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Vital Signs Podcast @vitalsignspodcast.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Was Abraham Lincoln a Progressive? Prof. Saladin Ambar explains why he takes an alternative view of Lincoln in his book, Murder on the Mississippi. Full episode at links in bio. #VitalSignsPodcast #AbrahamLincoln

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Was Abraham Lincoln a Progressive?

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Vital Signs Podcast @vitalsignspodcast.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

📼 Watch on Youtube youtu.be/3kDjU9rEwgk 🎙️ Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/033gGKV... Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/v... #AbrahamLincoln #AmericanHistory #Progressive #DemocracyInDanger #VitalSignsPodcast

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Vital Signs Podcast @vitalsignspodcast.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

🚨 NEW EPISODE🚨 Ahmed sits down with Prof. Saladin Ambar, author of Murder on the Mississippi, who studied Lincoln's Lyceum Address that rebuked mob violence and pleaded for respecting the rule of law. Lincoln’s speech remains timely as the US still grapples w/ Jan 6th and lynchings. 🎙️ Links in bio.

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Vital Signs Podcast @vitalsignspodcast.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

"The anti-elitism of the Republicans has created a systematic confusion"-Prof. Bruce Robbins, author of Who Gets to Protest, on accusations of elitism and privilege used to dismiss student protestors. Full episode at links in bio. #VitalSignsPodcast #FreeSpeech #StudentProtest

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Republicans Have Created Systematic Confusion

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Vital Signs Podcast @vitalsignspodcast.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

The Gaza war has directly affected the rise of progressive candidates in the US. -Professor Bruce Robbins, author of Who Gets to Protest? Full episode at link in bio. #VitalSignsPodcast #Gaza #progressivepolitics #FreePalestine #BDS

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Gaza is Impacting US Domestic Politics

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Vital Signs Podcast @vitalsignspodcast.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Prof. Bruce Robbins describes being found guilty of Title VI violations for taking his students to the Gaza Solidarity encampent at Columbia University in 2024. Full episode at links in bio. #VitalSignsPodcast #Columbia #GazaGenocide #AcademicFreedom #FreePalestine #TitleVI #Palestine #Gaza #BDS

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Violating Title VI

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Vital Signs Podcast @vitalsignspodcast.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

📼 Watch on Youtube youtu.be/0NKNJXZ5exg 🎙️ Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/033gGKV... Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/v... #VitalSignsPodcast #Columbia #GazaGenocide #FreePalestine #StudentProtest #ProgressivePolitics #Palestine #Gaza #FreeSpeech #BDS #ProgressiveLeft

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Vital Signs Podcast @vitalsignspodcast.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

🚨 NEW EPISODE🚨 Prof. Bruce Robbins, author of Who Gets to Protest, shares his experience of being found guilty of violating Title VI, for taking his students to the Columbia University Gaza encampment in 2024. Robbins raises the question of who actually benefits from silencing voices of dissent.

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Vital Signs Podcast @vitalsignspodcast.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Prof. @ameliafv.bsky.social explains how the present immigration moment is not necessarily out-of-character for the United States. Full episode at links in bio. #Immigration #Deportation #VitalSignsPodcast

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Not These Kind of Immigrants

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Vital Signs Podcast @vitalsignspodcast.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Prof. @ameliafv.bsky.social explains how the effective criminalization of tattoos “funnels young people into criminal connection” in Honduras. Full interview out now. Links in bio. #VitalSignsPodcast #Honduras

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Pretrial Jails Create More Criminals

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Vital Signs Podcast @vitalsignspodcast.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Prof. @ameliafv.bsky.social explains how Rudy Giuliani’s Iron-fist policing policies were adopted by Central American administrations to combat their gang problem. The result was even stronger, more organized gangs. Full episode out now. Links in bio.

