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Anthropology June 3, 2023

Health in Ruins

The Capitalist Destruction of Medical Care at a Colombian Maternity Hospital

César Ernesto Abadía-Barrero

Hosted by María Camila Núñez Gómez
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In Health in Ruins: The Capitalist Destruction of Medical Care at a Colombian Maternity Hospital (Duke UP, 2022), César Ernesto Abadía-Barrero chronicles the story of El Materno—Colombia’s oldest maternity and …

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Disability Studies June 3, 2023

Dyslexia

A History

Philip Kirby and Margaret J. Snowling

Hosted by Shu Wan
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In 1896 the British physician William Pringle Morgan published an account of “Percy,” a “bright and intelligent boy, quick at games, and in no way inferior to others of his …
Disability Studies June 1, 2023

Prenatal Genetic Testing, Abortion, and Disability Justice

Amber Knight and Joshua Miller

Hosted by Shu Wan
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The routinization of non-invasive prenatal genetic testing (NIPT) raises urgent questions about disability rights and reproductive justice. Supporters defend NIPT on the grounds that genetic information about the fetus helps …
Indian Ocean World May 29, 2023

Histories of Health and Materiality in the Indian Ocean World

Medicine, Material Culture and Trade, 1600-2000

Anne Gerritsen and Burton Cleetus

Hosted by Ahmed Almaazmi
Histories of Health and Materiality in the Indian Ocean World: Medicine, Material Culture and Trade, 1600-2000 (Bloomsbury, 2023): Introducing materiality into the study of the history of medicine, this volume hones …
Chinese Studies May 24, 2023

Reproductive Realities in Modern China

Birth Control and Abortion, 1911-2021

Sarah Mellors Rodriguez

Hosted by Laurie Dickmeyer
In Reproductive Realities in Modern China: Birth Control and Abortion, 1911-2021 (Cambridge UP, 2022), assistant professor of history at Missouri State University, Sarah Mellors Rodriguez explores the longue durée history …
Women's History May 21, 2023

From Back Alley to the Border

Criminal Abortion in California, 1920-1969

Alicia Gutierrez-Romine

Hosted by Jeannette Cockroft
In From Back Alley to the Border: Criminal Abortion in California, 1920-1969 (U Nebraska Press, 2020), Alicia Gutierrez-Romine examines the history of criminal abortion in California and the role abortion providers …
Religion May 21, 2023

Conspirituality

How New Age Conspiracy Theories Became a Public Health Threat

Derek Beres, Matthew Remski, and Julian Walker

Hosted by Blair Hodges
Conspirituality: How New Age Conspiracy Theories Became a Public Health Threat (PublicAffairs, 2023) is a much-needed analysis of wellness, new age, and yoga influencers who’ve gone down the rabbit hole …
The Future of . . . with Owen Bennett-Jones May 19, 2023

The Future of the Human Heart

A Discussion with Vincent M. Figueredo

Vincent M. Figueredo

Hosted by Owen Bennett-Jones
Long considered the most important of all organs, the human heart has fascinated artists and scientists alike. Listen to cardiologist Vincent Figueredo discuss knowledge of and attitudes towards the heart …
Dan Hill's EQ Spotlight May 18, 2023

The Invisible Machine

The Startling Truth About Trauma and the Scientific Breakthrough That Can Transform Your Life

Eugene Lipov and Jamie Mustard

Hosted by Dan Hill
Today I talked to Eugene Lipov about his new book (co-authored with Jamie Mustard), The Invisible Machine: The Startling Truth About Trauma and the Scientific Breakthrough That Can Transform Your Life (BenBella …
Darts & Letters May 17, 2023

Misinformed

The Covid Lab Leak Theory and the Politics of Misinformation

Branko Marcetic and Nicole M. Krause

Hosted by Gordon Katic
The COVID-19 lab leak theory went from being dismissed as mere misinformation, to now a credible matter of debate amongst media, scientific, and intelligence organizations. What’s changed, and what does …
Princeton UP Ideas Podcast May 15, 2023

Period

The Real Story of Menstruation

Kate Clancy

Hosted by Mark Klobas
Menstruation is something half the world does for a week at a time, for months and years on end, yet it remains largely misunderstood. Scientists once thought of an individual's …
Policing, Incarceration, and Reform May 15, 2023

The Prescription-To-Prison Pipeline

The Medicalization and Criminalization of Pain

Michelle Smirnova

Hosted by Deidre Tyler
In The Prescription-To-Prison Pipeline: The Medicalization and Criminalization of Pain (Duke UP, 2023), Michelle Smirnova argues that the ongoing opioid drug epidemic is the result of an endless cycle in …
Disability Studies May 14, 2023

Disability Dialogues

Advocacy, Science, and Prestige in Postwar Clinical Professions

Andrew J. Hogan

Hosted by Shu Wan
Disability activism has fundamentally changed American society for the better--and along with it, the views and practices of many clinical professionals. After 1945, disability self-advocates and family advocates pushed for …
MIT Press Podcast May 13, 2023

Jonathan M. Berman on Anti-Vaxxers

America & Democracy Ep. 2

Jonathan M. Berman

Hosted by MIT Press
In this series of interviews from The MIT Press Podcast, we'll be drawing on the research of various authors to reflect on some of the issues shaping the American political …
Madison's Notes May 12, 2023

COVID-19 and the Biosecurity Surveillance Regime

A Conversation with Dr. Aaron Kheriaty

Aaron Kheriaty

Hosted by Annika Nordquist
What's wrong with vaccine mandates? What is the "biosecurity surveillance regime"? Is trust in our public health institutions damaged beyond repair? Dr. Aaron Kheriaty, who was fired by the UC …
Ancient History May 10, 2023

The Scent of Ancient Magic

Britta K. Ager

Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Magic was a fundamental part of the Greco-Roman world. Curses, erotic spells, healing charms, divination, and other supernatural methods of trying to change the universe were everyday methods of coping …
Medicine May 10, 2023

Emotions and Surgery in Britain, 1793-1912

Michael Brown

Hosted by Morteza Hajizadeh
In this innovative analytical account of the place of emotion and embodiment in nineteenth-century British surgery, Michael Brown examines the changing emotional dynamics of surgical culture for both surgeons and …
MIT Press Podcast May 10, 2023

Bita Moghaddam on Ketamine

Pharmacological Histories Ep. 3

Bita Moghaddam

Hosted by MIT Press
In this episode, Bita Moghaddam discusses the emergence of ketamine as a combat anesthetic in the Vietnam war, its transformation into a recreation drug central to club culture, and its …
MIT Press Podcast May 9, 2023

Mikkael A. Sekeres on the Drugs Fighting Leukemia

Pharmacological Histories Ep. 2

Mikkael A. Sekeres

Hosted by MIT Press
This episode offers an insight into the work of leading cancer specialist and author of When Blood Breaks Down, Mikkael A. Sekeres. 1 in 2 people will develop cancer in …
MIT Press Podcast May 8, 2023

Nancy D. Campbell on Naloxone

Pharmacological Histories Ep. 1

Nancy D. Campbell

Hosted by MIT Press
Drawing on interviews with approximately sixty advocates, drug users, former users, friends, families, witnesses, clinicians, and scientists; Nancy D. Campbell has drawn together a history of a defining tragedy of …