S1E15 / Health Coverage in a Pandemic / Dr. Donald Berwick and Karen Pollitz

#SARSCoV2 #COVID19 #COVID #coronavirus

BONUS / Speaking Truth to COVID / Stacey Abrams

S1E14 / Disability Shouldn’t Be a Liability / Senator Maggie Hassan and Rebecca Cokley

#SARSCoV2 #COVID19 #COVID #coronavirus

S1E13 / A Black Plague / Dr. Helene Gayle and Dr. Aletha Maybank

“As a nation, we've got to put in place a public health system that includes disease preparedness, so that we're ready for whatever is the...

S1E12 / COVID and Punishment / Dr. Homer Venters, Norman Ornstein, and Judge Steven Leifman

“There’s no social distancing in the prisons, almost no protective gear for anybody, and if you also have a serious mental illness…...

S1E11 / Surviving COVID / David Lat

"The other point I made about ventilators is, they're not a panacea. Many patients don't survive them, but I don't think that reduces their...

S1E10 / Dr. Tony Fauci: From One Pandemic to Another / Mark Harrington and Peter Staley

“Infectious diseases, whether that's HIV or coronavirus, often fall most heavily on the shoulders of the most marginalized, the least...

S1E9 / Did Anybody See This Coming? / Juliette Kayyem

"It’s not an on/off switch. We are living with coronavirus until we get a vaccine, and that could be 18 months, if we’re lucky.” -...

S1E8 / Unequal: Race, Status, and COVID-19 / Jeneen Interlandi and Greg Asbed

People who don’t have access to medical care, people who don’t have access to the healthcare system in general, are going to be much...

S1E7 / The Destiny of Nations Depends on How They Feed Themselves / Chef José Andrés

“I think today we are going to be doing roughly 125,000 meals across America in very strategic places. Restaurants transforming to...

S1E6 / We All Count: Civil Rights & Coronavirus / Michael Macagnone and Vanita Gupta

“The nation is confronting this kind of social distancing and quarantine for the first time in the modern era, and it isn't clear to me...

S1E5 / On the Frontlines and in Peoples' Minds / Adam Grant

"I have to say it's really weird to be at Bellevue right now. On the one hand, it feels like a ghost town. Basically, the hospital has...

BONUS / A False Dichotomy: Airborne versus Droplet / Roxanne Khamsi and Lydia Bourouiba

On March 14, 2020, Roxanne Khamsi published an article in Wired magazine: "They Say Coronavirus Isn't Airborne—but It's Definitely Borne...

BONUS / Running Out of Time / Michael Donnelly

Michael Donnelly is a professional data scientist, policy researcher, and economist. He joined us to discuss epidemiological modeling of...

S1E4 / Our Health System's in Trouble / Dan Diamond and Andrew Slavitt

Dan Diamond from Politico and Dr. Andrew Slavitt, former head of Medicare/Medicaid, join Dr. Celine Gounder and Ron Klain to discuss the...

S1E3 / Flatten the Curve / Helen Branswell and Dr. Craig Spencer

We're preparing for a surge. A big one. What does this mean for health care workers?#SARSCoV2 #COVID19 #coronavirus

S1E2 / The Test Kit Debacle / Dr. Tom Frieden

Our special guest this week is Dr. Tom Frieden, the former director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and former...

S1E1 / Do we need a coronavirus czar?

“We cannot build a wall, a real wall, or a metaphorical wall to keep this disease out. We have to understand it's coming. It's here...

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