Abdul El‑Sayed

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354 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 31 Jul

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And he kind of thought about it for a minute. matched

Then he kind of chuckled and walked away. matched

I had really appreciated a lot of the global health work that he had done. matched

And obviously, like, he was the president of my childhood. matched

I was 21 years old in 2007. matched

Like, I had not seen Barack Obama. matched

I had seen him. matched

I mean, I watched him give the 2004 speech. matched

DNC floor speech, but I hadn't seen him like on the national stage. matched

And that was still untested hypothesis. matched

And also as much as I, you know, enjoyed politics, I never saw myself as a participant. matched

I wanted to be a doctor's doctor. matched

Like I thought I wanted to be a surgeon. matched

I thought I wanted to take care of kids with spinal malformations, working in underserved places and probably doing research in the area. matched

And that's what I thought. matched

I was, but not in the sense that there was anything I could do about it. matched

I was more likely to be the kid you saw on the stacks at like 11 p.m. matched

than the kid you saw at the protest. matched

You know, we did some protesting when I was in college, but for me, it was always like the way I want to change the world is as a doctor. matched

And by getting healthcare to people who don't have it, that was always the way I thought I was going to change things. matched

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