Podcast appearances and mentions of Ben Taub

Ben Taub is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist and staff writer at The New Yorker. His piece, “Russia’s Espionage War in the Arctic,” covers tensions at the Russian border with Norway, an area Russia uses as a testing ground for future intelligence operations. Taub sits down with Oz to discuss the technology being used for survival and for espionage, as the war in Ukraine has escalated tensions with NATO.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of The Eastern Front, Dalibor and Iulia welcome Joseph Nye, professor emeritus at Harvard's Kennedy School and pioneer of the theory of soft power to discuss the role of soft power in the context of the war in Ukraine. How should we determine who is winning and who is losing between Russia and Ukraine? Is Russia overperforming in terms of soft power? Dalibor and Iulia cover what you need to know about Zelenskyy's US visit and recent elections in Europe in their news section. What aspects of the Ukrainian peace plan are the most essential for its success? What do election results in Germany and Austria mean for support for Ukraine?Show notes: Sign up for The Eastern Front‘s bi-weekly newsletter here and follow us on X here. Find Iulia's recommended article by Ben Taub here.

I am still turning this over in my head, that Dr. Ricardo Nuila says the purpose of Arts and Humanities is...beauty. I have not thought of it in that way before, and he has really made me think about the role of beauty in my life, in my work, in small and big spaces of good and bad. I think this is a must listen! Dr. Ricardo Nuila, MD is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine and sees patients at Ben Taub hospital in Houston, Texas as part of the Harris Health System. Ben Taub is a safety-net hospital where the focus in on a given individual's healthcare problem. He is also a writer, and his pieces on health disparities, politics and medicine, and art and medicine have been published in VQR, The Atlantic, The New York Times Sunday Review, The New Yorker, and The New England Journal of Medicine.

Emily Dickinson was one of the first poets that I was introduced to when I was younger, and Dr. Ricardo Nuila refers to one of her lines, Tell the truth but tell it slant. We talk about this, about nuance and context, and how that relates to algorithmania. It comes back to metacognition, gestalt vs algorithmic thinking. Dr. Ricardo Nuila, MD is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine and sees patients at Ben Taub hospital in Houston, Texas as part of the Harris Health System. Ben Taub is a safety-net hospital where the focus in on a given individual's healthcare problem. He is also a writer, and his pieces on health disparities, politics and medicine, and art and medicine have been published in VQR, The Atlantic, The New York Times Sunday Review, The New Yorker, and The New England Journal of Medicine.

Ben Taub Hospital, located in the heart of Houston, Texas, is the city's largest hospital for those who cannot afford medical care. Texas, in turn, is the US state with the country's largest uninsured population. Amid chaotic emergency rooms and busy hospital wards serving the most financially and medically vulnerable people, Ricardo Nuila, MD finds meaning and beauty through stories he hears from his patients. In addition to his duties as a hospitalist at Ben Taub Hospital, Dr. Nuila is an associate professor of medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, where he directs the Humanities Expression and Arts Lab, as well as an author whose writings have appeared in the Atlantic, the New Yorker, the New York Times Sunday Review, and more. His 2023 book, The People's Hospital: Hope and Peril in American Medicine, explores the ups and downs of American medicine through the lens of patients he has encountered at Ben Taub. Over the course of our conversation, we discuss what it's like to practice in a safety net hospital, the power of narrative medicine in connecting with patients, and how clinicians can hold onto their strength of character, even when working in a system that often feels broken and indifferent to human suffering.In this episode, we discuss: 2:25 - How Dr. Nuila became drawn to both medicine and creative writing  6:07 - The characteristics that define different types of hospitals 12:06 - A patient story that exemplifies the experience of being a doctor at a public safety net hospital 20:33 - How Dr. Nuila finds deeper meaning in providing care, even when faced with systemic circumstances that a doctor can't fix25:34 - Dr. Nuila's advice for how to get through the moments when you feel like you are “at war” with gaps in the system 42:32 - How narrative medicine and storytelling can make more effective clinicians 45:45 - Dr. Nuila's advice on how to make a career in medicine meaningful Dr. Ricardo Nuila can be found on Twitter/X at @Riconuila.Dr. Nuila is the author of The People's Hospital (2023).Visit our website www.TheDoctorsArt.com where you can find transcripts of all episodes.If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, rate, and review our show, available for free on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. If you know of a doctor, patient, or anyone working in health care who would love to explore meaning in medicine with us on the show, feel free to leave a suggestion in the comments or send an email to info@thedoctorsart.com.Copyright The Doctor's Art Podcast 2024

