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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. this week did something he had promised not to do: He fired every member of the scientific advisory committee that recommends which vaccines should be given to whom. And he replaced them, in some cases, with vaccine skeptics. Meanwhile, hundreds of employees of the National Institutes of Health sent an open letter of dissent to the agency's director, Jay Bhattacharya, accusing the Trump administration of policies that “undermine the NIH mission, waste our public resources, and harm the health of Americans and people across the globe.” Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet, and Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico Magazine join KFF Health News' Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Douglas Holtz-Eakin, president of the American Action Forum and former director of the Congressional Budget Office, to discuss how the CBO works and why it's so controversial. Plus, for “extra credit,” the panelists suggest health policy stories they read this week that they think you should read, too: Julie Rovner: Stat's “Lawmakers Lobby Doctors To Keep Quiet — or Speak Up — on Medicaid Cuts in Trump's Tax Bill,” by Daniel Payne. Joanne Kenen: ProPublica's “DOGE Developed Error-Prone AI Tool To ‘Munch' Veterans Affairs Contracts,” by Brandon Roberts, Vernal Coleman, and Eric Umansky. Anna Edney: KFF Health News' “Two Patients Faced Chemo. The One Who Survived Demanded a Test To See if It Was Safe,” by Arthur Allen. Sarah Karlin-Smith: Wired's “The Bleach Community Is Ready for RFK Jr. To Make Their Dreams Come True,” by David Gilbert. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this weekend's episode, three segments from this past week's Washington Journal. First, Wall Street Journal Supreme Court correspondent Jess Bravin breaks down the Supreme Court case heard this week on Trump administration's effort to end birthright citizenship. Then, a conversation with Maria Snegovaya of the Center for Strategic & International Studies about where Ukraine-Russia peace talks stand – after Russian President Putin was a no-show this week in Turkey. Plus, President Trump signs an executive order on prescription drug pricing. Daniel Payne of STAT news explains what the order does - and it means for consumers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tributes for legendary accordion player Frank Maher are flooding social media after word came that he passed away Sunday morning. We welcome two fellow musicians and long-time friends to talk about Frank's legacy and mark on the musical scene. (Krissy Holmes with Daniel Payne and Christina Smith)

Today, President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services faces what's expected to be a contentious Senate hearing. Health care reporter Daniel Payne joins Playbook deputy editor Zack Stanton to discuss how RFK Jr.'s history as a noted vaccine skeptic and promoter of other disproven medical beliefs may lead to the most controversial hearing of Trump's presidency. Plus, a federal judge has blocked Trump's unilateral federal funding freeze, but only temporarily. All that, and the rest of the news you need to know today.

Exploring C. S. Lewis' 1945 essay "Talking About Bicycles" with Daniel Payne from the Lamp-Post Listener podcast. As he talks about bicycles, Lewis points out that there seem to be 4 stages to being enchanted by something wonderful. First, before we've been enchanted and know nothing of it - this, he calls "unenchantment." Second, when we first become enchanted by something wonderful - "enchantment". Third, when we become disillusioned by the thing. This is "disenchantment." Fourth, when we, fully accepting of the things limitations, become "re-enchanted" by how wonderful it really is. We discuss how this impacts how we can share the Gospel in a disenchanted age, as well as, how it helps us reflect on the Gospel during the Advent season. The music this episode is "Deliverer / O Come O Come Emmanuel"⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ by Camille Parkman, ⁠⁠⁠⁠and can be found on Spotify and other music platforms for purchase or streaming. Find out where to read C. S. Lewis' essays at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pintswithjack.com/essays⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Find more Lesser-Known Lewis —  Online: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pintswithjack.com/lesser-known-lewis⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/lesserknownlewis⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@lesserknownlewis⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Lesser-Known Lewis Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Email: lesserknownlewis@gmail.com Graphic Design by Angus Crawford.

