America Dissected

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

Episodes

Total: 268

Online sports betting has exploded over the past few years as 18 states have legalized it. Already a

Spring forward has taken all the spring out of my step. It’s even worse from my four year old who’s

COVID really is over this time, right? Abdul reflects on the fact that public health is about what w

Who knew “take a hike” was really powerful health advice? Abdul reflects on the power of one of the

Too often, we focus on the disease that affect people rather than the people those diseases are affe

Public health requires us to believe that there is “a public” above and beyond ourselves as individu

One of the most galling examples of inequity in America continues to be the stunningly high rate at

Your right to swing your first ends where my face starts. That principle captures the limits of our

President Biden ran on the idea of offering Americans a “public option” for health insurance — a gov

CDC something wrong here?

2022/1/18

The CDC is the nation–perhaps the world’s–most preeminent public health agency. But it’s taken quite

Marginalized communities–including low-income and Black and brown folks, and women and LGBT people–a

Abdul and Guest Host Tre’vell Anderson answer everything you wanted to know (and maybe didn’t know y

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has promised action on President Biden’s Build Back Better agen

Imagine someone could patent your arm, or your mouth. Well, for a long time, someone could patent a

Uh-Omicron

2021/12/7

Omicron has now made landfall in the US. We are learning more about the variant every day—good, bad,

Teeth with Mary Otto

2021/11/30

Because of an accident of history, we think of our teeth as being wholly separate from the rest of o

The movement to legalize cannabis has marked some major wins, helping us better understand its benef

Our health is inevitably tied to the health of our planet. At COP26, the world’s leaders tried to sa

Were we set up to fail? And how does our failure affect the most vulnerable people in society? Abdul

Decades of public health efforts turned America’s young people against smoking. And then JUUL made i