Physician and writer Ricardo Nuila joins The Stacks to discuss The People's Hospital: Hope and Peril in American Medicine, about Ben Taub county hospital in Houston, TX. Dr. Nuila breaks down the difference between public and private hospitals, how medical costs are calculated, and what individuals can do to help change the healthcare system. He also shares why he thinks we need both public and private care options. The Stacks Book Club selection for July is Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. We will discuss the book on July 26th with Joel Christian Gill.You can find everything we discuss on today's show on The Stacks' website:https://thestackspodcast.com/2023/07/12/ep-275-ricardo-nuilaEpisode TranscriptConnect with Ricardo: Instagram | Twitter | WebsiteConnect with The Stacks: Instagram | Twitter | Shop | Patreon | Goodreads | SubscribeSUPPORT THE STACKSJoin The Stacks Pack on PatreonTo support The Stacks and find out more from this week's sponsors, click here.Purchasing books through Bookshop.org or Amazon earns The Stacks a small commission.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Is single-payer health care really feasible in America? For one Texas physician, the answer is an unqualified ‘yes.' On this episode, Commonweal associate editor Regina Munch speaks with Ricardo Nuila, an internist at Houston's Ben Taub hospital and author of the new book The People's Hospital: Hope and Peril in American Medicine.  Then, as Commonweal approaches its centennial in 2024, we're featuring brief reflections on writers we've published since our founding. Here, associate editor Griffin Oleynick reflects on the spiritual writing of the late John Garvey. For further reading:  Paul Farmer's theology of accompaniment Luke Mayville campaigns for healthcare in Idaho Pope Francis's priorities for Catholic healthcare John Garvey on spiritual surrender

The People's Hospital: Hope and Peril in American Medicine by M.D. Ricardo Nuila https://amzn.to/44LfjSM Where does one go without health insurance, when turned away by hospitals, clinics, and doctors? In The People's Hospital, physician Ricardo Nuila's stunning debut, we follow the lives of five uninsured Houstonians as their struggle for survival leads them to a hospital where insurance comes second to genuine care. First, we meet Stephen, the restaurant franchise manager who signed up for his company's lowest priced plan, only to find himself facing insurmountable costs after a cancer diagnosis. Then Christian—a young college student and retail worker who can't seem to get an accurate diagnosis, let alone treatment, for his debilitating knee pain. Geronimo, thirty-six years old, has liver failure, but his meager disability check disqualifies him for Medicaid—and puts a life-saving transplant just out of reach. Roxana, who's lived in the community without a visa for more than two decades, suffers from complications related to her cancer treatment. And finally, there's Ebonie, a young mother whose high-risk pregnancy endangers her life. Whether due to immigration status, income, or the vagaries of state Medicaid law, all five are denied access to care. For all five, this exclusion could prove life-threatening. Each patient eventually lands at Ben Taub, the county hospital where Dr. Nuila has worked for over a decade. Nuila delves with empathy into the experiences of his patients, braiding their dramas into a singular narrative that contradicts the established idea that the only way to receive good healthcare is with good insurance. As readers follow the movingly rendered twists and turns in each patient's story, it's impossible to deny that our system is broken—and that Ben Taub's innovative model, which emphasizes people over payments, could help light the path forward.

Dr Ricardo Nulia chats with the Glaucomfleckens about Ben Taub Hospital, Pot Brownies, and Chat GPT asks the docs some questions that an Ophthalmologist and Hospitalist should know. — Want more Dr. Ricardo Nulia? Twitter: @riconulia Website: https://www.ricardonuila.com/ Book: The People's Hospital: Hope and Peril in American Medicine — We want to hear YOUR stories (and medical puns)! Shoot us an email and say hi! knockknockhi@human-content.com Can't get enough of us? Shucks. You can support the show on Patreon for early episode access, exclusive bonus shows, livestream hangouts, and much more! – www.patreon.com/glaucomflecken  -- We have a special offer for our U.S. listeners! Visit http://ekohealth.com/kkh and use code “knock50” to Experience Eko's digital stethoscope technology. That's E-K-O Health slash KKH and use “KNOCK50” to get $50 off plus a free case plus free engraving with this podcast exclusive offer! (Offer ends April 30) Today's episode is brought to you by the Nuance Dragon Ambient Experience (DAX). It's like having a virtual Jonathan in your pocket. If you would like to learn more about DAX, check out http://nuance.com/discoverDAX and ask your provider for the DAX experience. Produced by Human Content Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Physician Ricardo Nuila brings the full extent of his passion for people to his narration of his experiences with American healthcare. Host Jo Reed and AudioFile's Michele Cobb discuss this fascinating deep dive into the safety net system in Houston, Texas, focused on the public hospital Ben Taub. On staff at that hospital, Nuila saw firsthand the destructive aspects of for-profit healthcare and how often those who were truly suffering would end up in his public hospital when it was almost too late. Nulia embraces his emotions as he tells personal stories of real-life cases. What results is a powerful audiobook about what is happening to those who cannot access healthcare. Read the full review of the audiobook on AudioFile's website. Published by Simon & Schuster Audio. Find more audiobook recommendations at audiofilemagazine.com Support for AudioFile's Behind the Mic podcast comes from audiobooks.com. Visit audiobooks.com/freeoffer for three free audiobooks with a trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What if we had a decent, publicly-funded health system — available to everybody, with or without insurance? We've got one, says Dr. Ricardo Nuila. It's where he works. And it could be a model for the whole country. Yes, really. That's the pitch he makes in his new book, The People's Hospital: Hope and Peril in American Medicine. It's a love letter to Houston's Ben Taub hospital, and an argument for bringing Ben Taub's model — efficient, innovative, and cheap —to the rest of the country.And if that seems unlikely in today's political climate, well: Ben Taub's wild origin story was plenty unlikely too. That story takes us to the 1960's, when Dutch novelist and playwright Jan de Hartog moved to Houston. He fell in love with the bustling, futuristic home of NASA and the Astrodome. But he also discovered the city's dreadful underside: a neglected charity hospital where largely African-American patients are left to seek health care in unsanitary and unsafe — hellish — conditions. De Hartog and a group of Quaker volunteers waged a campaign to change that, and eventually found an unlikely ally who brought it over the finish line. The People's Hospital is a heck of a book. We might want to start a book group someday, just to talk about it. If you want to grab a copy, here's a link. (Or: Audiobook, or ebook.)Here's a transcript of the episode. Send your stories and questions. Or call 724 ARM-N-LEG.And of course we'd love for you to support this show. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Where does one go without health insurance, when turned away by hospitals, clinics, and doctors? "The People's Hospital," physician Ricardo Nuila's debut, follows the lives of five uninsured Houstonians as their struggle for survival leads them to a hospital where insurance comes second to genuine care. Each patient eventually lands at Ben Taub, the county hospital where Dr. Nuila has worked for over a decade.

