Out of Patients
with Matthew Zachary
Welcome to 2026: The Year of the Patient where the sick shall inherit the ballot.
The Chemical Safety Gap: How Incentives Still Outpace Protection
For 20 years, chemical reform promised protection. The system still allows widespread exposure while shifting risk to patients. This analysis explains how incentives, not science, determine what ends up in the products people use every day.
Out of Patients EP428: Lead (Poisoning), Laugh, Love with Shannon Burkett
Shannon Burkett joins Out of Patients to tell the story of her son’s lead poisoning, the systems that failed him, and how she turned rage into action. Actor, nurse, filmmaker, and mother breaking down how environmental harm hides in plain sight.