# America's Health Crisis Is a National Security Threat Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-carrie-abbott-show-241640/america-s-health-crisis-is-a-national-security-threat Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-carrie-abbott-show-241640/america-s-health-crisis-is-a-national-security-threat.md Podcast: [The Carrie Abbott Show](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-carrie-abbott-show-241640) Published: 2026-06-22T19:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://carrieabbott.libsyn.com/americas-health-crisis-is-a-national-security-threat Audio file: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/carrieabbott/TCAS_2026-06-22_28min_Dr._Ashley_Lucas_64.mp3?dest-id=226469 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-carrie-abbott-show-241640/episodes/america-s-health-crisis-is-a-national-security-threat Duration seconds: 1681 ## Resource This summer, Americans will gather to celebrate 250 years of the greatest democratic republic. There will be fireworks, parades, and celebrations. And behind it all, an unsettling and quiet truth: we are the sickest we have ever been. Dr. Ashley Lucas, former professional ballerina, joins us to explain why we are so sick as a nation and what we can do to bring change, and she leaves us with hope! PHD Weight Loss Program - Natural, Effective Weight Loss (https://myphdweightloss.com/) ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-carrie-abbott-show-241640/episodes/america-s-health-crisis-is-a-national-security-threat/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-carrie-abbott-show-241640/america-s-health-crisis-is-a-national-security-threat.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.