Reproductive Left is a podcast by Mabel Wadsworth Center, a feminist, nonprofit, sexual and reproductive healthcare provider in Bangor, ME. After a three year hiatus, we are back with a new host: Aspen Ruhlin (they, them). Join us as we explore topics that impact our sexual and reproductive health and lives. New episodes the last Friday of the month!
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Politics, culture, and public policy from the left. Stay alive another week. w/ Beatrice Adler-Bolton, Artie Vierkant, Phil Rocco and Jules Gill-Peterson. https://www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
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Nadia Idle, Jeremy Gilbert and Keir Milburn bring you ACFM – a show about left-wing politics, culture, music and experiences of collective joy.
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In Solidarity is an openDemocracy podcast about people, power and politics, co-hosted by our editors based in London, Abuja and Montevideo and featuring guests from the around the world. Get our independent journalism delivered direct to your inbox, join the openDemocracy Newsletter today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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It’s Personal, Not Political shares the real stories behind the reproductive freedom movement in Wyoming. Hosts Marcie Kindred and Kevin Ogle dive into personal experiences to change the conversation around abortion in the Cowboy State. With humor, honesty, and open dialogue, they explore the complexities of reproductive rights while amplifying voices often left out of the headlines. Whether you’re deeply invested in the issue or just curious, this podcast offers thoughtful discussions to he ...
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Christian Infertility support and encouragement from Sarah's Laughter. We interview people that "get" infertility, including those who walk through it and those who walk alongside them.
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Real-life uncut stories of infertility survivors & expert advice that validates, educates, & creates a community where no one is left silently suffering. Your host is Monique, an IVF-mom to one, entrepreneur, and women’s health advocate. Join us as we amplify infertility awareness, heal, & end the stigmas!
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Feeling overwhelmed by the relentless attack on American Democracy by the Religious Right? Welcome to Unreasonable: sane conversations for a country that's lost its friggin' mind. But Unreasonable is more than a podcast. It’s the start of a movement to reverse the inexorable rise of religious fanaticism taking over our government and our lives, on issues from public education, to women’s reproductive health, to the mainstreaming of loud-and-proud racism. Here we not only learn together what ...
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Let’s Talk About Down There, shall we? Welcome to the podcast you wish you had in high school, where everyone and quite (c)literally everything is welcome; words like vagina, scrotum, and nipples are embraced with open arms and nothing is considered TMI. Because with board-certified OB-GYN Dr. Jen Lincoln in charge, shame is not on the menu. As a medical professional, social media educator, mother, author, and advocate for reproductive rights, Dr. Jen is officially OVER the stigma surroundin ...
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This podcast is for former church girls who woke up one day and realized that life was bigger than what Big Mama and the Bible say. These friends were lucky that as they started exploring their identities as Black women, they had each other. The hosts, Kelli King-Jackson, ACC and Kendra Ross, PhD, invite you into their group chat as they talk about faith, f(r)amily, community, politics, and pop culture. They don't believe in leaving any Black woman behind so all are invited into the conversa ...
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How does capitalism affect our personal lives? How does the economy affect life at home, relationships at work, romance and dating? Capitalism Hits Home with Dr. Harriet Fraad is a bi-weekly podcast that explores what is happening in the economic realm and its impact on our individual and social psychology. Learn how to support the podcast. Visit us at: https://www.democracyatwork.info/capitalismhitshome More about Capitalism Hits Home https://www.democracyatwork.info/capitalismhitshome
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"Eugenics and Other Evils," by Gilbert Keith Chesterton. I think G.K. Chesterton explains his book rather well in his introduction, but it might help to start with a sense of the time in question. Chesterton started work on Eugenics and Other Evils in about 1910, but it was not completed and published until 1922. In his own introduction he talks about the period before and after "The War." The war he refers to is now called World War One. We now have a distaste for the word Eugenics, largely ...
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The Communication Studies podcast is bringing the academic study of communication to everyone. We interview academics and other professionals in fields such as public relations, performance studies, professional communication, journalism, radio, TV, games, and more. All with an ear toward making the academic more accessible to everyone. This podcast is a production of the School of Communication Studies at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
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Available on the airwaves and YouTube every Wednesday, Girl and the Gov, The Podcast is an extension of Girl and the Gov®'s mission to provide a platform for Millennials, Zennials, and Gen-Z to engage with the evolving political sphere in an approachable, digestible, and accessible way. Co-hosted by Sammy Kanter and Maddie Medved, the podcast provides an inside look at the ins and outs of government and politics as we know it today through engaging interviews with leaders in the field and se ...
