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Chapo elections unit Dave Weigel and Josh “Ettingermentum” return for one last check-in on the state of the 2024 US Elections. We review Trump's fascist clown show rally at Madison Square Garden over the weekend, and discuss its potential impacts on the final week of the race. We look at the closing arguments & strategies of both campaigns, the increasingly strained relationship between the electorate and the media, key senate races to watch, and give final chances for Trump & Harris. LOS ANGELES: Come to our 11/4 Election Eve show with E1 & live house band featuring Dan Boeckner and Nick Diamonds: https://link.dice.fm/b1eb3de54f54 We are releasing another batch of SIGNED COPIES of Matt's book, ¡No Pasarán!, tomorrow/today TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29th, at Noon ET/9am PT at chapotraphouse.store. Sales open ONLY until this Thursday, October 31st, get your copy! Find Dave's reporting at Semafor here: https://www.semafor.com/author/david-weigel Find the Ettingermentum newsletter here: https://www.ettingermentum.news/
The first in a three-part series of conversations about an epidemic health centers have been on the front lines of addressing for decades: HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) and AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome). In this episode, HIV expert Nick Diamonds leads a conversation about new strategies for preventing HIV transmission. Guests featured in this episode:Robyn Neblett Fanfair, MD, MPH, Acting Division Director, Division of HIV PreventionCenters for Disease Control and PreventionJuan Carlos Loubriel, Director of Community Health and WellnessWhitman-Walker HealthCraig Thompson, CEO, AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA) HealthModerator: Nick Diamond, Manager, Editorial Services, Elizabeth Glazer Pediatric AIDS FoundationEpisode transcriptEpisode transcriptNick Diamond: I want to start with Robyn by asking you, "What excites you the most about the new evidence based-strategies introduced for people who are HIV negative and want to stay that way?" Dr. Robyn Neblett Fanfair: Thanks to a robust toolbox that includes pre-exposure prophylaxis, post-exposure prophylaxis, treatment as prevention, and syringe service programs, we now have more tools than ever available for HIV prevention, and we must realize the full potential of these tools, we understand how important it is to make sure that it gets into the hands of everyone who needs them. So what excites me a lot right now is a status neutral approach to HIV prevention, which we believe can really help improve access, reduce stigma, and help prioritize health equity. So as far as exciting strategies go, it's really about reframing how we think about traditional HIV service models to better reach people where they are with the services that they need. So no matter their HIV status, we know that people need similar health care as well as essential support services. These can include medical care, housing, transportation, and employment. A status neutral approach can create a one door approach for HIV prevention and treatment, which can help normalize both. It eliminates HIV stigma by integrating prevention and care instead of supporting separate systems. And we believe it can enable people to know their status by making HIV testing and next approaches, whether they're behavioral or biomedical prevention, more accessible, and it can advance health equity by connecting people to the services they need regardless of their HIV status. So those are just a few things that I think are really exciting in HIV prevention right now.Nick Diamond: And Juan Carlos, I want to turn it over to you to ask about your experience and programs at Whitman-Walker. Would you talk a little bit about what your health center is doing to improve HIV prevention services in the community? I know Robyn just talked about this toolkit; are you seeing the implementation of things in those toolkits at the health center? Juan Carlos Loubriel: Yes, indeed. We are very excited about this new approach. Whitman-Walker Health delivers tailored education and sexual health services that are sex-positive and inclusive. Our training and linkage efforts are community-based service delivery interventions. They promote access to effective tools for HIV prevention and timely diagnosis. We also provide immediate access to nPEP (non-occupational post exposure prophylaxis) and PrEP (post exposure prophylaxis) for HIV prevention. We provide early diagnosis and prompt linkage to medical care, including ART (antiretroviral therapy). And these efforts occurred alongside treatment of HIV and other chronic diseases. We strive to eliminate barriers to care. And to do this, we deliver status neutral services and connect clients to medical, behavioral health, harm reduction, and