Tolentol, welcome to the resistance. This is America Dissected. I'm your host, Dr.

Abdul Al-Said. And I'm your co-host, Dr. Caitlin Jadalina. And recording this on Wednesday, September 24th at 11 a.m. Eastern Time.

Before we go on, I wanted to share some news about the show. For the past five years, I've

had the privilege of bringing this show to you. It started as a limited run season expanded as

the worst pandemic in modern history mushroomed into a years-long ordeal that took millions

of lives.

Since we've been bringing you conversations at the edge of health and society,

throughout, I've tried to bring you the best, most evidence-based information available

from a perspective of empathy and hope.

For the last five months, that same combination of truth, empathy, and hope,

they've driven me all over my state.

I've been to 57

cities across our state and done over 100 town halls, roundtables, and meet and greets as I strive

to serve. The work is as arduous and grueling as it is gratifying and engaging, but it just doesn't

leave much time. I find myself at a crossroads, and so it's with a heavy heart that I wanted to share some news. We're going to be hitting pause on the podcast starting next time. I find myself at a crossroads. And so it's with a heavy heart that I wanted to share some news.

We're going to be hitting pause on the podcast starting next month. We'll be having two more episodes

for the next two weeks and then one final episode, our live show from APHA in November.

We'll be doing a bit of a retrospective for our penultimate show. So if you want to send us a voice

memo of what this show is meant to you, please send to info at incisionmedia.com. I look forward to hearing from you. Ah, Abdul, this breaks my heart. I don't want this to end. I know, it's the end of an era, but I will tell you that the best chapter was, uh, was the final chapter. Um, you know, unlike several, uh, multi-season TV shows,

I feel like,

you know,

we ended with a pop.

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