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Jan 2023
39m 23s

Oh Kevin

Peach Fish Productions
About this episode

Like many of us, guest host Kmele Foster is watching the Kevin McCarthy fiasco unfold live on CSPAN, but he warns that it’s just a distraction from the real fiasco. Then Kmele talks with Emory University medical researcher Judy Gichoya about her recent study that upended how we think of race and medicine. And finally, Kmele Spiels about climate ordeals.

Produced by Joel Patterson and Corey Wara

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