Inside the Destruction of USAID with Dr. Atul Gawande

Описание: Hasan sits down with the former USAID Head of Global Health to talk about the destruction of USAID, the misinformation that helped fuel it, and how it became a template for a wider war on academia and science.

Co-Creator & Executive Producer: Hasan Minhaj
Co-Creator & Executive Producer: Prashanth Venkataramanujam
Executive Producer/Director/Editor: Tyler Babin
Executive Producer/Showrunner: Scott Vrooman
Cinematographer: Austin Morales
Producer: Kayla Feng
Associate Producer: Annie Fick
Talent Coordinator: Tanya Somanader
Executive Assistant: Samuel Piland

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0:00 - Intro
3:11 - What is USAID?
7:03 - Dr. Gawande’s oversight of USAID
8:20 - How many lives has USAID saved?
9:00 - Why is USAID important?
12:27 - The value of USAID per dollar
13:31 - What happened to USAID? And why?
16:42 - Misinformation triage
22:46 - What was it like to see USAID destroyed?
28:13 - The devaluation of human life
30:23 - Bearing witness to the destruction of public health
33:14 - Dr. Gawande responds to America Firster's
38:06 - The destruction of other American institutions
41:43 - Trump vs. Harvard
42:48 - Who are the real innovators?
49:57 - Palliative care for America
53:52 - Why are Harvard people like this?
55:08 - Changing minds

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