Podcasts about How to Survive a Plague

Town Square with Ernie Manouse airs at 3 p.m. CT. Tune in on 88.7FM, listen online or subscribe to the podcast. Join the discussion at 888-486-9677, questions@townsquaretalk.org or @townsquaretalk. December 1st is World AIDS Day, a day to bring awareness, remember, and stand in solidarity with those who are living with or lost their lives to HIV or AIDS. There are an estimated 38 million people worldwide who are living with the virus and 35 million people who have died of HIV or an AIDS-related illness. We talk with the CEO of AIDS Foundation Houston about the great work they do in the greater Houston area to bring awareness and support those living with HIV/AIDS.  Their annual World AIDS Day luncheon is Friday, December 2, 2022, at the Ballroom at Bayou Place. For more information, click here. Then, we converse with Oscar nominated filmmaker, New York Times Bestselling author, and award-winning investigative journalist David France about his acclaimed book, How to Survive a Plague, which has been hailed as “the definitive book on AIDS activism.” The book and the documentary of the same name both chronicle the efforts of AIDS activist groups who seized upon the scientific research that helped develop the drugs which turned HIV into a manageable condition. He will also offer his insight on the epidemic in retrospect and share details of his experience as an investigative journalist that reported on the epidemic since its early years. David France's Academy Award nominated documentary How to Survive a Plague and his most recent film How to Survive a Pandemic are currently streaming on HBO Max. Guests: John Huckaby Chief Executive Officer, AIDS Foundation Houston David France Oscar-nominated filmmaker, New York Times bestselling author, and award-winning investigative journalist Town Square with Ernie Manouse is a gathering space for the community to come together and discuss the day's most important and pressing issues. We also offer a free podcast here, on iTunes, and other apps

Can we survive the next pandemic? How does the Covid-19 pandemic parallel the HIV pandemic? What lessons can we learn from the current global pandemic response? David France is an Oscar-nominated filmmaker, New York Times bestselling author, and award-winning investigative journalist. His directorial debut, HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE, received Academy and Emmy nominations and a Peabody Award. His 2017 film, THE DEATH & LIFE OF MARSHA P. JOHNSON, was awarded the Outfest “Freedom Award”. David premiered his third documentary, WELCOME TO CHECHNYA, at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the special jury award for documentary editing. It received numerous awards, including BAFTA and Peabody. David's latest film, HOW TO SURVIVE A PANDEMIC, premiered at the 2022 Thessaloniki Documentary Festival. Episode Website/Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/designlabpod/davidfrance Follow David: Twitter | Facebook | Insta | IMDb Episode Links and Mentions: David's website: https://www.davidfrance.com/ Select Reviews of David's Films: Review: Journal of a plague year via Boston Globe Review: ‘This massive undertaking was invisible': film glimpses behind the curtain as Covid vaccine was made via The Guardian Review: ‘Welcome to Chechnya' Review: A Vital Indictment of Mass Persecution via NYT Review: ‘The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson' Review: A Stonewall Hero Is Mourned In Fascinating Detective Story — Tribeca 2017 Review via Indie Wire Review: A Story of AIDS, From the Beginning  via NYT More episode sources & links Sign-up for Design Lab Podcast's Newsletter Previous Episode Newsletters and Shownotes Follow @DesignLabPod on Twitter Instagram LinkedIn Facebook Follow @BonKu on Twitter & Instagram Check out the Health Design Lab Production by Robert Pugliese Edit by Fernando Queiroz Cover Design by Eden Lew Theme song by Emmanuel Houston Indexed in the Library of Congress: ISSN 2833-2032

Second part of How To Survive A Plague, and we cover the period 1989-2000 and beyond as the fight for drugs, money and action for the AIDS crisis comes to a crunch, and as Hollywood starts to pay attention (although…