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Rudy Giuliani’s Iron-Fist Policies Sold to Central America

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Vital Signs Podcast @vitalsignspodcast.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

MS-13 was born as a street gang in the US then deported to Central America where the gang mutates into a larger criminal organization - Prof. @ameliafv.bsky.social, author of Leave If You Can: Migration and Violence in Bordered Worlds. Full episode at links in bio. #VitalSignsPodcast

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MS-13: Made in America

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Vital Signs Podcast @vitalsignspodcast.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

🚨 NEW EPISODE🚨 Prof. @ameliafv.bsky.social, author of Leave If You Can: Migration and Violence in Bordered Worlds, shares with Ahmed fascinating research about MS-13, iron-fist policing, and US immigration policies from Obama’s deportation numbers to Trump’s terroristic ICE campaign. 🎙️ Links in Bio

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Vital Signs Podcast @vitalsignspodcast.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Claude and other AIs are consolidating human knowledge, which makes them an interesting sociological tool. More of Prof. @lsiraganian.bsky.social's thoughts on AI and personhood on the latest episode of Vital Signs. Links in bio. #VitalSignsPodcast #AI #Personhood #claude

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We're Seeing a Consolidation of Human Knowledge #AI

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Vital Signs Podcast @vitalsignspodcast.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Whether an AI has personhood is not the debate we should be having, according to @lsiraganian.bsky.social, author of The Problem of Personhood: Giving Rights to Trees, Corporations, and Robots. Tune into the full conversation now. Links in bio. #VitalSignsPodcast #AI

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Vital Signs Podcast @vitalsignspodcast.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Whether an AI has personhood is not the debate we should be having, according to Prof. @lsiraganian.bsky.social, author of The Problem of Personhood: Giving Rights to Trees, Corporations, and Robots. Tune into the full episode at link in bio. #VitalSignsPodcast #AI #Personhood #rights #capitalism

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#AI Doesn't Have Rights

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Vital Signs Podcast @vitalsignspodcast.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Critiquing "My Body, My Choice" framing on abortion rights, @lsiraganian.bsky.social cites Ruth Bader Ginsberg on a better pro-choice argument. Tune into this fascinating conversation on personhood now. Links in bio. #VitalSignsPodcast #RoevWade

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Vital Signs Podcast @vitalsignspodcast.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

A big part of @abdulelsayed.bsky.social's platform is getting money out of politics. Listen to Prof. Lisa Siraganian talk Citizens United and corporate personhood for background on how we got here 👇 open.spotify.com/episode/0mzF...

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VITAL SIGNS: Who Counts as a Person in the Eyes of the Law? With Prof. Lisa Siraganian

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Vital Signs Podcast @vitalsignspodcast.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

"You don't have moral responsibility to do that." - @lsiraganian.bsky.social on philosopher Judith Thomson's violinist thought experiment. Tune into this fascinating conversation on personhood now. Links in bio. #VitalSignsPodcast #RoevWade

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Vital Signs Podcast @vitalsignspodcast.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Citizens United has granted rights without responsibilities to corporations - @lsiraganian.bsky.social , author of "The Problem of Personhood", in conversation with Ahmed Ragab. Full interview available now. Links in bio. #VitalSignsPodcast #CitizensUnited #capitalism #Progressive #Leftist

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Vital Signs Podcast @vitalsignspodcast.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Professor @terencedouglaskeel, author of "The Coroner's Silence" lists the conditions that make it more likely for someone to die in police custody. Full episode out now. Links in bio. #GeorgeFloyd #BlackLivesMatter #PoliceReform #SystemicRacism #VitalSignsPodcast

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Vital Signs Podcast @vitalsignspodcast.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

It's a legal fiction: @lsiraganian.bsky.social author of "The Problem of Personhood" breaks down the far-reaching effects of Citizens United and what corporate personhood is and who it benefits. Full interview available now. Links in bio. #VitalSignsPodcast #CitizensUnited #capitalism

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Vital Signs Podcast @vitalsignspodcast.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

🚨 NEW EPISODE🚨 @lsiraganian.bsky.social, author of The Problem of Personhood, talks to Ahmed about what it means to be a person in the eyes of the law, the impact of Citizens United, fetal personhood, and the possibility of extending personhood to AI. Links in bio.

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Vital Signs Podcast @vitalsignspodcast.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Professor @terencekeel.bsky.social, author of "The Coroner's Silence" explains how the involvement of police in emergencies makes it so people can’t make mistakes. Full episode out now. Links in bio. #RacialJustice #GeorgeFloyd #BlackLivesMatter #PoliceReform #SystemicRacism #VitalSignsPodcast

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Vital Signs Podcast @vitalsignspodcast.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Professor @terencekeel.bsky.social, author of "The Coroner's Silence: Death Records and the Hidden Victims of Police Violence" explains how ambiguous death records provides cover for the state. Full episode available now. Links in bio. #GeorgeFloyd #PoliceReform #VitalSignsPodcast

