The Ashes on the Lawn

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4.6 • 43.5K Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2022

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

A global pandemic. Thousands dying. A passive government. An afflicted group fueled by grief and anger. In this episode, first aired in 2020, Reporter Tracie Hunte wanted to understand this moment of pain and confusion. As she looked back three decades, she found a complicated answer to a simple question: when nothing seems to work, how do you make change?

Special thanks to Dr. Anthony Fauci.

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Reported by Tracie HuntProduced by Matt Kielty

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Latif.
0:01.2	We pulled an episode from the archive today
0:02.8	because it takes on a question that is as pressing as ever,
0:05.9	maybe even more so.
0:08.3	How do you fix the world?
0:10.4	How do you change things when you don't personally have the power
0:13.7	to change them?
0:15.1	And the people in power don't really want to change them.
0:18.9	When all you have is your voice and your life and your love.
0:24.9	What can you do?
0:26.1	And I don't mean it in like a,
0:27.4	what can you do? I mean it in like a, what can you do that will help make things right?
0:33.8	A couple years back, a reporter Tracy Hunt took on this question
0:37.5	by looking at different kinds of AIDS activists in the 80s and 90s.
0:41.6	What they did, what it accomplished, where they fell short.
0:45.6	Also, you will no doubt recognize the gravely and calm voice of Anthony Fauci in this
0:51.6	episode. After nearly four decades, heading the National Institute of Allergy and
0:55.4	infectious disease, he is stepping down this month.
0:58.9	So we wanted to replay this as well to mark that.
1:02.9	Once again, this episode is reported by the super talented Tracy Hunt.
1:06.4	You can also hear her terrific work on shows like the experiment notes from America
1:10.8	with Kai Wright.
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