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LISTEN: The Public (Health) Lives of Pets
For so many Americans, pets are members of the family. And our interactions with animals — in our homes, on our farms, and in the wild — shape our health in some important ways. Abdul reflects on what he’s learned about health working in animal welfare. Then he sits down with

LISTEN: How to build a resilient public health workforce.
Public health professionals are people, too. Too often, though, we don’t think about them that way — their needs, their hopes, and aspirations, their individual skills and areas of passion. But if we want a functional public health system, we really should. Abdul reflects on the experience of leading public
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10 hard-earned recommendations from the trenches.
“Of all the people I expected this from, YOU were definitely not one of them.” I said, exasperated.
I had known this friend for a decade—he and I had gone to college together. We even took science classes together! It’s why I

LISTEN: The Other Side of Oppenheimer
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Last summer’s blockbuster “Oppenheimer” took home best picture for a stirring portrayal of the man behind the world’s most dangerous weapon. But there’s a part the story left out: the devastation wrought by nuclear weapons testing on communities here in the US. Abdul reflects

LISTEN: Could Medical Tech be “Coded to Kill”? This Medical School Dean Has Thoughts.
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In a time when AI is creating new realities faster than we can make sense of them, we need to imagine possible future scenarios to prepare. Which is why a new novel by Marschall Runge, Dean of the University of Michigan Medical School, is so prescient. In