Hey listeners, Dr. Sanjay Gupta here.

Over the next few weeks, while we're working on the next season of Chasing Life, we're

going to be sharing episodes from some of our favorite podcasts with you.

First up is The Pulse from WHYY.

In this episode, host Mike and Scott dives into the changing conversation about race and

ethnicity and medicine.

You're going to hear about why it's harder for black Americans to get kidney transplants.

Why Asian is too broad of a category when it comes to public health and how we could

collect better, more meaningful data.

These are issues that impact the health of everyday Americans and most likely, people you

know and love.

I hope you'll give it a listen and that you'll find the episode as eye-opening as we did.

This is The Pulse stories about the people and places at the heart of health and science

I'm Mike and Scott.

Every time you go to the doctor's office, you have to fill out forms with background information,

your name, your age, your family history, and your race and ethnicity.

You have to check a box and pick a category.

I check a box for Latino or Hispanic.

I'm black.

So I always check white, non-Hispanic to fill in those medical forms.

I used to just put other or prefer not to say but more often they have Middle East North

African now.

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