America Dissected

Wellness isn’t just about mindfulness, exercise, or the right skin routine. Science, politics, media

Episodes

Total: 268

COVID without Borders

2020/5/8

Abdul dissects how COVID19 is forcing us to deal with how interconnected our world is, whether we li

Abdul looks at why stay home orders still matter. He'll talk with Dr. Jason Bae, who spent 10 days i

Listeners share what they’re doing with their $1200 checks and then Abdul dissects how a check can b

Abdul looks at recent studies on people infected with coronavirus, and then talks about people who a

Abdul talks with Senator Bernie Sanders about Congress’s most recent COVID19 relief package and how

Recently the CDC released a study that revealed that while African Americans make up only 13% of the

Abdul dissects the scenarios we have for getting out of social distancing and why we still need COVI

COVID and Big Pharma

2020/4/14

The drug hydroxycholoroquine has been all over the news because President Trump and other claim, wit

Abdul dissects the unequal burden of COVID-19 by race, chats with Dr. Sarah Jukaku, a psychiatrist,

Abdul talks to a local bookstore owner about going online after COVID and dissects how this will inf

Abdul dissects how hospitals are struggling under the surge of COVID patients, while writer Naomi Kl

As doctors, nurses, and hospital staff do battle on the front lines, how is the growing pandemic aff

This week the Senate passed a historic, $2 trillion stimulus bill aimed at easing the impact of the

Host Abdul El-Sayed dissects the claim of a possible cure for COVID-19, and then we talk to Dr. Alis

Abdul dissects the news of a vaccine, the concept of “flattening the curve,” and the notion of herd

Abdul dissects President Trump’s State of Emergency Declaration and the true number of cases in Amer

The Coronavirus is now a global pandemic. How did we get here? What went wrong? What do we do about

Throughout this series, we’ve considered how the straining relationship between science and governme

Do you ever go to a bakery and become utterly paralyzed by all the possibilities in the display case

Cradle And All

2019/11/11

Today, many of us can take it for granted that our grandparents will live through our childhood— and