Death Panel

Beatrice Adler-Bolton, Artie Vierkant, Phil Rocco, Jules Gill-Peterson

Booking Overview

A left-wing politics and public-policy interview show that regularly features authors, scholars, writers, and activists discussing healthcare, state power, disability, race, and trans politics. Strong guest candidates include credentialed public intellectuals, academics, policy experts, and movement writers with original analysis or relevant books; booking difficulty is medium because the show favors established voices in specialized left-wing discourse.

Metrics

Episodes: 500

Frequency: Several times a week

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 10,000 - 100,000

Gender skew: Neutral

Listener location: USA

YouTube: 968 subscribers

Instagram: 7.9k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

deathpanel.pod@gmail.com

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Host

Beatrice Adler-Bolton - Writer, podcaster, and co-author of Health Communism, known for analyzing health, disability, political economy, and state power.

Artie Vierkant - Artist, writer, and podcaster whose work examines politics, culture, and technology.

Phil Rocco - Political scientist whose work focuses on public policy, political institutions, and the politics of expertise.

Jules Gill-Peterson - Historian and author whose scholarship focuses on transgender history, medicine, and the relationship between gender and state institutions.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Authors, academics, historians, policy researchers, journalists, organizers, and subject-matter experts with substantial expertise in left politics, healthcare, disability, race, gender, abolition, or public policy.

Required Achievements:

Published books or substantial research, Recognized expertise in a specialized political or policy field, Public writing, organizing, or commentary relevant to left-wing political debates

Recent Guest Discussions

Gabriel Winant - Age As A Mediator Of Class And The Idea Of Gerontocracy.

Vicky Osterweil - The Carcerality Of Anti-trans Politics, Health Fascism, And Abolitionist Approaches To Defending Care.

Da'Shaun L. Harrison - Media Attacks On The Show, Health Fascism, Body Politics, Disability, Race, And The Relationship Between Capitalism And The State.

Vicky Osterweil - The Renewed Red Scare, Anti-left Politics, And The Political Construction Of Threats To Social Order.

Da'Shaun L. Harrison - Health Fascism, Body Size, Disability, Race, Political Belonging, And The Changing Relationship Between Capitalism And The State.

Recent Topics

Politics, Public Policy, Healthcare, Disability Rights, Socialism

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Death Panel

Refusing Genocide w/ Rasha Abdulhadi (October 2023)

October 08, 2026

This episode was originally released October 16th, 2023. We are re-airing it today as we mark three years in the ongoing escalation of genocide in Palestine. If you can, donate to the Sameer Project here: https://linktr.ee/thesameerproject To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at https://www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod Original episode description: Beatrice speaks with Rasha Abdulhadi about how to stand in solidarity with Palestinians in this mome...

Teaser - Trump's Push to Expand Involuntary Commitment / Empty Rights and Underlying Conditions

October 05, 2026

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron episode here: https://www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod/posts/171514403 In today's episode, we revisit a conversation from last year on the Trump administration's intent to attack federal disability protections in order to expand involuntary commitment and psychiatric incarceration—now with a new intro from Artie on Trump's recent attacks on Section 504 and Olmstead. Runtime 1:58:19 Original description: Beatrice, Artie and Tracy discuss th...

Indifference Engines

October 01, 2026

This episode was originally released August 31st for Death Panel patrons and is being unlocked today for the first time. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at https://www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod Artie discusses what studies show are the health impacts of data centers on the communities they're built in, how to think about data centers and AI as mechanisms of social murder, and why the dramatic rise of anti-data center sentiment can't be dismi...

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