Ep. 275 We're on the Extreme Side with Ricardo Nuila
The Stacks
Traci Thomas
4.8 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 12 July 2023
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Physician and writer Ricardo Nuila joins The Stacks to discuss The People's Hospital: Hope and Peril in American Medicine, about Ben Taub county hospital in Houston, TX. Dr. Nuila breaks down the difference between public and private hospitals, how medical costs are calculated, and what individuals can do to help change the healthcare system. He also shares why he thinks we need both public and private care options.
The Stacks Book Club selection for July is Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. We will discuss the book on July 26th with Joel Christian Gill.
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| 0:00.0 | You guys, the live and the stacks tour is underway. |
| 0:03.8 | We had an incredible night in Oakland filled with bookish conversations, hot takes, games, |
| 0:08.8 | cocktails. If you missed it, I'm sorry, but don't worry, it's not too late to see the stacks live |
| 0:15.3 | in one of our next four stops. Join me in Chicago with Samantha Erby on August 27th |
| 0:21.6 | in Washington, D.C. with Jason Reynolds on September 24th in New York City with KSA |
| 0:26.9 | Laman on September 25th and in LA on October 18th with some extra special guests that we will be |
| 0:33.6 | announcing real soon. Tickets are selling fast so head to the stackspodcast.com slash tour and |
| 0:40.6 | get your tickets before we sell out. |
| 0:52.5 | Welcome to the stacks podcast about books and the people who read them. I'm your host, |
| 0:56.0 | Tracy Thomas, and today we are joined by Ricardo Newilla, a practicing physician and associate |
| 1:00.6 | professor at Baylor College of Medicine in Texas. He just released his debut book, it's called |
| 1:05.4 | the People's Hospital Hope and Parallel in American Medicine. The book follows five uninsured |
| 1:10.8 | Houstonians as their struggle for survival leads them to Ben Topb and infamous public hospital in |
| 1:15.9 | Houston. Today, Ricardo and I talk about how he found patients whose stories he wanted to tell, |
| 1:21.2 | the way he thinks about the healthcare debate, and how he approaches being both a doctor |
| 1:25.7 | and a writer. Our book club pick for July is Watchman by Alan Moore with illustrations from Dave |
| 1:31.6 | Gibbons. I'll be discussing the book on Wednesday, July 26th with Joel Christian Gill. |
| 1:37.7 | Quick reminder, everything we talk about on each episode of the stacks can be found in the link |
| 1:41.7 | in the show notes. If you want more of the stacks, join the stacks pack. It's just five dollars a |
| 1:46.7 | month and you get our monthly bonus episodes, our virtual book club meetups, and our phenomenal |
| 1:51.2 | community over on Discord. We have a great time and dig deeper into our book club reads, |
| 1:56.0 | share recommendations, and we even talk about a little reality TV. So if you want to join the fun |
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