F***ing Ethical

Song is joined by Gregg Gonsalves, a professor at the Yale School of Public Health and Yale Law School focusing on operations research/epidemiology for infectious disease, who has been an AIDS and global health activist for 30 yrs. Recorded the day after Inauguration Day 2021, we share moments of reflection on the dawn of the new Biden era. We talk Covid-19 vaccine and what it would take to roll it out equitably. And throughout the conversation, we are spurred on to roll up our sleeves stay mobilized because there is much work to be done.  

Side note: if you need any more inspiration, the documentary Gregg referred to on the show - "a riveting, powerful telling of the story of the grassroots movement of activists, many of them in a life-or-death struggle, who seized upon scientific research to help develop the drugs that turned HIV from a mostly fatal infection to a manageable disease" is a must-see: https://surviveaplague.com/   

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Abbigale Shi joins us again to discuss how 2020 has been an inflection point in all our lives, highlighting priorities, and challenging us to weigh and hold many hard things at once. 

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Abbigale Shi, Opinion Editor at The Daily Free Press, joins Sara and Song to talk about navigating personal ethical choices.

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Lina Kacyem joins Sara again to discuss institutional structures in international development - how they are and are not working. And challenging ourselves to think about our motivations, privileges, history and how we share power. 

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Sara is joined by Yale School of Management Lina Kacyem to discuss the financial relationship between the United States and Sub-Saharan Africa.

Show Links:

Yale Africa Startup Review

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How our experiences in Africa, India, Korea, and the U.S. have shaped our understanding of international development and aid. 

In part two we discuss what it means to be a consumer of cannabis in the US and the policies that have influenced consumption and caused harm over time.

Quartz: How to be a Conscious Consumer of Cannabis

Clean Green Certified

The Twilight of the Ethical Consumer

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We couldn't not talk about the election this week. In the first of two parts we talk about what we are looking forward to regarding transparent policy making under the Biden Harris administration. 

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What illicit drug has the most ethical supply chain? We investigated acid, cocaine, and heroine, and here's what we found. 

Song and Sara talk about current events, and systems that aren’t working for everyone.

Articles mentioned and referenced:

Coinbase CEO message for no political speech

Federal Government Hatch Act 

California Wildfires

Guidance from native populations 

Directing blame to environmental policy

Fire Insurance Premiums Rise

Japan planning to release contaminated water 

A hopeful solution! 

Jason Reynolds and imagining a better world 

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