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Death Panel

Death Panel
Covid-19
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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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Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron episode here: www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod/posts/172836747 Beatrice and Artie discuss what it means when we’re told to “be normal,” especially in the domain of politics, and walk through ... more

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This episode was originally released March 9th for Death Panel patrons. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod Beatrice speaks with Mariame Kaba and Andrea Ritchie a... more

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Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron episode here: www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod/posts/172178479 Beatrice, Artie and Phil discuss the Trump administration’s announcement that it has unilaterally kicked 760,000 people off of t... more

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This episode was originally released October 16th, 2023. We are re-airing it today as we mark three years in the ongoing escalation of genocide in Palestine. If you can, donate to the Sameer Project here: linktr.ee/thesameerproject To support... more

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Recent Guests

Andrea Ritchie
Writer, organizer, movement lawyer
Interrupting Criminalization
Episode: Abolish ICE Means Abolish the Police w/ Mariame Kaba & Andrea Ritchie (Re-Air)
Mariame Kaba
Organizer, educator, archivist, and curator
Interrupting Criminalization
Episode: Abolish ICE Means Abolish the Police w/ Mariame Kaba & Andrea Ritchie (Re-Air)
Rasha Abdulhadi
A queer Palestinian southerner who is a cultural organizer, editor, and poet
Palestinian liberation movement and academic circles (as described in the episode)
Episode: Refusing Genocide w/ Rasha Abdulhadi (October 2023)
Gabriel Winant
Historian of labor, political economy, capitalism, and the welfare state
Episode: Teaser - On "Gerontocracy," Part 1: Age and Class w/ Gabriel Winant (09/21/26)
Vicky Osterweil
Philadelphia-based writer, agitator, and author
Independent writer/activist
Episode: Trans Care in the Age of Health Fascism (DP x S26)
S. Lamble
Community organizer and Professor of Criminology and Queer Theory
Birkbeck, University of London
Episode: Trans Care in the Age of Health Fascism (DP x S26)
Da'Shaun L. Harrison
Queer and trans theorist, abolitionist, author
Atlanta-based; co-executive director of Scalawag magazine
Episode: Teaser - The Death Panel vs Fox News w/ Da’Shaun L. Harrison (09/14/26)
Madeline Lane-McKinley
Author of Solidarity with Children, an Essay Against Adult Supremacy
Author, Blind Field editor
Episode: Solidarity with Children w/ Madeline Lane-McKinley
RH Lossin
Scholar focusing on American history, politics, and law; author of sabotage-related work
Brooklyn Institute for Social Research; Harvard Law School
Episode: Teaser - Property, Sabotage and the Origins of Anti-Left Repression w/ R.H. Lossin (08/24/26)

Hosts

Beatrice Adler-Bolton
Host of Death Panel (and related shows), co-creator of the show's critical, abolition-focused discourse.
Artie Vierkant
Co-host on Death Panel; frequent contributor to discussions on policy, health, and justice.

Reviews

4.8 out of 5 stars from 1.2k 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

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Frothlobster
    United States7 months 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 States2 years ago
  • Quickly became one of my favorite podcasts!!

    Podcast Addict
    5
    thefattingtonfrisk
    2 years ago

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Many appreciate the abolitionist framing and emphasis on mutual aid.
Listeners praise the show for deep, rigorous analysis of health policy and disability justice.

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Solidarity with Children w/ Madeline Lane-McKinley
Q: So with all that said, to start us off here, for folks who have not read the book, Madeline, can you just give listeners a sense of the project as a whole in your words and talk about what solidarity with children sets out to do and what you think it can open for readers encountering these ideas, encountering child liberation as a concept, perhaps for the first time?
Madeline explains that the book aims to make solidarity with children thinkable and actionable in everyday life, not just a theoretical exercise for parents, but a broad invitation for everyone to imagine and practice a world where children are not disempowered or treated as ideas, and to challenge the structural forms of adult supremacy that shape education, care, and social policy.
Trump’s New Red Scare w/ Vicky Osterweil
Q: What are your top lines, Vicky?
Vicky emphasizes that the speeches reveal a conscious attempt to reconstruct a global counterinsurgency framework that treats leftist movements as a security threat, while also highlighting how such framing serves to normalize expanded state power and policing rather than addressing actual social conditions.
The Human Cost of Welfare Reform w/ John Pring (Re-Air)
Q: What evidence exists of cover-ups or deliberate obfuscation within the DWP during reforms?
There are multiple indicators, including secret peer reviews, destruction of records, misrepresentation by assessors, and deliberate withholding of coroner reports and independent reviews, all pointing to a pattern of delay, obfuscation, and suppression of critical information.
The Human Cost of Welfare Reform w/ John Pring (Re-Air)
Q: What was the role of private insurance and consultancy firms in shaping disability benefits policy?
Private companies like Unum and Maximus were brought in to shape and test assessment processes, lobby for tougher rules, and push for more privatized control of benefits, often without transparent accountability, transforming policy into a market-driven system that externalized risk and harm onto claimants.
The Human Cost of Welfare Reform w/ John Pring (Re-Air)
Q: Can you contextualize your work a bit and talk about what this book is, how it came about, and what you hope it can offer readers?
It's a decade-long investigation into how UK welfare reforms evolved from the late 1980s onward, detailing the shift from a cradle-to-grave welfare state to a system driven by privatization, distrust of claimants, and 'objectivity' in assessments, with a focus on real human consequences and the state's concealment of harm.

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A thought-provoking show anchored in health policy, social justice, and anti-carceral organizing. Across recent episodes, listeners hear rigorous critiques of public health systems, welfare policy, and policing, with frequent dives into decarceration, mutual aid, disability justice, and immigrant rights. Conversations blend scholarly analysis with on-the-ground organizing, often challenging mainstream narratives and offering pragmatic strategies for advocacy, solidarity, and community care. A standout feature is the guests' emphasis on embodied expertise and movement-building, making complex policy debates accessible while highlighting concrete community-led solutions.

A notable strength is the show's sustained focus on how policy and inst... more

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