WEDO Summit Episode 4 | Walk The Block | Calgary Business Join Kate Bullock for a special Walk the Block Episode 4 at the WEDO (Women Entrepreneurs Day Organization) conference. This event celebrates and supports female entrepreneurs. Kate chats with Daniel Payne from Atrema about their work in solving business technology challenges through tailored IT solutions and software development. Daniel highlights his female business partner's impact and shares insights on how men can better support women in business. Watch to learn more about Atrema and their commitment to empowering female leadership. #yycbusiness #WEDO2024 #WEDOCanada #womenentrepreneurs About our Guest: Daniel is Managing Partner at Atrema Technologies. Leading Beyond Energy Services and Technology Corp.'s software development initiatives, Daniel's focus lies in empowering a skilled team to deliver robust solutions for Managed Pressure Drilling operations. You can connect with Daniel on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-payne-atrema About Katelyn and Walk the Block: Katelyn, aka @ladykatetheentrepreneur, is passionate about helping local businesses and entrepreneurs grow their client base. She honed her interview skills while co-hosting ENTA Asks and fell in love with showcasing the amazing business stories of her guests. Lady Kate will help you highlight what makes your business unique, valuable and a must visit place! Connect with Katelyn on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/katelynjbullock/ Walk the Block features local Calgary businesses, showcasing the products, services, and expertise available in our city. Follow Lady Kate as she shines the spotlight on our neighbourhood businesses. Hear firsthand from the business owners about what they offer, why they love their community, and why you should shop with them. #SupportLocal As an interviewer, Lady Kate is the ideal choice to share your business expertise and highlight your products and services. Promote your brand and story on Walk the Block and: -Reach a global audience via the yyccalgarybusiness.ca website and the MegaPixxMedia YouTube channel. -Gain additional viewers of your Walk the Block episodes through free publication on YYC Business social media platforms. -Download your Walk the Block episode to your personal and company social media pages. Episodes are also available in podcast format and you can listen to them on Spotify, Apple Podcast, and Google Podcasts. Filmed and edited by ENTA Solutions https://www.entasolutions.org

The sermon from the Friday night service on the 20th of September, 2024 

The Shroud of Turin got another significant nod from scientists. What do recent studies say about the shroud, believed by Christians to be the burial cloth of Jesus? Alyssa Murphy brings us a report. Then Peter Laffin provides analysis on the presidential debate. And finally, we turn to a growing problem in the US: a birth dearth. Why aren't we having enough children to replace our population? Daniel Payne and Jonathan Liedl cover this story.

The Shroud of Turin got another significant nod from scientists. What do recent studies say about the shroud, believed by Christians to be the burial cloth of Jesus? Alyssa Murphy brings us a report. Then Peter Laffin provides analysis on the presidential debate. And finally, we turn to a growing problem in the US: a birth dearth. Why aren't we having enough children to replace our population? Daniel Payne and Jonathan Liedl cover this story.

The Catholic Church in Nicaragua has faced another uptick in persecution by the left-wing government of President Daniel Ortega. ACI Prena's editor in chief Juan Andrés Muñoz about the Catholic witness against this dictatorship. Then we turn to another Catholic witness. This time against communist China. From CNA's Daniel Payne, we hear the story of Jimmy Lai, an imprisoned media mogul who converted to Catholicism

The Catholic Church in Nicaragua has faced another uptick in persecution by the left-wing government of President Daniel Ortega. ACI Prena's editor in chief Juan Andrés Muñoz about the Catholic witness against this dictatorship. Then we turn to another Catholic witness. This time against communist China. From CNA's Daniel Payne, we hear the story of Jimmy Lai, an imprisoned media mogul who converted to Catholicism

TRADCAST EXPRESS - Episode 192 Topics covered: Lexington's diocesan transgender hermit. Francis says all religions look to the same God and gives interreligious blessing. Francis says all people have a fundamentally good heart. Links: Jack Jenkins, "Catholic diocesan hermit approved by Kentucky bishop comes out as transgender", Religion News Service (May 19, 2024) "Kentucky Hermit Comes Out as Transgender, with Approval of Novus Ordo Bishop", Novus Ordo Watch (May 21, 2024) Diocese of Lexington: Communication on 'Brother Christian Matson' (May 21, 2024) "Bergoglio Doubles Down: All Religions Look at the One God in Different Ways!", Novus Ordo Watch (May 19, 2024) "Apostate Bergoglio endorses World's Religions as 'Different Ways of Coming to God'", Novus Ordo Watch (Oct. 26, 2021) Daniel Payne, "Here's what Pope Francis said in his ‘60 Minutes' interview", The Catholic World Report (May 20, 2024) Sign up to be notified of new episode releases automatically at tradcast.org. Produced by NOVUSORDOWATCH.org Support us by making a tax-deductible contribution at NovusOrdoWatch.org/donate/

Artificial intelligence is changing the way doctors practice, but also how the health care business runs. Host Chelsea Cirruzzo talks with POLITICO health care reporter Daniel Payne about the ways AI is already used across the medical landscape and how regulators are responding.