On Tuesday's show: Texas is reopening the application portal for its rent relief program, which the state says has prevented around 21,000 evictions and has paid out more than $2 billion since its inception in 2021. The portal opens today at 8 a.m. and continues until March 28 at 11:59 p.m. CT, to help eligible households with rent and utility payments. Also this hour: As we head into warmer months, we talk about preparing for severe weather in the Houston area. Then, Dr. Ricardo Nuila, a Houston native an associate professor at Baylor College of Medicine, talks about his new book telling the deeply personal stories of five families struggling to access the most basic healthcare. In The People's Hospital: Hope and Peril in American Medicine, Dr. Nuila presents Ben Taub (and Houston's health care overall) as a model for the nation. We learn why. And former NFL receiver Earl Bennett talks about getting his Ph.D. at the University of Houston and how he plans to use what he learned to improve diversity, equity, and inclusion in college athletic departments.

More than forty thousand people are dead after back-to-back earthquakes in Turkey and Syria last week. It's a new level of disaster in a region that has been pummelled by violence and terrorism. As a Syrian refugee in Turkey told The New Yorker, “We've had eleven years of war in Syria . . . . But what happened in eleven years there happened in forty seconds here.” Meanwhile, a mysterious tale of espionage has been unfolding. After a Chinese spy balloon was seen over Montana, the United States identified several more floating bodies in its airspace. Are they proliferating, or have they been there for far longer than we realize? Ben Taub, a New Yorker staff writer, has reported extensively from the Turkish-Syrian border, but his most recent piece for the magazine was about a man who travelled around the world in a balloon. He joins Tyler Foggatt to unravel two of the biggest stories in the news.

