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Stream "Failure to Appear" and Housing First w/ Brian Nam-Sonenstein (Unlocked) by Death Panel | Listen online for free on SoundCloudon.soundcloud.com This episode was originally released for Death Panel patrons on October 23rd, 2023. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod

Now unlocked: we speak with Brian Nam-Sonenstein about two of his recent briefs for Prison Policy Initiative, the first on the compounding harms of “failure to appear” practices in courts, and the second on the debates surrounding Housing First programs on.soundcloud.com/LdowKKkGagrB...

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Protest and "Performativity" w/ Charlie Markbreiter (07/01/24) | The Death Panelwww.patreon.com Get more from The Death Panel on Patreon

In our latest, @berlantbro.bsky.social joins us to discuss how liberals dismiss protest as merely “performative”—youthful, “inauthentic,” or “cringe”—and how allegations of performativity try to turn the act of politics into a problem of optics and manners www.patreon.com/posts/107278...

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Masks Are a Symbol of Solidarity. Don’t Let Democrats Take Them Away.www.thenation.com Mask bans are ostensibly about public safety. The result would be disastrous for public health—but it goes beyond that, too.

“There is still much work to be done. But if you ever stopped masking, there has rarely been a better time to start again. Mask up and show your solidarity. Eric Adams will hate it.” Thank you @reallandsend.bsky.social and @avierkant.bsky.social ❤️

Reposting now that we got them to update the image, and since the piece came out on Friday in the middle of debate discourse and scotus rulings. @reallandsend.bsky.social and I for The Nation: Masks Are a Symbol of Solidarity. Don’t Let Democrats Take Them Away. www.thenation.com/article/poli...

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"Masks did not become a symbol of solidarity overnight...There is still much work to be done. But if you ever stopped masking, there has rarely been a better time to start again. Mask up and show your solidarity. Eric Adams will hate it."

“If you ever stopped masking, there has rarely been a better time to start again. Mask up and show your solidarity. Eric Adams will hate it.” www.thenation.com/article/arch...

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This morning @reallandsend.bsky.social and I are in The Nation arguing against mask bans: Masks Are a Symbol of Solidarity. Don’t Let Democrats Take Them Away. www.thenation.com/article/arch...

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How the Security State Plans to Target Palestine Solidarity w/ Maryam Jamshidi (06/27/24)on.soundcloud.com Beatrice speaks with Maryam Jamshidi about a number of new laws, and amendments to existing laws enacted at the onset of the war on terror, that Congress is currently drafting in order to crack down o

In our latest, @msjamshidi.bsky.social returns to walk us through multiple bills and amendments being debated in Congress that go to great lengths to strengthen the security state’s ability to target pro-Palestine speech and action on.soundcloud.com/38L9HYrZkDqH...

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Teaser - On New York Magazine'son.soundcloud.com Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/106825394 Beatrice, Artie and Abby discuss a recent piece by Freddie deBoer in New York Mag

First ~20min here: on.soundcloud.com/Api4iuGWBtrm...

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On New York Magazine's "The Case for Forcing the Mentally Ill Into Treatment" (06/24/24) | The Death Panelwww.patreon.com Get more from The Death Panel on Patreon

In our latest, we explore an odious attempt by Freddie deBoer to make a case for involuntary commitment, in which he claims “the disability activist community and their enablers in the media have done everything in their power to obscure the truth.” www.patreon.com/posts/106825...

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The Rise of Mask Bans (06/20/24) | Death Panel Podcastwww.deathpanel.net Death Panel podcast hosts Beatrice Adler-Bolton, Artie Vierkant and Phil Rocco discuss New York Democrats’ plan to ban masks on the subway and beyond, and take a close look at the latest updates on ...

Full transcript is now live for our episode “The Rise of Mask Bans”: www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/...

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The Rise of Mask Bans (06/20/24)on.soundcloud.com Beatrice, Artie and Phil discuss New York Democrats’ plan to ban masks on the subway and beyond, and take a close look at the latest updates on North Carolina’s anti-mask bill HB237, “Unmasking Mobs a

In our latest, we look at the rise of anti-mask legislation in New York and North Carolina: how North Carolina managed to make its mask ban worse, why New York Democrats are trying the same thing, and how the rise of bans is an attempt to break solidarity on.soundcloud.com/NsanmB2VyH8f...

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3 Feet Under (06/17/24) | The Death Panelwww.patreon.com Get more from The Death Panel on Patreon

In our latest, we discuss recent attempts to portray social distancing guidance as a “costly” overreach with no science to support it, and how this new round of controversy omits significant context about 2021’s political battles over social distancing www.patreon.com/posts/106371...

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On NPR’s “Wrestling with my husband's fear of getting COVID again” (03/18/24) | Death Panel Podcastwww.deathpanel.net Death Panel podcast hosts Beatrice Adler-Bolton, Artie Vierkant and Jules Gill-Peterson discuss a recent piece in NPR, “Wrestling with my husband's fear of getting COVID again,” which presents avoid...

Full transcript is now live for our recently unlocked episode, “On NPR’s ‘Wrestling with my husband's fear of getting COVID again’” www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/...