social services through customized risk reduction. Staff provide health literacy and education for clients on understanding and navigating the medical system at every stage of the care continuum. And we need to understand that education is also a necessary component to normalize conversations around sex, so we want to increase client's active participation in care decisions so they can make informed decisions about their sexual health and HIV risk. And these services help move these clients along the continuum from prevention to care, and there are entry points to care in each of our programs. Nick Diamond: One thing that's really exciting about this conversation is that we're convening a really diverse group of stakeholders, from government to community health centers, and the response to HIV, and Juan Carlos, I might ask if you have a question for Dr. Fanfair related to HIV prevention from your perspective, working in community health, you know, with an opportunity to engage government?Juan Carlos Loubriel: Yes, definitely, Doctor Fanfair, you know, over the past 40 years, there have been many HIV prevention best practices, including condom use and PrEP. And my question is, what do you see as an HIV prevention best practice coming in the next decade and beyond? Dr. Robyn Neblett Fanfair: I think there could be so many. I do think one that is of interest and it also ties in a little bit to our upcoming question, but when we really look at the revolution, I would say in treatment modalities, it's been remarkable. So this year marks a decade since pre-exposure prophylaxis was approved. And we know that there are still incredible gains to be made in making sure that's accessible to all people, as we know that there are still very large racial and geographic disparities that we see in PrEP uptake. But I'm very excited about the investigations and research going into longer modalities. So if we've just seen long acting injectables for pre-exposure prophylaxis approved almost one year ago and I know that there's a lot of investigations going on into six-month injections or even implants that could be there longer. So I'm really excited to see over the next decade even longer-acting modalities for pre-exposure prophylaxis while we also work very critically to make sure that all of these new modalities are able to reach all populations equitably. Nick Diamond: So, Robyn, you just spoke about some of these new tools in our toolkit for people who are HIV negative. And I also want to ask you about some of the new and exciting evidence-based strategies that are now working for people living with HIV to achieve undetectable status and maintain viral suppression. Dr. Robyn Neblett Fanfair: Absolutely. So, you know, it's really critical that people with HIV continue to have access and remain in ongoing, high quality care and continue to receive support services that they need. One exciting strategy is that treatment is prevention, and we now know that undetectable equals transmittable, or U equals U. Just as we were talking about with prevention and treatment, in addition now to several one-pill, once a day antiretroviral regimens, there are now long acting injectables that are available to help maintain viral suppression. The National HIV AIDS Strategy, or NHAS, has recently released a new quality-of-life indicator. And we believe this will be really critical to assessing quality of life measures such as housing, employment, food security, and self-rated health because we know there's more to overall well-being than just viral suppression. A status neutral framework really encourages a comprehensive, whole-person assessment of a person's unique situation, allowing for more tailored interventions. As we spoke before, we really believe that a status neutral approach can help limit stigma. And regarding stigma, if someone has HIV, they may not feel comfortable visiting an HIV-focused provider. They may be concerned about the possibility of being defined only by their HIV status. And they can encounter providers who may not take into consideration all of the other factors that affect their health. So for a person with HIV in a status-neutral approach, health care providers can obtain key information to better link persons to health-related and wraparound services, which will help keep them engaged in care, which can improve their ability to maintain a low or undetectable viral load. Nick Diamond: Craig I'd like to also bring you into this conversation and thinking about your work at APLA Health, could you talk a little bit about your health center and the HIV care program? Craig Thompson: Sure. I think the first thing we need to acknowledge is that we talk about the HIV epidemic. But the HIV epidemic is really HIV epidemics, and our epidemics are very different in parts of the country, who we serve, where the growth is, the number of