Matt and Sam have an in-depth conversation with HIV/AIDs activist Peter Staley to get his perspective on Dr. Anthony Fauci's role in America's response to two of the most devastating public-health emergencies of recent decades: the AIDS crisis and the pandemic that began nearly one year ago.  They discuss how Peter got his start in ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) in New York City in the 1980s, what the group was fighting for, his run-ins with Pat Buchanan, Jesse Helms, and other rightwing rogues, and how he came to know Fauci. How does Peter understand Fauci's role in the Trump administration's response to the pandemic? Should Fauci have resigned? What good was he able to do? And how does his experience as an activist inform his views about working with government officials on the "inside"?  Watch:How to Survive a Plague (the 2012 documentary about ACT UP in which Peter figures prominently) Read:Sam Adler-Bell, "Dr. Do-Little: The Case Against Anthony Fauci," The Drift, February 4, 2021"A Timeline of the Coronavirus Pandemic," New York Times, January 10, 2021...and don't forget to subscribe on Patreon for all Know Your Enemy bonus episodes! 

Oscar Award Winning Director Steven Bognar discusses his recommendation for an at home double feature. Steven's selections include a pair of touching documentaries, How To Survive A Plague (2012) directed by David France and Crip Camp (2020) directed by James Lebrecht and Nicole Newnham. Produced by: Eric Mahoney Music by: Grafton --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kontikipodcast/support

Orlando and Ricarrdo of Brother(hood) Dance joined us to discuss their work, How To Survive A Plague, and how our elders and ancestors navigated through the HIV/AIDS epidemic can inform how we survive the COVID-19 pandemic. The Dance Union TheDanceUnion.com IG: @thedanceunion FB: www.facebook.com/TheDanceUnion/ *SUPPORT THE DANCE UNION PODCAST* NYC Dancers Relief Fund: bit.ly/34x25dy Patreon: www.patreon.com/danceunion Brother(Hood) Dance! BHoodDance.com How to Survive a Plague: https://vimeo.com/406683234 Pioneers Go East Event Link: https://pioneersgoeast.org/upcoming/sense-sensibility-and-deep-sensation-workshop-by-brotherhood-dance J. Bouey www.jbouey.com/ IG/Twitter: @j_bouey Patreon: www.patreon.com/JBoueyDanceProjects Black Queer Grief video draft: vimeo.com/406594429 Dance Party at Chez Bushwick: jonahbokaer.secure.force.com/ticket/#se…00DzMA9UAN Melanie Greene www.methodsofperception.com/ IG: @laniereene Patreon: www.patreon.com/melaniegreene

A journey into a painful part of queer history: the HIV epidemic of the 1980s and '90s. This is the first of several episodes supported by The British Podcast Awards Fund and The Wellcome Trust addressing HIV in the UK, and as such isn't the funniest episode available. It is, however, important, and worth sticking with if you can, despite its considerable length and emotional heft.For more details about the epidemic, the LGBTQ response to it and all the brave people involved, I recommend checking out We Were Here, 120 BPM, and How To Survive A Plague. They'll break your heart, but also, hopefully, inspire and uplift you.Stories of queer life and even queer-er sex.Always interesting, definitely amusing, Probably True - the repeatedly-award-winning, slightly filthy storytelling project tackling LGBTQ issues in a fun and engaging way.Much like its creator, it is a smutty-but-charming collection of personal misadventures working to make the world a better place, one silly, sexy story at a time.Patreon.com/ProbablyTrue // ProbablyTruePodcast.com @ScottFlashheart See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode of Sacred Tension, I talk to gay Christian activist and blogger Donald Scherschligt about his recent HIV diagnosis, and how he is integrating his HIV positive status into his life and faith. Donald speaks vulnerably and beautifully about the first moment he found out he is positive, the politics of HIV, the cognitive shift that takes place when one receives a positive diagnosis, and much, much more.  You can find Donald at www.donaldlawrence.me, and on twitter @donnysurelegit. He is also the editor in chief of SKEW, a Level Ground magazine, which you can find at http://www.onlevelground.org Do you or someone you know need help or resources on HIV? Donald has provided me with resources for anyone who might need care or want to learn more: Everything you could ever want to know and more about HIV: http://www.thebody.com/To find an HIV testing center in your local area: https://locator.aids.gov/To find PrEP providers, I recommend a couple places: First, https://preplocator.org/Second, If you live in a "healthcare desert" (a location where access to PrEP is unavailable due to legal or geographical limitations), learn about Nurx and get their app. They're an amazing telemedicine start-up that is making access to this pill incredibly easy: https://www.nurx.com/prep/If you need help affording PrEP: https://www.truvada.com/how-to-get-truvada-for-prep/truvada-costTo learn more about the history of the AIDS crisis: "How To Survive A Plague" is an infuriating, moving, powerful, amazing film and a must-watch for anyone who wants to learn about ACT UP and AIDS. It's totally worth the $3 for a rental on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nrr0eA34CSM

