Best LEF Podcasts (2025)

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No Opinion w/ Lara Sheehi & Sophie Lewis (11/06/25) 1:39:57

14h ago1:39:57

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To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpodBeatrice and Tracy speak with Lara Sheehi and Sophie Lewis about the role of cultural production in political action, in disrupting genocide, and in standing against hegemonic interests, and about why they worked to organize a boycott …

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Teaser - Born in Flames w/ Bench Ansfield (11/03/25) 18:36

4d ago18:36

18:36

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/142681697Beatrice and Tracy speak with Bench Ansfield about their new book charting the rise of the FIRE economy (finance, insurance, real estate) in the 1970s and how this new evolution of racial capitalism led landlords to set fire to their…

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Enemy Feminisms w/ Sophie Lewis (Re-Air) 1:27:02

8d ago1:27:02

1:27:02

Note: This episode was originally released February 20th and is being re-aired today. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpodBeatrice speaks with Sophie Lewis about the history of “fascist feminisms,” what this history can tell us about the current state of US politics, and…

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Teaser - Liberatory Harm Reduction w/ Shira Hassan 17:26

11d ago17:26

17:26

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/142198757Beatrice speaks with Shira Hassan about reclaiming harm reduction from public health, reclaiming formations of "peer work" from the nonprofit world, and building the politics and practice of surviving together.Find Shira's book, Savi…

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Another Way Out w/ William C. Anderson (Unlocked) 1:34:59

15d ago1:34:59

1:34:59

This episode was originally released June 23rd for Death Panel patrons and is being unlocked today for the first time. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpodBeatrice speaks with William C. Anderson about the liberal tendency to limit political action to voting while simult…

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Teaser - Solidarity with Children w/ Madeline Lane-McKinley (10/20/25) 18:43

19d ago18:43

18:43

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/141679955Beatrice speaks with Madeline Lane-McKinley about what it means to build a politics of solidarity with young people against the pervasive right wing attacks that in order to "protect" the children we must deny their trans identities,…

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Can the Subaltern Starve? (Re-Air) 1:14:42

22d ago1:14:42

1:14:42

Note: This episode was originally released August 28th and is being re-aired today as the article we discuss in the episode has come back under public scrutiny. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpodBeatrice and Artie discuss a disturbing set of arguments that evidence of …

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Teaser - When Things Fall Apart w/ Kelly Hayes (10/13/25) 20:53

25d ago20:53

20:53

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/141148744Against the backdrop of the Trump administration’s attempted occupation of Chicago, Beatrice speaks with Kelly Hayes about holding together in times of rising fascism and her new edited collection Read This When Things Fall Apart: Le…

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Workshops for Gaza 2:02:25

29d ago2:02:25

2:02:25

Note: This episode was originally released October 6th for Death Panel patrons. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpodBeatrice speaks with “L,” “B” and Rosa from Workshops for Gaza about their work trying to redirect funds to keep people alive in Palestine, the importance …

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Refusing Genocide, from Palestine to Pandemic w/ Rasha Abdulhadi 1:15:06

30d ago1:15:06

1:15:06

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Teaser - Workshops for Gaza (10/06/25) 38:37

1M ago38:37

38:37

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/140536777Beatrice speaks with “L,” “B” and Rosa from Workshops for Gaza about their work trying to redirect funds to keep people alive in Palestine, the importance of survival work in this moment, and why we all need to stand up to free the p…

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Deny, Defend, Depose: Health Struggle After "Luigi" (DP x S25) (Re-Air) 51:32

1M ago51:32

51:32

This episode was recorded live at the 2025 Socialism Conference in Chicago, where we collaborated with conference organizers to host four discussions over the first weekend in July. All four recordings are now available for Death Panel patrons at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpodfeat. Beatrice, Artie, and Vicky OsterweilSession description: With the ne…

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Teaser - Metastasis: The Rise of the Cancer-Industrial Complex and the Horizons of Care w/ Nafis Hasan (09/29/25) 19:45

1M ago19:45

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Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/140036403Beatrice speaks with Nafis Hasan about how cancer research priorities shifted from environmental and industrial exposure to theories about individual genetic susceptibility, how the neoliberal turn moved cancer intervention from prev…

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Love in a Fucked Up World w/ Dean Spade 1:43:44