women impacted, for example, or the number of injection drug users impacted, for example is very different. So I'm coming from Los Angeles, which is an epidemic that has been driven from the very beginning by gay men and members of the trans community. So in Los Angeles, the demarcation for us has never been HIV positive and HIV negative in care. It's been around connecting people to LGBTQ+ services. So we market our services as having LGBTQ+ friendly, competent, and that brings HIV negative folks and HIV positive folks into the same services, into the same sites, with the same providers. And so we've been doing status-neutral care from that perspective for many, many years. What we do find, though, is that primary care in a very busy community health center can take a while. And as much as we try to streamline the approach, what we've done now is try to pull out sexual health services, PrEP services, whether for folks who are HIV negative or HIV positive in the case of STD services, and create a streamlined approach for it to get people in and out for sexual health services, so they're not in the priThis show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5468540/advertisement
The Complex Sneakers Podcast is co-hosted by Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne and Matt Welty. This week the guys host Nick Diamond, the founder of Diamond Supply Co. Together the guys talk about Nick Diamonds career, his extensive sneaker collection, past Nike SB collabs and memories from ComplexCon before COVID. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Brie and Virgil "debut" our theme song by Nick Diamonds (@nickfromislands) and our new segment "Good Faith, Bad Faith," featuring a hit piece on Brie from Fox News' Juan Carlos Williams and Virgil's obsession with the @IStandWithBiden Instagram account. Our panelists Dave Anthony, Wyatt Cenac, and Bridget Read talk the Emmys, Star Trek, vote shaming, and the rising tide of fascism. Brie gets heated when Wyatt calls Starfleet an imperialist military force. Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to support us and instantly unlock our full premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast Follow Bad Faith on Twitter: http://twitter.com/badfaithpod Our panelists: Dave Anthony (@daveanthony), co-host of The Dollop and The West Wing Thing Wyatt Cenac (@wyattcenac), writer, actor, comedian, and producer, creator of Yellowbellies Bridget Read, (@bridgetgillard), journalist at New York Magazine's The Cut
Episode 27 of It's Mewsic! RIGHT MEOW! with Saydi & Aaron and special guest Nick Thorburn Nick Thorburn from Islands, Unicorns, Mister Heavenly, and Nick Diamonds joins Saydi and Aaron talk the state of the current music industry from the perspective of three very different people as well as the future of Islands (are they forever???) or really, of Nick. Then they get into the Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared? by Deerhunter! “ramen (based on ‘Starman’ by David Bowie) by fairy eyelashes https://www.instagram.com/tv/BtDXWX_lMEJ/ Finally, it's Saydi's turn to assign the homework and it's Assume Form by James Blake! Please rate & review our podcast! Leave a comment, let us know what albums or topics you want us to talk about! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/its-mewsic-right-meow-with-saydi-aaron/id1403161072 Our podcast on Spotify!! https://open.spotify.com/show/21OJVTGpO9aytFTLsg3vrs?si=vIWclssXTSC7hzA2HSma7w Or wherever you get your podcasts! Saydi: https://www.instagram.com/whstleofficial/ & https://www.instagram.com/saydimusic Aaron: http://www.instagram.com/tsurufoto Theme song: "pine" by fairy eyelashes https://songwhip.com/artist/fairy-eyelashes
This week on CanCon, the team plays a game of Good CEO/Bad CEO, and discusses why we'll never have unlimited data plans in Canada. Canadian Content music clip: "The Sting" by Nick Diamonds
On today's episode, taped live at UCB Sunset on August 3rd, 2015, I'm joined by five of my favorite comedians and musicians: stand-up and actors Ron Funches and Andy Kindler, actor and improvisor John Gemberling, and musicians Open Mike Eagle and Nick Thorburn. Ron can currently be seen on the NBC sitcom Undateable, Andy is on the IFC show Maron, and beyond that, both are some of the best stand-ups out there. John was on the recently canceled NBC show Marry Me, but also plays Abbi's roommate's boyfriend Bevers on the Comedy Central hit Broad City. Mike Eagle is a rapper loosely affiliated with the Hellfyre Club collective/label and his EP A Special Episode Of was released earlier this year. Finally, Nick Thorburn is a member of and the driving force behind the indie rock band Islands, and has also released two solo albums as Nick Diamonds, the second of which City of Quartz was released this year.This is the website for Beginnings, subscribe on iTunes, follow me on Twitter.
