A Shot in the Arm Podcast
Welcome to A Shot In The Arm Podcast, where we take a deep dive into the heart of global health. Since our launch in 2019, we've released over 150 episodes that illuminate the intersection of innovation and equity in healthcare. Join me, your host Ben Plumley—a global infectious disease strategist and passionate HIV advocate, along with our expert team of co-hosts, as we engage in compelling, character-driven conversations with a diverse array of guests from around the world. Together, we explore the intricate connections between everyday lives and biomedical research, tackling pressing issues like pandemic preparedness, climate disruption, and the impact of conflict. Tune in as we uncover the stories and insights that shape our collective health narrative, making complex topics both entertaining and accessible. Let's embark on this journey to improve lives, one episode at a time!
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 42 minutes
- Episodes
- 174
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Sharing the Mic Ep04 - Financing the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria
World leaders meet in New York this week, to commit - hopefully - $18 billion over the next three years to the Global Fund in its fight to end AIDS, TB and Malaria - as well as COVID-19, and in this …
00:53:42 |
Tue 20 Sep 2022
Doomsday Watch Meets Global Health (with guest Arthur Snell)
Ben meets Arthur Snell, former UK diplomat, host of the Doomsday Watch Podcast, and author of the Amazon UK bestseller “How Britain Broke The World” to explore how the greatest challenges facing the …
00:53:43 |
Thu 08 Sep 2022
Global Health Security - Part 2
Just prior to AIDS 2022, Ben sat down with Steve Morrison, one of the world’s leading thinkers on how health fits into new trends in global security. He shares his views on the impact of the Russian …
00:50:46 |
Tue 02 Aug 2022
HIV and COVID-19: A Private Sector Example of Transferable and New Solutions
COVID-19 has upended society, from vaccine inequity, to healthcare and to the way we work. In this #aids2022 podcast, we look at how one San Francisco Bay Area-based multinational - Chevron - has res…
01:13:17 |
Sun 31 Jul 2022
Managing Pandemics: Pathways to Better Diagnostics in Infectious Disease
It’s obvious really, that you can’t treat your way out of a pandemic without the right diagnostics to tell you who is infected, and with which variant of virus or bacterium - and in this episode Ben …
00:56:48 |
Thu 28 Jul 2022
Sharing the Mic Ep03 - AIDS 2022: New Report on Human Rights Violations
In this episode we provide our listeners and viewers with an overview of the key Frontline AIDS activities at the upcoming AIDS 2022 conference in Montreal – particularly the launch of the Report “Pr…
01:00:34 |
Thu 28 Jul 2022
Reversing Roe vs Wade: Global Health Ramifications
The reversal of Roe vs Wade has sent shockwaves around the world. In this second “Sharing the Mic” with Frontline AIDS, we explore the impacts on global health - sexual and reproductive health servic…
01:06:49 |
Sat 25 Jun 2022
Where is the Health in Global Security? A conversation with Gayle Smith, CEO of ONE
International efforts are concentrated on securing funding to tackle one of the greatest challenges facing global security today - the fight against AIDS, TB and Malaria. Of course all eyes are turne…
00:59:52 |
Fri 03 Jun 2022
Ukraine - The Frontlines of War & a Public Health Crisis
In the first of a short series of special podcasts, we “Share The Mic” with Frontline AIDS to highlight the critical role communities themselves have to play in defeating AIDS and other pandemics. We…
01:31:31 |
Wed 11 May 2022
Medicine & Humanity: A Profile of Dr. Julie Gerberding
In this episode we meet internationally renowned infectious disease specialist, Dr. Julie Gerberding, and profile her life from young HIV doc in San Francisco, to the head of the CDC, and onto the ph…
01:07:56 |
Thu 31 Mar 2022
California Healin’ - with California Health Care Foundation’s Sandra R. Hernández, MD
In California, the public sector accounts for 75% of the state’s healthcare funding - with a wide diversity of needs, priories, cultures and access to healthcare. In this episode, we meet Sandra R. H…
00:49:23 |
Mon 14 Mar 2022
Jonna Mazet tackles big, wicked problems armed with lessons from COVID-19
Internationally respected epidemiologist Jonna Mazet returns to A Shot in the Arm Podcast after being recently appointed Vice Provost of the Grand Challenges initiative at University of California, D…
00:52:08 |
Tue 21 Dec 2021
Hazell Dean’s Hi-NRG Hits Turn Activism into Love
Hazell Dean rose to Hi-NRG fame across the UK at the dawn of the global HIV/AIDS crisis in the 1980s, embraced by loyal LGBTQ fans as a dance-pop queen whose hits fueled nightclub beats and her perso…
00:28:38 |
Wed 08 Dec 2021
Martina Clark: UNAIDS’ First Openly HIV+ Staffer Publishes New Memoir
Former UNAIDS staffer Martina Clark chats with Ben about her new memoir, My Unexpected Life: An International Memoir of Two Pandemics, HIV and COVID-19. The first openly HIV-positive person hired to …
00:58:41 |
Wed 01 Dec 2021
Peter Staley: Acting Up Against AIDS and COVID-19
Legendary activist Peter Staley joins us for a conversation on lessons learned from the fight against AIDS that have informed today’s global battle with COVID-19. We also discuss the evolution of Pet…
00:52:32 |
Fri 05 Nov 2021
Policy Briefing with Global Health Council's President and CEO Elisha Dunn-Georgiou
In this recording of a live policy briefing, Ben chats with Elisha Dunn-Georgiou, the new President and CEO of Global Health Council, who shares policy and funding updates on Capitol Hill. It is a bu…
00:56:04 |
Wed 27 Oct 2021
Building COVID-19 Confidence Through Social Media Campaigns (S04 Ep24)
To coincide with the 20210 UN General Assembly, PSI pulled together a panel to explore how social media campaigns, often a key approach to building COVID-19 vaccine confidence among connected consume…
01:01:12 |
Fri 24 Sep 2021
Discussing the Next Wave of Nonprofit Leadership with Jeanne Bell (S04 Ep23)
Ben catches up with Jeanne Bell, Nonprofit leader and consultant, on the challenges facing nonprofit organizations in the 2020s, from attracting funding from the new generation of philanthropies, to …
00:34:59 |
Tue 31 Aug 2021
Accelerating Cross-sector Pandemics Innovation During Covid (S04 Ep22)
This is a recording of a networking session organized by the American Society for Microbiology at the World Microbe Forum in June 2021. Ben met Professor Jonna Mazet, UC Davis, Professor Simon Frost…
01:27:42 |
Fri 30 Jul 2021
Living Out Loud with Global Human Rights Advocate, Micheal Ighodaro (S04 E21)
Ben is joined by Micheal Ighodaro, a Nigerian-born human rights activist, who is profiled in the new HBO documentary, "The Legend of the Underground," a film about the struggle against rampant LGBTQ …
00:51:19 |
Tue 13 Jul 2021
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are the property of Ben Plumley. This content is not affiliated with or endorsed by eachpod.com.