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Superbugs Unplugged
A joint project of Antibiotic Resistance Action Center, Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University and the UC Berkeley School of Public Health, this monthly podcast will delve into the critical health threat of antibiotic resistance and what drives it, including antibiotic use in agriculture and human health care, challenges and opportunities in R&D, and more. Co-hosts Dr. Lance Price and Dr. Jau Graham will cover a new topic and feature an expert guest every month. Have questions or want to make suggestions? Write to us at SuperBugsUnplugged@gmail.com. Follow us on social media: @battlesuperbugs @UCBerkeleySPH.
Episodes
44 episodes
Vaccination: If You Don't Get it, You Really Should Get It!
In this episode, co-hosts Lance Price and Jay Graham interview Erta Kalanxhi of the One Health Trust to discuss her new paper,
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Season 3
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Episode 12
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33:29
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We Talk A Lot About Poop
In this episode, we introduce our new co-host Dr. Jay Graham, Associate Professor in Residence of Environmental Health Sciences, at the University of California, Berkley School of Public Health. Together, with Dr. Lance Price, they discus...
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Season 3
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Episode 11
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44:11
REPLAY - CDC on the Fungal Kingdom: Full of Friends and Enemies
We'll see you next month with a brand new episode and co-host. Enjoy listening to this episode from 2021 on the fascinating and terrifying world of fungal infections.We spend a lot of time talking about antibiotic resistance, but lately...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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47:47
Water, Sanitation, Hygiene & Superbugs
This episode first aired on March 25, 2020. We are re-airing it during our summer hiatus. We hope you enjoy listening. In this episode, co-host, Dr. Lance B. Price interviews longtime friend, colleague, and microbiologist, Jay Graham, who is an...
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33:41
What Turned Aunt Navis Blue? A Discussion on Tuberculosis
This episode first aired in January 2021. We are taking the summer off as we search for a new podcast co-host. We’re re-airing some of our most listened to episodes. Enjoy! Consumption, the Captain of all these Men of Death, the ...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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31:53
Goodbye Co-Host Matt, You Will Be Missed
This was a sad episode for our co-hosts Dr. Lance B. Price and Matt Wellington as well as our producer, Laura Rogers. In this episode we bade farewell to Matt who is leaving U.S. PIRG after 10 years to serve as the Associate Director for the Ma...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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20:46
We're Not Prepared for Growing Fungal (and other types of ) Infections
In this episode, hosts Dr. Lance B. Price and Matthew Wellington discuss an op ed they co-authored that was published in STAT News. The piece is titled "The...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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35:21
E-coli, Urinary Tract Infections and the Meat You Eat
In our March 2023 episode, Matt Wellington interviews his co-host, Dr. Lance B. Price, about a new study he co-authored that establishes a link between E. coli in raw meat and urinary tract infections in people. First, we hear about how these i...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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36:04
Special Episode: How States can Protect Life-saving Antibiotics
For our February episode, you'll hear the recording of a recent PIRG webinar, "How States can Protect Life-saving Antibiotics". First, each panelist, listed below, shares his/her perspective on the antibiotic resistance crisis. Next, the group ...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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58:16
To PASTEUR or not to PASTEUR
In our January episode of Superbugs Unplugged, co-hosts Matt Wellington and Louis Sokolow chat with Dr. Reshma Ramachandran, Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Yale School of Medicine and Director of the Yale Collaboration for Regulatory Ri...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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43:01
Erin Duffy and the Roller Coaster of Antibiotic Development
In this episode of Superbugs Unplugged, our guest, Dr. Erin Duffy, discusses the global health threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), and why and how her non-profit, CARB-X, is investing in diverse products to help overcome common challenges...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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48:26
King of Analogies: Kevin Outterson
In this episode we talk with Kevin Outterson the Executive Director and Principal Investigator of CARB-X about our need for the development of antibiotics. He is Professor of Law and N. Neil Pike Scholar of Health and Disability Law at Boston U...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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46:29
We Talk with a Patient Advocate about How Antibiotics Are Life-Saving for People Living with Cystic Fibrosis
Our guest this month is patient advocate Ella Balasa who was born with the rare and chronic lung disease cystic fibrosis (CF). She shares how important antibiotics are for people living with CF to be ab...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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36:42
How Chefs Can Help Save Life-saving Antibiotics
In this month's episode, co-hosts Dr. Lance Price and Matthew Wellington interview award-winning chef, cookbook author, activist, and media personality Mary Sue Milliken. She's best known for her modern Mexican concept, Border Grill restaurants...
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Season 2
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Episode 18
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36:59
Understanding the Linkages: Environmentalism, Human Health and Our Food Systems
Our latest episode features distinguished Indian environmentalist, political activist, and writer Sunita Narain, who discusses antibiotic resistance as it relates to environmentalism and human health. She's based in New Delhi in India and is a ...
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Season 2
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Episode 17
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45:52
When Antibiotic Resistance Becomes Personal
Tune into the latest episode of our podcast to hear public health researcher and advocate, Dr. Everly Macario, discuss her personal connection to antibiotic resistance, and its impact on the medical system as we know it.
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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46:52
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He Took a Hard Look and He Didn't Like What He Saw
Tune into the latest episode of our podcast to hear ARAC's deputy director, Laura Rogers, discuss the Center's new paper in Science Magazine that calls into question the integrity of the 'Raised without Antibiotics' label claim.
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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25:02
It's All About Protecting the Animals
On this episode, Co-Host Matthew Wellington talks with experts from World Animal Protection. Topics addressed include antibiotic over use on industrial farms, animal welfare issues related to these huge farms and the need for a moratorium on ad...
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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44:21
The Burden of AMR: the GRAM Report, Explained
This month’s episode focuses on a recent AMR study published in the Lancet: Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019: a systematic analysis. Our guest this month is co-author Dr. Kevin Ikuta, Infectious Disease Physi...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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39:57
The Hedgehog Factor
Dr. Jesper Larsen and Anders R. Larsen, Ph.D. join us to discuss their exciting new report “Emergence of methicillin resistance predates the clinical use of antibiotics”. This study reveals that some strains of MRSA were around far bef...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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43:30
Canada, Chickens, and Antibiotic Consumption
Join Lance and Matt as they sit down with Dr. Laura Huber and Dr. Thomas Van Boeckle to discuss the findings of their recent paper, which looks at reductions in antibiotics in chickens in Canada and the impact on resistance in Salmonella, Campy...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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47:53
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Puppies, Number Two, and Resistant Campylobacter!
In this episode, co-hosts Dr. Lance B. Price and Lydia Palumbo sit down with Louise Francois Watkins from the Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases at the CD...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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33:13
Black Death: It's Still Around and Antibiotics Are Our Only Defense
In this month's episode, co-host Dr. Lance B. Price talks with his former colleague and current friend, Dave Wagner, a plague expert at the Northern Arizona University. The two discuss plague, why it's still around. and the critical role antibi...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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34:57
Discharge from the Genitals: Yup, We Go There!
Join Lance and Matt in this month’s episode, as they meet with Dr. Jeffery Klausner, a Clinical Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences and Professor of Medicine at the Division of Infectious Diseases at the Keck School of Medicine a...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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46:53
Antibiotic Overuse in Food Animals: What's the Role & Responsibility of Drug Companies?
In this episode, Maria Lettini, executive director of FAIRR, talks about their latest report: Feeding Resistance: Antimicrobial Stewardship in the Animal Health Industry. It's the first report to assess the animal health ...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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