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It is an honor and a pleasure to be able to introduce dr. Ricardo new zealand i am a big fan of bios because i introductions are a way of people their flowers in real time. Ricardo is a writer and practicing doctor. He is an associate professor of medicine, medical ethics and health policy. Baylor college of medicine, where he directs the humanities expression and arts lab, also known as heal the heal program. He is also a writer with pieces appearing in texas monthly, houston chronicle, the new yorker, the new york times, the atlantic, and of course, the england journal of medicine. His short stories have appeared the best american short stories anthology mcsweeneys and the new england review, which awarded him its inaugural emerging writers award. His debut book, which were here to talk about today, the peoples hospital, follows the lives of five uninsured houstonians, as struggle for survival leads to a hospital where insurance comes second to genuine care. Thank you for being here
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Politics, hes been a strong advocate for arish unification and palestinian selfdetermination. Tog hicky, welcome to this show, thanks so many sean, delated to be here, delated to have you. So tell me tag, ive recently read your book and uh, i was being mused by some of it, the honesty in the red in the book, and uh, actually it was, it was an amazing book, and and its great to see, someone just put it out there like. Did particularly youre a comedian you know and youre not very very funny but also very very profound that was and and and and i really enjoyed it jesus thanks million man thank you and and the stuff mean your childhood grown up do you want to tell us a bit about that yeah like id say it was a in of happy childhood you know so and this is the funny thing about drinking cuz alcoholism is a Mental Illness and thats kind of the premise of the book suppose i feel like in ireland people think of drinking and drinkers and alcoholics as a kind of abor ation that theyve done someth
It is an honor and a pleasure to be able to introduce dr. Ricardo new zealand i am a big fan of bios because i introductions are a way of people their flowers in real time. Ricardo is a writer and practicing doctor. He is an associate professor of medicine, medical ethics and health policy. Baylor college of medicine, where he directs the humanities expression and arts lab, also known as heal the heal program. He is also a writer with pieces appearing in texas monthly, houston chronicle, the new yorker, the new york times, the atlantic, and of course, the england journal of medicine. His short stories have appeared the best american short stories anthology mcsweeneys and the new england review, which awarded him its inaugural emerging writers award. His debut book, which were here to talk about today, the peoples hospital, follows the lives of five uninsured houstonians, as struggle for survival leads to a hospital where insurance comes second to genuine care. Thank you for being here