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Vital Signs Podcast @vitalsignspodcast.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Professor @terencekeel.bsky.socia , author of "The Coroner's Silence" explains how ambiguous death records provides cover for the state. Full episode out now. Links in bio. #GeorgeFloyd #BlackLivesMatter #PoliceReform #SystemicRacism #VitalSignsPodcast

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Vital Signs Podcast @vitalsignspodcast.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Professor @terencekeel.bsky.social, author of "The Coroner's Silence: Death Records and the Hidden Victims of Police Violence" explains how death investigators are only accountable to the State. Full episode out now. Links in bio. #PoliceReform #GerogeFloyd #VitalSignsPodcast

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Vital Signs Podcast @vitalsignspodcast.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Prof @terencekeel.bsky.social, author of "The Coroner's Silence" explains how purposefully inaccurate autopsy reports ultimately leads to erosion of public trust in the state. Full episode available now. Links in bio. #RacialJustice #BlackLivesMatter #NolanWells #VitalSignsPodcast

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Vital Signs Podcast @vitalsignspodcast.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

🚨 NEW EPISODE🚨 Professor Terence Keel, author of The Coroner's Silence (2025), joins Ahmed to talk about how death records have been used to create ambiguity surrounding the deaths of those who die in police custody. 🎙️ Links in bio 📼 #NolansWells #RacialJustice #GeorgeFloyd #BlackLivesMatter

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Vital Signs Podcast @vitalsignspodcast.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Mayor Mamdani continues to blaze a progressive path in New York City. Tune in to our interview with Walter Benn Michaels, NYC resident and political author, on why Mamdani's socialist messaging is successful. youtu.be/kQe2lNWx2uY?...

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Vital Signs Podcast @vitalsignspodcast.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Founder of one of the few all-trimester abortion clinics in the U.S., @gynandtonic.bsky.social takes Ahmed Ragab on an extraordinarily deep dive into later abortion care. Dr. Horvath lays out the impact of Dobbs, how difficult it is to get this care, and the risk she takes on by providing it.

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Vital Signs: How Abortion Bans Create Later Abortions with Dr. Diane Joy Horvath

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Vital Signs Podcast @vitalsignspodcast.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

The anti-abortion movement has spent 50 years claiming to oppose later abortion while building the exact system that creates it. Full episode premieres July 18th at 12pm EST. Links in Bio.

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Vital Signs Podcast @vitalsignspodcast.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Dr. Diane Joy Horvath walks us through the exact timeline that turn a first trimester abortion into a third trimester one. Full episode premieres on July 18th at 12pm EST. Links in bio. #WomensHealth #Dobbs #AbortionBan #ProgressivePolitics #AbortionAccess #ReproductiveRights #ReproductiveJustice

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Vital Signs Podcast @vitalsignspodcast.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

She was the last patient of the night. Dr. Horvath asked what she was looking forward to when she got home. She said: "I kind of just want to be a kid again." This illuminating conversation with @gynandtonic.bsky.social premieres July 18th at 12pm. Links in bio. #abortionaccess #reproductivehealth

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Vital Signs Podcast @vitalsignspodcast.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Walter Benn Michaels defines "class politics" and explains how it differs from class identity. Full interview premieres July 11th at 12pm EST. Links in bio. #Socialism #DemocraticSocialism #WorkingClass #ClassPolitics #ProgressivePolitics #LaborMovement #PoliticalPodcast

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Vital Signs Podcast @vitalsignspodcast.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Walter Benn Michaels, author of No Politics but Class Politics, points out what Zohran Mamdani understands that liberal democrats don't seem to: the point is to not have poor people. Full episode premieres July 11th at 12pm EST. Links in bio. www.youtube.com/shorts/j0CEd...

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The Point is to Not Have Poor People

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Vital Signs Podcast @vitalsignspodcast.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Ahmed Ragab became a U.S. citizen in the morning and was arrested for civil disobedience that same afternoon. Vital Signs, a new podcast from the Center for Progressive Research, examines that tension between what this country promises and what it delivers. New episodes every Saturday.

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Meet Ahmed Ragab

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Vital Signs Podcast @vitalsignspodcast.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Introducing Vital Signs: a new podcast from the Center for Progressive Research. Every week, host Ahmed Ragab sits down with the authors and experts whose work is shaping the future of progressive policy and theory. New episodes drop every Saturday. Follow on Spotify, Substack, and Youtube.

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Welcome to Vital Signs

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