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. The podcast enjoys support from Boston University's Center on Emerging Infectious Diseases.
The Global Health Politics Podcast
Latest Episodes
Season 3, Episode 4: Brent Kaup and Kelly Austin on The Pathogens of Finance
In this episode of the podcast, Joseph Harris sits down with William and Mary Professor Brent Kaup and Lehigh Professor Kelly Austin to discuss their new book, The Pathogens of Finance: How Capitalism Breeds Vector-Borne Disease. Their...
Season 3, Episode 3: Mardia Stone on Liberia's Ebola Response
At a moment when the world is grappling with an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo that is spiraling out of control, Joseph Harris sits down with Dr. Mardia Stone. Dr. Stone served as Ebola Response Team Coordinator at the W...
Season 3, Episode 2: Susan Erikson on Investable! When Pandemic Risk Meets Speculative Finance, A Cautionary Tale
In this episode, Joseph Harris sits down with anthropologist Susan Erikson. They talk about her extraordinary new book, Investable: When Pandemic Risk Meets Speculative Finance, A Cautionary Tale. The book examines the World Bank's nov...
Season 3, Episode 1: Sapna Desai on Women's Health and Unnecessary Hysterectomy
In this episode, Joseph Harris sits down to talk with Dr. Sapna Desai, a Senior Fellow at the Population Council Institute in New Delhi, India. A public health expert with over 20 years of experience working on women's health in India, she hold...
Season 2, Episode 12: Lioba Hirsch on Antiblackness and Global Health
In this episode, Joseph Harris sits down with Dr. Lioba Hirsch, a Lecturer in Social Anthropology at the University of Edinburgh. They talk about her new book, Antiblackness and Global Health: A Response to Ebola in the Colonial Wake, ...