Democrats and Republicans agree that the primary care system needs an overhaul. Host Alice Miranda Ollstein talks with POLITICO health care reporter Daniel Payne about the push to encourage nurses to take on new duties.    

Part 1:We talk with Simon Montlake, reporter for the Christian Science Monitor about the impact of 3rd party candidates. Whom are they likely to hurt or help during the 2023 campaign? We talk about the kinds of voters who are most likely to vote for them, and what is likely to be the most important factor that they will consider.Part 2:We talk with Daniel Payne and Erin Schumaker, Politico reporters. We discuss the changes taking place in health care. There is a shortage of health care workers, and more doctors are specializing, rather than going into general family practice. The work involved in dealing with insurance companies, the government, etc. is a burden on individuals, so many opt to join large groups, which are often owned by private equity. Patients are often treated by non-doctor practitioners, such as nurse practitioners, medical assistants, etc.  WNHNFM.ORG   production

So Hanun took David's servants and shaved off half the beard of each and cut off their garments in the middle, at their hips, and sent them away. When it was told David, he sent to meet them, for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, “Remain at Jericho until your beards have grown and then return.” - 2 Samuel 10:4-5   This Episode's Links and Timestamps: 00:24 – 2 Samuel 10 03:44 – Thoughts on the Reading 22:38 - The Pay Raise People Say They Need to Be Happy – Joe Pinsker, WSJ 38:24 - Commissioners asked to undo 28% rate increase for NorthWestern Energy – Tom Lutey, Billings Gazette 48:44 - Iceland is one of the most gender-equal countries in the world. Guess what women are protesting there right now? – Daniel Payne, NTB 58:46 - Mike Johnson's Christian Nationalism—And Yours – Micah Meadowcroft, The American Mind 1:15:32 - What is Free Speech For? – Edward Feser, Postliberal Order --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/garrett-ashley-mullet/message

At the 2023 Milken Institute Future of Health Summit this week, experts agreed AI will revolutionize health care, but lawmakers, regulators and thought leaders warned of the risks around misinformation and data privacy, among others . Host Alice Miranda Ollstein talks with Politico health care reporter Daniel Payne about the key takeaways from the conference.

Congress took up new rules from the Biden administration that set minimum staffing requirements for nursing homes. At a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing this week, members debated whether more staff would help care for patients or make it impossible for the businesses to stay afloat. Host Evan Peng talks about that and other workforce issues with POLITICO health care reporter Daniel Payne.    

Dr. Scott Hahn reacts to the news out of Israel concerning the terror attacks from Hamas. He also talks about his new book, “Catholic in Exile.” We're also joined by reporter Daniel Payne for the latest news out of Israel.

Dr. Scott Hahn reacts to the news out of Israel concerning the terror attacks from Hamas. He also talks about his new book, “Catholic in Exile.” We're also joined by reporter Daniel Payne for the latest news out of Israel.

Congress could miss the September 30 deadline to reauthorize PEPFAR, a law governing U.S. global HIV/AIDS relief, because of abortion disputes, threatening the program's future. Daniel Payne talks with POLITICO health care reporter Alice Miranda Ollstein about the potential cuts to the program if Congress can't reach an agreement by the end of the year.  

The introduction of new weight loss drugs is unlikely to replace bariatric surgery, but they may increase patient awareness and demand for weight loss procedures overall. Host Kelly Hooper talks with health care reporter Daniel Payne about the potential impacts of new medications on the bariatric surgery industry.  

Millions of Americans risk losing Medicaid coverage as pandemic protections expire, sparking fear among public health experts of more opioid overdoses. Host Ben Leonard talks with Daniel Payne about the impacts of redetermination on the crisis.    

Industry leaders and patient advocates are preparing to oppose a forthcoming Biden administration regulation that would set minimum staffing requirements for nursing homes, with the former worried about costs and the latter concerned standards won't be high enough. Host Kelly Hooper talks with Daniel Payne about the criticism of the pending nursing home rules.

