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
Episode 14 - Pep in your Step! Community Education Group at #IAS2019 Mexico City
In this episode, Yvette and Ben reflect on the latest news out of IAS 2019, with A. Toni Young, Executive Director of Community Education Group. It’s a wild and moving ride, as we talk memory books, …
00:41:49 |
Tue 23 Jul 2019
Episode 13 - Interview with Gilead's Gregg Alton at #IAS2019 Mexico City
In this special episode at IAS 2019, we chat with Gregg Alton, Gilead’s Chief Patient Officer, on his twenty year career as a leader of the global access to medicines movement. Whether you love the i…
00:24:13 |
Tue 23 Jul 2019
Episode 12 - LAC Platform & Taiwan's HIV Education Research at #IAS2019 Mexico City
A Shot In the Arm is in Mexico for five special podcasts in association with the International AIDS Society at its IAS2019 clinical science conference. We share the key news coming off the conference…
00:53:26 |
Mon 22 Jul 2019
Episode 11 - MPACT, A Point of Pride (Live Event)
Recorded live on June 26th, 2019 at the Oakland LGBTQ Community Center.A Shot In the Arm Podcast was invited to co-host a short reception and panel discussion about the sexual health and human rights…
01:02:32 |
Fri 28 Jun 2019
Episode 10 - Mabuhay! A Conversation with Congressman TJ Cox
In this episode we meet Democrat Congressman TJ Cox. TJ was part of the Democrat wave that retook the House of Representatives in 2018. He is progressive and passionate about healthcare for all, imm…
00:32:33 |
Tue 25 Jun 2019
Episode 9 - The Disparate Worlds of the Possible and Struggle
In our latest episode, the clash of two worlds; the possible and the struggle. We are confronted with the insane disparity between a world ripe with potential with the swipe of a smart phone, and a …
00:49:41 |
Sun 16 Jun 2019
Episode 8 - The Rise, Fall and Rise Again of Pangaea
A new episode of A Shot In The Arm is out!
This week it is just me. I tell the story of Pangaea Global AIDS, a global non profit think tank and technical assistance agency that I had to be the privi…
00:22:40 |
Sat 08 Jun 2019
Episode 7 - Staying Alive!
A new episode of A Shot In The Arm Podcast is out!I chat with Georgia Arnold, one of the world’s leading experts on communicating public health messages through digital and social media. She is the f…
00:36:42 |
Sun 02 Jun 2019
Episode 6 - Of Microbes and Meat
A new episode of A Shot In The Arm is out! This week, host Ben Plumley and treatment literacy advocate, David Evans, look at the state of antibiotic research, and why the world desperately needs both…
00:26:34 |
Wed 22 May 2019
Episode 5 - The Greatest Experiment In Social Services
This week David Evans, internationally respected treatment and science literacy expert, joins us from Pasadena, CA as we explore how healthcare might be delivered in the USA. We look at some proposal…
00:34:41 |
Thu 09 May 2019
Episode 4 - Ebola, Measles, HIV: Lessons for Future Epidemics
The world is already fighting epidemics - what can we learn from our responses to Ebola and HIV to prepare and anticipate future epidemics? In this special live recording at San Francisco’s Commonwea…
01:19:10 |
Tue 30 Apr 2019
Episode 3 - Women Are The Cure
We meet Yvette Raphael, the internationally acclaimed South African HIV, Women’s Rights and science activist. She tells her own story of HIV, and how she and a group of women have radically changed t…
00:35:42 |
Mon 22 Apr 2019
Episode 2 - All About the Money
In the latest episode of A Shot In The Arm Podcast, we explore how much money is needed to end global infectious disease, and talk with the Head of Friends of the Global Fight, Chris Collins about ho…
00:35:11 |
Sun 14 Apr 2019
Episode 1 - 21st Century Prevention
In the first episode, “21st Century Prevention,” host Ben Plumley explores the future of HIV prevention with guest, Gloria Lockett, co-founder of California’s Prostitute Education Project (CALPEP). T…
00:37:04 |
Thu 04 Apr 2019
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