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The Alarmist

The Aftermath: Tuskegee Experiment

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The Alarmist

Comedy, History, Society & Culture

4.42K Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2020

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

On this week's Aftermath, Rebecca speaks with Guest Expert Professor Susan M. Reverby (Historian of American health care, women, race, and public health with a focus is on equality and ethics, as well as the author of Examining Tuskegee: The Infamous Syphilis Study and Its Legacy). Then, she is joined by Fact Checker Chris Smith and Producer Amanda Lund to discuss changing their verdict.

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0:00.0

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0:15.0

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0:20.0

Check the Uber app. An Eio's Original.

0:25.0

Each week we decide who's to blame for historical tragedy.

0:30.0

And each week you tell us if we got it right. My name is Rebecca Delgado Smith and this is the

0:37.5

aftermath.

0:38.5

Hey everyone, thanks for tuning into this episode of the aftermath.

0:44.3

Today we will be speaking with guest expert professor Susan M. Reverby,

0:49.9

historian of American health care, women, race, and Public Health with a focus on equality and ethics,

0:56.1

as well as the author of Examining Tuskegee, The infamous syphilis study and its legacy.

1:02.8

Let's hear what she has to say.

1:05.2

Hi Professor Reverby, how are you?

1:07.2

I'm fine, Rebecca.

1:08.2

How are you doing?

1:09.4

Thank you so much for joining us.

1:10.8

I'm excited to have you on.

1:12.1

I'm really happy to be here. I'm really happy to be here. Given

1:15.2

what's going on in the world, I'm happy to be here.

1:18.0

Same. No kidding. We're super Samsies over here.

1:25.0

So I was hoping we could start off by having you give us a rundown of what the U.S.

1:30.5

health care system was like in the 1920s.

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