Summary: Tarantulas have taught us some pretty cool things! Join Kiersten and a guest co-host as they talk about what tarantulas have taught us about colors and pain killers.   For my hearing impaired listeners, a complete transcript of this podcast follows the show notes on Podbean.   Show Notes:  “Tarantula venom could be used as a potent pain reliever” by Angela Betsaida B. Laguipo, BSN; https://www.news-medical.net/news/20200414/Tarantula-venom-could-be-used-as-a-potent-pain-reliver.aspx “Tarantula Venom Helps Reveal How We Sense Pain” by Ben Taub; https://www.iflscience.com/tarantula-venom-helps-reveal-how-we-sense-pain-36091 “Blue Tarantula Hair Inspires Nonfading Color Pigment” by Kacey Deamer; https://www.livescience.com/58031-tarantula-hair-inspired-nonfading-color.html   Transcript (Piano music plays) Kiersten - This is Ten Things I Like About…a ten minute, ten episode podcast about unknown or misunderstood wildlife. (Piano music stops) Kiersten - Welcome to Ten Things I Like About… I'm Kiersten, your host, and this is a podcast about misunderstood or unknown creatures in nature. Some we'll find right out side our doors and some are continents away but all are fascinating.  This podcast will focus ten, ten minute episodes on different animals and their amazing characteristics. Please join me on this extraordinary journey, you won't regret it. This episode continues tarantulas and the sixth thing I like about tarantulas is what we're learning from them that changes the way we see our world! Today I have a special guest to help me, my husband Georgiy! Thanks for helping me with this episode on biomimicry, Georgiy.   Georgiy - You're welcome. You said bio-what?    Kiersten - Biomimicry.    Georgiy - What is biomimicry?   Kiersten - Biomimicry means that a structure or process built or designed by humans was influenced by biological creatures or processes that happen naturally in the world.    Georgiy - Cool! So this episode is about what we are learning from studying tarantulas?   Kiersten - Yes! Exactly! And we're going to start off with a study done by scientists researching color in tarantulas. Georigy, do you know that tarantulas come in many different colors?   Georgiy - I do because you showed me pictures.  My favorite tarantula is the bright blue Sapphire Tarantula.   Kiersten - Ooo. Good choice! That one is amazing!   Georgiy - What did they find out researching the blue color of these tarantulas?   Kiersten - I'm so glad you asked because it's super cool! They discovered that the blue on the tarantula is a structural color. Many of the colors we see are pigments that produce color when the electrons interact with light. Our clothing and our paint are based on these kinds of pigments. The problem is that they will eventually fade and is often made with chemicals that can harm our environment.    The tarantula's blue color is a structural color, which means there are tiny nanostructures on their exoskeleton that scatter light at a specific wavelength producing the blue color we see. Now structural colors, which are produced when light interacts with nanostructures that are about the same size as a specific color's wavelength, are nothing new. We've known about structural colors for a while, but most of them are iridescent.    Georgiy - Like some bird feathers?    Kiersten - Yes! Just like certain bird's feathers. Have you ever looked at at peacock feather in the sun?    Georgiy - I have. It's very pretty.   Kiersten - What happened when you twisted that feather between your fingers?   Georgiy - It looks like it changed colors.   Kiersten - Exactly! When the light reflects off the nanostructures at different angles the light changes m  aking the color change. It's beautiful but as one of the researchers from the University of Akron in Ohio, Bor-Kai Hsiung (suhng) said in an interview with LiveScience, “It's beautiful out in nature, but not very functional when we're watching television and we move to a new seat.”    Georgiy - So how does the Sapphire Tarantula fit in?     Kiersten - Researchers took a closer look at several different species of blue tarantulas and discovered that their pigments are not iridescent. The nanostructres of their hair are covered with distinct flower-like structures that limit the iridescence.   Georgiy - Wow! What does that mean?   Kiersten - It means that we could use this structure to create more vibrant, longer lasting, and less toxic colors for use in paints, clothing, and digital screens!   Georgiy - Well, that is just cool! What other things are tarantulas teaching us?   Kiersten - The venom of Heteroscodra maculata, or the Togo Starburst Tarantula native to West Africa, is helping us understand how our bodies process pain.   Georgiy - Hmmm. Tell me more.   Kiersten - Certainly. Researchers at the University of California, San Fransisco were interested in isolating the specific pathways that indicate pain to our central nervous system. The impulses that tell our CNS that we are in pain use voltage-gated sodium channels known as Nav channels. We have so many different types of Nav channels that we don't currently know which ones actually indicate pain. So when you use a local anesthetic it blocks all the Nav channels so that patient does not feel pain. But if we could understand which channels actually transmit the pain signals we could better treat certain CNS disorders.    Georgiy - That sounds complicated.   Kiersten - It kind of is, but that's it for the hard part. Next the researchers injected the tarantulas venom into the feet of mice and then mapped the Nav channels that reacted.     Georgiy - What happened?   Kiersten - The mice got some itchy feet and the researchers discovered that the Nav1.1 channels are the ones that reacted to the proteins in the venom. We now understand that these Nav1.1 channels are the ones that react to a mechanical pain but not a thermal pain. They took this information and applied it to a disorder called irritable bowl syndrome, or IBS, in which people often describe pain in their guts. These Nav1.1 channels are found in the gut. So by using this tarantula's venom we now have a new idea of how to better treat the symptoms of IBS.   Georgiy - All of that from tarantula venom?   Kiersten - Yep! And speaking of venom, there's more.   Georgiy - More? What else have we learned from studying tarantula venom?   Kiersten - Researchers at the University of Queensland have discovered that molecules in tarantula venom could be used as pain killers for people that suffer from chronic, or long-term, pain.   Georgiy - That's interesting, but taking pain killers long term can be pretty addictive, right?   Kiersten - Yes, if you're taking an opioid pain killer. These can be extremely addictive and as anyone who listens to the news knows, it has been a big problem that many people are battling as of late. The venom of the Chinese Bird Spider, also known as the Chinese Black Earth Tiger Tarantula, was broken down into its individual molecules, then scientists replicated some of the molecules creating mini-molecules and gave them to mice. It helped reduce pain without any addictive side effects. This could be a non-addictive alternative to opioids for people with long-term pain.   Georgiy - It seems like we are learning a lot from tarantulas.   Kiersten - We really are and as long as we keep their natural habitats from disappearing who know what else we can learn!   That's it for this episode of Ten Things I Like About Tarantulas! Thanks for co-hosting with me this week, Georgiy!   Georgiy - You're welcome!    Kiersten -  I hope you all enjoyed learning about what tarantulas have taught us because it's my sixth favorite thing about these amazing arachnids.   If you're enjoying this podcast please recommend me to friends and family and take a moment to give me a rating on whatever platform your listening. It will help me reach more listeners and give the animals I talk about an even better chance at change.    Join me next week for another thing I like about tarantulas!   (Piano Music plays)  This has been an episode of Ten Things I like About with Kiersten and Company. Original music written and performed by Katherine Camp, piano extraordinaire.

This week, Jess and Josh invite special guest, Ben Taub (@beantube24) on to recap Season 4 Episodes 9+10 of "Community." The post Community Building Season 4 Episodes 9+10 Recap appeared first on PostShowRecaps.com.

This week, Jess and Josh invite special guest, Ben Taub (@beantube24) on to recap Season 4 Episodes 9+10 of "Community." The post Community Building Season 4 Episodes 9+10 Recap appeared first on PostShowRecaps.com.

