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Listen here now! Long COVID Showed Me the Bottom of American Health Care
Tune in today or watch the full recording of Gary Farmer, Irma-Estel Laguerre, Tanis Parenteau, and Lou Diamond Phillips performing an article written by Rebecca Nagle for The Atlantic.
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Tune in on Saturday, July 12, at 2pm EDT and Tuesday, July 15, at 8pm EDT on WNYC 93.9 FM or on WNYC.org to catch the broadcast! You can listen to the archived radio show anytime.
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The fifth installment of Theater of War Productions’ new long-form journalism series at WNYC was recorded on May 28. The acclaimed actors Gary Farmer (Dead Man, Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, Smoke Signals), Irma-Estel Laguerre (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Blue Bloods, The Undoing), Tanis Parenteau (Billions, House of Cards, Sweet Summer Pow-Wow), and Lou Diamond Phillips (La Bamba, Stand and Deliver, Prodigal Son) performed “Long COVID Showed Me the Bottom of American Health Care,” written by Rebecca Nagle for The Atlantic, as a catalyst for a guided audience discussion about the lasting impact of long COVID on individuals and communities nationwide. Rebecca, a prominent Native American/Cherokee activist and journalist, writes movingly about her own struggle with long COVID and the challenges she, her community, and 1 in 20 Americans have faced accessing treatment and care for the disease.
The audience for this event included elders, immunocompromised people, and people living with long COVID. To protect this audience, masking was encouraged. Masks were available in the lobby and on every seat. Those who sought added protection attended on Zoom, where many were able to participate in the discussion.