The hero bell and the garbage bell both got a workout with this one... "How To Survive A Plague" is a riveting, powerful telling of the story of the grassroots movement of activists, many of them in a life-or-death struggle, who seized upon scientific research to help develop the drugs that turned HIV from a mostly fatal infection to a manageable disease. Ignored by public officials, religious leaders, and the nation at large, and confronted with shame and hatred, this small group of men and women chose to fight for their right to live by educating themselves and demanding to become full partners in the race for effective treatments. Around the globe, 16 million people are alive today thanks to their efforts. Be sure to check out the [hilarious bonus content](https://www.patreon.com/TrueCrimeObsessed) we're creating via [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/TrueCrimeObsessed)! We have a whole bunch of mini episodes--we upload at least one per week--and one FULL Bonus episode all about the bat shit doc "The Queen of Versailles." Our next FULL bonus episode will be out within the next few days and it's all about Madonna's "Truth or Dare." We promise April's full bonus episode will be slightly less gay.

Peter Staley was diagnosed with AIDS-related complex in 1985 while working as a bond trader at JP Morgan on Wall Street. He joined ACT UP New York shortly after its founding in 1987, and chaired its fundraising committee for three years. In 1988, he left his Wall Street job to become a full-time AIDS activist, joining ACT UP’s Treatment & Data Committee (T&D). In 1989, Staley led ACT UP’s campaign to force Burroughs Wellcome to lower the price of AZT. He organized activists to infiltrate their North Carolina headquarters and seal themselves in a third-floor office, and led a demonstration on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, disrupting trading and resulting in a price reduction of AZT three days later. In 1990, Staley was an opening plenary speaker at the VI International Conference on AIDS in San Francisco. In 1992, Staley and other members of T&D founded the Treatment Action Group (TAG), and he became its Founding Director. TAG’s first action and “art project” involved covering Senator Jesse Helms’ home with a giant condom. In 1993, TAG successfully lobbied for a radical restructuring of the management of the government’s AIDS research effort. The NIH Revitalization Act created a powerful Office of AIDS Research (OAR) to provide coordination, strategic planning, and leadership in the NIH’s AIDS research programs. In 1994, Staley was appointed by President Clinton to the National Task Force on AIDS Drug Development. He was also a member of amfAR’s Board of Directors from 1991 to 2004. In 2000, Staley launched a web site called AIDSmeds.com, offering complete and easy-to-read treatment information for people living with HIV. Since then, AIDSmeds.com has become one of the most popular HIV-related sites on the Web, and it merged with POZ Magazine and POZ.com in 2006. In January, 2004, Staley launched a personal ad campaign to bring much needed attention to an epidemic of crystal meth use among gay men. Using $7,000 of his own money, he placed six phone booth kiosk ads in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York that said “Huge Sale, Buy Crystal, Get HIV Free!” Within days, the ads, along with the issues they raised, became a major news story, with coverage in The New York Times and on all three local TV stations. Two months later, New York City appropriated the first government funds anywhere in the U.S. targeting meth prevention for gay men. Other cities and states soon followed. According to ongoing CDC HIV surveillance studies, meth use among gay men in New York City fell from 14% in 2004 to 6% in 2008. In 2013, Staley was appointed by Governor Andrew Cuomo to New York State’s Ending the Epidemic Task Force, which developed a blueprint to dramatically lower HIV infections in the state by 2020. In 2014, Staley was appointed by Dr. Francis Collins, Director of the NIH, to the search committee tasked with finding the next Director of AIDS Research at the NIH. Also in the 2014, Staley helped form a coalition of advocates for Truvada PrEP – the once-a-day pill that prevents HIV infections – that successfully pressured Gilead Sciences to liberalize its patient assistance programs, removing barriers to access for this new tool to fight the AIDS epidemic. Staley is a leading subject in the Oscar-nominated documentary, How To Survive A Plague, directed by David France. In recent years, he has lectured often at U.S. colleges, and during international exchange programs.

