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    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    The New Ebola Plan

    President Obama plans to announce a new response to the Ebola epidemic in West Africa today. We’ll discuss whether the plan goes far enough. And we talk with an emergency medical worker who’s in Liberia fighting the outbreak. International Medical Corps video from its ebola treatment unit in Liberia

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    By Madeleine Brand • Sep 16, 2014 • 1 min read

    President Obama plans to announce a new response to the Ebola epidemic in West Africa today. We’ll discuss whether the plan goes far enough. And we talk with an emergency medical worker who’s in Liberia fighting the outbreak.

    International Medical Corps video from its ebola treatment unit in Liberia

    The full episode

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    The New Ebola Plan, Eisenhower Memorial Fight, and a Really Big Squid
    1. 0:00The New Ebola PlanYou’re reading this
    2. 17:51The Eisenhower Memorial Fight
    3. 26:46A Trip Down the San Joaquin
    4. 43:06Colossal (But Not Giant) Squid
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Andrew Walsh

      Too Beautiful to Live

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      Christian Bordal

      Managing Producer, Greater LA

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Jack Chow

      Carnegie Mellon University

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      Sean Casey

      International Medical Corps

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    The full episode

    1 of 4
    The New Ebola Plan, Eisenhower Memorial Fight, and a Really Big Squid
    1. 0:00The New Ebola PlanYou’re reading this
    2. 17:51The Eisenhower Memorial Fight
    3. 26:46A Trip Down the San Joaquin
    4. 43:06Colossal (But Not Giant) Squid
    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand