Beatrice speaks with Vicky Osterweil about organizing under a second Trump presidency (and why jumping in takes less than you might think), the historic assassination of the CEO of the US’s most profitable health insurance company, and Daniel Penny’s acquittal.

Read Vicky’s piece “Let’s get started” here: https://all-cats-are-beautiful.ghost.io/keeping-us-safe/

Find CAW Journal here: https://www.cawshinythings.com/

And CAW’s fundraiser here: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/help-launch-caw/#/?perk=5651030

Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism

Find Jules' new book, A Short History of Trans Misogyny, here: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3054-a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny

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Propaganda of the Deed w/ Vicky Osterweil (12/12/24)

Beatrice and Tracy speak with organizers in Los Angeles who have stepped up during the fires to support people the state has left behind. In Part One, we speak with organizers from Youth Justice Coalition and Mask Bloc LA. Part 2 will be out next week.

Find Youth Justice Coalition here: https://linktr.ee/youthjusticela

Donate to Support System Impacted Young People and Their Families: http://youthjusticela.org/donate

Find the audio clip played in the first interview (with subtitles) here:
https://x.com/YouthJusticeLA/status/1877832188583887042
https://x.com/YouthJusticeLA/status/1877834081523859759

Find Mask Bloc LA here: https://linktr.ee/maskblocla

Mask Bloc LA’s Mask Requests and Volunteer Interest Form here: https://www.bit.ly/MBLAfire

Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism

Find Tracy's book, Abolish Rent, here: www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2443-abolish-rent

Find Jules' new book, A Short History of Trans Misogyny, here: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3054-a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny

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LA Burns but We Keep Us Safe (Part One) (01/16/25)

Beatrice and Tracy discuss how the situation in Los Angeles has evolved since last week, and speak with organizers in Los Angeles who have stepped up during the fires to support people the state has left behind. In Part Two, we speak with organizers from the LA Tenants Union's South Central Local, KtownForAll, and Union de Vecinos, the Eastside Local of the LA Tenants Union.

Links to organizations mentioned in the episode:

Find LA Tenant Union (LATU) here: https://latenantsunion.org/

Donate to KtownForAll here: https://www.ktownforall.org/donate 

Donate to National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON) here: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/lafires2025 

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Mask Bloc LA’s Mask Requests and Volunteer Interest Form here: www.bit.ly/MBLAfire

Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism

Find Tracy's book, Abolish Rent, here: www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2443-abolish-rent

Find Jules' new book, A Short History of Trans Misogyny, here: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3054-a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny

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LA Burns but We Keep Us Safe (Part Two) (01/23/25)

This episode was originally released for patrons on November 18th, 2024 and we're unlocking it today with a new introduction in response to this week's RFK confirmation hearings in the Senate. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod

Beatrice and Artie discuss Trump’s nomination of prominent anti-vaxxer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to head the Department of Health and Human Services, the agency overseeing healthcare, infectious disease, food safety, and more. We discuss some of RFK’s more unseemly beliefs, the responses to his nomination so far, and how his nomination doesn’t come out of nowhere, but instead follows decades of struggles over the political economy of health that have laid the groundwork for a figure like him to come into power.

Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism

Find Jules' new book, A Short History of Trans Misogyny, here: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3054-a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny

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RFK, Health Capitalism, and the Myths of Wellness

Beatrice and Jules speak with Melissa Gira Grant about the Trump administration’s anti-trans executive orders in the context of their broader attack on “wokeness” and DEI. We discuss what the broader impact of these orders could be, what elements are a retread of longstanding rightwing attacks on trans life, and what parts of them seem like a new and evolved form of attack.

