Ep. 370 — Abdul El-Sayed

The Axe Files with David Axelrod

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4.6 • 7.7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2020

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Abdul El-Sayed is a public health expert, former Health Commissioner of the City of Detroit, progressive activist, and former Michigan Democratic gubernatorial candidate. He joins David to talk about how his Egyptian-American heritage shaped his appreciation for democratic ideals and institutions, his career in medicine and what he learned as a practitioner, and why he supports Bernie Sanders’ progressive agenda. His forthcoming book, Healing Politics: A Doctor's Note on Treating the Insecurity Epidemic, diagnoses our country’s epidemic of insecurity and the empathy politics we need to treat it.

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0:00.0	Music
0:06.0	And now, from the University of Chicago Institute of Politics and CNN Audio, the Axfiles with
0:12.5	your host David Axelrod.
0:17.7	Abdul El-Sahid burst into the political consciousness in 2018 when he ran a insurgent campaign for
0:26.5	the governor of Michigan, he lost but established himself as a prominent spokesperson for the progressive
0:32.6	left.
0:33.9	The innovative former health commissioner of the city of Detroit, El-Sahid has been a
0:39.1	fellow at the Institute of Politics this past quarter and is an active surrogate for Bernie
0:44.8	Sanders and his race for president.
0:47.3	His new book Healing Politics, a doctor's journey into the heart of our political epidemic
0:52.2	will be released on March 31.
0:54.6	El-Sahid has the most extraordinary personal story and we sat down to talk about that as
1:00.0	well as the presidential race.
1:01.8	Here's that conversation.
1:10.5	Abdul El-Sahid, so good to be with you.
1:13.4	First of all, let me thank you for being a fellow here at the Institute of Politics this
1:18.5	spring.
1:19.5	You've been lighting the place up with your energy and I appreciate that.
1:24.6	You've got an amazing story and I want to spend some time on it.
1:29.3	Your full name is Abdul Rahman, Mohammed El-Sahid, which is a common name if you're from Egypt
1:36.8	and your father was from Egypt.
1:38.6	That's right.
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