Flip the Script

Vaccine Passports, Health Security & Limitations

Max is joined by Adia Benton, PhD, MPH, cultural anthropologist with interests in global health, associate professor of anthropology at Northwestern University. Given her previous work on the HIV and Ebola epidemics, she shares her insights on the U.S.' management of the COVID-19 pandemic, the idea of vaccine passports, health security and ongoing global health concerns including trade, travel, and the more recent Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

Polio and Covid Wars: Warm Springs and Mar-a-Lago

Max is joined by Yale historian of medicine Naomi Rogers, PhD. In their discussion, they compare the US response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the Polio pandemic, with regards to racial disparities during both pandemics, access to treatment and vaccines, and discuss implications for U.S. social and health policy making for the Biden administration.

Black Maternal Health

Max is joined by Jasmine Johnson, MD, Maternal & Fetal Medicine fellow, and obstetrician gynecologist at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. They discuss her work related to preterm birth disparities the toll it has on Black families and other issues related to Black maternal health.

Black Medical Students’ Mental Well-being

In this brief episode, Max is joined by Rachel Hardeman, PhD, MPH, associate professor and endowed Blue Cross Endowed Professor of Health and Racial Equity in the division of health policy and management at the University of Minnesota School of Public Helth. Dr. Hardeman is a reproductive health equity researcher, but on this episode, they discuss her previous work focusing on healthcare workforce diversity and health, more specifically, racial and gender disparities in medical student mental wealth being, and her insights on needed change in that domain. Listen to Flip the Script on iTunes, Spotify, Soundcloud or wherever you get your podcast.

No More to Spend

Max is joined by Luke Messac, MD, PhD, an emergency medicine resident at Brown University and historian of science and medicine. They discuss his recent book, “No More to Spend: Neglect Construction of Scarcity in Malawi’s History of Healthcare.” They cover the impact of colonization and neocolonialism on healthcare policy in Malawi, and draw parallels with U.S. neoliberal policies and lessons applicable is healthcare system. Listen to Flip the Script on iTunes, Spotify, SoundCloud or wherever you get your podcast.