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
Rep. Barbara Lee: Fighting for Health Equity in the Time of Pandemics (S03 Ep10)
Join Ben and Congresswoman Barbara Lee live on Wednesday 5th of August, as they discuss racial justice, the impact of COVID-19 on people of color, and the urgent need to support Africa’s fight agains…
00:29:34 |
Wed 05 Aug 2020
Lessons for COVID-19 from Debunking Vaccine Denialism (S03 Ep09)
Anthropologist Heidi Larson has a new book titled, Stuck: How Vaccine Rumors Start -- and Why They Don't Go Away, which explains how logic and science alone cannot debunk vaccine denialism, and we ex…
00:33:23 |
Wed 05 Aug 2020
A Conversation with Dr. Kimberly Smith of ViiV Healthcare (S03 Ep08)
Dr. Kimberly Smith, a renowned US infectious disease specialist and Head of Research & Development for ViiV Healthcare, joins Ben on the podcast to talk about new data on cabotegravir as potential lo…
00:35:54 |
Thu 09 Jul 2020
The Energy Industry’s Pandemics Preparation & Responses (S03 Ep07)
Chevron’s General Manager of Enterprise Health, Dr. Huma Abbasi, joins Ben on the podcast to discuss how the multinational corporation, with headquarters in the San Francisco Bay Area has responded t…
00:38:03 |
Wed 08 Jul 2020
COVID-19 & HIV: A Conversation with Peter Piot (S03 Ep06)
Dr. Peter Piot, a microbiologist who has fought infectious diseases all his career, contracted COVID-19 earlier this year. We discuss how this changed his outlook on pandemics preparation, and what t…
00:46:48 |
Sat 04 Jul 2020
Conversations in Global Health: Jeff Sturchio (S03 Ep05)
What can Jeff Sturchio teach us from a career of over 25 years at the front of global access to medicines? Has that experience been leading up to this one historic moment as the world grapples with C…
01:05:44 |
Tue 30 Jun 2020
COVID-19: COVID shutdown in South Africa (S03 Ep04)
As South Africa begins tentative steps to reopen in the midst of a growing covid-19 pandemic, Yvette Raphael, South African HIV and women’s rights activist shares her thoughts on how social networks …
00:48:13 |
Sun 14 Jun 2020
COVID-19: Testing and Protection on the Frontline (S03 Ep03)
What do you do when urgent COVID-19 testing and isolation is needed for a patient who is homeless? In this third special episode of A Shot In the Arm Podcast, made in partnership with the Bay Area Gl…
00:36:37 |
Sun 03 May 2020
COVID-19: Public Health on the Line (S03 Ep02)
Which countries’ public health responses have worked and which ones have floundered? In this second special episode of A Shot In the Arm Podcast, made in partnership with the Bay Area Global Health A…
00:47:49 |
Tue 14 Apr 2020
COVID-19: The Front Line of Facts and Predictions (S03 Ep01)
COVID-19 is the pandemic the public health community has supposedly been preparing for. How did it get this serious? And where do we go from here? A Shot In The Arm Podcast partners with the Bay Area…
00:40:13 |
Sun 05 Apr 2020
COVID-19: When Humans, Wildlife & Climate Collide (S02 Ep09)
The current coronavirus (COVID-19) infected 113,000 people worldwide in 3 months, shaken economies and forced countries into lockdown. But rather than just responding to individual diseases, we need …
00:26:21 |
Wed 11 Mar 2020
Fighting TB & AIDS with Ambassador Eric Goosby (S02 Ep08)
Ambassador Eric Goosby, MD is one of those rare leaders in medicine, public health and policy, who combines local & national expertise with global reach. He’s currently the UN Secretary-General's Spe…
00:49:48 |
Tue 21 Jan 2020
A Career in Global Health: Mark P. Lagon (S02 Ep07)
In this episode, I meet Ambassador Mark P. Lagon, Chief Policy Officer of Friends of the Global Fight, and explore how to build strategies to strengthen bipartisan alliances for global health, partic…
00:41:49 |
Sun 12 Jan 2020
Indigenous Approaches to Health (S02 Ep06)
In this episode, we meet Trevor Stratton, co-founder of International Indigenous HIV & AIDS Community (IIHAC) and a globally renowned Indigenous HIV activist to explore the health challenges and prio…
00:32:20 |
Sun 05 Jan 2020
A Conversation About Climate Health (S02 Ep05)
In this week's podcast, Ben sits down with Eliza Nemser, climate strategist, as they explore the health impacts of climate change. As a bonus, Eliza and Ben are joined by physician Hiral Tipirneni, w…
00:41:51 |
Mon 23 Dec 2019
Episode 19 - The Intersection of Human Rights and Urban Care
In this episode, we explore the intersection of health and poverty in crowded cities, and meet the CEO of the San Francisco Community Health Center, Lance Toma. What are the implications for health …
00:39:12 |
Sat 14 Dec 2019
Episode 18 - Harm Reduction: Facing Off the Medical and Legal Establishments
In this new episode, we explore with internationally respected lawyer and human rights advocate, Kathleen Fisher, how lawyers and activists came together to force the city of San Francisco and state …
00:56:02 |
Sun 08 Dec 2019
Episode 17 - Pandemic Preparation with Chan Zuckerberg Biohub’s Cristina Tato
In this new episode, launched on World AIDS Day 2019, we meet Cristina Tato, Associate Director of the CZ Biohub Infectious Disease Rapid Response Team, and explore the lessons learned from the AIDS …
00:32:12 |
Sat 30 Nov 2019
Episode 16 - The Human Cost of Pharma Progress? (Live Stream)
What the threat of deportation of a young California woman receiving life saving treatment developed in the US for a rare genetic condition, and the approval of a new drug to treat highly resistant t…
00:48:50 |
Sun 01 Sep 2019
Episode 15 - World Health Organization & PZAT at #IAS2019 Mexico City
In this episode, we chat with Dr Andrew Ball, Director of the World Health Organization’s Department of HIV, Viral Hepatitis and STIs, and celebrated implement science researcher, Definite Nhamo, fro…
00:51:05 |
Thu 25 Jul 2019
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