Our Big Shot
What if we could build a disease free world? Well, we almost have. We are at a point in history where we have a Big Shot to make that happen. Dr Seema Yasmin, expert in disease control, brings you the stories of disease eradication, and the pioneers who can tell us how to finish the journey. These conversations will make you smarter, entertain and surprise you, and give you hope for the future of humanity!
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 36 minutes
- Episodes
- 12
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
How do we work together to stop disease outbreaks and save lives worldwide? An Interview with someone who’s living it day to day
Dr Seema Yasmin and Dr Shelly Batra talk about how we fight diseases as activists and overcoming social and economic challenges using her own experience and what it can teach us for the future as we …
How do you talk to people who disagree with you about Science? We talk to the man who wrote the book on it.
With the current worldwide political landscape at the forefront of our minds, continued misinformation and divisive rhetoric. We talk to Lee McIntyre about why it is important to have conversations w…
Now Try... When Science Finds a Way
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Our Big Shot - how do we reach 500 million children?
In the final episode of this series, we revisit where we are now. The Covid-19 pandemic forced the world to work together, and this was eye-opening in showing how much can be achieved with co-ordinat…
Sharing is caring - the politics of combating MPox
In this episode we track the spread of Mpox and ask, how does the pandemic alarm system work? Does the global alarm system work?
We have powerful vaccine technologies and we are making incredible str…
Smallpox - the disease that changed science
Smallpox is a pathogen specific to our species and it has wreaked havoc with human populations over the centuries. Ultimately it gave rise to what we now think of as immunisation and vaccine technol…
HIV - The African Journey
African nations have a painful and particular relationship with HIV, they have also been at the forefront of the fight against the disease. In this episode, we explore the battle against HIV from the…
The Black Angels - rethinking how we see Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis is often assumed to be a disease of the past, but it kills over 1 million people a year - a higher rate than malaria and HIV combined.
In this episode we visit a forgotten and critical …
Lies are contagious - MMR vaccine and the virality of a conspiracy.
The ‘single shot’ MMR combined vaccine is one of the biggest achievements in childhood infectious disease prevention, directly responsible for saving millions of lives. Fast-forward to the late 1990…
Polio and the March of Rubles - why medicine trumps politics
In this episode we look at the fight against polio from ‘The March of the Dimes’ - a famous episode in the history of mass immunisation in which ordinary Americans were inspired to fundraise for rese…
The Covid effect on vaccine reality: defending the memory of Grant Wahl
In this episode we confront a new reality for vaccines post Covid. On the one hand, the acceleration of science thanks to mRna derived vaccine design - that allowed the Moderna team in the US to resp…
Trailer: Introducing 'Our Big Shot' with Dr Seema Yasmin
New Podcast Announcement. Welcome to Our Big Shot with Dr Seema Yasmin, a podcast series dedicated to understanding the power of vaccines, marking key moments in the science of immunisation. As we re…