Our non-fiction enthusiast Stephen plucks one from Netflix's bouquet of documentaries this week. Episode 13 is a documentary titled How To Survive A Plague, a movie about the early days of the AIDS crisis and the activist group ACT UP that came out of it. This is heavy duty stuff and has some of the best raw footage I've seen in any documentary ever - including a protest inside of St. Patrick's Cathedral in NYC. Check out the movie, listen to the podcast, hit us up at www.flixbookclub.com and leave us a comment! Be sure to let us know whether you thought it was #streamit or #dontstreamit material. Next week is a very special St. Patty's day episode where we'll be watching and talking about The Quiet Man.

KC rebuttals Chinatown this week with his pick, The One I Love, starring Elisabeth Moss and Mark Duplass. Charlie McDowell's directorial debut, this movie puts a sci-fi/fantasy twist on the modern romantic comedy. A young couple visit a vacation house in an attempt to fix their marriage, but something is awry. It's Kafka-esque, Roald Dahl-esque maybe, or some other champion of the weird short story. Either way check out the movie, listen to the episode, contact us with a #streamit or #don't stream it on www.flixbookclub.com. Catch us next week for Stephen's pick, the documentary How To Survive A Plague.

"Dallas Buyer's Club" covers a lot of the same ground as an Oscar-nominated documentary about AIDS from last year, "How To Survive A Plague." Each film covers the time from mid-to-late 1980s when the disease struck, when there was no accepted or effective medical treatment, when the patients themselves had to push for better research and faster tracks to bring drugs to market. Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Jude Law talks to Simon about playing the title role in Dom Hemingway. Plus the Box Office Top 10 and Mark's reviews of the week's new films including Gravity, How To Survive A Plague and Seduced And Abandoned.

Peter Staley has been a long-term AIDS and gay rights activist, first as a member of ACT UP New York, then as the founding director of TAG, the Treatment Action Group. He served on the board of the American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) for 13 years and then founded AIDSmeds.com, an educational website for people living with HIV. Staley is a leading subject in the Oscar-nominated documentary How to Survive a Plague.

It's Oscar season - Gordon interviews T. Woody Richman and Tyler H. Walk, the editors of the Academy Award Nominated film How To Survive a Plague.

Andrew and Monica finish their look back at the year in film by exploring different genres as well as which movies subverted their expectations. What were the best action movies? Which movies were overrated and underrated? And what were the absolute worst of the worst? Tune in to find out. SHOW NOTES: 0:22 - Intro 1:47 - Best Action Films 7:21 - Best Comedy Films 12:20 - Best Horror Films 14:24 - Best Documentary Films 21:00 - Biggest Surprises 26:14 - Biggest Disappointments 30:49 - Most Overrated Films 42:00 - Most Underrated Films 43:31 - Worst Movies 52:10 - Honorable Mentions/Extras 58:50 - Show close DON'T FORGET: You can contact the show by emailing cinemafix@filmgeekradio.com. Thanks for listening!