John Vassall's guest appearances

John Vassall

The National Archives Podcast Series

Small Town Z Girl

J Scott

Henry V

Heidi Thomas

Charles Darwin

Richard III

Guy Burgess

Suzannah Lipscomb

Thomas Cook

Henry VIII

John Kirk

Thomas Cromwell

Philippa Gregory

Charles I

Jenny Uglow

James Bible

OwlTail

In this discussion, Dr. John Vassall, a Black male physician who's CEO of Foundation of Health Care Quality, enlightens on healthcare disparities by race and geographic areas, including cultural impact on nutrition. We talk structural racism in the healthcare system and how the work he’s doing as a leader in healthcare is working to changing and removing systemic barriers. He also shares small steps we all can take toward better health, like having a "healthcare super friend."                                                          Intro song: Black Awareness by Starkey Banton                                                  Bio: www.qualityhealth.org/leadership/         Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-vassall-md-facp-61573914--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast.  https://anchor.fm/app

In this discussion, Dr. John Vassall, a Black male physician who's CEO of Foundation of Health Care Quality, enlightens on healthcare disparities by race and geographic areas, including cultural impact on nutrition. We talk structural racism in the healthcare system and how the work he’s doing as a leader in healthcare is working to changing and removing systemic barriers. He also shares small steps we all can take toward better health, like having a "healthcare super friend." Intro song: Black Awareness by Starkey Banton Bio: <a href="http://www.qualityhealth.org/leadership/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.qualityhealth.org/leadership/</a> Linked In: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-vassall-md-facp-61573914" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-vassall-md-facp-61573914</a> --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. <a href="https://anchor.fm/app" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://anchor.fm/app</a>

6. #BlackHealth w/Dr. John Vassall

In 1962, while working as a clerk in the British Embassy in Moscow, homosexual civil servant John Vassall was caught in a ‘honey trap’ sprung by the Soviet Secret Service. He was blackmailed into passing secrets to the Soviet Union and as a result sentenced to 18 years’ imprisonment for espionage. Our contemporary records specialist Mark Dunton delves deeper into this scandal – one of a series that rocked the Macmillan government in the early 1960s, feeding into a national obsession with spy culture at the time. This podcast was recorded as part of The National Archives’ Cold War season, a programme of events to coincide with the exhibition, ‘Protect and Survive: Britain’s Cold War Revealed’.

In 1962, while working as a clerk in the British Embassy in Moscow, homosexual civil servant John Vassall was caught in a ‘honey trap’ sprung by the Soviet Secret Service. He was blackmailed into passing secrets to the Soviet Union and as a result sentenced to 18 years’ imprisonment for espionage. Our contemporary records specialist Mark Dunton delves deeper into this scandal – one of a series that rocked the Macmillan government in the early 1960s, feeding into a national obsession with spy culture at the time. This podcast was recorded as part of The National Archives’ <a href="http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/coldwar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cold War season</a>, a programme of events to coincide with the exhibition, ‘Protect and Survive: Britain’s Cold War Revealed’.


The scandalous case of John Vassall


Mark Dunton examines evidence surrounding civil servant John Vassall, imprisoned for espionage.

The scandalous case of John Vassall: sexuality, spying and the Civil Service