1M ago1:43:44

1:43:44

Note: This episode was originally released April 21st for Death Panel patrons and is being unlocked today for the first time. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpodBeatrice speaks with Dean Spade about holding together political coalitions, friendships, and organizing part…

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Teaser - Deaths by Welfare w/ China Mills and John Pring 21:38

2M ago21:38

21:38

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/139496883Beatrice speaks with China Mills and John Pring about how the structure of welfare benefits in the United Kingdom leads to the death of disabled people, the difficulties in documenting such administrative violence and the process of …

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On Calls to "Reopen the Asylums" w/ Liat Ben-Moshe, Leah Harris and Vesper Moore (Re-Air) 1:54:15

2M ago1:54:15

1:54:15

Note: This episode was originally released October 11th, 2023. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at https://www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod.Death Panel podcast host Beatrice Adler-Bolton speaks with Liat Ben-Moshe, Leah Harris and Vesper Moore about increasing calls to "reopen the asylums" and why the …

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Teaser - Beyond Do No Harm w/ Andrea Ritchie (09/15/25) 18:30

2M ago18:30

18:30

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/138979001Beatrice speaks with Andrea Ritchie about why it’s now more important than ever for healthcare workers to resist ICE and refuse to participate in all forms of criminalization of the people they care for. We talk through the Beyond Do…

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Against Carceral Infrastructure w/ Mon Mohapatra (Unlocked) 1:36:36

2M ago1:36:36

1:36:36

Note: This episode was originally released June 30th for Death Panel patrons and is being unlocked today for the first time. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpodBeatrice speaks with Mon Mohapatra of Community Justice Exchange (CJE) about their new resource “If They Build…

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Teaser - Dead Kennedys (09/08/25) 19:28

2M ago19:28

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Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/138451663Artie breaks down the Trump administration's latest attacks on covid vaccines, key moments from RFK's heated Senate testimony last week, and why calls to force RFK out of HHS need to include removing many of the figures he's managed …

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Not Your Rescue Project w/ Chanelle Gallant and Elene Lam (Unlocked) 1:38:36

2M ago1:38:36

1:38:36

Note: This episode was originally released August 11th for Death Panel patrons and is being unlocked today for the first time. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpodBeatrice speaks with Chanelle Gallant and Elene Lam about their book Not Your Rescue Project: Migrant Sex Wo…

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Teaser - The Birth of the Nonprofit Industrial Complex w/ Claire Dunning 5:15

2M ago5:15

5:15

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/137338165Beatrice, Phil, and Jules speak with Claire Dunning about the complex history of how nonprofit organizations became so pervasive in US political life and the issues with how the non-profit system promises to address big, structural problems …

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Can the Subaltern Starve? (08/28/25) 1:14:42

2M ago1:14:42

1:14:42

To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpodBeatrice and Artie discuss a disturbing set of arguments that evidence of famine in Gaza—and genocide deaths themselves—can be invalidated by showing that the victims had “pre-existing conditions” or “underlying health conditions,” mos…

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Teaser - The Cicero Institute and the Making of the Fascist City w/ Rebecca Burns (08/25/25) 20:28

2M ago20:28

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Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/137338165Beatrice and Tracy speak with journalist Rebecca Burns about how Trump’s takeover of D.C. and threats to send the National Guard into U.S. cities under the auspices of fighting a “crime emergency” and “endemic” homelessness echo the …

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Dean Spade on Community Care in the Face of Collapse (DP x S25) 37:58

3M ago37:58

37:58

This episode was recorded live at the 2025 Socialism Conference in Chicago, where we collaborated with conference organizers to host four discussions over the first weekend in July. All four recordings are now available for Death Panel patrons at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpodFor a longer discussion of some of the themes addressed in this session, s…

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Teaser - Immunocapitalism w/ Kathryn Olivarius (Re-Air) 4:23

3M ago4:23

4:23

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/136779075Beatrice speaks with Kathryn Olivarius about the economy and social structure that emerged around yellow fever in antebellum New Orleans, the ecosystem of deniers, capitalists, and novel theories of "immunity" that shaped it, and her…

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Gender, Sexuality, Reproduction and the State: Fighting Back Against the So-Called Law (DP x S25) 51:29

3M ago51:29

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This episode was recorded live at the 2025 Socialism Conference in Chicago, where we collaborated with conference organizers to host four discussions over the first weekend in July. All four recordings are now available for Death Panel patrons at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpodfeat. Beatrice, Sophie Lewis, Melissa Gira GrantSession description: As th…

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Teaser - Not Your Rescue Project w/ Chanelle Gallant and Elene Lam (08/11/25) 25:04

3M ago25:04

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Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/136180934Beatrice speaks with Chanelle Gallant and Elene Lam about their book Not Your Rescue Project: Migrant Sex Workers Fighting for Justice and the solidarities required to organize at the intersection of sex work, migrant justice, and di…

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The Proletariat Has No Homeland: Property and the Surplus Class (DP x S25) 44:45

3M ago44:45

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This episode was recorded live at the 2025 Socialism Conference in Chicago, where we collaborated with conference organizers to host four discussions over the first weekend in July. All four recordings are now available for Death Panel patrons at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpodfeat. Beatrice, Tracy Rosenthal, Marques VestalSession description: Discus…

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Teaser - Empty Rights and Underlying Conditions (08/04/25) 27:13

3M ago27:13

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Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/135737340Beatrice, Artie and Tracy discuss the potential impacts of a new Trump executive order called “Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets,” which threatens to dramatically expand involuntary psychiatric commitment and make it eas…

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A Death Panel History of Medicare (Re-Air) 1:13:49

3M ago1:13:49

1:13:49

This week marks the 60th anniversary of Medicare. To mark the occasion, even as the Trump administration continues to assail health programs, today we bring you a DP classic: A Death Panel History of Medicare, originally released for patrons on July 5th, 2021.This week we also released a big rundown of the healthcare cuts in Trump's budget bill and…

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Teaser - “Welfare for Deloitte” (07/28/25) 21:02

3M ago21:02

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Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/135176028Beatrice, Artie and Phil discuss the effects the recently passed “One Big Beautiful Bill” will have on the healthcare system for years to come, the effects we’re already seeing, and why it’s one of the biggest blows to the US welfare…

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Deny, Defend, Depose: Health Struggle After "Luigi" (DP x S25) 51:32

4M ago51:32

51:32

This episode was recorded live at the 2025 Socialism Conference in Chicago, where we collaborated with conference organizers to host four discussions over the first weekend in July. All four recordings are now available for Death Panel patrons at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpodfeat. Beatrice, Artie, and Vicky OsterweilSession description: With the ne…

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Teaser - All Death Panel x Socialism Conference 2025 Sessions Now Live for Patrons 20:53

4M ago20:53

20:53

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/134643287Today's patron episode is, instead, four episodes: our sessions in collaboration with this year's Socialism Conference. Just over three hours in total, and featuring contributions from Tracy Rosenthal, Melissa Gira Grant, Vicky Oster…

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The Pro-Infection Presidency w/ Jane Thomason 1:10:12

4M ago1:10:12

1:10:12

Note: We are back from parental leave! This episode was originally released June 2nd for Death Panel patrons and is being unlocked today for the first time. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpodBeatrice speaks with Jane Thomason of National Nurses United (NNU) about the T…

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Teaser - "Alligator Alcatraz" and the Fascist Landscape w/ Melissa Gira Grant (07/14/25) 21:23

4M ago21:23

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Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/134133903Beatrice speaks with Melissa Gira Grant about “Alligator Alcatraz,” Trump’s new concentration camp in Florida. We discuss what the site means for the US under new, swelling ICE budgets, how it reflects a fascist fantasy of using the …

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Disability and the Ongoing Federalism Revolution w/ Karen Tani and Katie Eyer (Unlocked) 1:26:09

4M ago1:26:09

1:26:09

Note: We are back from parental leave! This episode was originally released May 6th, 2024 for Death Panel patrons and is being unlocked today for the first time. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpodBeatrice and Phil speak with legal scholars Karen Tani and Katie Eyer abo…

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Teaser - Unbuild Walls w/ Silky Shah (Re-Air) 25:11

4M ago25:11

25:11

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/132654803Beatrice speaks with Silky Shah about the historical and material links between the rise of the immigration detention system and mass incarceration, and her new book, Unbuild Walls: Why Immigrant Justice Needs Abolition.Note: This ep…

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There Is No Place For Us w/ Brian Goldstone (Unlocked) 1:42:00