In this episode, we hear from Dr. Niraj Mehta, founder of the Cupcake Man Project at Ben Taub, pioneer of the physician-led physical exam rounds for the Internal Medicine clerkship, and personal advocate for the importance of preserving human connection in medicine. Over the next hour, he will discuss his initiatives and share his wisdom on the power of kinship in medicine, helping us make sense of what it means to heal and what we can do to build an intimate alliance with our patients and colleagues

In this episode, Eugene interviews Rachelle Barbour, an assistant federal defender for the Office of the Federal Defender of the Eastern District of California. She is an advocate for Omar Ameen, an Iraqi refugee accused of being an ISIS commander and murdering a police officer in Iraq. On April 21, 2021, a federal judge ruled this was physically impossible because Ameen was not in Iraq at the time of the alleged murder. However, Ameen nonetheless remains detained in an ICE facility and has been held in detention for over 1000 days. Eugene and Rachelle discuss federal immigration cases and the mechanisms that can keep someone locked up and separated from their family. In January of 2020, Ben Taub wrote a piece for the New Yorker that outlines how Ameen landed in prison: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/01/27/the-fight-to-save-an-innocent-refugee-from-almost-certain-death Watch Vice's video coverage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5r1ngPeyv1g Take Action: https://freeomarameen.com/ This episode was edited by Eugene Lee.

On Monday's Houston Matters: Dr. Esmaeil Porsa of Harris Health System discusses the fight against COVID-19 and the case numbers at Ben Taub and LBJ Hospitals. Also this hour: Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg discusses how the court backlog is affecting criminal justice in the county. Then, veterinarian Dr. Lori Teller answers your pet care questions. And we get an update on Houston sports.

This week on Community Building, Josh and Jess take on "Physical Education" with Ben Taub! The post Community Building | Season 1, Episode 17: ‘Physical Education’ appeared first on PostShowRecaps.com.

This week on Community Building, Josh and Jess take on "Physical Education" with Ben Taub! The post Community Building | Season 1, Episode 17: ‘Physical Education' appeared first on PostShowRecaps.com.

As Shelter Island reaches a landmark 5th episode, Mason and Jack talk to one of their oldest friends, with many stories to tell. Ben Taub recalls growing up at camp with Hymo, with his dad John gatecrashing along the way! Ben also shares his brave and courageous story of losing his younger brother, Casey. In tribute to Casey, please visit ironmatt.org, for ways of donating to the Matthew Larson Foundation. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

When Mohamedou Salahi arrived at the Guantánamo Bay detention camp, in August of 2002, he was hopeful. He knew why he had been detained: he had crossed paths with Al Qaeda operatives, and his cousin had once called him from Osama bin Laden’s phone. But Salahi was no terrorist—he held no extremist views—and had no information of any plots. He trusted the American system of justice and thought the authorities would realize their mistake before long.  He was wrong.  Salahi spent fifteen years at Guantánamo, where he was subjected to some of the worst excesses of America’s war on terror; Donald Rumsfeld personally signed off on the orders for his torture. And, under torture, Salahi confessed to everything—even though he had done nothing. “If they would have wanted him to confess to being on the grassy knoll for the J.F.K. assassination, I’m sure we could have got him to confess to that, too,” Mark Fallon, who led an investigation unit at Guantánamo, said. Ben Taub reported Mohamedou Salahi’s story for The New Yorker and tried to understand what had gone wrong in the fight against Al Qaeda. Salahi met Ben in Mauritania, because, when the U.S. released him, it was under the condition that Mauritania would withhold his passport. He would like to go abroad—he needs medical treatment, and he hopes to live in a democracy. But, for an innocent victim of Guantánamo, being released isn’t the same as being free.    This episode originally aired August 2, 2019. Ben Taub’s reporting on Mohamedou Salahi won the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing in 2020.

Kenneth R. Rosen has written for The New York Times, Wired, The New Yorker, and many other publications. His new book is Troubled: The Failed Promise of America's Behavioral Treatment Programs. “When I report, I keep two journals. … I keep my reporting notebook, which is sort of an almanac of dates, times, names, quotes, phone numbers. And then I have my personal notebook, which has all my fears and anxieties. And it invariably makes its way into the reporting … which is sort of an amalgamation of those two journals, of those two experiences, the internal and the external.” Thanks to Mailchimp for sponsoring this week's episode. Show notes: @kenneth_rosen kennethrrosen.com Rosen on Longform 03:00 "The Devil’s Henchmen" (The Atavist • Jun 2017) 04:00 Troubled: The Failed Promise of America's Behavioral Treatment Programs (Little a • 2021) 13:00 "At a Therapeutic Ranch, No Payday Until Later" (New York Times • Mar 2017) 31:00 Rosen's New York Times archive 32:00 Longform Podcast #403: Seyward Darby 35:00 Luke Mogelson on Longform 35:00 Ben Taub on Longform 35:00 May Jeong on Longform 35:00 Longform Podcast #300: May Jeong 39:00 Alicia Patterson Fellowship 41:00 Longform Podcast #135: Scott Anderson See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Why Odd Future's Oldie is their best song and their magnum opus. OFWGKTA is one of Hip Hop's most infamous groups and Oldie is their mission statement. Written, Performed, and Edited by Ben Taub, Host of This Slaps Podcast Be sure to SUBSCRIBE and comment if you liked the video! Earl Sweatshirt Lyric Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFBZbFGHSa8&t=44s Travis Scott 90210 Deep Dive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9WkqrGyJVY Apple Podcast Feed: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-slaps-podcast/id1513756223 Oldie Music Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzi24Nssiow  Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/SlapsPodcast Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisslapspodcast Send Feedback/Album Requests/Inquiries: thisslapspodcast@gmail.com