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On The Atlantic’s “The UN’s Gaza Statistics Make No Sense” (06/05/24) | Death Panel Podcastwww.deathpanel.net Death Panel podcast hosts Beatrice Adler-Bolton, Abby Cartus and Phil Rocco discuss a recent article by The Atlantic staff writer Graeme Wood that went viral for its assertion that, in the context o...

Full transcript is now live for our episode “On The Atlantic’s ‘The UN’s Gaza Statistics Make No Sense’” www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/...

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Teaser - 3 Feet Under (06/17/24)on.soundcloud.com Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/106371913 Beatrice, Artie and Abby discuss the recent resurgence of debates over social dis

Extended teaser here: on.soundcloud.com/r5HK8Gs9eCrn...

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Stream "No Use to the State" w/ Micah Khater (Unlocked) by Death Panel | Listen online for free on SoundCloudon.soundcloud.com This episode was originally released for Death Panel patrons on April 22nd. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod Beatric

Now unlocked: Micah Khater joins us to discuss her work documenting how Black women experienced and theorized disability from within Alabama prisons in the early 20th century, and the intersection of racial capitalism, carcerality, and disability on.soundcloud.com/RDiiQ7KbkiEt...

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Reflection Papers and "Integrity Modules" w/ Sophie Lewis (06/10/24) | The Death Panelwww.patreon.com Get more from The Death Panel on Patreon

In our latest, @reproutopia.bsky.social joins us to discuss the pop psych meets management consulting “Integrity Modules” NYU compelled students involved in solidarity encampments to complete last month, and we attempt to complete one of the modules ourselves www.patreon.com/posts/105955...

First ~20 min here: on.soundcloud.com/VKTNe4EojUp6...

Teaser - Reflection Papers andon.soundcloud.com Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/105955239 Beatrice and Jules are joined by Sophie Lewis to discuss how last month NYU disci

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talking with Death Panel folks in these moments (and phew we've been weathering a lot of them) is so clarifying—I hope this conversation helps you, too!

Always so wonderful to talk to @melissagiragrant.com especially so when I’m feeling thoroughly demoralized by constant exposure to cynical campaign ads in this election cycle. There is a time and a place for abstraction & it’s 100% not when you’re discussing expanding regimes of criminalization ❤️‍🔥

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On The Atlantic’s “The UN’s Gaza Statistics Make No Sense” (06/05/24)on.soundcloud.com Beatrice, Abby and Phil discuss a recent article by The Atlantic staff writer Graeme Wood that went viral for its assertion that, in the context of the genocide in Palestine, “it is possible to kill c

In our latest we take a close look at the recent Atlantic piece that asserted “it is possible to kill children legally” and how the piece’s surrounding argument attempts to launder justification for genocide through a veneer of statistics and “objectivity” on.soundcloud.com/xy7oui9ycYnk...

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Teaser - The Abortion Phantasm and the Dobbs Story w/ Melissa Gira Grant (06/03/24)on.soundcloud.com Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/105522184 Beatrice and Phil speak with Melissa Gira Grant about how it came to be that abor

First ~20min here: on.soundcloud.com/VFnGBLP9UtjN...

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The Abortion Phantasm and the Dobbs Story w/ Melissa Gira Grant (06/03/24) | The Death Panelwww.patreon.com Get more from The Death Panel on Patreon

In our latest, @melissagiragrant.com returns to discuss how politicians and pundits continue to talk about abortion politics in only the most hollow and abstract of ways, and how the current discourse obscures how bad abortion access was prior to Dobbs www.patreon.com/posts/105522...

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A Palestinian Healthcare Worker on the Water Crisis in Gaza | عاملة صحية فلسطينية تتحدث عن أزمة المياه في غزةblindarchive.substack.com We work day and night continuously, tirelessly and without any financial compensation from any official body. | نعمل ليلا ونهارا بشكل متواصل ودون كلل ودون أي تعويض مالي من أي جهة رسمية.

Find Afnan’s letter, “A Palestinian Healthcare Worker on the Water Crisis in Gaza | عاملة صحية فلسطينية تتحدث عن أزمة المياه في غزة” which ⁦Beatrice‬⁩ reads in the episode, here: blindarchive.substack.com/p/a-palestin...

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Teaser - Rafah (05/27/24)on.soundcloud.com Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/105055097 Beatrice and Abby discuss last night’s horrific assault on Rafah, liberal handwri

First ~20 min here: on.soundcloud.com/mPnCfRqCMLUt...

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Rafah (05/27/24) | The Death Panelwww.patreon.com Get more from The Death Panel on Patreon

We had a plan for an entirely different episode for today, but put that to the side this morning to talk about the last 24 hours and Rafah. Fuck the IOF. Free Palestine. www.patreon.com/posts/105055...

We recorded this yesterday afternoon, and while it appears increasingly likely the house may address some of the public health issues with the bill, there’s a whole lot more at stake that needs pushback and bodes poorly for future expansions of criminalizing masking and protest:

In our latest, we discuss the wave of anti-mask sentiment and laws criminalizing masking in public space, with a close look at North Carolina’s HB237, a bill that perfectly illustrates the links between covid activism, abolition, and Palestinian liberation on.soundcloud.com/LDXYHbVjBaBD...

“Unmasking Mobs and Criminals” (05/23/24)on.soundcloud.com Beatrice, Artie and Jules discuss the recent push by state and local governments to criminalize masking in public space, in some cases introducing new legislation to make existing anti-mask laws more

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