M&M - Marx & Medicine

a guest? a guest! we welcome long-time friend of the show Dr. Marcus Tellez to the program to discuss his experience as a primary care physician and how he navigates the American healthcare system. we cover tools of the devil like prior authorization and step therapy, ever-worsening wait times and delays in care, and make some comparisons to how other countries ‘do’ healthcare.

follow Marcus on Instagram if you don’t already - @doctor.tellez

outro music: my uncle by The Flying Burrito Brothers

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i just can’t imagine how excited John McCain is right now. oh yeah he’s dead nvm. anywho fidel & bae ‘comin atcha’ with some news and analysis of the US/Israeli war on Iran as well as how the continued destruction of schools and healthcare facilities by ‘the Great Satan’ (not my words of course) in Gaza & Iran is reflected in our own struggle against privatized healthcare at home.

outro music: songoro cosongo by Hector Lavoe

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fidel and bae discuss the “ceasefire” in Gaza, the unraveling of the rules-based international order, (non-)violence, and the future of M&M.

https://www.thenation.com/article/world/trump-venezuela-attacks-liberal-order/#

outro: revelation 420 - Algernon Cadwallader

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fireside chat with fidel and bae. Gaza & manufacturing famine, Professionalism & manufacturing behavior, primitive accumulation & manufacturing extraction, etc. etc.

The Grandeur of Yasser Arafat by Gilles Deleuze

outro music: mangetout by Wet Leg

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of course we ‘had to do it to em.’ Bae & Fidel discuss how H.R.1, or the ‘one big beautiful bill act,’ has its fingerprints not only on healthcare concerns such as Medicaid, the ACA marketplace, and rural care, but also on immigration enforcement that will color the future of ICE raids, detention camps, and beyond. oh there’s also tax cuts for the rich (there’s always fuckn tax cuts for the rich). we also cover some good news, so stay tuned to the closing minutes of the program for a too-rare private equity L.

outro music: pyramid of health by Viagra Boys

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Fidel and Bae have a fireside chat and read a few articles. names mentioned: John Conyers, Bernie Sanders, Debbie Dingell, RFK Jr., Dr. Oz, Casey Means, Luigi Mangione, Andrew Witty, Bryan Thompson.

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Fidel, Bae, & Sigmund review the most recent 500 days of genocide in Gaza (~12:00), discuss the ceasefire agreement (~28:20), and then have a little more fun reflecting on Joe Biden’s overall disastrous tenure as the 46th president (~1:16:00).

Amer’s GoFundMe: https://gofund.me/44940775

Ibrahim’s GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/transform-ibrahims-life-rebuilding-the-future

outro music: three cheers for our side by Orange Juice

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from old cronies to fresh parasocial bonds, our heroes navigate some of Trump’s baffling appointments to key healthcare positions in his upcoming 2nd administration.

outro: terra by geordie greep

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a lot of talk of post-election blues, but not here folks; much to discuss & much to do as the gang returns to discuss Kamala Harris’s disastrous campaign for President and where we go from here.

https://palestineaction.org/

outro: love me, i’m a liberal by Phil Ochs

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a BOYZ ONLY Fireside Chat on Hezb0llah & the assassination of Hassan Nasrallah

music:

alesis by Mk.gee

a whiter shade of pale by Shigeo Sekito

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