BONUS / WORLD Channel Presents: Silence in Sikeston

EPIDEMIC with Dr. Celine Gounder

KFF Health News and Just Human Productions

Society & Culture, #Eradication, Medicine, #Covid, Science, Life Sciences, #Sarscov2, Documentary, #Coronavirus, #Covid19, Health & Fitness, #Smallpox

4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

We’re sharing the first episode of “Silence in Sikeston,” a new podcast from KFF Health News and WORLD The 1942 lynching of Cleo Wright. The 2020 police shooting of Denzel Taylor. Two Black men killed nearly 80 years apart by a public health threat of their time. Silence in Sikeston explores what it means to live with racism and violence, then charts the toll on our health — from hives, high blood pressure, inflammation and heart disease to struggles with mental health. All four episodes of Silence of Sikeston are available now on Apple, Spotify, or PRX

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Dr. Celine Gounder, host of epidemic. I'm back in your feed today to tell you about a new
0:06.6	podcast from KFF Health News called Silence and Sykeston. It tells a story of two black men killed
0:12.8	in the same Missouri town nearly 80 years apart, each by a public health threat of their time.
0:19.0	In 1942, Cleo Wright was lynched. In 2020, Denzel Taylor was
0:23.7	shot and killed by police. Together, their deaths tell a story about the health effects of racism
0:29.0	and violence, from high blood pressure and heart disease to anxiety and PTSD. Join host Kara
0:35.8	Anthony as she meets a community wrestling to break the silence around
0:39.4	both of these killings and unearths some secrets in her own family in the process. Okay, here's episode
0:45.4	one. Sykston sits in the Missouri boot heel. That's the lower corner of the state with the
0:52.3	Mississippi River on one side, Arkansas and the other.
0:56.9	Lots of people say it's where the South meets the Midwest.
1:02.2	Picture cotton, soybeans, rice.
1:05.8	It's hot, green, and flat.
1:08.5	If you've ever heard of Sykston before,
1:12.4	it's probably because of this.
1:15.4	They'll throw their hands up, so I'll show you.
1:17.2	Hot Rose!
1:18.5	See?
1:19.2	Right there.
1:23.5	Lambert's Cafe, home of the throat rolls.
1:26.1	Yeah, they'll say, hot rolls.
1:29.4	And people hold their hands up, and they'll toss it to you.
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