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Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine

Sawbones: The Black Panthers and Public Health

Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine

Justin McElroy

Medical History, Health & Fitness, History, Medicine, Comedy, Sawbones

4.815.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

If you received the typical, white-centric education, you probably associate the Black Panthers only with violence and political protest. This week on Sawbones, we talk about their work in medical research advocacy and creating public health programs that sought to make life better for all black and oppressed people.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Sawbones is a show about medical history, and nothing the hosts say should be taken as medical advice or opinion.

0:07.0

It's for fun. Can't you just have fun for an hour and not try to diagnose your mystery boil?

0:14.0

We think you've earned it. Just sit back, relax, and enjoy a moment of distraction from that weird growth.

0:22.0

You're worth it.

0:25.0

Alright, time is about to books. One, two, one, two, three, four.

0:33.0

We came across a pharmacy with a toy and that's lost it out. We were shot through the broken glass and had ourselves a look around.

0:56.0

Hello, everybody, and welcome to Sawbones, a member of the sort of misguided medicine. I'm Eric Coho's Justin McRoy.

1:10.0

And I'm Sydney McRoy. Justin, I wanted us to continue on Sawbones this week to talk about things that are relevant to the issues of the day,

1:22.0

to the protests that we're seeing, to the numbers, how many people are speaking out against police brutality, especially when it concerns the black community.

1:35.0

And in that effort, in addition to protesting and donating and all of the other things that you're encouraged to do to help,

1:45.0

one thing that I, as a white person, have been trying to do more of is learn, listen and learn.

1:56.0

And in that pursuit of knowledge, which I will be the first to admit, I have not done enough of.

2:04.0

I have not studied not just black history, but all history, the truth, our history enough to really, really understand all of the context for the events of the day.

2:20.0

Even if you feel like you do and you already are on the right side of this issue or the right side of history, I guarantee you, if you're not a person of color, you have more learning to do.

2:32.0

There's more reading you can do. And one thing in particular, is kind of what you said more read this have to be reading though.

2:40.0

I'm in for sure the reading though, wolf.

2:44.0

You know, I got to say Justin actually in preparation for this episode not only have I done reading, but I did get to watch a movie.

2:51.0

It's kind of fun like that one day in class when you have the substitute.

2:54.0

He's like, anyway, here's Mr. Hollins Opus. I'll check back with you on an hour and a half.

2:59.0

So I thought you would appreciate that. There's a movie you can watch to help learn this history much, or a podcast you can listen to.

3:06.0

There you go. Right now.

3:09.0

I want to thank two people who alerted me to this one. We got an email from Chloe who mentioned this is a potential topic. Thank you.

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