Our podcast sponsor, Stream by Alphasense, connected us with Daniel Payne, Senior Fellow at the International Congress of Blockchain Legal Advisors, to discuss the stakes at play in the SEC vs. Coinbase $COIN case. International Congress of Blockchain Legal Advisors Website: https://icbla.legal/ Chapters: [0:00] Introduction + Episode sponsor: Stream by Alphasense [1:08] Daniel Payne quick background [4:23] SEC vs. Coinbase $COIN - high level overview of the case [8:45] What are the stakes the SEC is playing for here? [11:11] $COIN response to the SEC [18:09] $COIN on the regulatory uncertainty [22:57] Ripple decision and how this impacts the $COIN case [29:51] Congress working towards legislation of crypto and how that affects $COIN case [32:57] $COIN's S-1 Defense [36:43] Two allegations the SEC is leveling against $COIN [39:55] Staking program and what the SEC is alleging about this program [47:15] Likelihood of certain tokens becoming securities [49:08] $COIN lingering liabilities from operating a commodities exchange without proper regulation? [50:44] SEC argument on $COIN's internal Howey Test for allowing various tokens to trade on their platform [53:04] SEC vs. $COIN case timing and final thoughts Today's episode is sponsored by: Stream by Alphasense Are traditional expert calls in the investment world becoming obsolete? According to Stream, they are, and you can access primary research easily and efficiently through their platform. With Stream, you'll have the right insights at your fingertips to make the best investment decisions. They offer a vast library of over 26,000 expert transcripts, powered by AI search technology. Plus, they provide competitive rates on expert call services, and you can even have an experienced buy-side analyst conduct the calls for you. But that's not all. Stream also provides the ability to engage with experts 1-on-1 and get your calls transcribed free-of-charge—all for 40% less than you would pay for 20 calls in a traditional expert network model. So, if you're looking to optimize your research process and increase ROI on investment research spend, Stream has the solution for you. Head over to their website at streamrg.com to learn more. Thanks for listening, and we'll catch you next time. For more information: https://www.streamrg.com/

Jesse Ehrenfeld, the newly inaugurated president of the American Medical Association, is focusing on the political pressures doctors face as well as their pay. Host Katherine Ellen Foley talks with Daniel Payne about what's on Ehrenfeld's mind as he takes the helm of one of the most influential groups in Washington.

Today marks CDC Director Rochelle Walensky's last day at the agency. Host Alice Miranda Ollstein talks with Daniel Payne, who spoke to Walensky about what's next for the future of the CDC and for her successor.

House Republicans want to reform Medicare's oft-criticized payment system in order to better compensate doctors and reduce their paperwork burdens, but Daniel Payne tells host Kelly Hooper that his reporting shows prospects for legislation this year are slim given competing legislative priorities and the complexity of the problem. 

Outgoing CDC Director Rochelle Walensky fielded questions from Congress on Tuesday about the agency's lessons learned from the pandemic, while at the same time making a case for lawmakers to support a new vision for the agency. Host Kelly Hooper talks with Daniel Payne about what Walensky said the CDC needs to do to better serve the public.

The push to maintain Medicaid enrollment has intensified beyond patient advocates and state workers, with hospitals and clinics striving to prevent individuals from being removed from the program. Host Katherine Ellen Foley talks with Daniel Payne about the efforts.  

Sen. Bernie Sanders is launching his latest push as one of the Senate's most powerful committee chairs: to pour nearly $200 billion of new money into the health care system. The new package is Sanders' response to monthslong discussions on the Senate HELP Committee about how to address growing health workforce shortages and financial woes of community health centers. Host Megan Messerly talks with Daniel Payne.

Thousands of community health workers face layoffs as federal funding tied to the Covid pandemic dries up. Host Katherine Ellen Foley talks with Daniel Payne about why many public health officials would like to keep this workforce to tackle other health challenges, like diabetes and obesity. They're making the case to Congress that it would be foolish to let community health workers go after spending millions to train them.

Lawmakers have introduced several bills this year that could ease the clinician shortage by expanding the roles of health care workers, allowing them to care for more patients than they currently do. But doctors say the proposed changes would put patient safety at risk. Daniel Payne talks with host Megan Messerly about what this means for the future of medical practices around the U.S.