4M ago1:42:00

1:42:00

Note: We are back from parental leave! This episode was originally released May 19th for Death Panel patrons and is being unlocked today. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpodBeatrice and Tracy speak with Brian Goldstone about how we intentionally undercount the homeless …

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Teaser - Against Carceral Infrastructure w/ Mon Mohapatra (06/30/25) 26:53

4M ago26:53

26:53

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/132653960Beatrice speaks with Mon Mohapatra of Community Justice Exchange (CJE) about their new resource “If They Build It: Organizing Lessons & Strategies Against Carceral Infrastructure,” a resource looking at the strategies deployed in ant…

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Long Covid Under Trump w/ Sick Times (06/26/25) 1:27:10

4M ago1:27:10

1:27:10

To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpodBeatrice speaks with Betsy Ladyzhets and Miles W. Griffis of The Sick Times about what the Trump administration has done in its first few months to set back long covid research and to deepen what we’ve long called the sociological prod…

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Teaser - Another Way Out w/ William C. Anderson (06/23/25) 23:24

5M ago23:24

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Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/132134082Beatrice speaks with William C. Anderson about the liberal tendency to limit political action to voting while simultaneously blaming victims of the electoral system for their own oppression (e.g. dismissal of the south as somehow “de…

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US v. Skrmetti and the Long History of Youth Transition 1:45:13

5M ago1:45:13

1:45:13

Note: This episode was originally released for patrons on September 23rd, 2024 and is being re-aired today in reponse to the Supreme Court's ruling in the case, as Artie explains at beginning of the episode. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpodBeatrice and Jules discuss …

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Teaser - What We Burn w/ Marques Vestal (06/16/25) 14:47

5M ago14:47

14:47

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/131635837Against the backdrop of riotous anti-ICE actions in Los Angeles, Beatrice and Tracy speak with Marques Vestal about the history of property and place, eviction and forced removal in LA and how the state's policies of expulsion shaped…

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Seizing the Means of Reproduction w/ Annie Powers & Tracy Rosenthal (Re-Air) 1:17:16

5M ago1:17:16

1:17:16

Note: This episode was originally released November 14th, 2024 and is being re-aired today in solidarity with the actions taking place in Los Angeles and elsewhere. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpodBeatrice and Tracy Rosenthal speak with Annie Powers about how our org…

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Sick Sad World w/ Vicky Osterweil (Unlocked) 1:52:49

5M ago1:52:49

1:52:49

Note: We are back from parental leave! This episode was originally released April 28th for Death Panel patrons and is being unlocked today for the first time in solidarity with the protests in Los Angeles and elsewhere. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpodBeatrice and Vi…

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Mad World w/ Micha Frazer-Carroll (Re-Air) 1:20:30

5M ago1:20:30

1:20:30

Note: This episode was originally released August 31st, 2023 and is being re-aired today as we continue to adjust to our return from parental leave. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpodBeatrice speaks with Micha Frazer-Carroll about her book Mad World: The Politics of Me…

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Teaser - The Pro-Infection Presidency w/ Jane Thomason (06/02/25) 16:38

5M ago16:38

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Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/130544835Beatrice speaks with Jane Thomason of National Nurses United (NNU) about the Trump administration’s disbanding of the CDC’s HICPAC committee, the body that oversees infection control practices across the healthcare industry — and a c…

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Refusing Genocide, from Palestine to Pandemic w/ Rasha Abdulhadi (Re-Air) 1:15:06

5M ago1:15:06

1:15:06

Note: We are back from parental leave! This episode was originally released September 27th, 2024 and is being re-aired today in solidarity with Palestine, and to be able to re-share Rasha's guided reflection near the end of the discussion (beginning 44:55). To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.pa…

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Teaser - Here Come the Long Knives (05/26/25) 24:05

5M ago24:05

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Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/129947873Beatrice and Artie discuss the “GOP Murder Bill” just passed in the House of Representatives, with a particular focus on why adding work requirements to Medicaid is so dangerous, and how brazen the attacks on trans care are under the…

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RFK, Health Capitalism and the Myths of Wellness (Re-Air) 1:27:38

6M ago1:27:38

1:27:38

Note: We are back from parental leave! This episode was originally released for patrons November 18, 2024 and is being re-aired today with a new brief intro from Artie at the top of the episode. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpodOriginal description:Beatrice and Artie …

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