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U.S. threatens sanctions against Putin’s cronies, but will it stop the bombardment?; Remembering Dr. Paul Farmer; Plus Fund Drive Special with David F. Walker

The sun sets over Troieshchyna — a neighborhood in Kyiv. | Photo by Stanislav Nepochatov is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

On today’s show:

0:08 – Edoardo Saravalle (@esaravalle), former fellow at the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and a former researcher at the Center for a New American Security joins us to discuss U.S. sanctions against Russia.

Paul Farmer in 2014 | Photo by Direct Relief

0:33 – On Monday, the world lost a legend in the world of health justice, when Dr. Paul Farmer died in his sleep of a heart attack, unexpectedly, at the age of 62. We thought we’d use some of our airtime today to bring you pieces of our last conversation with him, from April of last year.

FUND DRIVE SPECIAL – Pledge $100 and receive a copy of Paul Farmer’s Fevers, Feuds, and Diamonds: Ebola and the Ravages of History.

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1:08 – We spend the second hour with David Walker (@DavidWalker1201) and his 2018 graphic novel about Frederick Douglass.

FUND DRIVE SPECIAL – Pledge $100 and receive a copy of The Life of Frederick Douglass: A Graphic Narrative of a Slave’s Journey from Bondage to Freedom by David F. Walker. Pledge $150 and receive a book bundle: The Life of Frederick Douglass: A Graphic Narrative of a Slave’s Journey from Bondage to Freedom and The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History both by David F. Walker.