{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Ep. 44 - Interview with epidemiologist Dr. Frank Franklin","description":"In this episode we have a long and fascinating conversation with epidemiologist  Dr. Frank Franklin about the current pandemic, racism, poverty, public health, the Black Lives Matter protests, and what it's like to navigate the world as an African American scientist. Dr. Franklin is the&amp;nbsp;Principal Epidemiologist &amp;amp; Director of the&amp;nbsp;Epidemiology, Analytics and Evaluation Division at the&amp;nbsp;Multnomah County Health Department in Portland, Oregon.&amp;nbsp;  Questions? Speaker suggestions? Email us at info@scibarpodcast.org &amp;nbsp; ******** Help support the podcast and live events! Make a one-time donation to Make You Think OR Please support us on Patreon ******** Thanks to Graham Tully for sound production. As always, a final thanks to&amp;nbsp;Jonathan Coulton&amp;nbsp;for the use of his song &quot;Mandelbrot Set&quot; as our theme music. ","author_name":"A Scientist Walks Into A Bar","author_url":"http:\/\/www.viaproductions.org\/podcast","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/15556439\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/80901284"}