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America Dissected

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. New podcast episodes every Tuesday. Subscribe wherever you listen.

LISTEN: How Big Was the Hammer SCOTUS Just Took to Government as We Know It?

LISTEN: How Big Was the Hammer SCOTUS Just Took to Government as We Know It?

The Supreme Court is an unelected body–there was a time when the justices understood that. Not this court. In their most recent set of rulings, they took a hammer to the fundamentals of American government. Abdul unpacks the most important ruling. Then he sits down with Leah Litman, Constitutional

LISTEN: Scientists Argue that this Genetic Test’s Results are “no better than a coin flip.” The FDA approved it anyway.

LISTEN: Scientists Argue that this Genetic Test’s Results are “no better than a coin flip.” The FDA approved it anyway.

Episode Description: Recently, the FDA approved a genetic test for opioid use disorder despite clear opposition from scientists and the FDA advisory panel that had reviewed the evidence. The case demonstrates the space where Pharma’s incentive may drive innovation that may not help–or worse, cause harm. Abdul reflects

LISTEN: Public health 🤝 Healthcare

LISTEN: Public health 🤝 Healthcare

To the untrained eye, public health and healthcare are–if not the same thing–then two sides of the same coin. But to those of us who work in public health, healthcare is too often a giant vacuum of health dollars focused more on the bottom line than public wellbeing.

LISTEN: Our Institutions Have Long Covid with David Wallace-Wells

LISTEN: Our Institutions Have Long Covid with David Wallace-Wells

The pandemic didn’t change everything–it just made everything weird. From declining trust in institutions to the growing power of Big Tech on our lives, we are struggling to deal with the world as it’s become. Abdul reflects on the long tail of the pandemic. Then he sits

LISTEN: When Racism goes “Systemic”

LISTEN: When Racism goes “Systemic”

Racism is among this country’s most persistent original sins. Not only does it pattern access to everything from education to housing to jobs — but infant mortality, cancer, and life expectancy. Abdul reflects on the stickiness of racism. Then he interviews author and journalist Dr. Layal Liverpool, author of the

LISTEN: Our Mental Health System is Broken

LISTEN: Our Mental Health System is Broken

We talk a lot more about mental health than we used to — and that’s served to destigmatize it and promote opportunities to improve it. But that conversation has yet to improve mental healthcare for those who need it most. Abdul reflects on why we still have so much further

LISTEN: Bernie Sanders on a 32-hour workweek, the Long COVID moonshot, and Ozempic

LISTEN: Bernie Sanders on a 32-hour workweek, the Long COVID moonshot, and Ozempic

Too many politicians are too beholden to the healthcare industry to propose any meaningful change. That’s not true of the Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, Senator Bernie Sanders. Since 2016, his ideas have animated some of the most important changes in healthcare policy. Abdul

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