
The Global Health Politics Podcast
Hosted by Joseph Harris, the Global Health Politics podcast features intimate, one-of-a-kind conversations with leading scholars, practitioners, policymakers, and activists working on critical issues in global health.
Podcasting since 2024 • 14 episodes
The Global Health Politics Podcast
Latest Episodes
Season 2, Episode 2: Victor Roy Explains How Finance Controls the Price and Value of Medicine
In this episode, Joseph Harris sits down with University of Pennsylvania physician and sociologist Victor Roy. They discuss the issues that are at the core of Dr. Roy's new book, Capitalizing a Cure: How Finance Controls the Price and Value...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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52:24

Season 2, Episode 1: Julia Lynch on Political Science and the Political Economy of Health
In this episode of the Global Health Politics Podcast, Joseph Harris sits down with University of Pennsylvania political scientist Julia Lynch to discuss her work on politics, pandemics, public health, inequality, and social policy. Our wide-ra...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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42:58

Episode 12: The Dismantling of U.S. Foreign Aid and the Consequences for Global Health
In this episode, Joseph Harris explores the actions taken by the Trump administration to dismantle U.S. foreign aid and the consequences that these actions will have for global health. He sits down with Dr. Beth Cameron, a former Senior Adviser...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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1:46:32

Episode 11: Prerna Singh on the Comparative Politics of Vaccination in China and India
In this episode of the Global Health Politics Podcast, I sit down with Brown University political scientist Prerna Singh to discuss her latest book project, Moral Vaccination: How Ideas and Institutions Controlled Contagion in China and Ind...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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1:10:18

Episode 10: Emily Mendenhall on COVID-19, Syndemics, and Community
In this episode of the Global Health Politics Podcast, I sit down with Georgetown University anthropologist Emily Mendenhall to discuss her book, Unmasked: COVID, Community, and the Case of Okoboji. We talk about her past work on non-c...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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