On Thursday's Houston Matters: As COVID-19 cases continue to climb in Greater Houston, local hospitals are struggling to treat the influx of patients. Mayor Sylvester Turner expressed his concern specifically for Ben Taub and LBJ hospitals -- the publicly funded hospitals in the Harris Health System. We check in with the system's CEO, Dr. Esmaeil Porsa. Also this hour: Heading into the Fourth of July weekend, and in light of protests and unrest across the... Read More

This week on Out of Office: A Travel Podcast, Kiernan and Ryan listen to Rick Steves’s online commencement address and offer their thoughts on his advice to the graduates of 2020. Plus, the Last Stop is back! Things we talked about in today’s podcast: Rick Steves Commencement Address https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdlho9wpG20  David Foster Wallace Commencement Address https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CrOL-ydFMI Reichstag reopening http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/440771.stm Franciscan Order https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franciscans Jesuit Order https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_of_Jesus “The Great” on Hulu https://www.hulu.com/series/the-great-238db0d4-c476-47ed-9bee-d326fd302f7d New Yorker’s “Thirty-Six Thousand Feet Under the Sea” by Ben Taub https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/05/18/thirty-six-thousand-feet-under-the-sea  

Our special edition of Houston Matters weekdays at 3 p.m. addresses your questions and concerns about important issues affecting the community. In the first segment, Host Ernie Manouse is joined by attorney Pete Makopoulos-Senftleder, with the Trans Legal Aid Clinic of Houston, who dicusses the recent supreme court ruling prohibiting employers from discriminating against LGBTQ workers. Then, Ernie is joined by Dr. Cedric Dark with Baylor College of Medicine to talk about the challenges facing emergency rooms... Read More

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In January, The New Yorker’s Ben Taub travelled to Mauritania to meet with Mohamedou Salahi. An electrical engineer who had lived in Germany, Salahi was detained at Guantánamo Bay for fifteen years and tortured, despite the fact that he was not a terrorist.  But one of the key pieces of evidence was that Salahi’s cousin, known as Abu Hafs al-Mauritani, was a high-ranking member of Al Qaeda—a member of the group’s governing Shura Council and a spiritual adviser to Osama bin Laden, who had drafted bin Laden’s infamous fatwa against the United States. While Salahi endured torture at Guantánamo, Abu Hafs was never captured or detained by the United States. When Ben Taub met Abu Hafs at a wedding of Mauritanian élites, he wondered how this man had gone free while his cousin had suffered so much. Abu Hafs agreed to an interview, but it quickly took a turn that Ben didn’t expect.

When Mohamedou Salahi arrived at the Guantánamo Bay detention camp, in August of 2002, he was hopeful.  He knew why he had been detained: he had crossed paths with Al Qaeda operatives, and his cousin had once called him from Osama bin Laden’s phone.  But Salahi was no terrorist—he held no extremist views—and had no information of any plots. He trusted the American system of justice and thought the authorities would realize their mistake before long.    He was wrong.    Salahi spent fifteen years at Guantánamo, where he was subjected to some of the worst excesses of America’s war on terror; Donald Rumsfeld personally signed off on the orders for his torture.  And, under torture, Salahi confessed to everything—even though he had done nothing. “If they would have wanted him to confess to being on the grassy knoll for the J.F.K. assassination, I’m sure we could have got him to confess to that, too,” Mark Fallon, who led an investigation unit at Guantánamo, said.     Ben Taub reported Mohamedou Salahi’s story for The New Yorker and tried to understand what had gone wrong in the fight against Al Qaeda. Salahi met Ben in Mauritania, because, when the U.S. released him, it was under the condition that Mauritania would withhold his passport. He would like to go abroad—he needs medical treatment, and he hopes to live in a democracy. But, for an innocent victim of Guantánamo, being released isn’t the same as being free. 

When Mohamedou Salahi arrived at the Guantánamo Bay detention camp, in August of 2002, he was hopeful.  He knew why he had been detained: he had crossed paths with Al Qaeda operatives, and his cousin had once called him from Osama bin Laden’s phone.  But Salahi was no terrorist—he held no extremist views—and had no information of any plots. He trusted the American system of justice and thought the authorities would realize their mistake before long.    He was wrong.    Salahi spent fifteen years at Guantánamo, where he was subjected to some of the worst excesses of America’s war on terror; Donald Rumsfeld personally signed off on the orders for his torture.  And, under torture, Salahi confessed to everything—even though he had done nothing. “If they would have wanted him to confess to being on the grassy knoll for the J.F.K. assassination, I’m sure we could have got him to confess to that, too,” Mark Fallon, who led an investigation unit at Guantánamo, said.     Ben Taub reported Mohamedou Salahi’s story for The New Yorker and tried to understand what had gone wrong in the fight against Al Qaeda. Salahi met Ben in Mauritania, because, when the U.S. released him, it was under the condition that Mauritania would withhold his passport. He would like to go abroad—he needs medical treatment, and he hopes to live in a democracy. But, for an innocent victim of Guantánamo, being released isn’t the same as being free. 

