry
A message from Abdul
RFK’s September Surprise
How Trump’s Tariffs Will Hit Healthcare
A Bull-DOGE-er to HHS
Bird Flu, Baby Formula and The Bully Pulpit
We Still Don’t Have a CDC Director. Measles Doesn’t Care.
Measles Spreads. So Does Disinformation.
RFK Jr’s Measles Doublespeak
A Conversation with the Former FDA Director
RFK at HHS
Knee-capping the NIH
“America First,” Global Health Last
Who’s Afraid of a Scientist with a Microphone?
The WHO, What, and Why of Trump’s first Health Executive Orders
Imagining a Disease Free World, from the new podcast One Big Shot
LA Fires. Bird Flu Updates. And Ultra-Processed Foods.
Fluoride & IQ. An H5N1 death. Jimmy Carter. And our annual mailbag!
Big Pharma. A miracle HIV prevention drug (and its price-tag). Blue States vs. RFK.
Health Insurance CEOs. Raw Milk. Our Skincare Routines.
RFK’s Band of Bros. H5N1 drives Egg Prices. A Big Conversation about Smallpox
Thanksgiving Greetings and a special announcement!
RFK to HHS. H5N1 in Canada. And why you should be #Resistance Training
The Lifeblood of the Navajo Nation, from Reclaimed
Public Health under RFK Jr. and Trump (and we welcome a new co-host!)
What Tuesday’s Result Means for Health
Trouble sleeping? This can help.
Trauma, Trust, and Why We Still Haven't Processed the Pandemic
Project 2025 is Bad for Your Health
An Enlightening Conversation about Breast Density
A Community Fight in Wisconsin, From To See Each Other
Pink October
Will Medical Debt get a Blue Waive
Factory Farming Fails
If childbirth isn’t an illness, why does it happen in hospitals?
Are Annual Pelvic Exams Still Necessary?
A Family Physician on meeting “fear with feelings”
What a life-changing cystic fibrosis drug teaches us about translating science into health
Just Air
Public Health Across the Divide
This made-up medical diagnosis has been used to justify police violence for decades
Fat Joe thinks you should know how much your healthcare costs
How Big Was the Hammer SCOTUS Just Took to Government as We Know It?
Scientists Argue that this Genetic Test’s Results are “no better than a coin flip.” The FDA approved it anyway.
Public health 🤝 Healthcare
Our Institutions Have Long Covid with David Wallace-Wells
When Racism goes “Systemic”
Our Mental Health System is Broken
Bernie Sanders on a 32-hour workweek, the Long COVID moonshot, and Ozempic
Trauma can lead to…Growth?
America’s NoFundMe Healthcare System
A Veterinarian’s Take on Bird Flu in Cows
How Big Food Tries to Co-Opt the Anti-Diet Movement
The Public (Health) Lives of Pets
How to build a resilient public health workforce.
The Other Side of Oppenheimer
Could Medical Tech be “Coded to Kill”? This Medical School Dean Has Thoughts.
Getting Practical About Saving Black Moms and Babies
A Bionic Breast
Talkin’ Nerdy about Gettin’ Dirty
Cash as Medicine in Flint, Michigan.
No, IVF Embryos Aren’t Kids.
The Invisible Kingdom of Chronic Illness
Defunding Public Health? One County Tried. It Didn’t Go Well.
How Cars Got More Deadly
Sickle Cell and All the Diseases We Choose to Ignore
A Public Health Catastrophe in Gaza
Has Public Health Lost Its Way? This Public Health Dean Thinks So.
America’s Drug Policy Czar Breaks Down the Fentanyl Crisis
New Year, New You?
Words Matter. Especially in Public Health.
Nasal Congestion is More Complicated Than You Think.
It’s Cold & Flu Season. Here’s How to Protect Yourself.
Reaching Back into the America Dissected Archive to Remember Ady Barkan
Food Contamination is On the Rise. Here’s What History Can Teach Us About How to Stop It.
Public Health vs. The Internet: LIVE from the American Public Health Association Annual Conference in Atlanta
Mexico Tried to Regulate Tony the Tiger. Here’s what Happened Next.
Is Ultra-Processed Food…Even Food?
Some Bad Mother Suckers with Stephanie Nolen
Rizzing Up Public Health? with Prof. Jerel Ezell
Activating Public Health with Dr. Shelley Hearne
Red State Public Health with Drs. Judy Monroe and Lindsay Weaver
Mailbag!
