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Stay Tuned with Preet

Cancer, GLP-1s, and Vaccine Hesitancy (with Atul Gawande)

Stay Tuned with Preet

Vox Media Podcast Network

Politics, Government, Society & Culture, News

4.832.4K Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2026

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Atul Gawande is a surgeon, a best-selling author, and a longtime contributor to The New Yorker. He also served as the Assistant Administrator for Global Health at USAID under President Biden. He joins Preet to discuss new medical breakthroughs from cancer to GLP-1s, and the crisis of faith in our healthcare establishment.  Then, Preet answers listener questions about whether Trump’s DOJ Anti-Weaponization Fund is really dead. He also shares his thoughts on President Trump’s acting Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte and Hunter Biden’s newly revived X account. In the bonus for Insiders, Preet and Gawande discuss affordability and the original sin of our healthcare system.  Join the Insider community for access to bonus content from Stay Tuned and weekly episodes of the Insider podcast hosted by Preet and Joyce Vance. Head to cafe.com/insider to sign up. Thank you for supporting our work. Show notes and a transcript of the episode are available on our website.  You can now watch this episode! Head to CAFE’s Youtube channel and subscribe. Shop Stay Tuned merch and featured books by our guests in our Amazon storefront. Have a question for Preet? Ask @PreetBharara on BlueSky, or Twitter with the hashtag #AskPreet. Email us at staytuned@cafe.com, or call 833-997-7338 to leave a voicemail. Stay Tuned with Preet is brought to you by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:07.6

From Cafe and the Vox Media Podcast Network, welcome to stay tuned.

1:13.8

I'm Preet Bharara.

1:16.1

People had recognized there might be a vulnerability to pancreatic cancer.

1:20.1

The company generated a drug that doubled lifespan in its trial for pancreatic cancer patients.

1:26.7

Now, you know, it had been survival of less

1:29.1

than a year and now it's more than a year. It's not a cure, but it's a significant increase in

1:34.2

survival for the first time from a pancreatic cancer therapeutic.

1:41.9

I guess this week is Uttal Gawande. He's a surgeon, a best-selling author, and a long-time contributor to The New Yorker.

1:48.0

He also served as the Assistant Administrator for Global Health at USAID under President Biden.

1:54.0

This week we talk about breakthroughs against the fight against cancer and the crisis of faith in our healthcare establishment.

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