
Since 2006, he has been an attending physician in the emergency department at the University of Chicago Medical Center. Plus, our critics will be here to talk about the latest books they’ve reviewed. Maud Newton will be here to discuss her first book, “Ancestor Trouble,” about her own family’s fascinating history and our culture’s increased obsession with genealogy. I was expecting to find, when I started researching, that I had ancestors who had enslaved people, but I wasn’t expecting to find so many different ancestors who enslaved people. Thomas Fisher joins us this week to talk about “The Emergency,” his new book about working as an emergency doctor in Chicago before and during the Covid pandemic. Pre-Covid, we were constantly straining against the volume of people who need care on the South Side and usually have nowhere else to go.

During Covid Hosted by John Williams Thomas Fisher talks about “The Emergency,” and Maud Newton discusses “Ancestor Trouble.” Friday, April 1st, 2022