"Lying lips are an abomination to Yahweh, but those who act faithfully are his delight." - Proverbs 12:22 “You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with a wicked man to be a malicious witness. You shall not fall in with the many to do evil, nor shall you bear witness in a lawsuit, siding with the many, so as to pervert justice, nor shall you be partial to a poor man in his lawsuit." - Exodus 23:1-3 “If anyone of the common people sins unintentionally in doing any one of the things that by Yahweh's commandments ought not to be done, and realizes his guilt, or the sin which he has committed is made known to him, he shall bring for his offering a goat, a female without blemish, for his sin which he has committed." - Leviticus 4:27-28 This Episode's Links: 'How to Watch TV News' by Neil Postman and Steve Powers - Audible WaPo ran this helpful tip just in time for spring: "YOUR GARDEN IS KILLING THE EARTH” - PlanetMoron, NTB One million species face extinction, U.N. report says. And humans will suffer as a result. - Darryl Fears, The Washington Post Gov. Abbott "Working as Swiftly as Texas Law Allows" to Pardon Army Sergeant Convicted of Murdering BLM Rioter... - AnnieOakley, NTB The Chinese military is openly doing drills rehearsing the encirclement of Taiwan - Edward Teach, NTB The abortion pill is teetering in legal uncertainty after two federal judges simultaneously banned and approved it - Daniel Payne, NTB If you like your George Soros prosecutor, you're gonna absolutely love your George Soros president - Daniel Payne, NTB --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/garrett-ashley-mullet/message

From a Pulitzer Prize winner, a powerful history that reveals how the twin strands of liberty and slavery were joined in the nation's founding. New attention from historians and journalists is raising pointed questions about the founding period: was the American revolution waged to preserve slavery, and was the Constitution a pact with slavery or a landmark in the antislavery movement? Leaders of the founding who called for American liberty are scrutinized for enslaving Black people themselves: George Washington consistently refused to recognize the freedom of those who escaped his Mount Vernon plantation. And we have long needed a history of the founding that fully includes Black Americans in the Revolutionary protests, the war, and the debates over slavery and freedom that followed. We now have that history in Edward J. Larson's insightful synthesis of the founding. With slavery thriving in Britain's Caribbean empire and practiced in all of the American colonies, the independence movement's calls for liberty proved narrow, though some Black observers and others made their full implications clear. In the war, both sides employed strategies to draw needed support from free and enslaved Blacks, whose responses varied by local conditions. By the time of the Constitutional Convention, a widening sectional divide shaped the fateful compromises over slavery that would prove disastrous in the coming decades. Larson's narrative delivers poignant moments that deepen our understanding: we witness New York's tumultuous welcome of Washington as liberator through the eyes of Daniel Payne, a Black man who had escaped enslavement at Mount Vernon two years before. Indeed, throughout Larson's brilliant history it is the voices of Black Americans that prove the most convincing of all on the urgency of liberty. Edward J. Larson is the author of many acclaimed works in American history, including the Pulitzer Prize–winning history of the Scopes Trial, Summer for the Gods. He is University Professor of History and Hugh and Hazel Darling Chair in Law at Pepperdine University, and lives with his family near Los Angeles. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/steve-richards/support

“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.” - C.S. Lewis "Yahweh will fight for you, and you have only to be silent.” - Exodus 13:14 (ESV) This Episode's Links: Second Amendment Bill Watch - RMGO Report: Drag queen kicks British 11-year-old out of class for denying 73 genders before lesson on anal sex and artificial penises - Jesse James, Not the Bee As industrial accidents pile up around the nation, here's Bloomberg's attempted banger of the day - Joel Abbott, Not the Bee This dating podcast is going viral for redpilling feminists. Here are a few of the most controversial clips. - Harambe, Not the Bee "A homily on the fall of Western civilization": Read this Chick-fil-A's letter to parents explaining why unsupervised kids under 16 are no longer allowed - Daniel Payne, Not the Bee Have 10 Kids, Pay No Property Taxes: Texas State Lawmaker's Bill Would Give Tax Breaks To Big Families - John Rigolizzo, The Daily Wire CURSED BY THE BOOMERS - R.R. Reno, First Things --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/garrett-ashley-mullet/message

The Biden administration is proposing new rules that would require more transparency about the owners, managers and contractors at nursing homes, in part to better understand private equity's impact on the industry. Daniel Payne talks with host Ruth Reader about the proposal, which could take effect this summer.

The Biden administration will end the Covid-19 national and public health emergencies on May 11. Daniel Payne talks with Ruth Reader about this major step, meant to signal that the crisis era of the pandemic is over. Plus, Katherine Ellen Foley on the four biggest takeaways from Pfizer's  earnings call.

