Last Born In The Wilderness

Long Covid Action Project (LCAP) activists Corsi Rosenthal (CR) and Clean Air (CA), along with journalist and LCAP founder Joshua Pribanic, discuss the recent direct action CR and CA participated in to disrupt the National Institute of Health's (NIH) first meeting for the RECOVER Initiative, ostensibly created to "understand, treat, and prevent Long COVID" in the United States. / Episode notes: https://www.lastborninthewilderness.com/episodes/lcap-activists-2 // Sustain + support: https://www.patreon.com/lastborninthewilderness // Donate: https://www.paypal.me/lastbornpodcast

Long Covid Action Project (LCAP) activists Corsi Rosenthal (CR) and Clean Air (CA), along with journalist and LCAP founder Joshua Pribanic, discuss the recent direct action CR and CA participated in to disrupt the National Institute of Health's (NIH) first meeting for the RECOVER Initiative, ostensibly created to "understand, treat, and prevent Long COVID" in the United States. // Support the work and listen to the full interview: https://www.patreon.com/lastborninthewilderness

Political analyst, writer, and Three Way Fight contributor Matthew N. Lyons joins me to discuss his analysis of the upcoming US presidential election, and how the choices presented to voters is "between a Democratic option more abysmal than four years ago and a Republican option even more catastrophic than last time." This interview was recorded just a few days before voting day on November 5th, and is based on Matthew's article, Three Way Fight Analysis of Trump and the 2024 Election. // Episode notes: https://www.lastborninthewilderness.com/episodes/matthew-lyons // Sustain + support: https://www.patreon.com/lastborninthewilderness // Donate: https://www.paypal.me/lastbornpodcast

Author and scholar Dr. Mohamed Abdou returns to the podcast, one year after October 7, 2023. Our discussion flows across various subjects: Al-Aqsa Flood and the US-Israel genocide of Palestinians in Gaza; Islam and the crusading Euro-American imperial project; anti-colonial struggle as resistance, decolonization as "creating the world of many belows"; and Abdou's participation in the Palestine solidarity encampment at Columbia University, where he was targeted, threatened, and slandered by Zionists in the university administration, United States Congress, and by prominent media figures. // Episode notes: https://www.lastborninthewilderness.com/episodes/mohamed-abdou-2 // Sustain + support: https://www.patreon.com/lastborninthewilderness // Donate: https://www.paypal.me/lastbornpodcast

Author and scholar Dr. Mohamed Abdou returns to the podcast, one year after October 7, 2023. // Support the work and listen to the full interview: https://www.patreon.com/lastborninthewilderness

Meteorologist Jeff Masters joins me in this interview to discuss the damage wrought by Hurricane Helene in the southeastern United States, as he has written extensively about for the Yale Climate Connections blog, Eye on the Storm, and to contextualize this year's hurricane season within the larger trends of human-caused climate change. // Episode notes: https://www.lastborninthewilderness.com/episodes/jeff-masters // Sustain + support: https://www.patreon.com/lastborninthewilderness // Donate: https://www.paypal.me/lastbornpodcast

Meteorologist Jeff Masters joins me in this interview to discuss the damage wrought by Hurricane Helene in the southeastern United States, as he has written extensively about for the Yale Climate Connections blog, Eye on the Storm. // Support the work and listen to the full interview: https://www.patreon.com/lastborninthewilderness

Epidemiologist and writer Abby Cartus returns to continue our discussion about the so-called successes and failures of public health, particularly as it relates to the ongoing pandemic. In this interview, I asked Abby to clarify the kinds of data that are collected—mainly from wastewater sites—and how that data is modeled and presented at this phase of the pandemic. How does this impose limitations on our view of the current rates of SARS-CoV-2 infection in the US population? After establishing what can be understood, and not understood, from wastewater data, I asked Abby to raise her critique of how this data is being modeled and presented by the Pandemic Mitigation Collaborative, a popular and well regarded resource often cited by covid cautious and public health advocacy individuals and groups, and what this indicates about not only where we are at this phase of the pandemic, but how data and statistics are underlaid by ideological assumptions that deserve examination. // Episode notes: https://www.lastborninthewilderness.com/episodes/abby-cartus // Sustain + support: https://www.patreon.com/lastborninthewilderness // Donate: https://www.paypal.me/lastbornpodcast

In this engaging conversation, Abby Cartus, an epidemiologist and writer passionate about public health, delves into the complexities surrounding COVID-19. She critiques U.S. COVID policies, examining systemic failures while challenging narratives of public health success and failure. The discussion spans historical lessons from past public health crises and emphasizes the need for thoughtful advocacy that acknowledges societal contexts. Cartus also advocates for reevaluating public health funding, urging a shift in priorities to build a healthier society.

Epidemiologist and writer Abby Cartus joins me in this interview to explore a fascinating set of questions: What does it mean for public health to fail? What does it mean for it to succeed? // Support the work and listen to the full interview: https://www.patreon.com/lastborninthewilderness