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Endometriosis: an interview with Nurse Practitioner MaryAlice
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42:42We're wrapping up our Summer 2025 season with an interview with our very own Nurse Practitioner MaryAlice to discuss endometriosis! Join our host Aspen as they ask MaryAlice all of the questions you didn't know you had about endometriosis. What is it? How is it diagnosed and treated? Is there any hope of relief for those with endometriosis? What's …
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Gender, Sexuality, Reproduction and the State: Fighting Back Against the So-Called Law (DP x S25)
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51:29This 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)
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25:04Subscribe 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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Epstein — A Marriage of Capitalist Corruption and Misogyny
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33:21Jeffrey Epstein, who was arrested and charged with sex trafficking of minors and conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of minors in New York in 2019, was also accused of sexually assaulting underage girls for nearly two decades. Because he died in jail while awaiting trial, we may never know the extent of his sex trafficking ring or exactly who else…
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The Proletariat Has No Homeland: Property and the Surplus Class (DP x S25)
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44:45This 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)
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27:13Subscribe 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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Life is a School and We Don’t Always Get A’s with Deborah Santana and Keisha Cook
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1:10:23In their Season Two debut episode, hosts Kelli King-Jackson and Kendra Ross are back together again for an with Kendra's cousin Keisha Cook and Kelli's aunt Deborah Santana. In this episode, they explore the nuanced journeys of spiritual deconstruction, the richness and challenges of the Black church, and the importance of grounding in one's faith …
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Keir Starmer claims that growth is the only cure for a country in decline. But why is it the central obsession of modern capitalist economies? And can we think our way out of it before our planet runs out of resources? Nadia, Keir and Jem offer their weird-left take on growth, degrowth, radical abundance, ecomodernism and personal productivity, wit…
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A Death Panel History of Medicare (Re-Air)
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1:13:49This 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)
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21:02Subscribe 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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Social Reproduction Theory Illuminates the Issues of Our Time
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21:02There has been an extensive study of workers and the commodities they produce. When it comes to who produces those workers, or who produces people, gives birth to them, raises them, and socializes them, there is a lot less material that examines that type of work. Social Reproduction Theory examines the aspects of capitalism and bridges the gap bet…
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Deny, Defend, Depose: Health Struggle After "Luigi" (DP x S25)
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51:32This 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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Patriarchy refuses to die. In every country of the world, women are oppressed by male violence, patriarchal religions, and ideas of the family. But women are resisting, as Rahila Gupta explains, in a fascinating analysis that takes us from Riyadh and Russia, to Rojava. Buy Planet Patriarchy: Global Tales of Feminism and Oppression: https://uk.books…
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Season Two Trailer- Welcome back to the group chat!
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1:55In this season two trailer of the This Womanist Work podcast, hosts Kendra Ross and Kelly King-Jackson invite listeners to join a journey that intertwines spirituality with politics and pop culture. The season focuses on the role of Black women in theology, exploring their historical contributions and contemporary influence. Throughout the season y…
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Teaser - All Death Panel x Socialism Conference 2025 Sessions Now Live for Patrons
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20:53Subscribe 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
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1:10:12Note: 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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The tech start-up targeting sexual assault survivors
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34:58Content warning: This episode discusses sexual assault, rape and trauma. When our investigative reporter Sian Norris heard worrying claims about a Silicon Valley-style start-up targeting rape survivors at universities in Bristol, she knew she needed to uncover what exactly was going on. Over the next six months, Sian interviewed more than a dozen p…
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Teaser - "Alligator Alcatraz" and the Fascist Landscape w/ Melissa Gira Grant (07/14/25)
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21:23Subscribe 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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ACFM Microdose: Social Reproduction
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1:08:16Following their Trip episode about Cleaning, the ACFM crew take a closer look at the hidden labour that keeps the economy running. Would public canteens solve 80% of our problems? Find the books and music mentioned in the show: https://novara.media/acfm Sign up to the ACFM newsletter: https://novaramedia.com/newsletters Help us build people-powered…
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Out With The Old, In With The New: Mamdani’s Win is for All
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18:25Zohran Mamdani’s recent victory in the Democratic primary for New York City’s mayor has shaken up the old establishment and is becoming a symbol of progress and real, meaningful change for younger generations, and everyone else, whether or not they like it. With over 40k volunteers and a meter $1.7 million raised, Mamdani’s margin of victory agains…
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Disability and the Ongoing Federalism Revolution w/ Karen Tani and Katie Eyer (Unlocked)
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1:26:09Note: 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)
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25:11Subscribe 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)
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1:42:00Note: 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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Who is funding Nigel Farage’s Reform party - and why?