Journalist Waleed Aly joins Christiane Amanpour from Melbourne, Australia, to discuss the impact the shootings in Christchurch, New Zealand had on Australian politics. Writer and actor Heidi Schreck talks about her hit Broadway play, "What the Constitution Means to Me." Our Alicia Menendez talks to The New Yorker journalist Ben Taub about his latest work on the realities of life inside Guantanamo Bay.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

What a week it's been! From surprise celebrity weddings to a quick sojourn to Paris and a royal baby, we have a lot to debrief on. Oh, and there was *that* Game of Thrones episode. But we're really here for one reason and one reason only: Met Gala. Izzy and Grace take out their fashion commentator hats and do an in-depth analysis of the red carpet. Best Met Gala ever? Follow us on Instagram at @afterworkdrinkspodcast and join our private Facebook group, 'After Work Drinks Podcast.'Recommendations:Years Ago, My Sister Vanished. I see Her Whenever I Want. in The New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/03/style/modern-love-sister-vanished.htmlAnjelica Huston, In Conversation in Vulturehttps://www.vulture.com/2019/05/anjelica-huston-in-conversation.htmlGuantanamo's Darkest Secret by Ben Taub in The New Yorkerhttps://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/04/22/guantanamos-darkest-secret Get bonus content on Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome back to the summer term, High Lowers! We recap some news and bring you a boat load of televisual, podcast and - mainly - book recommendations. Plus, Dolly falls for the ultimate whale hoax/ocean con. Enjoy.E-mail thehighlowshow@gmail.comTweet @thehighlowshowAmerican Marriage, by Tarayi JonesThis is The Story of a Happy Marriage, by Ann PatchettMy Sister, the Serial Killer, by Oyinkan BraithwaiteThree Women, by Lisa TaddeoBad Behaviour, by Mary GaitskillTrick Mirror, by Jill TolentinoGuantanamo's Darkest Secret, by Ben Taub for The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/04/22/guantanamos-darkest-secretUndercover, on BBC iPlayerThis Is Us, Series 2, on Amazon PrimeFleishman Is In Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner: https://amzn.to/2J5VoGO A Half-baked Idea by Olivia Potts https://amzn.to/2DH9GtZ One Day by David Nicholls: https://amzn.to/2VBXeWAClose To Where The Heart Gives Out by Dr Malcolm Alexander https://amzn.to/2J6y2Rp Terrific Mother by Lorrie Moore: https://amzn.to/2WdSPWJ How To Become a Writer by Lorrie Moore: http://www.sfuadcnf.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/How-to-Become-a-Writer-Lorrie-Moore.pdf Fortunately With Fi and Jane: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04x5pd7/episodes/downloads Glenda Jackson on Fresh Air: https://www.npr.org/programs/fresh-air/2019/04/23/716229468 David Tenant does a podcast with Tina Fey: https://bit.ly/2ZNpdSz Private Life: https://www.netflix.com/title/80168222 Don't Think Twice: https://www.netflix.com/title/80103372My Finest Work Yet by Andrew Bird https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/my-finest-work-yet/1449649405 Molly Parkin on The Last Bohemians: https://www.thelastbohemians.co.uk/molly See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

After the ISIS caliphate fell in Iraq, a question hung over much of the country. What comes next? On today's show Ian talks to Ben Taub, a New Yorker magazine reporter who was recently was on-the-ground in Mosul, Iraq.  Subscribe to the GZERO World with Ian Bremmer Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your preferred podcast platform, to receive new episodes as soon as they're published.

After the ISIS caliphate fell in Iraq, a question hung over much of the country. What comes next? On today's show Ian talks to Ben Taub, a New Yorker magazine reporter who was recently was on-the-ground in Mosul, Iraq. 

This week, Dan and Eric have a wide-ranging conversation.  They discuss their respective Passover weekends, Dan's spend in DC, Eric's on Long Island; David Remnick's piece on the osmotic relationship between Donald Trump and Bibi Netanyahu; Ben Taub's remarkable piece on a relationship formed in Guantanamo Bay (plus a lot more.)  The two also revisit last week's conversation about Isaac Chotiner's New Yorker Interview with Brett Easton Ellis; discuss Catherine Lacey's Gogolian new short story and the New Yorker's history of eschewing 'writer-consciousness'; and Eric recaps D.T. Max's profile of playwright Lucas Hnath.  That's a lot for one episode!

Interview with Chris Pappas, MD, JD Chief of GI/Hepatology at Ben Taub hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.

Harvey survivor on The Voice, New Mural of Htown Skyline, Ben Taub celebrates milestone with babies delivered

In our most difficult show to date, recorded on the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and days after more racist remarks from President Donald Trump color negotiations for the protection status of black and brown immigrants; we look beyond a moment into how the international legacy of systemic racism has set a precedent of deciding which human life is valued, entitled, and worthy. While exasperation aggravates Manaz's feelings of separation, Melinda hopes in those working to make our world better.   REFERENCES / CREDITS: Divided island: How Haiti and the DR became two worlds History of Haiti by Bob Corbett, August 1999 The Emergency by Ben Taub, The New Yorker   Music: Burning by Tri-Tachyon Producer: Oleksandr Hedz   CONNECT: Website: The Query Podcast Facebook: The Query Podcast Email: thequerypodcast@gmail.com Rate us on iTunes Podcasts or PlayerFM   SUBSCRIBE TO THE QUERY PODCAST: The Query Podcast on iTunes The podcast app for Android that we recommend (Player FM) The Query Podcast on Player FM