After the cache we headed back to The Living Room and had the band play us a song upstairs in Googie's Lounge. On Geocachers we meet up with some of our favorite musicians, comedians, writers, and all-round entertainers to explore New York, one geocache at a time. Sometimes we start at a bar – although sometimes we don’t – and our adventures take us through parts of the neighborhoods you don’t usually get to see, while the conversation with the guests likewise leads you down unchartered territory: Paul Dempsey talks about physics; Nick Diamonds talks about baseball.
Sam meets up with the Chris Koza at the Living Room on the Lower East Side, and then geocaches in the neighborhood with the whole band. On Geocachers we meet up with some of our favorite musicians, comedians, writers, and all-round entertainers to explore New York, one geocache at a time. Sometimes we start at a bar – although sometimes we don’t – and our adventures take us through parts of the neighborhoods you don’t usually get to see, while the conversation with the guests likewise leads you down unchartered territory: Paul Dempsey talks about physics; Nick Diamonds talks about baseball.
Total Babes tires of geocaching and plays a tune. On Geocachers we meet up with some of our favorite musicians, comedians, writers, and all-round entertainers to explore New York, one geocache at a time. Sometimes we start at a bar – although sometimes we don’t – and our adventures take us through parts of the neighborhoods you don’t usually get to see, while the conversation with the guests likewise leads you down unchartered territory: Paul Dempsey talks about physics; Nick Diamonds talks about baseball.
Sam goes geocaching in Central Park with Total Babes. On Geocachers we meet up with some of our favorite musicians, comedians, writers, and all-round entertainers to explore New York, one geocache at a time. Sometimes we start at a bar – although sometimes we don’t – and our adventures take us through parts of the neighborhoods you don’t usually get to see, while the conversation with the guests likewise leads you down unchartered territory: Paul Dempsey talks about physics; Nick Diamonds talks about baseball.
We headed back to The Bell House for a beer and some sweet, sweet tunes in the second half of our day with Thousands. On Geocachers we meet up with some of our favorite musicians, comedians, writers, and all-round entertainers to explore New York, one geocache at a time. Sometimes we start at a bar – although sometimes we don’t – and our adventures take us through parts of the neighborhoods you don’t usually get to see, while the conversation with the guests likewise leads you down unchartered territory: Paul Dempsey talks about physics; Nick Diamonds talks about baseball.
Thousands and Sam go for a hike from The Bell House in Gowanus, Brooklyn, to a cache in the neighborhood. On Geocachers we meet up with some of our favorite musicians, comedians, writers, and all-round entertainers to explore New York, one geocache at a time. Sometimes we start at a bar – although sometimes we don’t – and our adventures take us through parts of the neighborhoods you don’t usually get to see, while the conversation with the guests likewise leads you down unchartered territory: Paul Dempsey talks about physics; Nick Diamonds talks about baseball.
The second half of our day with Langhorne Slim saw us return to Bait & Tackle in Red Hook Brooklyn, the bar that will be our home base for season 2. The band sat down, we had a beer, then they played... On Geocachers we meet up with some of our favorite musicians, comedians, writers, and all-round entertainers to explore New York, one geocache at a time. Sometimes we start at a bar – although sometimes we don’t – and our adventures take us through parts of the neighborhoods you don’t usually get to see, while the conversation with the guests likewise leads you down unchartered territory: Paul Dempsey talks about physics; Nick Diamonds talks about baseball.
Langhorne Slim and the Law join the Geocachers team for a little geocaching in the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn. Only problem was that we couldn't find the geocache. It took a while, but... On Geocachers we meet up with some of our favorite musicians, comedians, writers, and all-round entertainers to explore New York, one geocache at a time. Sometimes we start at a bar – although sometimes we don’t – and our adventures take us through parts of the neighborhoods you don’t usually get to see, while the conversation with the guests likewise leads you down unchartered territory: Paul Dempsey talks about physics; Nick Diamonds talks about baseball.
