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Politics, culture, and public policy from the left. Stay alive another week. w/ Beatrice Adler-Bolton, Artie Vierkant, Phil Rocco and Jules Gill-Peterson. www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod

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This episode was originally released January 22nd and is being re-aired today. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod Beatrice speaks with Jane Shi and Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-... more

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/154941544 Beatrice speaks with Dean Spade about how mutual aid allows us to reclaim and collectivize the labor of survival itself, how the pra... more

This episode was originally released November 13, 2025 and is being re-aired today. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod Beatrice speaks with Natalie Rupp of Trans Income ... more

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/154337626 Beatrice speaks with Micah Khater about her award winning article on the intersection of race, disability, and incarceration in the ... more

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Recent Guests

Andrea Ritchie
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Mohini Mookim
Staff attorney, Sustainable Economies Law Center; co-author of the essay
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Episode: Teaser - Hospicing the Law w/ Mohini Mookim & Veryl Pow (03/23/26)
Veryl Pow
Staff attorney, Sustainable Economies Law Center; associate professor of law at Northeastern University
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Episode: Teaser - Hospicing the Law w/ Mohini Mookim & Veryl Pow (03/23/26)
Da'Shaun Harrison
Queer and trans theorist, abolitionist, and co-executive director of Scalawag Magazine
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Episode: Teaser - Body Fascism w/ Da’Shaun L. Harrison (03/16/26)
Anne Kosseff-Jones
Editor, writer, and organizer in Minneapolis
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Episode: Minneapolis Spring, the 2020 Uprisings and Beyond w/ Jonathan Stegall & Anne Kosseff-Jones (03/12/26)
Jonathan Stegall
Designer and faith-rooted organizer and abolitionist in Minneapolis
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Episode: Minneapolis Spring, the 2020 Uprisings and Beyond w/ Jonathan Stegall & Anne Kosseff-Jones (03/12/26)
Cassius Adair
A scholar and media producer specializing in the history of identification and its impacts on marginalized communities.
Episode: Teaser - Kansas and the History of State Identification as Administrative Violence w/ Cassius Adair (03/03/26)
Ayesha Siddiqi
A brilliant writer, editor, and strategist focusing on cultural, political, and social phenomena.
Episode: Teaser - Late Empire Life Extension w/ Ayesha Siddiqi (02/09/26)

Hosts

Beatrice Adler-Bolton
Co-host and host with a focus on disability justice, health policy, and abolitionist perspectives.
Ruth Wilson Gilmore
Geographer and abolitionist scholar; co-founder of Critical Resistance; discusses state power and abolition.

Reviews

4.8 out of 5 stars from 1.1k ratings
  • This podcast has changed my life

    In a world of grasping for solutions to the many crises and problems facing all of us in our lives and in our societies, this podcast has really helped me center what’s real in my approach to life and struggle. It often feels like listening to someone say out loud what you know to be true but you hadn’t realized it or been able to articulate it yet. I’m really grateful to Death Panel for the work you do and that I chose to go to the Luigi talk in Chicago not really knowing what it would be about... more

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    5
    Frothlobster
    United States14 days ago
  • Essential for deepening understanding

    Disability & its intersections with criminalization, gender, race, & medicalization is an under explored & essential lens for both understanding our current moment & how to move towards liberation. I’ve been learning so, so much & recommend this incredibly smart podcast for everyone. Join the Patreon if you can.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    AMM MN
    United Statesa year ago
  • Experimentation

    Really enjoyed the show. Hope you guys can keep going for as long as possible. I also hope that you guys are following the case in Georgia of a black woman being forced to carry a baby even though she is clinically brain dead and the baby is also showing signs of abnormalities in the womb.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    letia84
    United Statesa year ago
  • Thank you!!

    This podcast has kept me sane and alive through the past five years. Without this podcast I would have fallen for the liberal gaslighting that Biden ended Covid and I would not be here today.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Meow4B
    United Statesa year ago
  • Quickly became one of my favorite podcasts!!

    Podcast Addict
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    thefattingtonfrisk
    a year ago

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Many note the show as essential, educational, and deeply insightful for understanding state power.
Listeners praise rigorous analysis of health policy and disability justice with liberationist framing.
Some critique snark or pacing, but overall appreciation for substantive, lived-experience perspectives.
Appreciation for coverage of abolitionist themes and mutual aid in contemporary policy debates.

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Teaser - Hospicing the Law w/ Mohini Mookim & Veryl Pow (03/23/26)
Q: What is the core argument of the essay and what felt most urgent to articulate?
The core argument centers on prefigurative lawyering as a tactic that challenges conventional state-centered reform by imagining law as a site for building equitable social relations in the here and now, rather than waiting for a future rupture; the urgency is to present this approach as a viable, though non-traditional, path for organizing beyond the law's current limitations.
Teaser - Body Fascism w/ Da’Shaun L. Harrison (03/16/26)
Q: When you say body fascism, what are you naming that other frameworks like maybe diet culture, fat phobia or wellness ideology failed to fully capture here?
It names a broader project that uses medical authority, pharmaceutical intervention, cultural shame, and economic pressure to produce a productive, compliant, and legible body, tying individual decisions to collective national policy.
Teaser - Body Fascism w/ Da’Shaun L. Harrison (03/16/26)
Q: So with all that said, to begin, I'd love to just like ask you to walk us through the term body fascism, especially for folks who haven't yet read your piece in Scalawag.
Body fascism extends beyond gym culture or beauty standards; it is a political project that governs the flesh to enforce discipline, prioritize a standardized body, and connect health to national belonging and capitalist interests.
Teaser - Abolish ICE Means Abolish the Police w/ Mariame Kaba & Andrea Ritchie (03/09/26)
Q: For people who are newly outraged by ICE, how would you help them understand that ICE is not an exception to policing but is part of its core logic?
Explain that ICE operates with the same aims, methods, and structural incentives as local police, and that opposing ICE naturally leads to opposing policing because they are interconnected parts of the same system.
Teaser - Kansas and the History of State Identification as Administrative Violence w/ Cassius Adair (03/03/26)
Q: Can you just briefly explain your background as a scholar?
Cassius Adair explains his entry into studying identification laws stems from personal experiences with the bureaucratic challenges of gender transition.

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2. Mariame Kaba
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5. Da'Shaun Harrison
6. Anne Kosseff-Jones
7. Jonathan Stegall
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