This was the first I had heard about "Trumpism" or Hillary's supposed degenerative disorder, but I'm not surprised. People get crazy about politics and I think many people convince themselves that these theories are true, even though there is no evidence to really back these claims up. The first segment is called "If You Can't Beat 'Em, Diagnose 'Em" and thats exactly what I think these people are doing. I think it's unethical for psychiatrists and medical professionals use their official titles to convince people someone is crazy or sick. Unless a person is personally examined and diagnosed, doctors shouldn't make assumptions and pass them off as truth. I think we should try to get rid of the stigmas around mental health disorders but this does the opposite. Hearing a psychiatrist or other medical professional make assumptive statements about someone with a mental disorder would probably turn someone off to the idea of seeking medical attention. Making statements against either candidate's health just seems like such a dirty way to fight.
The third segment in this podcast was about the flooding in Louisiana recently and the lack of media coverage. I wanted to talk about this segment because it hit home for me. My grandparents, parents, and aunt/uncle all lived in the areas in Baton Rouge that were badly flooded by the recent rainfall and I have family friends who had their neighborhoods and homes ruined by the flooding. The storm was the worst natural disaster since hurricane Sandy in 2012, yet it had terrible coverage in the media. I was so shocked when I would try to talk to friends or people at work about it and they had no idea anything was even going on. I still can't grasp why Ryan Lochte's infamous night in Rio was all over the headlines when over 60,000 peoples homes were feet deep in water. The guest speaker, a climate campaigner, mentioned that the issue is people are trying to live in places that are "vulnerable to hazard" and the "overarching issue is the ungoverned, unwise building practices in places . . . with implicit threat." This statement bothered me because he made it seem like we shouldn't have sympathy for this people because it is their own fault. However, one of the reasons the flooding was so unexpected is because these places very rarely flood; the likelihood of getting that much rain in such a short period of time is 0.1%. Many people didn't have flood insurance because they lived in a 100 year (or more) flood zone. The speaker also made a statement about how it is tragic for poor people because they don't have as much control over where they live but for wealthier people, it is their fault. I think his comments were kind of rude and ignorant, every place has some sort of risk involved, whether its earthquake, tsunami, tornado, hurricane, rain, etc.
