MJ clears his backlog of articles and newsletter he meant to read but never get to. This episode: three ProPublica articles about the regulatory shortfalls in medicine.

"*sarcasm* Yeah nothing says public health like trying to stop a regulatory agency from holding companies accountable."

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Articles in the episode:
https://www.propublica.org/article/how-prenatal-screenings-have-escaped-regulation
https://www.propublica.org/article/maryland-dormu-minimally-invasive-vascular-medicare-medicaid
https://www.propublica.org/article/james-eason-methodist-memphis-liver-transplant

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MJ clears his backlog of articles and newsletter he meant to read but never get to. This episode: two newsletters about housing shortages.

"Perhaps the economic system we have that determines how housing is distributed is flawed"

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References:
https://www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/estimating-national-housing-shortfall

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/14/headway/houston-homeless-people.html

https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2023/05/vacant-seasonal-housing.html

https://endhomelessness.org/homelessness-in-america/homelessness-statistics/state-of-homelessness/

https://nlihc.org/gap

https://unitedwaynca.org/blog/vacant-homes-vs-homelessness-by-city/

https://homelessness.ucsf.edu/blog/vacancies-are-red-herring

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Freedom of the press is fundamental to public health.

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References:
https://rsf.org/en/index
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Feminist_Five
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2018/10/01/china-is-weaponizing-online-distraction/
https://www.usip.org/publications/2023/04/dont-look-away-chinas-atrocities-against-uyghurs
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/human-rights-index-vdem
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/14/business/china-flooding-tragedy-mourning.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/04/business/china-censorship-poverty.html
https://www.newsweek.com/china-article-censorship-1-billion-people-monthly-income-2000-yuan-poverty-1856031
https://www.bbc.com/news/56213271
https://apnews.com/article/china-youth-unemployment-slowdown-321cd96377ee066915fc39232b9477c3

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An episode that was left on the cutting room floor last season, refurbished and released!

The many misconceptions of how crime works and why we as a country gets crime reduction wrong.

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Interesting articles:
https://popular.info/p/californias-shoplifting-laws-are?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1664&post_id=147904203&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=zfoin&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

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For too long, our spaces were designed for the convenience and safety of cars, not people. This is backwards. The ultimate goal should be about moving people, not moving cars. When we design spaces with people in mind, the flaws of our current car-centric design become obvious.

If you like to know more about new urbanism, you may like these creators:
Strong Town
Streetcraft
The War on Cars
CityNerd

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References:
https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/24139147/suvs-trucks-popularity-federal-policy-pollution
https://www.vox.com/2015/8/10/9118199/public-transportation-subway-buses
https://www.vox.com/policy/354561/pedestrian-fatalities-car-safety-ratings
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/12/11/upshot/nighttime-deaths.html
https://www.iihs.org/topics/fatality-statistics/detail/state-by-state
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8776244/
https://www.npr.org/2023/06/26/1184034017/us-pedestrian-deaths-high-traffic-car
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/apr/28/end-of-the-car-age-how-cities-outgrew-the-automobile

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The 2011 Soderbergh movie that had a rebirth during COVID gets somethings right and somethings wrong. But I'm still upset about it.

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While we may not know how to prevent earthquakes or predict them, we can prepare for them. And preparing for them is much more than just individual emergency preparedness.

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References:
https://www.ready.gov/earthquakes

https://www.earthquakeauthority.com/blog/2019/how-to-make-an-earthquake-emergency-kit

https://emergency.lacity.gov/sites/g/files/wph1791/files/2021-04/earthquake_annex_2018.pdf

https://www.vox.com/world/2023/2/14/23597836/turkey-earthquake-contractors-building-arrests

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnlCRoBAcuw

https://www.nehrp.gov/

https://emergency.lacity.gov/sites/g/files/wph1791/files/2021-04/earthquake_annex_2018.pdf

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A shorter episode because Train to Busan was wall to wall zombies.

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