The Health of the Nation
The following audio clip is excerpted from the BackStory episode “Body Politics: A History of Health Care.” You can listen to the entire episode here. Political scientist Jacob Hacker, author of the “public plan,” uses history to explain how we wound up with a system so different from the European model, and why lobbyists hold [...]
Health Care in the New World
The following audio clip is excerpted from the BackStory episode “Body Politics: A History of Health Care.” You can listen to the entire episode here. Reporter Catherine Moore visits Virginia’s Mt. Malado, the first hospital in the New World, and finds out why the “public plan” in the Virginia colony may have had its drawbacks. [...]
Heathen Health
The following audio clip is excerpted from the BackStory episode “Body Politics: A History of Health Care.” You can listen to the entire episode here. The Memory Palace‘s Nate DiMeo tells the story of how inoculation first came to the New World. Excerpted from: Body Politics: A History of Health Care
"Body Politics" Transcript
This is the transcript of “Body Politics: A History of Health Care,” first broadcast in October of 2009.
Body Politics: A History of Health Care
Recent fights about health care reform have landed several people in the hospital. So who foots the bill? Historically, what’s been the government’s role in keeping Americans healthy?
Tolerance: A History of Drink
Uncork the champagne! December 5th marked the 75th anniversary of Prohibition’s repeal, but was the ban on alcohol as bad as we remember? Does Prohibition really deserve its reputation as a failed experiment? In this hour, political historian Jim Morone gives us an introduction to the politics of sin. Then a modern-day moonshiner tells how [...]
