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Wellness isn't just about mindfulness, exercise, or the perfect skin. Politics, media, culture, science — everything around us — interact to shape our health. On America Dissected, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed explores what's really making us sick and what we'll need to take on — be it racism, corporate capitalism, or snake oil salesmen — to keep all of us healthy. From insulin price gouging to ineffective sunscreens, America Dissected cuts deeper into the state of health in America. New episodes every Tuesday.

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America Dissected Crooked Media

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    • 4.7 • 4.3K Ratings

Wellness isn't just about mindfulness, exercise, or the perfect skin. Politics, media, culture, science — everything around us — interact to shape our health. On America Dissected, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed explores what's really making us sick and what we'll need to take on — be it racism, corporate capitalism, or snake oil salesmen — to keep all of us healthy. From insulin price gouging to ineffective sunscreens, America Dissected cuts deeper into the state of health in America. New episodes every Tuesday.

Want to know where to start? Here are some fan-favorite episodes to search:
Cannabis Capitalism with David Jernigan
Weight Weight Don’t Tell me with Harriett Brown
Black Scientists Matter with Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett

    Cash as Medicine in Flint, Michigan.

    Cash as Medicine in Flint, Michigan.

    For nearly a decade, Flint, Michigan has been synonymous with the lead and water crisis that put the city on the map. But Flint is resilient. Abdul reflects on the central role of poverty in all that Flint experienced. Then he speaks with Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, the pediatrician who uncovered the water crisis, and Prof. Luke Shaefer, an anti-poverty researcher, about their new “Rx Kids” program to provide cash to pregnant moms to solve poverty in Flint.

    • 48 min
    No, IVF Embryos Aren’t Kids.

    No, IVF Embryos Aren’t Kids.

    A few weeks ago, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that embryos created in the IVF process had the same rights as children. The ruling was a warning of just how far the anti-abortion might go. Abdul reflects on the hypocrisy at the core of the ruling. Then he sits down with Elisabeth Smith, Director for State Policy and Advocacy at the Center for Reproductive Rights to discuss the broader implications of the ruling and what it means for people in Alabama and beyond.

    • 44 min
    The Invisible Kingdom of Chronic Illness

    The Invisible Kingdom of Chronic Illness

    Chronic illness is debilitating. But it’s not just the pain and dysfunction it causes, but the anxiety of not really knowing when it’ll strike — or get worse. Abdul reflects on the ways that science has been diverted by the goals of the healthcare industrial complex away from answering questions at the edge of chronic illness. Then he sits down with author Megan O’Rourke, author of Invisible Kingdom, a book about the experience of living with a chronic autoimmune disorder, about her experience, how it changed her, and what she wishes more people understood about it.

    • 54 min
    Defunding Public Health? One County Tried. It Didn’t Go Well.

    Defunding Public Health? One County Tried. It Didn’t Go Well.

    Ottawa County, Michigan made national news last year after a MAGA take over of its County Commission. Their first major act? To try to defund their public health department. Abdul reflects on the impending risk of this across the country. Then he sits down with Adeline Hambley and Marcia Mansaray, the leaders of the Ottawa County Health Department to learn what happened — and what they did next.

    • 56 min
    How Cars Got More Deadly

    How Cars Got More Deadly

    More pedestrians are dying in auto accidents. Abdul reflects on the public health challenges that cars pose in general. Then he sits down with Dr. Deborah Kuhls, a trauma surgeon who studies pedestrian fatalities to understand why and how to stop it.

    • 45 min
    Sickle Cell and All the Diseases We Choose to Ignore

    Sickle Cell and All the Diseases We Choose to Ignore

    Sickle Cell Disease is a debilitating genetic disease that almost exclusively affects Black folks. While genetic breakthroughs have made a cure possible, the high price tag may keep them away from people who need them. Abdul reflects on the way that society shapes the scientific questions we ask — and whose diseases we take seriously. Then he interviews Dr. Titilope Fasipe, a pediatric hematologist who treats sickle cell disease — and has lived with the disease her whole life.

    • 56 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
4.3K Ratings

4.3K Ratings

smroland12 ,

Excellent!

Always excellent and I always learn something new. Bravo!

reviewthis? ,

6/5 Stars!

Love this podcast! I look forward to the new drop every week. Dr. Abdul is an informed and entertaining host centering his show around many of the critical issues facing America in the 21st century. Great soundtrack too!

DNelson21956 ,

Public Health Primer

Anyone remotely interested in public health should listen to these podcasts regularly. If one is in public health, the show is a masterclass on timely topics. I regularly send the show to my students and to colleagues and practitioners in the field. Onward!

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