Ben Taub is a staff writer at The New Yorker. “I don’t think it’s my place to be cynical because I’ve observed some of the horrors of the Syrian War through these various materials, but it’s Syrians that are living them. It’s Syrians that are being largely ignored by the international community and by a lot of political attention on ISIS. And I think that it wouldn’t be my place to be cynical when some of them still aren’t.” Thanks to MailChimp and Tripping for sponsoring this week's episode. @bentaub91 Taub on Longform [01:45] David Remnick on the Longform Podcast [07:45] "Was U.S. Journalist Steven Sotloff a Marked Man?" (Daily Beast • Sep 2014) [27:00] Taub on The Voice (YouTube) [32:00] "Journey to Jihad" (New Yorker • Jun 2015) [48:00] Rukmini Callimachi on the Longform Podcast (Part 1) [48:00] Rukmini Callimachi on the Longform Podcast (Part 2) [49:30] "The Shadow Doctors" (New Yorker • Jun 2016) [49:30] "The Assad Files," funded in part by a grant from the Pulitzer Foundation (New Yorker • Apr 2016) [51:00] "’They were torturing to kill’: inside Syria’s death machine" (Guardian • Oct 2015)

An Update on the Ben Taub Hospital Shooting Photo Credit Associated Press We promised an update on the Ben Taub Hospital Shooting. It turns out that I was mistaken about the role of the deputy that responded to the attack.  If you did not listen to the first episode dealing with this, you can listen by clicking here. My initial information was not clear so I assumed that the deputy was in the hospital also as hospital security. Not so. The hospital policy outlines that "security is the responsibility of the agency that brings the inmate to the hospital." The deputy was at the hospital on a detail that was not assigned to Hall. The update article is linked below. A Harris County Sheriff's Deputy shot 46-year-old, Ricky Lynn Hall, on the fifth floor or Ben Taub Hospital Thursday morning around 10 a.m. Source: Digging deeper: Why was inmate involved in Ben Taub shooting left unsupervised? | khou.com This still leaves us with questions. Where were the agency officers assigned to guard Hall Why was Hall unrestrained without guards present Why was the medical student in the room with an unrestrained inmate  Did the medical student have the correct and proper training to ready her for the situation To be very clear, we are NOT in any way shape or form being accusatory toward Ben Taub Hospital. We also have the greatest sympathy towards the medical student for having this happen to her. Our purpose is to dig deeper and ask the tough questions in order to provide the best outcome for any future related events. An informed and aware people is an empowered and resilient people. We are here to help you We at Full Circle Systems would like to reach out to the medical student that was attacked and offer at our Awareness and Personal Security Training at no cost. At FCS it is our duty, obligation and responsibility to do our very best to ensure that each one of you go home safely at the end of your day. Full Circle Systems is your single best resource for personal protection and crisis preparedness information. We are proud to provide media from When Everything Goes Wrong. If we can help you develop a personal protection plan, training, policies and procedures, please do not hesitate to contact us by clicking here.

Ben Taub is a contributing writer at The New Yorker. “I don’t think it’s my place to be cynical because I’ve observed some of the horrors of the Syrian War through these various materials, but it’s Syrians that are living them. It’s Syrians that are being largely ignored by the international community and by a lot of political attention on ISIS. And I think that it wouldn’t be my place to be cynical when some of them still aren’t.” Thanks to MailChimp, Audible, and Squarespace for sponsoring this week's episode. @bentaub91 Taub on Longform [02:45] David Remnick on the Longform Podcast [08:45] "Was U.S. Journalist Steven Sotloff a Marked Man?" (Daily Beast • Sep 2014) [28:00] Taub on The Voice (YouTube) [33:00] "Journey to Jihad" (New Yorker • Jun 2015) [49:00] Rukmini Callimachi on the Longform Podcast (Part 1) [49:00] Rukmini Callimachi on the Longform Podcast (Part 2) [50:30] "The Shadow Doctors" (New Yorker • Jun 2016) [50:30] "The Assad Files" (New Yorker • Apr 2016) [52:00] "’They were torturing to kill’: inside Syria’s death machine" (Guardian • Oct 2015)

A leading humanitarian criminal justice advocate and a journalist who's helped uncover the Assad regime's atrocities in Syria explain why bringing war criminals to justice matters, and what must be done now to make later prosecutions possible.

The vote to impeach Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff has left the country in crisis. Rouseff's supporters are calling it a coup, albeit one within the confines of the constitution. Where do Rousseff and Brazil go from here? (12.15)Bernie Sanders may be beloved by youthful Democrats, but it is likely that the New York primary will end his run of victories and consolidate Hillary Clinton's grip on the nomination, reports Simon Carswell. (21.30) And in Syria, The Commission for International Justice and Accountability was established in 2012 to establish links between the top brass in Bashar al-Assad's regime and the detention, torture and murder of suspected opponents, through the collection of the regime's own internal documents. New Yorker journalist Ben Taub, who broke the story, explains how the documents have shed light on shocking atrocities and Assad's own role in the murder of hundreds of thousands of his citizens.

We spoke with Ben Taub, contributor with The New Yorker Also, parenting educator and author Rosalind Wiseman joined us