RFK’s Band of Bros. H5N1 drives Egg Prices. A Big Conversation about Smallpox

America Dissected

Incision Media LLC

Politics, News, Society & Culture

4.6 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2024

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Abdul and Katelyn break down the latest in appointments to the new administration. They also discuss the latest news about H5N1 (hint, it’s still bad), and new study’s findings about how the HPV vaccine decimated cervical cancer rates among young women. Then Abdul sits down with Dr. Bill Foege, the public health leader and former CDC director who led the effort to eradicate smallpox, to talk about his new book “Change is Possible: Reflections on the History of Global Health.” This show would not be possible without the generous support of our sponsors. America Dissected invites you to check them out. This episode was brought to you by: Marguerite Casey Foundation: Sign up now to get your free Boston Review issue delivered to your door at CaseyGrants.org/State. Quince: Gift luxury this holiday season, without the luxury price tag. Go to quince.com/AD to get free shipping and 365-day returns. Blueland: To take advantage of their best sale of the year for up to 30% off your entire order, go to blueland.com/america. Reclaimed: This podcast takes you back to the very beginning when the Navajo reservation was first created. And it reveals the history of oppression and exclusion that led the Navajo to this point — and why their future is still uncertain. You can listen to “Reclaimed” wherever you get podcasts. And don’t forget to visit the America Dissected store for the Holiday sale! We’ve got our logo mugs, t-shirts, and hoodies and our “Vaccines Work. Science Matters.” shirts on sale now! Go to store.americadissected.com, promo code “Holiday.”

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0:00.0	America Dissected is brought to you by Marguerite Casey Foundation. Marguerite Casey Foundation is proud to partner with Haymarket Books to bring you a very special edition of Boston Review Magazine, exploring what it'll take to get the state to serve social justice.
0:11.8	Leading the forum for this issue, Marguerite Casey Foundation Freedom Scholar Olofemi Othiwo offers an illuminating exploration of how fossil capital has captured the state and what can be done about it,
0:21.7	with responses and analysis by Thea Riofranios, Mariamicaba, Andrea Ritchie, Isha Diwan, Bright Simons, and many others.
0:29.1	This is an issue you don't want to miss.
0:30.9	Sign up now to get your free Boston Review issue delivered to your door at kacygrants.org slash state. That's C-A-S-E-Y-G-R-A-N-T-S dot org slash state.
0:50.4	RFK has a new band of bros.
0:52.2	What does it mean with H5NN1 on the horizon? And public health
0:56.0	hero stops in for some inspiration. I'm Dr. Abdul Al-Seid. And I'm Dr. Caitlin Jadalina.
1:01.0	And this is America DeSecta. Caitlin, how was your Thanksgiving?
1:08.0	It was good. I have two toddlers at home, so it was actually very exhausting, and we were cheering when
1:16.3	Monday came and they went back to school.
1:19.9	But it was good.
1:20.9	You know, we stayed low and stayed at home and local, which is always a good thing when
1:26.7	you travel like crazy for work.
1:29.1	How about you?
1:29.8	You hosted.
1:30.7	I did host.
1:31.5	We did a buttermilk brined turkey, and it ended up well.
1:36.2	All of the elders were happy and the kids were sated.
1:38.7	So I feel like as a millennial, that's winning.
1:41.3	And my University of Michiganverines pulled off a crazy
1:45.8	upset on saturday so i couldn't be any happen yes awesome sounds amazing it was um so you're in new
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