We discuss the controversy surrounding the Britney Spears conservatorship as part of the long history of carceral responses to mental health, and what so much of the public debate around Britney has missed.

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We take advantage of the holiday weekend to survey the extremely messy history that led to the passage of original Medicare, the role private insurers and other industry groups played in its creation, and some of its unintended consequences we live with to this day.

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We're joined by Charlie Markbreiter to pour one out for Lauren Berlant and reflect on what their work meant to each of us.

But first (until 31:45), we discuss newly released draft OSHA guidelines suggesting the Biden administration considered much stronger worker protections against COVID—until they were aggressively lobbied by industry groups to limit their scope.

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We discuss Britney Spears' testimony from last week over her conservatorship and what so much of the public debate around it has missed.

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We discuss economist Emily Oster's rise to pandemic relevance and the issues with the "Freakonomics" framework she's known for, in order to correct her recent portrayal in a glowing New York Times piece. But first, we look at warning signs of a coming Medicaid "purge" and why absolutely nothing is being done to stop it.

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We discuss historical formulations of madness and institutionalization in light of Andrew Yang's recent comments on incarcerating the mentally ill. But first, we check in on the recent Supreme Court decision on the Affordable Care Act and explain why so many insurance companies are happy the law was upheld.

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We discuss the total erasure of disability long term care from the Democrats' infrastructure agenda, the new "stakeholder capitalism caucus," and Jon Stewart's full embrace of the lab leak theory.

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We discuss an absurd new policy advanced at this year's G7 meeting to "Build Back Better World" and counter China's belt and road initiative. Then we discuss new updates in the Biden administration's forthcoming Supreme Court case US v. Vaello-Madero, where the administration will seek to make clear that people in Puerto Rico and other territories aren't owed the same social welfare programs as residents of states.

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We discuss the viral New York Times piece "How to Rearrange Your Post-Pandemic Friendscape" and trace the intellectual history of the ideas it promotes directly back to the eugenics movement. But first, we look forward to "The God Committee," a film about Death Panels.

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We discuss the FDA's controversial approval of a new Alzheimer's drug of questionable efficacy and explain the problems with Democrats' renewed push on their drug pricing bill, HR 3.

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