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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The New Yorker Radio Hour · Michigan’s Abdul El-Sayed Is “Not a Burn-It-Down Kind” of Candidate · 31 Jul 2026 podcast

But it's just weird to me that you all are out here trying to get me to take a vaccine that didn't exist a year ago for a disease that didn't exist a year ago when I can't afford my insulin, which is a medication that's existed for like 100 years. matched

And that for a disease I have my whole life. matched

When are you all gonna show up to make sure I get to take my insulin? matched

And I was like, damn, like, you're right. matched

Exactly. matched

Is that once you don't trust the industry because it's so expensive and they're so clearly trying to pick your pocket, matched

At that point, it's not that hard for somebody like an RFK Jr. matched

to come in here and then say, well, you don't even need the things that they make anyway. matched

Like here are some of these alternatives that they're keeping you from. matched

They don't want you to know, right? matched

And I think to build trust again, we have to address the greed part in the system. matched

Because once people feel like they can get access to the things that science has delivered, I think it becomes a lot easier then to have an honest conversation about what is the best way to prevent measles? matched

What is the best way to protect ourselves from, I don't know, cyclosporiasis? matched

But like, you know, we live in a moment right now in Michigan, which is crazy to me, where we're dodging lettuce and we just had the worst air quality of our history for the second summer in a row. matched

I mean, air quality and lettuce were the two things that I tried to dodge in my summers in Egypt. matched

And so I think we're at a moment right now where we're seeing the end outcome of disinvesting in public health. matched

And I think we have an opportunity if we're serious about taking on the corporations that have been monetizing our health care system and killing trust to actually be able to rebuild trust again. matched

Health care and the thing that's keeping us from having health care, which is money and politics. matched

So... matched

God willing, we take the majority. matched

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