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Death Panel

Death Panel
Covid-19
Public Health
Palestine
Racial Capitalism
Mutual Aid
Long COVID
Trump Administration
Medicaid
Disability Justice
Health Communism
Gaza
Mental Health
Biden Administration
Mask Bans
Deinstitutionalization
Abolition
Disability Rights
Eugenics
Los Angeles
Fascism

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-exclusive episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/157359074 Beatrice speaks with the members of a Kensington-based harm reduction group (name redacted to preserve anonymity) about their experi... more

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Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: www.patreon.com/posts/156680243 Beatrice speaks with Sunaura Taylor about how industrial pollution and systemic abandonment produce networks of disability among peo... more

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Recent Guests

Alberto Toscano
Author and philosopher; author of Late Fascism and related works
Academic/Publishing
Episode: Late Fascism w/ Alberto Toscano (Unlocked)
William C. Anderson
Writer and activist from Birmingham, Alabama; author and co-founder of Offshoot Journal; producer for the Black Autonomy podcast
AK Press; Offshoot Journal; Black Autonomy
Episode: Another Way Out w/ William C. Anderson
Kate Brown
Historian and author; MIT professor; author of Tiny Gardens Everywhere
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Episode: Teaser - Lifemaking in the Margins of Urban Space w/ Kate Brown (04/13/26)
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
Disabled writer, editor, and disability and transformative justice cultural worker; organizer with Crips for eSims for Gaza
Crips for eSims for Gaza
Episode: Crips for eSims for Gaza w/ Jane Shi & Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (Re-Air)
Jane Shi
Poet, writer, editor, and organizer; co-founder of Masks for East Van; organizer of Crips for eSims for Gaza
Crips for eSims for Gaza
Episode: Crips for eSims for Gaza w/ Jane Shi & Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (Re-Air)
Mohini Mookim
Staff attorney, Sustainable Economies Law Center; co-author of the essay
Sustainable Economies Law Center
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
Sustainable Economies Law Center; Northeastern University
Episode: Teaser - Hospicing the Law w/ Mohini Mookim & Veryl Pow (03/23/26)
Cassius Adair
Scholar and media producer; author and researcher on identification and mobility
University/Scholar (American Quarterly, Differences, etc.)
Episode: Kansas and the History of State Identification as Administrative Violence w/ Cassius Adair (Unlocked)
Da'Shaun Harrison
Queer and trans theorist, abolitionist, and co-executive director of Scalawag Magazine
Scalawag Magazine
Episode: Teaser - Body Fascism w/ Da’Shaun L. Harrison (03/16/26)

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

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Frothlobster
    United Statesa month 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
    5
    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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#212
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Talking Points

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Another Way Out w/ William C. Anderson
Q: What does it mean to be a spark in this moment, and what risks are necessary?
Being a spark means confronting fear, organizing beyond pet projects, and building infrastructures that protect communities, even at personal risk, while recognizing that the path to liberation involves learning from mistakes and acting with others rather than waiting for a savior.
Another Way Out w/ William C. Anderson
Q: Why critique liberal disengagement and what does it mean to 'learn through struggle'?
The hosts discuss how liberal activism can foster microwavable movements; true learning comes from struggle, not from consuming consumerist solutions, and organizing must involve direct action that meets people's immediate needs while building sustained power.
An Oral History of Trans Income Project w/ Natalie Rupp
Q: For folks who might not be familiar, can you just take us back to the beginning of Trans Income Project?
Natalie explains the project formed as a response to increasing anti-trans legislation and Medicaid withdrawals, focusing on cash transfers and wraparound supports to stabilize the community and center those most marginalized, especially trans sex workers in New Orleans. The conversation covers how TIP started with informal cash transfers, evolved into a 501(c)(3), and built a systemic approach to fund care through Crescent Care and community fundraising.
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.

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7. Veryl Pow
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