Pre-COVID, we were constantly straining against the volume of people who need care on the

South Side and usually have nowhere else to go.

Thomas Fisher joins us this week to talk about the emergency.

His new book about working as an emergency doctor in Chicago before and during the COVID

pandemic.

I was expecting to find when I started researching that I had ancestors who hadn't

enslaved people, but I wasn't expecting to find so many different ancestors who

had enslaved people.

Mod Newton will be here to discuss her first book, Ancestor Trouble, about her own family's

fascinating history and our culture has increased obsession with genealogy.

Plus, our critics will be here to talk about the latest books they've reviewed.

This is the Book of View podcast.

It's April 1st.

I'm John Williams.

Thomas Fisher is here.

Since 2006, he has been an attending physician in the emergency department at the University

of Chicago Medical Center.

He is the author of the emergency, a year of healing and heartbreak in a Chicago ER.

It's an account of his job during the COVID pandemic and an insider's look at a healthcare

system that Fisher describes as deeply unjust and dangerous.

Thomas, thanks for being here.

Thank you for having me.

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