In the second portion of our day with the Smoke Fairies they played a song for us called "Erie Lakawanna". On Geocachers we meet up with some of our favorite musicians, comedians, writers, and all-round entertainers to explore New York, one geocache at a time. Sometimes we start at a bar – although sometimes we don’t – and our adventures take us through parts of the neighborhoods you don’t usually get to see, while the conversation with the guests likewise leads you down unchartered territory: Paul Dempsey talks about physics; Nick Diamonds talks about baseball.
We spent the day out with the UK duo Smoke Fairies in this episode. On Geocachers we meet up with some of our favorite musicians, comedians, writers, and all-round entertainers to explore New York, one geocache at a time. Sometimes we start at a bar – although sometimes we don’t – and our adventures take us through parts of the neighborhoods you don’t usually get to see, while the conversation with the guests likewise leads you down unchartered territory: Paul Dempsey talks about physics; Nick Diamonds talks about baseball.
We end our day with Ólöf Arnalds with her singing "Lucky Old Sun" for us in her publicist's apartment. On Geocachers we meet up with some of our favorite musicians, comedians, writers, and all-round entertainers to explore New York, one geocache at a time. Sometimes we start at a bar – although sometimes we don’t – and our adventures take us through parts of the neighborhoods you don’t usually get to see, while the conversation with the guests likewise leads you down unchartered territory: Paul Dempsey talks about physics; Nick Diamonds talks about baseball.
Icelandic singer-songwriter Ólöf Arnalds goes geocaching with Sam in Prospect Park. On Geocachers we meet up with some of our favorite musicians, comedians, writers, and all-round entertainers to explore New York, one geocache at a time. Sometimes we start at a bar – although sometimes we don’t – and our adventures take us through parts of the neighborhoods you don’t usually get to see, while the conversation with the guests likewise leads you down unchartered territory: Paul Dempsey talks about physics; Nick Diamonds talks about baseball.
At the end of our day with Nick Diamonds we found this cool amphitheater on the East River where Nick Diamonds performed an acoustic cover of Daniel Johnston. On Geocachers we meet up with some of our favorite musicians, comedians, writers, and all-round entertainers to explore New York, one geocache at a time. Sometimes we start at a bar – although sometimes we don’t – and our adventures take us through parts of the neighborhoods you don’t usually get to see, while the conversation with the guests likewise leads you down unchartered territory: Paul Dempsey talks about physics; Nick Diamonds talks about baseball.
In this episode Sam goes geocaching with Nick Diamond (of bands like Islands and the Unicorns). The go hunting for a cache called "NY Yankee #49". On Geocachers we meet up with some of our favorite musicians, comedians, writers, and all-round entertainers to explore New York, one geocache at a time. Sometimes we start at a bar – although sometimes we don’t – and our adventures take us through parts of the neighborhoods you don’t usually get to see, while the conversation with the guests likewise leads you down unchartered territory: Paul Dempsey talks about physics; Nick Diamonds talks about baseball.
For part 2 of our episode with Paul Dempsey he performs "Out the Airlock" outside at the geocache. On Geocachers we meet up with some of our favorite musicians, comedians, writers, and all-round entertainers to explore New York, one geocache at a time. Sometimes we start at a bar – although sometimes we don’t – and our adventures take us through parts of the neighborhoods you don’t usually get to see, while the conversation with the guests likewise leads you down unchartered territory: Paul Dempsey talks about physics; Nick Diamonds talks about baseball.
Get Episode 1, part 1 of Geocachers, an interview with Paul Dempsey, here. On Geocachers we meet up with some of our favorite musicians, comedians, writers, and all-round entertainers to explore New York, one geocache at a time. Sometimes we start at a bar – although sometimes we don’t – and our adventures take us through parts of the neighborhoods you don’t usually get to see, while the conversation with the guests likewise leads you down unchartered territory: Paul Dempsey talks about physics; Nick Diamonds talks about baseball.