America Out Loud PULSE

America Out Loud PULSE with Dr. Randall Bock – Daniel Flynn challenges sweeping claims about football’s dangers while acknowledging its risks. Drawing on mortality studies, the game’s history, and boys’ experiences on teams, his conversation with Dr. Randall Bock examines how evidence, commercial interests, discipline, and belonging shape the debate over America’s favorite sport...

America Out Loud PULSE with Malcolm Out Loud and Dr. Jim Thorp – Trust has been damaged. Another marketing campaign will not repair it. Neither will a pharmacy sales pitch or a newspaper headline designed to frighten readers into compliance. Americans must take responsibility for their medical decisions, read what they sign, and state their wishes clearly. The medical establishment must earn back...

America Out Loud PULSE with Dr. Robin Armstrong – As a physician, I am especially concerned about promises of government-run health care. Our system has serious problems. I deal with them every day. Putting Washington in greater control, I believe, would deepen those problems through restricted access, longer waits, and weaker incentives for discovery. Medical progress requires...

America Out Loud PULSE with Dr. Randall Bock – Historian Emily Dufton traces America’s addiction treatment system from Nixon’s varied federal programs to today’s commercial medication industry. The conversation examines methadone, Suboxone, and competing definitions of recovery, asking how care can preserve medication’s benefits while supporting patients who seek a safe path toward independence...

America Out Loud PULSE with Dr. Randall Bock – Patients often enter surgery without knowing the price. Dr. Keith Smith’s Surgery Center of Oklahoma offers a different model: published, bundled prices and direct purchasing. His experience challenges opaque billing practices and asks whether healthcare’s financial incentives serve patients or the institutions surrounding their care...

America Out Loud PULSE with Malcolm Out Loud and Dr. Robin Armstrong – A prolonged blackout would threaten hospitals, water systems, food distribution, and public order. Families cannot live on assurances. National security begins with the ability to sustain ourselves. That same demand for accountability belongs in health care. Medicare for All is a powerful sales pitch. Calling something universal does not...