YouTuberculosis Advocacy with John Green
Dialyzing for Dollars with Tom Mueller
COVID Learning Loss with Prof. Thomas Kane
Drowning to Swim with Mara Gay
Humans in Eight Plagues with Prof. Jon Kennedy
The In-Between with Hadley Vlahos
The Injustice of Place with Prof. Luke Shaefer
What the HOKA? with Dr. Jordan Metzl
Sound Advice with Prof. Erica Walker
Affirming Care with Dr. Kellan Baker
The Rise of Doctors Unions with Dr. Lorenzo Gonzalez
Trooth Decay with Tooka Zokaie
Pandora’s Gamble with Alison Young
DrGPT with Dr. Eric Topol
The Kids Are NOT Alright with Dr. Anthony Iton and Leslie Campos
MSG for You and Me with Yasmin Tayag
Break the Wheel with Attorney General Keith Ellison
Mail Order Meds with Chris Hamby
Menopaused with Susan Dominus
Polling Public Health with Dr. Brian Castrucci
We Need More Vaccines, Actually with Martha Rebour
Miffed about Mifepristone with Dr. Kristyn Brandi
The $hittiest Episode with Rose George
The Contagion of Liberty with Prof. Andrew Wehrman
The Synthetic Biology Future with Michael Specter
Why Are Girls Hitting Puberty Younger? with Jessica Winter
The Weight Loss Wizard of Oz(empic) with Dr. Shauna Levy
Private Equity vs. Public Health with Eileen O’Grady
Public Health Workers Are NOT Okay with Elizabeth Holzschuh
Twice as Hard with Jasmine Brown
Caffeinated with Murray Carpenter
The Fate of Football (Players) with Garrett Bush
Cooking with Gas with Rebecca Leber
Weight, Weight, Don’t Tell Me with Prof. Harriet Brown
Under the Skin with Linda Villarosa
Making Your Resolutions Stick with Prof. Katy Milkman
Holiday Mailbag!
Ellen Needs Insurance with Ellen Haun
Do you shower too much? with Dr. James Hamblin
America’s First Paramedics with Kevin Hazzard
Public Health on the Ballot with Dr. Brian Castrucci
A Tripledemic? with Dr. Katelyn Jetelina
From the Outside In with Jane Coaston
What the Fact with Dr. Seema Yasmin
Dissecting Dr. Oz
Adam Ruins Public Health with Adam Conover
Racism is a Public Health Issue with Dr. Matías Valenzuela
Getting Myopic with Sarah Zhang
The Gospel of Wellness with Rina Raphael
Malcolm Gladwell on Why What You Don’t See Can Help You
ORGANized with Greg Segal
Quack to the Future
Don’t Pay Attention with Casey Schwartz
Conceiving the Anti-Abortion Movement with Prof. Karissa Haugeberg
Negotiating Prescription Drug Prices with Prof. Aaron Kesselheim
Screening Sunscreen? with Amanda Mull
50 years after Tuskegee with Prof. Rueben C. Warren
Presidential COVID with Dr. Megan Ranney
Big Leaky Tech with The Markup
What the Discovery of Blood Flow Can Teach Us About Science Itself with Dr. Dhun Sethna
How AIDS Activists Weaponized Art to Fight a Pandemic with Jack Lowery
The Fall of Roe. Mailbag & Interview with Attorney General Dana Nessel
The Kids Are Not Alright with John Woodrow Cox
Monkeypox! with Prof. Anne Rimoin
The mental health impact of anti-LGBT policies with Heather Zayde
How many more kids have to die? with Dr. Joe Sakran
The Generational Dread of the Climate Crisis with Varshini Prakash
Abortion is Healthcare with Dr. Heather Irobunda
Throughline wants you to understand the “Everlasting Problem”
Insulinated From the Price of It with T1International
Ai-Jen Poo Needs us to Care about Carers
Pain Points with Dr. Haider Warraich
The Means of Consumption with Malik Yakini
Seeking Refuge with David Miliband
Period Poverty with Lynette Medley
Bracket Buster with Prof. Tim Fong
Daylight Shavings Time with Dr. Muhammad Adeel Rishi
State of the Pandemic with Dr. Don Burke
On the Beaten Path with Dr. Shane O’Mara
People > Pathology with Prof. Celeste Watkins-Hayes
The Sum of Us are Sick with Heather McGhee
The Black Maternal Health Caucus with Rep. Lauren Underwood
The Court of Public Vaccination w/ Prof. Melissa Murray
A different kind of public option?
CDC something wrong here?
