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Coop's Response to AIDS Epidemic
11:56 - 20:36 (08:39)
In this podcast, the host talks about how Coop's response to the AIDS epidemic was expected to be similar to Reagan administration officials but he didn't make a fuss. The podcast goes on to mention how people tend to condemn groups of people who have complex interests that might run counter to their own.
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The New York Times editorial board has criticized President Biden's appointment of Dr. Kevin Coop as surgeon general citing his lack of public health experience.
11:56 - 13:52 (01:55)
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The New York Times editorial board has criticized President Biden's appointment of Dr. Kevin Coop as surgeon general citing his lack of public health experience.
ChapterCoop's Response to AIDS Epidemic
EpisodePart Two: Ronald and Nancy Reagan: The Bastards Behind the AIDS Crisis
PodcastBehind the Bastards
During the AIDS crisis in the 1980s, many conservative Christians were anti-homosexuality, anti-drug abuse, anti-promiscuity, and anti-sex education, and they sent anonymous telegrams to the Health and Human Services Secretary asking that the Surgeon General be un-muzzled because they thought he was going to speak out against protecting gay civil rights.
13:52 - 17:53 (04:01)
Summary
During the AIDS crisis in the 1980s, many conservative Christians were anti-homosexuality, anti-drug abuse, anti-promiscuity, and anti-sex education, and they sent anonymous telegrams to the Health and Human Services Secretary asking that the Surgeon General be un-muzzled because they thought he was going to speak out against protecting gay civil rights. However, the Surgeon General was later cut off from aid by other people in the administration.
ChapterCoop's Response to AIDS Epidemic
EpisodePart Two: Ronald and Nancy Reagan: The Bastards Behind the AIDS Crisis
PodcastBehind the Bastards
The American left has a strong belief that Bashar al-Assad, the President of Syria, is a good guy and the victim of a NATO conspiracy to oust him and get Syria's oil.
17:53 - 19:57 (02:04)
Summary
The American left has a strong belief that Bashar al-Assad, the President of Syria, is a good guy and the victim of a NATO conspiracy to oust him and get Syria's oil. However, this type of stereotype and condemnation of groups of people can also be seen in the political right with Iran.
ChapterCoop's Response to AIDS Epidemic
EpisodePart Two: Ronald and Nancy Reagan: The Bastards Behind the AIDS Crisis
PodcastBehind the Bastards
The hosts joke about creating a libertarian society where people who don't want to participate in it will get sent to an island without guns, living in their own Ayn Rand fantasy.
19:57 - 20:36 (00:38)
Summary
The hosts joke about creating a libertarian society where people who don't want to participate in it will get sent to an island without guns, living in their own Ayn Rand fantasy.