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America Dissected

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Politics, News, Society & Culture

4.6 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2025

⏱️ 76 minutes

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To close out this season of the pod, Abdul and Katelyn record from the American Public Health Association’s annual convention. They discuss the current public health landscape, as the government shutdown threatens SNAP and WIC funding. Then, they are joined by Dr. Peter Marks, the former director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research. They discuss the future of public health, and the road ahead. America Dissected is taking an indefinite pause. We thank you for six amazing years. Check out our shop at store.americadissected.com for our America Dissected merch – including logo shirts, hoodies and mugs. And don’t miss our “Vaccines Work. Science Matters.” t-shirts! This show would not be possible without the generous support of our sponsors. America Dissected invites you to check them out. This episode was brought to you by: Quince: Go to Quince.com/AD for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Now also available in Canada.ExpressVPN: Secure your online data today by visiting ExpressVPN.com/Dissected to find out how you can get up to four extra months FREE.

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0:00.0	All right. Well, thank you, Dr. Benjamin for an amazing introduction,. And welcome to the fifth annual America Dissected Live
0:23.5	from the American Public Health Association annual meeting.
0:25.8	Give yourselves a round of applause.
0:30.5	As always, I'm your host, Dr. Abdul Al-Seid.
0:33.1	And I'm your co-host, Dr. Caitlin Jatelina.
0:35.7	Kaylin, we are at APHA in what is either the beginning of the new dawn or something else.
0:44.3	How does it feel to be at APHA just about now?
0:47.3	It's our people.
0:48.3	I know.
0:49.3	Our people are here.
0:50.3	Public health.
0:51.3	Yes.
0:52.3	I'm so excited to be here. You know, it's been a few months, right?
1:00.0	It's like it has been heavy and I can't think of a better time to get together with people.
1:07.5	You know, I think, not I think, I know we're just in this magnetic storm. It's really hard to find a North Star right now. One thing that helps me find a North Star is like actually seeing people and brainstorming. I think also, you know, the best anecdote to fear and destruction is joy and laughter.
1:29.3	And so I know we're all having really tough conversations right now,
1:33.3	but I also hope we have fun here too. We all deserve it. We all deserve it.
1:38.3	Yeah, well, I, on that note, you know, nothing says fun like Washington DC in 2025 we can make it
1:47.3	fun we are bringing the fun from all of our different speaking of I hear we're about to
1:53.0	have a ballroom at the White House soon we could have done the taping there we could
1:58.4	have maybe that'll let us use it anyway, but in all seriousness, the experience of the last couple of months, and by a couple of months, I mean specifically 10 months, has been this experience of almost being gaslit.
2:14.6	Because I don't think anybody went into this work with the idea of like,
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