Hi podcast listeners great show tonight amazing Dr Paul Offett who talks to us about this huge

crisis of measles erupting in the United States mostly because of the anti-vax movement and not wanting to vaccinate their kids.

But in the rest of the world it's because of poverty and also because of lack of access.

There's a 300% jump in measles related deaths.

Then we talk to this amazing comedian couple,

Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney,

whose fourth and final season of the TV hit comedy, Catastrophe, is now

available on Amazon. It's truly an amazing show that has hit the nerve with

everybody who's interested in relationships, marriage and

parenthood. And finally, Alicia Menendez talks to first-time director near

de Costa about a film that centered on women and poverty and why she wants people to know what that does.

So enjoy the show. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm Christina Manpur in London. We live in a world where

facts are under fire, whether it's the peril of fake news, the rise of climate denialism,

or even the war against vaccinations.

Vaccines are a miracle that have saved people from illnesses that have plagued humanity for centuries.

Now, young lives are at risk again,

as the highly infectious disease measles makes a deadly return.

The World Health Organization says it still kills 100,000 people a year.

And so far in 2019, infections are up 300% compared to this time last year.

While a lot of this is due to limited access to health care and poorer countries we we're also seeing the anti-Vax movement

and measles surging in richer nations, where people are turning away from vaccines because

of false information that's spreading even faster than the illness

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