The Zero Hour with RJ Eskow

Paul Farmer, M.D., Ph.D., is Kolokotrones University Professor and chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School, chief of the Division of Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, and Co-founder and chief strategist of Partners In Health. Farmer and his colleagues have pioneered novel, community-based treatment strategies that demonstrate the delivery of high-quality health care in resource-poor settings. He has written extensively on health, human rights, and the consequences of social inequality. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, from which he was the recipient of the 2018 Public Welfare Medal.

He has authored multiple books, including: In the Company of the Poor: Conversations with Dr. Paul Farmer and Fr. Gustavo Gutiérrez, Reimagining Global Health: An Introduction, and To Repair the World: Paul Farmer Speaks to the Next Generation. His most recent book will be released in November 2020: Fevers, Feuds, and Diamonds: Ebola and the Ravages of History.

Lynn Parramore is a cultural historian and author

Sarah Miller is the Executive Director of the American Economic Liberties Project. Previously, she served as the Deputy Director of the Open Markets Institute, which was credited by Rolling Stone as “the driving force behind the resurgence in public understanding and desire for action around antitrust and monopolies.” She is also Co-Chair of Freedom From Facebook, a coalition of progressive groups that succeeded in bringing the concept of breaking up Facebook into the mainstream.

Alex Lawson is Executive Director of Social Security Works and Co-Host of "Solidarity Live!" 

Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times

Author of “Iron Empires: Robber Barons, Railroads, and the Making of Modern America,” just published by Houghton Mifflin

Michael Hiltzik is a Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times
Author of “Iron Empires: Robber Barons, Railroads, and the Making of Modern America,” just published by Houghton Mifflin

Rebecca Vallas is a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress

Dr. MarkAlain Dery is an infectious diseases doctor and founder of 102.3 WHIV-FM

David Dayen is Executive Editor of The American Prospect