Ranked #1
Plandemic: How the World is Treating Coronavirus
Plandemic: How the World is Treating Coronavirus
Abdul dissects the news of a vaccine, the concept of “flattening the curve,” and the notion of herd immunity. Ben Rhodes... Read more
20 Mar 2020
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25mins
Ranked #2
The Tweetment: Why Science Matters Now
The Tweetment: Why Science Matters Now
Host Abdul El-Sayed dissects the claim of a possible cure for COVID-19, and then we talk to Dr. Alison Galvani, an epide... Read more
24 Mar 2020
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24mins
Ranked #3
Open for Business: Toilet Paper and Disaster Capitalism
Open for Business: Toilet Paper and Disaster Capitalism
Abdul dissects how hospitals are struggling under the surge of COVID patients, while writer Naomi Klein joins us to talk... Read more
3 Apr 2020
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22mins
Ranked #4
Emergency Room: A dispatch from the Front Lines
Emergency Room: A dispatch from the Front Lines
As doctors, nurses, and hospital staff do battle on the front lines, how is the growing pandemic affecting these people ... Read more
31 Mar 2020
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24mins
Ranked #5
Life Support: Congress and COVID (with Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal)
Life Support: Congress and COVID (with Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal)
This week the Senate passed a historic, $2 trillion stimulus bill aimed at easing the impact of the coronavirus pandemic... Read more
27 Mar 2020
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24mins
Ranked #6
The economy after COVID-19
The economy after COVID-19
Abdul talks to a local bookstore owner about going online after COVID and dissects how this will influence the economy. ... Read more
7 Apr 2020
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24mins
Ranked #7
The long haul
The long haul
Abdul reflects on Thanksgiving and the future of this surge in the pandemic. Then he interviews Fiona Lowenstein, co-fou... Read more
24 Nov 2020
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25mins
Ranked #8
Dying in a pandemic
Dying in a pandemic
Abdul reflects on the COVID-19 surge we’re experiencing. Then he interviews Kristin Urquiza, co-founder of Marked by COV... Read more
17 Nov 2020
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36mins
Ranked #9
Organizing against pandemic fatigue
Organizing against pandemic fatigue
Abdul talks about the COVID19 surge we’re facing right now. Then he interviews Shaniqua McClendon, Crooked Media’s Polit... Read more
20 Oct 2020
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32mins
Ranked #10
200,000 and counting
200,000 and counting
Abdul reflects on the grim milestone of 200,000 deaths to COVID19. He talks to Carmen Rojas, President & CEO of the ... Read more
22 Sep 2020
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30mins
Ranked #11
The Covid Recession
The Covid Recession
Abdul discusses the economic consequences of COVID. He catches up with Dr. Tara Sinclair, a macroeconomist, about the fu... Read more
16 Jun 2020
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28mins
Ranked #12
Ebola should have prepared us
Ebola should have prepared us
Abdul breaks down the similarities--and differences--between COVID19 and Ebola. He interviews Dr. Craig Spencer, an emer... Read more
19 May 2020
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32mins
Ranked #13
COVID and the classroom
COVID and the classroom
Abdul talks to a third-grader, who's currently attending school remotely, about what it’s like to do home school during ... Read more
15 May 2020
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24mins
Ranked #14
COVID without papers
COVID without papers
Abdul dissects how politics is a part of public health—and how our federal political leadership has gotten in the way of... Read more
12 May 2020
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29mins
Ranked #15
COVID without Borders
COVID without Borders
Abdul dissects how COVID19 is forcing us to deal with how interconnected our world is, whether we like it or not. Then h... Read more
8 May 2020
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32mins
Ranked #16
Don’t declare victory just yet
Don’t declare victory just yet
Abdul looks at why stay home orders still matter. He'll talk with Dr. Jason Bae, who spent 10 days in the Queens at the ... Read more
5 May 2020
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31mins
Ranked #17
Andrew Yang and the COVID Basic Income
Andrew Yang and the COVID Basic Income
Listeners share what they’re doing with their $1200 checks and then Abdul dissects how a check can be a powerful anti-CO... Read more
1 May 2020
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34mins
Ranked #18
Homelessness, Incarceration, and COVID19
Homelessness, Incarceration, and COVID19
Abdul looks at recent studies on people infected with coronavirus, and then talks about people who are among those most ... Read more
28 Apr 2020
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30mins
Ranked #19
Medicare-for-COVID with Senator Bernie Sanders
Medicare-for-COVID with Senator Bernie Sanders
Abdul talks with Senator Bernie Sanders about Congress’s most recent COVID19 relief package and how the country might ha... Read more
24 Apr 2020
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30mins
Ranked #20
Viruses don’t discriminate ... people do.
Viruses don’t discriminate ... people do.
Recently the CDC released a study that revealed that while African Americans make up only 13% of the population of the U... Read more
21 Apr 2020
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28mins