Ranked #1
S1E3 / Flatten the Curve / Craig Spencer & Helen Branswell
S1E3 / Flatten the Curve / Craig Spencer & Helen Branswell
Transcript“The goal is to try to keep as many people from being infected for as long as possible to try to effectively s... Read more
13 Mar 2020
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33mins
Ranked #2
S1E10 / Dr Tony Fauci: From One Pandemic to Another / Mark Harrington & Peter Staley
S1E10 / Dr Tony Fauci: From One Pandemic to Another / Mark Harrington & Peter Staley
Transcript“I mean, many of us spent the whole ‘80’s in a state of terror, knowing that we'd been exposed, not knowing ou... Read more
10 Apr 2020
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24mins
Ranked #3
BONUS / A False Dichotomy: Airborne versus Droplet / Roxanne Khamsi and Lydia Bourouiba
BONUS / A False Dichotomy: Airborne versus Droplet / Roxanne Khamsi and Lydia Bourouiba
TranscriptOn March 14, 2020, Roxanne Khamsi published an article in Wired magazine: "They Say Coronavirus Isn't Airborne... Read more
20 Mar 2020
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39mins
Ranked #4
S1E9 / Did Anybody See This Coming? / Juliette Kayyem
S1E9 / Did Anybody See This Coming? / Juliette Kayyem
Transcript"It’s not an on/off switch. We are living with coronavirus until we get a vaccine, and that could be 18 months... Read more
6 Apr 2020
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24mins
Ranked #5
S1E11 / Surviving COVID / David Lat
S1E11 / Surviving COVID / David Lat
Transcript"The other point I made about ventilators is, they're not a panacea. Many patients don't survive them, but I d... Read more
14 Apr 2020
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28mins
Ranked #6
S1E4 / Our Health System’s in Trouble / Andy Salvitt & Dan Diamond
S1E4 / Our Health System’s in Trouble / Andy Salvitt & Dan Diamond
Transcript“I think as we get testing capability out, and we get the ability to treat the population, we can't forget tha... Read more
20 Mar 2020
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34mins
Ranked #7
S1E8 / Unequal: Race, Status, and COVID-19 / Greg Asbed & Jeneen Interlandi
S1E8 / Unequal: Race, Status, and COVID-19 / Greg Asbed & Jeneen Interlandi
Transcript"People who don’t have access to medical care, people who don’t have access to the healthcare system in genera... Read more
3 Apr 2020
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32mins
Ranked #8
S1E5 / On the Frontlines and in People’s Minds / Adam Grant
S1E5 / On the Frontlines and in People’s Minds / Adam Grant
Transcript"I have to say it's really weird to be at Bellevue right now. On the one hand, it feels like a ghost town. Bas... Read more
24 Mar 2020
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31mins
Ranked #9
BONUS / Running Out of Time / Michael Donnelly
BONUS / Running Out of Time / Michael Donnelly
TranscriptMichael Donnelly is a professional data scientist, policy researcher, and economist. He joined us to discuss e... Read more
20 Mar 2020
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33mins
Ranked #10
BONUS / Speaking Truth to COVID / Stacey Abrams
BONUS / Speaking Truth to COVID / Stacey Abrams
Transcript“We are not ready to put at risk the lives of those who are going to be on the front lines. And let’s be clear... Read more
25 Apr 2020
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28mins
Ranked #11
S1E6 / We All Count: Civil Rights & Coronavirus / Vanita Gupta & Michael Macagnone
S1E6 / We All Count: Civil Rights & Coronavirus / Vanita Gupta & Michael Macagnone
Transcript“The nation is confronting this kind of social distancing and quarantine for the first time in the modern era,... Read more
27 Mar 2020
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29mins
Ranked #12
S1E7 / The Destiny of Nations Depends on How They Feed Themselves / José Andres
S1E7 / The Destiny of Nations Depends on How They Feed Themselves / José Andres
Transcript“I think today we are going to be doing roughly 125,000 meals across America in very strategic places. Restaur... Read more
31 Mar 2020
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26mins
Ranked #13
S1E13 / A Black Plague / Helene Gayle & Aletha Maybank
S1E13 / A Black Plague / Helene Gayle & Aletha Maybank
Transcript“As a nation, we've got to put in place a public health system that includes disease preparedness, so that we'... Read more
21 Apr 2020
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21mins
Ranked #14
S1E12 / Covid and Punishment / Homer Venters, Norman Ornstein, Steven Leifman
S1E12 / Covid and Punishment / Homer Venters, Norman Ornstein, Steven Leifman
Transcript“There’s no social distancing in the prisons, almost no protective gear for anybody, and if you also have a se... Read more
17 Apr 2020
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23mins
Ranked #15
S1E14 / Disability Shouldn’t Be A Liability / Maggie Hassan & Rebecca Cokley
S1E14 / Disability Shouldn’t Be A Liability / Maggie Hassan & Rebecca Cokley
Transcript"Resources that we've been using as reasonable accommodations are now being taken up by the rest of society du... Read more
24 Apr 2020
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27mins
Ranked #16
S1E15 / Health Coverage in a Pandemic / Donald Berwick & Karen Pollitz
S1E15 / Health Coverage in a Pandemic / Donald Berwick & Karen Pollitz
Transcript“COVID-19 is the great revealer. It’s showing every crack and fault in the healthcare coverage system.” - Dr. ... Read more
28 Apr 2020
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38mins
Ranked #17
S1E16 / Good and Bad Bosses / Adam Grant, William Kassler, Katie McGrath
S1E16 / Good and Bad Bosses / Adam Grant, William Kassler, Katie McGrath
Transcript“We’re not working from home because we want to. Many of us are working from home because we have to. We are a... Read more
1 May 2020
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27mins
Ranked #18
S1E17 / Getting Prepared / John Lynch, Syra Madad, Reid Wilson
S1E17 / Getting Prepared / John Lynch, Syra Madad, Reid Wilson
Transcript“We want to make sure everybody's prepared because we know COVID 19 is just one epidemic that we're currently ... Read more
5 May 2020
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20mins
Ranked #19
S1E18 / Without Shelter in a Storm / Rosanne Haggerty, Jake Maguire, Cindy Funkhouser
S1E18 / Without Shelter in a Storm / Rosanne Haggerty, Jake Maguire, Cindy Funkhouser
Transcript“It's scary for everybody, but imagine yourself being someone that can't socially isolate, that has no home, t... Read more
12 May 2020
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15mins
Ranked #20
S1E24 / Is the CDC MIA? / Jim Curran & Mark Rosenberg
S1E24 / Is the CDC MIA? / Jim Curran & Mark Rosenberg
Transcript"I think there are some people who are afraid that the truth will hurt the economy. That if we let CDC speak t... Read more
29 May 2020
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30mins