Podcasts about Tuberculosis

On this month's podcast, Victoria Van de Vate, NACCHO's Director of Government Affairs, and Lauren Soule, Government Affairs Senior Specialist, discuss the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, which prevents a government shutdown and funds federal agencies at Fiscal Year 2026 levels through December 11, 2026. They also provide an update on health nominations and an upcoming NACCHO webinar on the next phase of CDC's Public Health Infrastructure Grant (PHIG). The webinar will review the current structure of the grant, which runs from December 1, 2022 through November 30, 2027. While PHIG funding will continue beyond the grant period, it may look different because of how it is funded by Congress.  Later in the program, in recognition of National Preparedness Month in September, Senior Communications Specialist Beth Hess speaks with Jeana Vidacak, Community Services Manager at the Jefferson County Health Department in Missouri. Vidacak discusses the department's preparedness activities, including recent responses to cyclosporiasis, measles, tuberculosis, and events this summer.  Vidacak also shares the department's experience with NACCHO's Project Public Health Ready (PPHR). PPHR is a nationally recognized, criteria-based training and recognition program developed by NACCHO in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is designed to help local health departments develop core public health and emergency preparedness competencies. Jefferson County Health Department has achieved PPHR recognition twice and has used the experience to train new preparedness staff members and bolster its capabilities.

