Health of a Nation (with Atul Gawande)

Stay Tuned with Preet

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Society & Culture, Politics, Government, News

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🗓️ 11 March 2021

⏱️ 58 minutes

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On this week’s episode of Stay Tuned, “Health of a Nation,” Preet answers listener questions about the allegations against New York Governor Andew Cuomo; the For the People Act (H.R. 1); and the upcoming CAFE Live Zoom Event, which will take place today, March 11th, at 6 PM ET. (Sign up here for the event, which will feature historians Heather Cox Richardson and Joanne Freeman in conversation about the presidential administrations that changed the course of history, and the outlook for President Biden.) Then, Preet is joined by Atul Gawande, a surgeon and New Yorker staff writer who has written extensively on the politics and policy of COVID-19. In the Stay Tuned bonus, Gawande discusses his influential “The Cost Conundrum” article and tells Preet about his favorite popular medical literature. For show notes and a transcript of the episode, head to: https://cafe.com/stay-tuned/health-of-a-nation-with-atul-gawande/ Sign up for tonight’s CAFE Live Zoom Event at 6PM ET with historians Heather Cox Richardson and Joanne Freeman. They will discuss the presidential administrations that changed the course of history & the outlook for President Biden: CAFE.com/live Listen to the entirety of Doing Justice, Preet’s new free six-part podcast based on his bestselling book of the same name. You can hear Preet’s incredible stories from his time as U.S. Attorney on Apple Podcasts (apple.co/doingjustice), Spotify (spoti.fi/3p9Xwja) or wherever you get your podcasts. To listen to Stay Tuned bonus content, become a member of CAFE Insider at: CAFE.com/Insider As always, tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #askpreet, email us at [email protected], or call 669-247-7338 to leave a voicemail. Stay Tuned with Preet is produced by CAFE Studios. Executive Producer: Tamara Sepper; Senior Editorial Producer: Adam Waller; Technical Director: David Tatasciore; Audio Producer: Matthew Billy; Editorial Producers: David Kurlander, Noa Azulai, Sam Ozer-Staton. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:26.9	Slack.com slash DHQ. From Cafe,
0:56.9	welcome to stay tuned. I'm Pete Barara. Something you can't see or feel can spread and in two to
1:06.1	three weeks have created an illness that leads to hospitalization and then to death. And the idea that
1:14.4	our actions now lead inexorably to these invisible things happening to create visible effects weeks
1:22.2	from now is incredibly politically hard. That's Uttl Gawande. He's a practicing surgeon in Boston and
1:34.2	a staff writer at the New Yorker. Gawande has written four New York Times best-selling books,
1:39.2	including complications, which was one inspiration for my book, Doing Justice. Early on in his career,
1:45.2	he was an advisor to President Clinton on issues of health care policy. In 2009, Gawande wrote an
1:51.2	influential New Yorker piece on health care costs that helped shape President Obama's approach to
1:56.0	reform. Today, Gawande joins me to talk about the state of health care in America and how political
2:01.0	ideology impacts public health. Also, we talk about the future of COVID. That's coming up. Stay tuned.
2:12.4	It's time for some listener questions.
2:14.0	This question comes in a tweet from Twitter user at Deslolo who asks if Cuomo resigns or
2:23.9	a Republican governor is elected, can they pardon Trump if he's charged? So I've gotten a lot of
2:29.5	questions about this. The fate of Andrew Cuomo and whether or not that affects what happens to
2:34.0	any state case brought against Donald Trump. And the easy answer is, the quick answer is that the
2:38.8	governor of the state of New York, like the governors of other states, can pardon someone for charges
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