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
Leveraging Technology to Scale Outcomes in Global Health (S04 Ep20)
This is a recording of webinar discussion, facilitated by Ben, about the importance of digital infrastructure, the role of collaboration to strengthen these systems and empower digital innovation, an…
00:58:52 |
Sun 11 Jul 2021
Taking a Look at PEPFAR with Journalist-Activist, Emily Bass (S04 E19)
Ben chats with Emily Bass, journalist, AIDS activist and author of To End A Plague - a new review of PEPFAR - President George W Bush's multibillion investment in life-saving HIV treatment in Africa…
01:01:36 |
Thu 08 Jul 2021
Adapting Private Sector Strategies for Global Health (S04 E18)
In this recently recorded live web event, we explore what private strategies ideas can be adopted by the global health community to develop, distribute, and market products for those most in need in …
01:01:20 |
Wed 07 Jul 2021
India’s Continuing COVID Crisis (S04 Ep17)
This is a zoom recording of a lovely and fascinating conversation between two global health leaders, Purnima Mane and Geeta Rao Gupta, as they reflect on how India’s cultural and structural barriers …
00:58:49 |
Sun 27 Jun 2021
Design & the Art of Public Health (S04 Ep16)
Ben chats with Nancye Green, co-founder of Donovan/Green and pioneer of the use of design to improve public health communications & engagement with communities. They discuss the CDC’s latest COVID-19…
00:30:43 |
Mon 31 May 2021
India’s COVID LGBTQI Crisis (S04 Ep15)
This special episode is a recording of a webinar organized by international and India-based organizations, with San Francisco Bay Area groups to find out how the pandemic is impacting India’s LGBTQI …
00:59:33 |
Sat 22 May 2021
Workplace Wellbeing in the Age of COVID (S04 Ep14)
Ben catches up with leading physician, Dr. Huma Abbasi, General Manager Global Health and Medical and Chief Medical Officer at Chevron, to explore how the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic has impa…
00:38:26 |
Sat 08 May 2021
Global Health Innovation Financing with Krista Donaldson, CEO of Equalize Health (S04 Ep13)
Ben meets Krista Donaldson, CEO of Equalize Health to make sense of the evolving global health innovation financing landscape, and how young social entrepreneurs can attract investment - a special po…
00:24:06 |
Sat 24 Apr 2021
EXTREME HUMANISM: A Conversation About Engagement & Human Connection with Management Guru Tom Peters (S04 Ep12)
Ben catches up with Tom Peters, internationally respected business management leader and author, who has turned his attention to the impact of COVID-19 and the urgent need for extreme humanism - a dr…
00:42:14 |
Sat 10 Apr 2021
A Show of Hope with the San Francisco Community Health Center (S04 Ep10)
In this short clip, Ben chats with Lance Toma about San Francisco Community Health Center's televised fundraising event to raise funds for and awareness of the Center's comprehensive primary care, de…
00:05:11 |
Sun 14 Mar 2021
The Pandemics of Discrimination & Stigma (S04 Ep09)
In this week's episode, Ben talks with Mark S. King, blogger, author, speaker, and HIV/AIDS activist, about discrimination and stigma that accompany global viral pandemics, and the messy aspects of h…
00:45:01 |
Sat 13 Mar 2021
The Future of Rapid Test Results with Healthvana’s Ramin Bastani (S04 Ep08)
Ramin Bastani, CEO of Healthvana, joins Ben on this week's episode for a fast-paced conversation about how technology can accelerate the receipt of HIV, COVID, and other medical test results to our s…
00:38:36 |
Fri 05 Mar 2021
Communicating One Health with Professors Jonna Mazet and John Parrish-Sprowl (S04 Ep07)
Ben reconnects with Professor Jonna Mazet and meets Professor John Parrish-Sprowl for a wide ranging conversation about a one health approach to addressing pandemics and the range of communications s…
00:45:20 |
Fri 26 Feb 2021
It’s Not a Sin: Surviving Pandemics with Dr. Rupert Whitaker (S04 Ep06)
Joining Ben on the podcast this week, Dr. Rupert Whitaker calls in from COVID lockdown in the UK, to share his life story as one of the UK’s longest surviving people with HIV. Dr. Whitaker was a foun…
00:50:26 |
Sat 20 Feb 2021
Expanding Health Equity with Google Maps (S04 Ep05)
In this week’s episode, Ben talks with Hema Budaraju, Director of Product Development at Google about how mapping technology can help billions of people around the world get equitable access to healt…
00:35:11 |
Fri 12 Feb 2021
Why are Girls and Women More Impacted by COVID-19? (S04 Ep04)
Why are girls and women more impacted by COVID-19? Latanya Mapp Frett of the Global Fund for Women and Mary-Ann Etiebet of Merck for Mothers break down the risks that go well beyond just the virus it…
00:41:02 |
Mon 25 Jan 2021
Honoring World AIDS Day During COVID (S04 Ep03)
On this World AIDS Day, December the 1st 2020, we remember the lives lost to HIV as we fight a new global pandemic, COVID-19, and in this special episode we reflect on the impact diagnostics have had…
00:27:47 |
Tue 01 Dec 2020
Dr. Anthony Fauci Talks Truth to COVID (S04 Ep01)
In the first episode of this new season, Dr. Tony Fauci, Director of the National Institute for Allergies and Infectious Disease, shares with me his view on the future of COVID-19, his pragmatic opti…
00:31:49 |
Wed 14 Oct 2020
How Facebook Fights Pandemic Misinformation (S03 Ep12)
In this episode we meet KX Jin, Head of Health at Facebook, and we explore how social networks can be mobilized to provide accurate, updated information about pandemics, like COVID-19, how they can s…
00:38:00 |
Tue 08 Sep 2020
Living with Long COVID (S03 Ep11)
Earlier this year, Robin Gorna, an internationally respected gender and HIV activist & writer at the height of her powers, was infected with SARS-CoV-2 and became one of an increasing number of peopl…
00:41:14 |
Thu 03 Sep 2020
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