INTRODUCTION:Fever of Unknown Origin, or FUO: We have all had a fever at some point—maybe from seasonal flu or a brief stomach bug—where the body turns up the heat, fights off the bug, and recovers in a couple of days. Fever is a very efficient defense mechanism to fight microorganisms by making your body a hostile environment where they cannot survive. But what happens when a fever lasts for weeks, standard tests come back normal, and usual fever reducing medications do not seem to work?We will talk about the surprising root causes, the latest imaging technology like PET scans, and what to do when a fever refuses to break. Whether you are a medical student, a healthcare professional, or simply curious about how our body's defense mechanisms work, this episode is for you. Let us get into it!Definition of Fever of Unknown Origin.A standard fever is like a smoke alarm going off when you burn toast—you quickly spot the cause, fix it, and the alarm stops. FUO is like an alarm ringing continuously for weeks, but despite searching every room, you cannot find the source of the fire.Clinical Criteria (Classic FUO):1. Temperature >38.3 C measured on multiple occasions.2. Duration of at least 3 weeks.3.Unexplained after 1 week of intensive outpatient or inpatient evaluation (or three outpatient visits).Categories of FUO.1. Classic FUO: The traditional presentation described above.2. Nosocomial (Hospital-Acquired) FUO: Fevers in hospitalized patients without infection upon admission.3. Neutropenic FUO: Fevers in immunocompromised patients (e.g., undergoing chemotherapy) with low white blood cell counts.4. HIV-Associated FUO: Fevers lasting weeks in patients with HIV, often driven by opportunistic infections like Tuberculosis or CMV, that stands for cytomegalovirus. What a mouthful!The Big Four Causes are:Infections (~30–40%): Atypical presentations of common diseases (e.g., hidden abscesses, endocarditis, tuberculosis, or tick-borne illnesses). Our priority will be to determine if this patient is having an infection, unless we get clinical manifestations that would guide us in another direction.Autoimmune & Inflammatory Diseases (~20–30%): The immune system overreacting and attacking the body's tissues (e.g., Adult-onset Still's disease, Temporal Arteritis/Giant Cell Arteritis, Lupus).Malignancies / Cancers (~10–20%): Blood cancers (Lymphoma, Leukemia) or solid tumors (Renal cell carcinoma). Infections, autoimmune/inflammatory diseases, and malignancies cover 60-90% of the causes of FUO.Miscellaneous / Drug Fevers (~10–15%): "Drug fever" caused by adverse reactions to common medications (e.g., antibiotics, anti-seizure meds), thyroid storm, or deep vein thrombosis (DVT).Modern Medicine: Advanced imaging (CT, MRI, PET scans) which have helped us diagnose cancers and abscesses much earlier. As a result, modern FUOs are increasingly driven by autoimmune conditions, non-infectious inflammatory disorders. Sometimes it feels like we solve one problem and uncover another one!Important: Some cases remain undiagnosed (up to 30–50%) and resolve without a specific label.Diagnostic Approach:Step 1: The "Detective Work" (History & Physical):● Detailed History: Travel history, animal exposure (ticks, pets), occupational hazards, social history, medication review (to exclude drug fevers), and family history.● Potential Diagnostic Clues: Looking for subtle signals (e.g., a new heart murmur, temporal tenderness, hidden skin rashes, or swollen lymph nodes).Step 2: Basic Tiered Testing:● Blood Work: CBC (complete blood count), inflammatory markers (ESR, CRP, Ferritin), comprehensive metabolic panel, blood cultures.● Targeted Serologies: HIV, viral panels, autoimmune antibodies (ANA, Rheumatoid Factor).● Initial Imaging: Chest X-ray, abdominal ultrasound.Step 3: Advanced Diagnostic Workup:FDG-PET/CT Imaging: One of the most significant updates in recent guidelines. FDG-PET/CT uses a radioactive sugar tracer to highlight areas of high metabolic activity (inflammation, infection, tumor) throughout the entire body in a single scan. FDG-PET is a functional nuclear-imaging technique that uses ¹⁸F-fluoro-deoxy-glucose (FDG) — a radioactive glucose analog — to map tissue glucose metabolism.Targeted Biopsies: Biopsying tissues guided by PET scan findings (e.g., lymph node, liver, or temporal artery)."Refractory" Fevers:Fever vs. Hyperthermia: Standard fevers are driven by the brain's hypothalamus resetting the body's thermostat upward (often mediated by prostaglandins). ● Antipyretics (acetaminophen, NSAIDs) block prostaglandin synthesis.● If a fever does not respond to antipyretics, it may indicate non-prostaglandin-mediated inflammation (e.g., severe cytokine storm, drug-induced hyperthermia, or central nervous system dysregulation).Empiric Treatment vs. Observation:● The "Hold Your Horses" Principle: Current guidelines strongly advise against starting empirical antibiotics or steroids right away in stable patients. Antibiotics can mask infections and produce false-negative culture results, while steroids can hide inflammatory signs or exacerbate hidden infections.● When to Treat Empirically: Reserved for hemodynamically unstable patients, neutropenic patients, or specific high-suspicion conditions (e.g., suspected Temporal Arteritis to prevent blindness).Diagnostic Trial: Naproxen Test (Historical & Clinical Pearl): A brief trial of naproxen can sometimes distinguish tumor fevers (which often drop sharply in response to NSAIDs) from infectious fevers, though it is used cautiously as a supportive diagnostic clue rather than a rule. So, if a patient responds to a trial of naproxen, then we can suspect a tumor as a cause of the patient's fevers. But it is not a strong recommendation.A 2019 systematic review/meta-analysis (15 studies, 582 patients) found a 94.1% success rate for naproxen in treating confirmed neoplastic fever. The test is not specific and lacks validation, but I can see the importance of knowing this: Naproxen is effective against cancer fever.FUO evaluation is a marathon, not a sprint. Re-evaluating the patient daily in the hospital for new physical clues is often more valuable than ordering endless specialized tests. I would like to emphasize that modern tools PET/CT have transformed how quickly we locate hidden inflammation. Also, let us remember that a huge proportion of undiagnosed FUOs eventually resolve spontaneously with good long-term outcomes, provided serious conditions have been systematically ruled out.Take away messages:First, FUO is a diagnostic marathon, not a sprint. Finding the cause takes patient detective work, careful daily exams, and targeted testing rather than rushing into quick fixes.Second, modern imaging like FDG-PET scans has completely transformed how we spot hidden inflammation and infection long before standard blood work gives us an answer.And finally, 'refractory' fevers require caution. If a fever is not responding to standard antipyretics, starting antibiotics or steroids right away can hide the real culprit. In stable patients, holding off and continuing the search is often the safest path.__________________Even without trying, every night you go to bed a little wiser. Thanks for listening to Rio Bravo qWeek Podcast. We want to hear from you, send us an email at RioBravoqWeek@clinicasierravista.org, or visit our website riobravofmrp.org/qweek. See you next week!References:1) David AB, Quinlan JD. Fever of Unknown Origin in Adults. American Family Physician. 2022;105(2):137-143.2) Wright WF, Stelmash L, Betrains A, Mulders-Manders CM, Rovers CP, Vanderschueren S, Auwaerter PG; International Fever and Inflammation of Unknown Origin Research Working Group. Recommendations for Updating Fever and Inflammation of Unknown Origin From a Modified Delphi Consensus Panel. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 2024;11(7):ofae298.3) Wright WF, Durso SC, Forry C, Rovers CP. Fever of unknown origin. BMJ. 2025;388:e080847.4) Wright WF, Auwaerter PG. Fever and fever of unknown origin: review, recent advances, and lingering dogma. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 2020;7(5):ofaa132.5) Cunha BA, Lortholary O, Cunha CB. Fever of unknown origin: a clinical approach. The American Journal of Medicine. 2015;128(10):1138.e1-1138.e15.6) Nazar AH, Naswa N, Sharma P, et al. Spectrum of 18F-FDG PET/CT findings in patients presenting with fever of unknown origin. 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Beloved storyteller John Green returns with a tender love story set against the underbelly of the entertainment industry as two actors balance their rising fame with their complicated feelings in Hollywood, Ending. John joins us to talk about the social internet, the attention economy, Andy Warhol, having fun writing, and the world's largest ball of paint with cohost Brenda Allison. This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Brenda Allison and mixed by Harry Liang. New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app. Featured Books: Hollywood, Ending by John Green Looking for Alaska by John Green The Fault in Our Stars by John Green The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green Turtles All the Way Down by John Green The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Respect for Acting by Uta Hagen Beloved by Toni Morrison Kubla Khan by Samuel Taylor Coleridge Canon by Paige Lewis Some of Us May Never Die by Robin Wasserman (coming soon) The visual artists mentioned are Joan Mitchell,  Agnes Martin, Kerry James Marshall, and Andy Warhol. 

