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The tables have turned as Cara Anthony, podcast host and KFF Health News Midwest correspondent, answers questions from WORLD's editor-in-chief and executive producer, Chris Hastings. The two talk about her career as a journalist covering public health and health policy and how her reporting helped launch the film and podcast, "Silence in Sikeston.” Anthony also opens up about uncovering details of a police killing in her family and the ways racism can make people sick across generations.

Hosted by Cara Anthony, a KFF Health News Midwest correspondent and an Edward R. Murrow and National Association of Black Journalists award-winning reporter from East St. Louis, Illinois. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Time magazine, NPR, and other outlets nationwide.

A transcript of this podcast episode is accessible here.

The podcast is a production of KFF Health News and WORLD. Distributed by PRX.

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