''Death Panel'' is a

leftist Left-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy either as a whole or of certain social hierarchies. Left-wing politi ...

podcast focusing on the

political economy Political or comparative economy is a branch of political science and economics studying economic systems (e.g. Marketplace, markets and national economies) and their governance by political systems (e.g. law, institutions, and government). Wi ...

health Health has a variety of definitions, which have been used for different purposes over time. In general, it refers to physical and emotional well-being, especially that associated with normal functioning of the human body, absent of disease, p ...

. It was founded in November 2018 by

Artie Vierkant Artie Vierkant (born 1986) is an American digital artist based in Brooklyn, New York, known for his "Image Objects" series. The series is based on the 2010 essay "The Image Object Post-Internet", which he wrote while in graduate school. The seri ...

, Beatrice Adler-Bolton, Vince Patti, and Phil Rocco. The podcast's founders remain its co-hosts, with the exception of Patti and the addition of

Jules Gill-Peterson Jules Gill-Peterson is a Canadian historian specializing in transgender history. She is an associate professor of history at Johns Hopkins University. Her work focuses on how science, medicine, and race inform transgender embodiment. Her best-kn ...

. Much of the original inspiration for the podcast came from Adler-Bolton's experiences interacting with the healthcare system of the United States as someone with two

rare disease A rare disease is any disease that affects a small percentage of the population. In some parts of the world, the term orphan disease describes a rare disease whose rarity results in little or no funding or research for treatments, without financi ...

s ( chronic relapsing inflammatory optic neuropathy and

granulomatosis with polyangiitis Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA), formerly known as Wegener's granulomatosis (WG), after Nazi German physician Friedrich Wegener, is a rare, long-term, systemic disorder that involves the formation of granulomas and vasculitis, inflammatio ...

). In May 2020, Kerry Doran wrote in ''

ARTnews ''ARTnews'' is an American art magazine, based in New York City. It covers visual arts from ancient to contemporary times. It is the oldest and most widely distributed art magazine in the world. ''ARTnews'' has a readership of 180,000 in 124 co ...

'' that "''The Death Panel'' has become a cult hit in the art world. Artists

Ed Atkins Ed Atkins (born 1982) is a British contemporary artist best known for his video art and poetry. He is currently based in Cophenhagen. Atkins lectures at University of Fine Arts Hamburg, in past at Goldsmiths College in London and has been referr ...

, Ivana Bašić,

Hannah Black Hannah Black is a British visual artist, critic, and writer. Her work spans video, text and performance. Early life Black was born in 1981 in Manchester, England. She is currently based in New York City, though she has previously been based in ...

Joshua Citarella Joshua Citarella is an artist and writer from New York City whose work is primarily focused online communities and internet culture. He is host of the ''Doomscroll'' podcast and creator of the online platform ''Do Not Research''. Early life and ...

, Simon Denny,

Devin Kenny Devin Kenny (born 1987) is an interdisciplinary artist, musician, writer, and curator who works across music, text, sculpture, painting, videos, photography, garments, and performances. Kenny's work has addressed network technology and the Black ...

, Cole Lu, Jayson Musson, and Andrew Ross are among some of the devoted listeners." The podcast is funded through

Patreon Patreon (, ) is a monetization platform operated by Patreon, Inc., that provides business tools for content creators to run a subscription service and sell digital products. It helps artists and other creators earn a recurring income by provid ...

. In October 2022,

Verso Books Verso Books (formerly New Left Books) is a publishing house based in London and New York City, founded in 1970 by the staff of ''New Left Review'' (NLR) and includes Tariq Ali and Perry Anderson on its board of directors. According to its webs ...

published Health Communism by Adler-Bolton and Vierkant, a book which argues for "a conception of health that is possible to work toward within the

capitalist Capitalism is an economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production and their use for the purpose of obtaining profit. This socioeconomic system has developed historically through several stages and is defined by ...

system but which is mutually exclusive with this system’s model of health."

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*{{Official website, https://deathpanel.net 2018 podcast debuts Liberal podcasts Audio podcasts American podcasts Political podcasts