Long before Dracula introduced the world to its most famous vampire, terrified families across rural New England were opening the graves of their deceased relatives.In this chilling episode of Truth Be Told Paranormal, host Tony Sweet investigates America's forgotten vampire panic—a dark chapter of history fueled by tuberculosis, superstition, grief, and desperation.Discover the disturbing story of Mercy Lena Brown, the 19-year-old Rhode Island woman whose body was exhumed in 1892 after neighbors claimed she was feeding upon her dying brother. We also examine the mysterious J.B. burial, public heart-burning rituals, and the terrifying physical signs of decomposition that convinced ordinary people their loved ones had returned from the dead.Were these simply desperate families confronting a disease they could not understand—or was something more sinister buried beneath the frozen New England soil?Sometimes the grave is not where a story ends. Sometimes…it is where the feeding begins.#TruthBeTold #TruthBeToldParanormal #TonySweet #VampireGraves #NewEnglandVampires #MercyBrown #VampirePanic #AmericanFolklore #DarkHistory #ParanormalPodcast #TrueHorror #HistoricalMysteries #Unexplained #MacabreHistory #VampireHistory #Tuberculosis #BuriedButNotDead #HalloweenPodcastBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/truth-be-told-with-tony-sweet-paranormal--3589860/support.

Public health workers and medical workers help to make it possible for us to live the lives we do, although we do not always emphasize that in talking about our history. On this episode, we talk with Maria Smilios, faculty member at the Columbia University School of Public Health and author of The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses who Helped Cure Tuberculosis.

In today's chapter, Fanny gets another letter from Mary, and it's a doozy. Mary wishes death on Tom, and Henry may be back on his bad boy behavior. Plus, Fanny is missing out on spring.Topics discussed include Lady Bertram as Fanny's best friend, our favorite seasons, consumption and Tuberculosis, and kettles of fish.Patron Study Questions come from Frances G, Spring, Avi, Flying Cupcake, and Mari. Topics discussed include Edmund's suitability as a clergyman, whether Edmund would've sent the letter if Tom hadn't gotten sick, Fanny's path forward with the Crawfords, Mary projecting her own beliefs onto Fanny, and Mary's opinion of the Bertram siblings' treatment of each other.Becca's Study Questions: Topics discussed include the morality of Mary's letter, if Mary would've written this letter if she weren't in London, whether this is the same Mary we met at the beginning of the book, whether Fanny will tell Edmund about the letter, and whether Fanny is right about Henry.Funniest Quote: “I have not time or patience to give half Henry's messages; be satisfied, that the spirit of each and every one is unalterable affection.”Questions moving forward: Is Tom going to die? Was Henry flirting with Maria?Who wins the chapters? Lady BertramGlossary of People, Places, and Things: Cowper's Tirocinium, Moulin Rouge, Unbreakable Kimmy SchmidtNext Episode: Mansfield Park Volume III Chapter 15 or Chapter 46Our show art was created by Torrence Browne, and our audio is produced by Graham Cook. For bios and transcripts, check out our website at podandprejudice.com. Pod and Prejudice is transcribed by speechdocs.com. To support the show, check out our Patreon! Check out our merch at https://podandprejudice.dashery.com.Instagram: @podandprejudiceTwitter: @podandprejudiceFacebook: Pod and PrejudiceYoutube: Pod and PrejudiceMerch store: https://podandprejudice.dashery.com/

