Collective Crises: Infectious Disease and Informed Democracy

This week, Farai interviews Steven Thrasher, LGBTQ scholar, journalist and author of “The Viral Underclass: The Human Toll When Inequality and Diseases Collide.” Thrasher offers insights from his new book on how systematic marginalization determines who is most affected by public health crises like HIV/AIDS, COVID-19 and now – monkeypox. Then, Farai speaks to Howard Polskin, president and founder of “TheRighting,” a newsletter, site and social media feed that compiles and disseminates far-right political commentary to cross pollinate the divided media audiences in the U.S. and combat disinformation in the news.

Our Body Politic · Farai Chideya, Nina Spensley, Bianca Martin, Traci Caldwell, Emily J. Daly, Steve Lack, Natyna Bean, Emily Ho, Teresa Carey, Mike Goehler, Archie Moore, Steven Thrasher, Howard Polskin, Lauren Schild