This week: famed author's son dies after anesthesia, the "war on protein", and Arghavan's views on protests in Iran.

Join Arghavan and Alyssa as they into the 'war on protein' narrative propagated by RFK Jr, the tragic story of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's toddler son’s death following an anesthetic in Nigeria, and the ongoing protests in Iran.

They discuss:

New Dietary Guidelines, AKA the end of non-existent " War on Protein"

• Kevin Klatt, PhD, RD (Univ. of Toronto) analyzes the new dietary guidelines in plain language

The death of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s 21 month old son on Wednesday, January 6. His family attributes his death to anesthesia care at EURACARE Multispecialist Hospital in Victoria Island, Lagos.

• Read about the reported conditions around his death in the Nigerian paper The Guardian. The hospital has denied improper care.
• Adichie is best known for her breakout novel, Americanah, and her 2011 TED Talk “Why We Should All Be Feminists”
• You can review the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists’ Workforce Map

Current events in Iran

• Massive protests have been ongoing in Iran for the past few weeks
• 12,000 protesters killed in Iran
• Videos of the Kahrizak forensic center show bodies in body bags
• Iranian regime charges families for the bodies of their loved ones

💊Take Two and Call Me in the Morning💊

• JB Star learns how to do the Dougie (here’s a tutorial for anyone inspired to learn!)
• Noah Wyle’s PSA lambasting RFK Jr on Jimmy Kimmel Live.
• SNL’s Marcello Hernández in American Boy

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Credits

• Production by Arghavan Salles and Alyssa Burgart
• Editing by Alyssa Burgart
• Theme Music by Joseph Uphoff
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