Dr. Falak Pahwa, Dr. Ranjan Kumar Nanda, and Mr. Ashish Gupta from the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) in New Delhi, India, discuss their research paper, recently published in Volume 18 of Aging, titled “Host immunosenescence compromises Mycobacterium tuberculosis clearance.” Video interview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSaJaB751kM DOI - https://doi.org/10.18632/aging.206374 Corresponding author - Ranjan Kumar Nanda - ranjan@icgeb.res.in Abstract video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isPD8ZmUjv8 Sign up for free Altmetric alerts about this article - https://aging.altmetric.com/details/email_updates?id=10.18632%2Faging.206374 Subscribe for free publication alerts from Aging - https://www.aging-us.com/subscribe-to-toc-alerts Keywords - aging, tuberculosis, immunosenescence, TFH cells, proteomics To learn more about the journal, please visit https://www.Aging-US.com​​ and connect with us on social media at: Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/aging-us.bsky.social ResearchGate - https://www.researchgate.net/journal/Aging-1945-4589 X - https://twitter.com/AgingJrnl Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/AgingUS/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/agingjrnl/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/aging/ Reddit - https://www.reddit.com/user/AgingUS/ Pinterest - https://www.pinterest.com/AgingUS/ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@Aging-US Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/1X4HQQgegjReaf6Mozn6Mc MEDIA@IMPACTJOURNALS.COM

Aimar Bretos entrevista a Javier Padilla, secretario de Estado de Sanidad. La crisis de Ceuta está sacudiendo los servicios públicos de la ciudad. El Ministerio de Sanidad insiste que la situación está "tensionada" pero no saturada y que no hay riesgo alguno para la salud pública, en todo caso, los que más expuestos están son los propios migrantes, si siguen en la calle o hacinados.

On this episode of Well-Being Wednesday, rapper Money B of Digital Underground crashes the wellness party to talk about the 35th anniversary of their "Sex Packets" album. Leo Moore MD, MSHPM is an internal medicine, HIV medicine, and lifestyle medicine physician. Dr. Moore provides essential services, such as STD screening and treatment, HIV prevention, and Tuberculosis care. He graduated from the Morehouse School of Medicine.https://drleomoore.com/about https://www.instagram.com/drleomoore/ https://www.dominiquediprima.com/

Send Zorba a message!Zorba discusses the FDA's approval of the first mRNA flu vaccine, and how leadership in Washington DC will likely respond. He also talks about his recent humanitarian trip to India, and his visit (and his longtime friendship) with the Dalai Lama. A listener asks if Zorba is eating lettuce right now. We hear a mom joke and we deliver our first ever "corn report."Support the showProduction, edit, and music by Karl ChristensonSend your question to Dr. Zorba (he loves to help!):Phone: 608-492-9292 (call anytime)Email: askdoctorzorba@gmail.comWeb: www.doctorzorba.orgStay well!

Today reporters John Ingold and Mike Booth have tips for keeping you safe around bears, as well as an update on a tuberculosis investigation at the immigration detention center. https://coloradosun.com/2026/08/19/geo-group-lawsuit-tuberculosis/ https://coloradosun.com/2026/08/20/geo-group-immigrant-detention-center-public-health/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Send Zorba a message!Zorba discusses the FDA's approval of the first mRNA flu vaccine, and how leadership in Washington DC will likely respond. He also talks about his recent humanitarian trip to India, and his visit (and his longtime friendship) with the Dalai Lama. A listener asks if Zorba is eating lettuce right now. We hear a mom joke and we deliver our first ever "corn report."Support the showProduction, edit, and music by Karl ChristensonSend your question to Dr. Zorba (he loves to help!):Phone: 608-492-9292 (call anytime)Email: askdoctorzorba@gmail.comWeb: www.doctorzorba.orgStay well!

