Death Panel

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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.

Runtime 1:15:24, 28 June 2021

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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.

Runtime 1:17:35, 21 June 2021

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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.

Runtime 1:11:45, 14 June 2021

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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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(Teaser)

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.

Runtime 1:09:16, 7 June 2021

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Alex Zaitchik joins us to walk through how the TRIPS council was formed in the first place, and the direct role that pharmaceutical companies—including and especially Pfizer—played in shaping global intellectual property throughout the 20th century.

Read Alex's piece in The New Republic, "Long, Strange TRIPS: The Grubby History of How Vaccines Became Intellectual Property" here: https://newrepublic.com/article/162527/long-strange-trips-grubby-history-vaccines-became-intellectual-property

Alexander Zaitchik is a freelance journalist. His next book, Owning the Sun: A People’s History of Monopoly Medicine from Aspirin to Covid-19, will be published by Counterpoint in 2022.

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We discuss what is—and isn't—happening with Democrats' latest move on the public option, and break down what their request for more information about it suggests about the flaws in their latest approach to health policy.

Runtime 1:21:38, 31 May 2021

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