Read Melissa's piece "Why Are Hospitals Bowing to Trump’s Illegal Gender-Affirming Care Ban?" here:
https://newrepublic.com/article/191084/hospitals-childrens-national-trump-gender-affirming-care-ban

And find more of her recent reporting here:
https://newrepublic.com/authors/melissa-gira-grant

Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism

Find Jules' new book, A Short History of Trans Misogyny, here: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3054-a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny

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Death Panel 562 Theatre of the Austere w/ Melissa Gira Grant (02/06/25)

Theatre of the Austere w/ Melissa Gira Grant (02/06/25)

This episode was originally released for patrons on December 23rd, 2024. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod

We present our 2024 year in review, taking a look back at the last year in the ongoing social and political consequences of normalizing the covid pandemic and rushing to bring the federal covid response to a close.

Full Transcript:
https://www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/covid-year-five

Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism

Find Jules' new book, A Short History of Trans Misogyny, here: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3054-a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny

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Covid Year Five (Unlocked)

Beatrice speaks with Sophie Lewis about the history of “fascist feminisms,” what this history can tell us about the current state of US politics, and the need to embrace more radical and liberatory forms of feminism.

Sophie’s new book, Enemy Feminisms: TERFs, Policewomen, and Girlbosses Against Liberation is out this week from Haymarket:
https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2440-enemy-feminisms

Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism

Find Jules' new book, A Short History of Trans Misogyny, here: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3054-a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny

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Death Panel 565 Enemy Feminisms w/ Sophie Lewis (02/20/25)

Enemy Feminisms w/ Sophie Lewis (02/20/25)

Hi listeners — Beatrice and Artie are currently on parental leave. (We were planning to be able to telegraph the announcement more this week, but "baby death panel" had other plans, and came early!). While we're away, we'll still have episodes in the feed, like today's episode; a mix of some old favorites we haven't revisited in a while and some unlocks. We’ll be back as soon as it’s safe and reasonable for us to do so, because with everything going on right now we want to make sure we’re here for everyone.

We also want to thank each and every one of you, because without support from our patrons it wouldn’t be possible for us to take this kind of time. So if you can, now is a great time to support the show at patreon.com/deathpanelpod — either by becoming a patron or increasing your membership.

This episode was originally released for Death Panel patrons November 27th, 2023.

Original episode description:

Beatrice and Jules speak with Melissa Gira Grant about the history of the Lavender Scare, the anti-gay campaign that overlapped and ran in parallel with the Red Scare, how it shaped the politics of gender and sexuality today, and whether we're experiencing a new Lavender Scare today or if instead the Lavender Scare never ended.

Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism

Find Jules' new book, A Short History of Trans Misogyny, here: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3054-a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny

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The New Lavender Scare w/ Melissa Gira Grant (Unlocked)

Bea, Artie, and Phil discuss the pervasive, perennial myth that the Medicare and Social Security trust funds are on the brink of imminent collapse, a myth that feeds austerity in policymaking and false panic that the programs "won't be around" when younger generations grow old--and that Trump and Musk's DOGE are currently taking advantage of to press for cuts.

This episode was originally released for patrons on April 17, 2023, as Artie explains in a brief note at the top of the show. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod

Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism

Find Jules' new book, A Short History of Trans Misogyny, here: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3054-a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny

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Death Panel 425 Trust Falls

Trust Falls

Beatrice and Tracy speak with Marques Vestal about the history of political conflicts over eviction and property in Los Angeles, the role of removal in producing property value, and using history to help us tell new stories about the past to shape our present.

This episode was originally released for patrons on December 9th, 2024, as Artie explains in a brief note at the top of the show. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod

This episode is part of a series in collaboration with Tracy Rosenthal centered around the growing tenants’ movement and their book, co-authored with Leonardo Vilchis, Abolish Rent: How Tenants Can End the Housing Crisis. Find Tracy's book here: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2443-abolish-rent

Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism

Find Jules' new book, A Short History of Trans Misogyny, here: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3054-a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny

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Evictions, Property and the Administration of Racial Capitalism w/ Marques Vestal & Tracy Rosenthal

Politics, culture, and public policy from the left. Stay alive another week.

w/ Beatrice Adler-Bolton, Artie Vierkant, Phil Rocco and Jules Gill-Peterson. 

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