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This week I had the opportunity to speak

with Dr. Iram Alam, and she is an associate professor

of the history of science and the department of the history of science

at Harvard University. She specializes in the history of medicine and particularly emphasizes on

globalization, race, migration, and health during the 20th century. She's currently working on a project about medical tourism,

so I'm really excited to try and have her back to talk about that. But she actually has a new book

that just dropped. The title is The Care of Foreigners, How Immigrant Physicians Changed U.SS. healthcare. It's a fascinating conversation.

So without any further ado, here she is Dr. Iram Alam. Well, Iram, thank you so much for

joining me today. Thank you so much for having me. I'm really excited for this conversation.

Me too. What a fascinating topic. So you have a new book called The Care of Foreigners,

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