Pulitzer Prize-winner Ed Larson returns to The Commonwealth Club with a revealing look at how the twin strands of liberty and slavery were joined in the nation's founding. New attention from historians and journalists has been raising pointed questions: Was the American revolution waged to preserve slavery? Was the Constitution a pact with slavery, or was it a landmark in the antislavery movement? Leaders who called for American liberty are scrutinized for enslaving Black people themselves, such as George Washington's consistent refusal to recognize the freedom of those who escaped his Mount Vernon plantation. Larson insightfully synthesizes these issues in his new history of the founding that fully includes Black Americans in the Revolutionary protests, the war, and the debates over slavery and freedom that followed. With slavery thriving in Britain's Caribbean empire and practiced in all of the American colonies, the independence movement's calls for liberty proved far too narrow — though some Black observers and others made their full implications clear. In the war, both sides employed strategies to draw needed support from free and enslaved Blacks, whose responses varied by local conditions. But by the time of the Constitutional Convention, a widening sectional divide shaped the fateful compromises over slavery that would prove disastrous in the coming decades. Larson delivers poignant moments that deepen our understanding: We witness New York's tumultuous welcome of Washington as liberator through the eyes of Daniel Payne, a Black man who had escaped enslavement at Mount Vernon two years before. Indeed, it is the voices of Black Americans that prove the most convincing of all on the urgency of liberty. MLF ORGANIZER George Hammond SPEAKERS Edward Larson University Professor of History, and Darling Chair in Law, Pepperdine University; Author, American Inheritance: Liberty and Slavery in the Birth of a Nation, 1765-1795 In Conversation with George Hammond Author, Conversations With Socrates In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are currently hosting all of our live programming via YouTube live stream. This program was recorded via video conference on January 24th, 2023 by the Commonwealth Club of California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

According to the latest data from the HHS' Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration annual survey, one in three Americans had a substance abuse disorder or mental illness in 2021. Lauren Gardner talks with Daniel Payne. Plus, Ben Leonard talks with Amy Abernethy, the former No. 2 at the Food and Drug Administration and now president of Verily's clinical research business, about barriers to improving trials, the new Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health and more.

Carmen Paun talks with Daniel Payne about the trajectory of the mpox outbreak in 2022 and what lessons we can learn from it.

Daniel Payne talks with Lauren Gardner about the lobbying from health care providers trying to convince lawmakers to extend the telehealth rules that were passed during the pandemic — and that would expire after the lifting of the Covid-19 public health emergency. 

Although they haven't been focused on as much as abortion, other measures across the health care spectrum are on the ballot Tuesday. Daniel Payne talks with Ruth Reader about Medicaid expansion, medical debt, health as a human right, flavored vape bans and marijuana legalization.

Two years after Congress offered a fix to struggling rural hospitals, the overwhelming majority are taking a pass. Daniel Payne talks with Alice Miranda Ollstein about why. Plus, Katherine Ellen Foley breaks down the CDC's newest Morbidity and Mortality weekly report on monkeypox.

Nearly three years into the Covid-19 pandemic, a new report from Resolve to Save Lives is highlighting the infectious diseases that didn't end in catastrophe. Daniel Payne talks with Krista Mahr about what we can learn from case studies of of successful containment in ebola, rabies and cholera.

The FDA will make its case this week to do something it hasn't in over a decade — order a drug it expedited to the market to be pulled. A panel of independent expert advisers on obstetric and reproductive drugs will decide whether to recommend that Makena, an injection marketed as lowering the risk of preterm birth, remain available for at least some patients. Lauren Gardner talks with Daniel Payne about why the years-long effort to yank the drug's approval offers a case study of the agency's accelerated approval program.

More than 100 researchers, scientists and public health professionals want fentanyl-related substances to no longer be Schedule I drugs — saying a different classification has the potential to unlock research on those drugs to treat opioid addiction or other mental health conditions. Daniel Payne and Ben Leonard unpack a Tuesday letter sent to the White House. Plus, Jason Gibbons, a postdoctoral fellow at Johns Hopkins University, explains a new study on using buprenorphine in Medicare patients.

Abortion-rights advocates from around the world have met with congressional, USAID, HHS and State Department leaders to discuss concerns that their countries will be next if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade. Daniel Payne reports.

Activists said they spoke to officials not only about their fears of the international impact if Roe v. Wade were to fall, but also proposed changes to U.S. policy that has long restricted funding for abortions abroad. Daniel Payne reports.