The Innovation Gap with Prof. Shobita Parthasarathy
You’ve Got Mail with Guest Host Tre’vell Anderson
Healing Back...maybe? with Jonathan Cohn
Patent Pending with Prof. Jorge Contreras
Uh-Omicron
Teeth with Mary Otto
Cannabis Capitalism with Prof. David Jernigan
The Last Best Chance with Prof Jisung Park
The Contagion Next Time with Prof Sandro Galea
Be-JUULed with Lauren Etter
Talking Public Health LIVE from Denver with Dr. John Douglas and Anat Shenker-Osorio
Is life about to get CRISPR? with Carl Zimmer
Health in Concrete with Katrina Forrest & Chrissie Juliano
Getting PrEP’d with James Krellenstein
Texas v. Roe with Alexis McGill Johnson
Food, Drugs, and Rock & Roll
Rights & Responsibilities on the Res with Rebecca Nagle
The 20 Year War with Zarlasht Halaimzai
A Labor of Love with Randi Weingarten
Football on the Brain with Dr. Kathleen Bachynski
A Second Opinion with Dr. Anthony Fauci
Delta, Delta, Delta with Dr. Angie Rasmussen
The Green New Heal with Rhiana Gunn-Wright
Big Pharma’s big fraud with Dr. Aaron Kesselheim
Pandemic Olympics with Peter Vanderkaay
Whose problem is it anyway? with Wayne Brady
Mental health is a social justice issue with Dr. Ashwin Vasan
A Tale of Two Crises: Opiates vs. Crack (from Season 1)
Preventable with Andy Slavitt
A Global Vaccine for a Global Pandemic?
Pro-politics but anti-life in Texas with Nancy Northup
Antiracist healthcare? with Prof Ibram X. Kendi
Talking Science with Dr. Sanjay Gupta
From the bedside to the bullhorn for Black Lives with Rep. Cori Bush
The next one.
America Dissected: Season 3
Season Finale: The beginning of the end
Frontline fatigue with Jenny Gold & Dr. Paloma Marin-Nevarez
Dining in...a pandemic with Corby Kummer and Chef Amanda Cohen
Ready or Not with John Auerbach
Forward to normal with Rep. Pramila Jayapal
The lessons we (haven’t yet) learned with Dr. Julie Morita
A ray of hope in a year of misery with Dr. Joia Mukherjee
Polling the Pandemic with Chris Jackson
Women out of the Workplace with Jane Oates
So, How Does This End? with John Barry
The Variants Episode with Dr. Angela Rasmussen
The First 100 with Brian Beutler
Racism is a Public Health Issue with Dr. Mary Bassett
We Need to Talk about Medicare for All with Dr. Micah Johnson
Fevers & Feuds with Dr. Paul Farmer
The Infodemic with Dr. Seema Yasmin
Black Scientists Matter with Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett
Mental health mailbag w/ Dr. Sarah Jukaku
The transition
The vaccine episode
The State of the States
Post-Thanksgiving mailbag with Dr. Syra Madad
The long haul
Dying in a pandemic
Now for the work
#46, insha’Allah
The pandemic vote
Organizing against pandemic fatigue
The Stakes in November
Science always wins with Bill Nye (the Science Guy!)
Hungry in a Pandemic
200,000 and counting
The Sound of COVID-19
If we had a competent administration
We’re number 31!
Going home to school?
Epidemiology is hard to do
A shot in the arm?
Environmental Justice & COVID19
The COVID Crystal Ball
Playing through a pandemic
Dr. Fauci
Coronavirus Containment Corps
WHO’s pandemic is it, anyway?
The Virus in the Coronavirus
The Covid Recession
Protesting in a pandemic.
Going Viral in a Pandemic
The meaning of 100,000
Is It Safe To Come Out?
COVID in Indian Country
Ebola should have prepared us
COVID and the classroom
COVID without papers
COVID without Borders
Don’t declare victory just yet
Andrew Yang and the COVID Basic Income
Homelessness, Incarceration, and COVID19
Medicare-for-COVID with Senator Bernie Sanders
Viruses don’t discriminate ... people do.
Testing 1, 2, 3! Why we STILL need testing
COVID and Big Pharma
Going the Distance: COVID-19 and Mental Health
The economy after COVID-19
Open for Business: Toilet Paper and Disaster Capitalism
Emergency Room: A dispatch from the Front Lines
Life Support: Congress and COVID (with Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal)
The Tweetment: Why Science Matters Now
Plandemic: How the World is Treating Coronavirus
A Public/Private Health Emergency
It's a Pandemic, Now What?
Healthcare Dissected pt 1: "Nobody Knew Healthcare Could Be So Complicated"
Healthcare Dissected pt 2: Medicare-for-who?
Cradle And All
Unleaded
All the Lonely People, Where Do They All Belong?
A Tale of Two Crises: Opiates vs. Crack
Superbugging Out
Pharmageddon
The Anti-anti-vax-vaccine
Quack To The Future
America Dissected with Abdul El-Sayed (coming September 30th)