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This Week in Virology

TWiV 929: Empathyology with Andy Slavitt

This Week in Virology

Vincent Racaniello

Vincent, Microbe, Medicine, Microbiology, Racaniello, Infection, Virus, Virology, Pathogen, Infectious, Twiv, Science & Medicine

4.82.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 August 2022

⏱️ 120 minutes

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Summary

Andy Slavitt joins TWiV to discuss his book, Preventable and how failures in leadership, politics, and selfishness doomed the U.S. response to SARS-CoV-2. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker Guest: Andy Slavitt Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode In the Bubble podcast Preventable (Amazon) Letters read on TWiV 929 Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! Weekly Picks Dickson – Best big band #5: 1. Glenn Miller’s Orchestra -1940-1944: Signature song: In The Mood. Signature album: An Album Of Outstanding Arrangements Brianne – Cross-stitched Microbes Kathy – Time trials for bottle emptying Alan – Meow Parlor Vincent – VIRUS x1,000,000 (2022) by Drew Berry wehi.tv Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your virology questions and comments to [email protected]

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0:00.0

This week in virology, the podcast about viruses, the kind that make you sick.

0:10.5

From microbe TV, this is TWIV, this week in virology, Episode 929 recorded on August 19th, 2022.

0:21.8

I'm Vincent Racken Yellow and you're listening to the podcast all about viruses

0:26.3

joining me today right here at the incubator in New York, Alan Dove.

0:32.3

Good to be here and it's so high.

0:34.4

Hey, Alan.

0:35.2

I can wave into Vincent's camera over here.

0:39.7

So it's a beautiful sunny day about 89 degrees here in New York City and other than walking

0:47.6

into the wrong building at first and finding the wrong seventh floor.

0:51.6

I found the place just fine and the lovely incubator here.

0:54.5

Yeah, well after we're done, I'll give you a little tour.

0:57.5

Also joining us today from Fortly, New Jersey, Dixon, D'Ai,

1:03.3

Hello everybody. It's a pleasure to be back.

1:06.6

Alan, do you find the incubator a little warmer than outside?

1:10.0

No, actually it's cooler, but so this is the incubator for cold adapted mutants,

1:14.8

which I appreciate for the cyclophiles.

1:18.1

Also joining us from Madison, New Jersey, Brienne Barker.

1:21.2

Hi, great to be here. I have a feeling my weather is somewhat similar to Dixon's weather in

1:27.8

being 90 degrees in sunny.

1:29.2

And from Ann Arbor, Michigan, Kathy Spindler.

1:32.2

Hi everybody. Here it's 82 Fahrenheit, 28 Celsius.

1:36.9

Yay.

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