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28:05This is the first episode of our new mini-series exploring the financial interests of political parties in England and Wales. Nigel Farage’s Reform UK has banked almost £5m from wealthy donors since 2023, including those with links to fossil fuels, the financial services industry and tax havens. It has also received significant financial investment…
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Teaser - Against Carceral Infrastructure w/ Mon Mohapatra (06/30/25)
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26:53Subscribe 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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In the socialist utopia of our dreams, who exactly is doing the cleaning? Nadia, Jem and Keir confront a tricky topic in this ACFM Trip. With music from X-Ray Spex, The B-52s and more, they offer their weird-left perspective on everything from dirty dishes and bodily secretions to circumcision, pollution and the caste system. Find the books and mus…
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Social Reproduction Theory: A Tool for Changing U.S. Society
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19:35It examines the types of labor that shape human beings outside of waged work, both before and after they enter the waged workforce. Social Reproduction Theory complements Marxist theories of labor at the workplace by introducing the labor that shapes human beings outside of waged work. Learn more about CHH: We make it a point to provide the show fr…
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We're continuing our Summer 2025 season with a dive into Diet Culture! Join our host Aspen as they discuss the ways that diet culture harms us and how it intersects with a range of topics. Who is harmed by diet culture? What does racism have to do with it? Answer these questions and more in this month's episode of Reproductive Left!Introductory res…
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Long Covid Under Trump w/ Sick Times (06/26/25)
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1:27:10To 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)
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23:24Subscribe 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
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1:45:13Note: 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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On 17 June 2025 UK Parliament voted to decriminalise abortion in England and Wales, reversing a Victorian-era law. The amendment will prevent women from being prosecuted for ending a pregnancy after 24 weeks or without approval from two doctors. We spoke to our senior investigative reporter Sian Norris, author of Bodies Under Siege: How the Far-Rig…
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Teaser - What We Burn w/ Marques Vestal (06/16/25)
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14:47Subscribe 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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How Economic Transformations Impact America's Mental Health
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34:32In this episode of Capitalism Hits Home, Dr. Fraad examines the impact of recent global economic losses on the personal lives of Americans, from marriage and family to mental health. Learn more about CHH: We make it a point to provide the show free of ads. Your contributions help keep this content free and accessible to all. If you would like to si…
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Earlier this year, openDemocracy explored how successive governments had cracked down on protest rights. Now, with Just Stop Oil activists facing lengthy sentences for "conspiring" to commit protest offences, the impact of these laws is being felt more than ever. We sat down with human rights lawyer Katy Watts to discuss the sentencing, and how she…
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Seizing the Means of Reproduction w/ Annie Powers & Tracy Rosenthal (Re-Air)
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1:17:16Note: 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)
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1:52:49Note: 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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Generation Crisis: Why generational labels miss the mark
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26:35Boomers ruined everything, Millennials are work-shy and Gen Z can’t comprehend anything that isn’t a TikTok dance. Generational language defines the way we think about broad cohorts of society, but is this way of viewing the world dividing us further at a time when solidarity has never been more important? Tom Nicholas, a writer, filmmaker and YouT…
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Mad World w/ Micha Frazer-Carroll (Re-Air)
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1:20:30Note: 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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Following the recent Trip episode on Heroes, Keir and Jem return with a Microdose focusing on the masked, the winged and the mutated. Why are superheroes such a cultural mainstay? What psychological and political desires do they fulfil? Are they inherently reactionary? From Superman to Batman, Wonder Woman to 2000AD, it’s a weird left reading of su…
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Teaser - The Pro-Infection Presidency w/ Jane Thomason (06/02/25)
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16:38Subscribe 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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Pelvic Floor Health: an interview with Dr. Meaghan
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28:09We're kicking off our Summer 2025 season with an interview with Dr. Meaghan, local pelvic floor physical therapy extraordinaire! What even is the pelvic floor? Who has one? (Hint: everyone who has a pelvis) Can anything be done about pelvic pain? Answer these questions and more in this episode of Reproductive Left!Learn more about Dr. Meaghan and h…
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Refusing Genocide, from Palestine to Pandemic w/ Rasha Abdulhadi (Re-Air)
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1:15:06Note: 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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Alicia Utecht, PhD candidate in the SIU School of Communication Studies, joins Mario to talk about her fate to attend SIU going back to her time in undergrad, academic service, disability studies, fandoms, and family communication.
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Teaser - Here Come the Long Knives (05/26/25)
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24:05Subscribe 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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