Send us Fan MailOnce upon a time, people blamed tuberculosis on vampires.Seriously.In this Public Health Is Weird episode, we head to 1892 Rhode Island, where the deaths of several members of one family led to an exhumation, a suspected vampire, and a truly horrifying attempt at a cure. The real culprit was tuberculosis. We explore the strange connection between TB and vampire folklore, the discovery and treatment of tuberculosis, a messy Nobel Prize controversy, and a bigger question: Why do humans reach for supernatural explanations when something frightening happens that we can't explain? Vampires, tuberculosis, human psychology, and somehow, Dr. Eeks' great grandfather and groundhog grease.Welcome to Public Health Is Weird. Be sure to check out the other Public Health is Weird episodes too! Work with Eeks? Perhaps you are a good match. Keep Causes or Cures Ad-Free with Listener SupportYou can contact Dr. Eeks at bloomingwellness.com.Follow Eeks on Instagram here.Follow on X. Or Facebook here.On Youtube.Or TikTok.SUBSCRIBE to the Eeks Weekly here! (the bits not posted on socia media)Sources used in the podcast are listed below and in my blog here. Food for the Dead, by Michael BellMysterious, medieval child vampire, The IndependentConsumptive Chic, by Carolyn DaySmithsonian Magazine, Kat Eschner, March, 2017CDC MMWR, 1982Streptomycin, American Chemical Society, 2014World's Top Infectious Killer, Science Alert, 2025Support the show

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This week, CODE ORANGE! The Creeps are still getting spooky and it's gonna stay that way! We're trying more Bones coffee, first the Army of Dark Chocolate variety, as Kelsey cold brews it with cold foam and chocolate drizzle because we're awesomely bougie and it only gets more fancy from there. They try S'morey Time, Holy Cannoli with all sorts of accoutrement.Then, Matt takes Kelsey on a trip to 1800's New England (all of New England, just all of it) for the insanity of several stories on the panicked belief that friends and family were vampires from beyond the grave. That those vampires were making the living sick instead of it being (Tuberculosis) consumption. And that the bodies needed to be exhumed, examined to determine vampirism, in which they were then cut apart and re-buried or even burned in (often failed) attempts to spare the ones left sick above ground.They also talk about the candy and pumpkin spice flowing, coffee roasts, needing caffeine for night recording, fall trips on the east coast, Colin Robinson, Val Kilmer in Tombstone, and Matt's pocket knife. Trigger warning: this episode contains Updog.

This week we're discussing a book that jumps around a bit by talking in a way that jumps around a bit. It's one of the few non-fiction books we cover and I get why. I figured it out.Support the showBlue Sky - https://bsky.app/profile/wordsaboutbooks.bsky.socialDiscord - https://discord.gg/6BaNRtcP8CThreads - https://www.threads.net/@wordsaboutbookspodcastInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/wordsaboutbookspodcastBlog - https://blog.wordsaboutbooks.ninja/

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Tuberculosis kills more than a million people every year. It's the world's leading cause of death from a single infectious agent. This is despite the fact that we've had a cure for TB since the 1940s and a vaccine that's over 100 years old. So why is TB still causing so many people to die? That's what CrowdScience listener John in Tanzania wants to know, and presenter Marnie Chesterton is on the case. Over in Paris, she's joined by Dr Claas Kirchhelle, historian of science, medicine and technology at French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM) to look into the history and efficacy of the vaccine, known as BCG. As Dr Maximiliano Gutierrez, Associate Research Director at the Francis Crick Institute adds, the BCG is both effective and ineffective, protecting children well against severe TB, but offering inconsistent and often poor protection in adults. He also explains that antibiotics are a trickier treatment than we might expect. Over in Kenya's Kibera slums, Janet tells us her about her experience of the drugs first hand. Dr Dany Beste, Senior Lecturer In Microbial Metabolism, University of Surrey, has been described as a dietician of mycobacterium tuberculosis. She explains the limitations of our knowledge of this bacterium, and why it is proving such a tricky customer. And since a better vaccine is the main hope for reducing the TB burden, Professor Angelique Luabeya Kany Kany, Chief Research Officer at University of Cape Town, shares her hopes for the first new alternative vaccine in 100 years: m72. Large phase 3 clinical trials are currently underway, and, if successful, could prevent millions of cases, and deaths a year. Presenter: Marnie ChestertonProducer: Marnie ChestertonEditor: Ben Motley (Photo: Doctor with vial of the doses vaccine for BCG Bacillus Calmette Guerin against tuberculosis disease. Medicine and health care concept - stock photo - Credit: angelp via Getty Images)

In this episode, Patrick McKenzie (patio11) is joined by Misha Gurevich, CEO of Aerolamp, and Vivian Belenky, its chief scientist and a researcher at Columbia, to discuss why UVC, a wavelength of light that inactivates airborne pathogens but is absorbed harmlessly by the dead outer layer of human skin, remains almost entirely undeployed. They explain the physics and safety case for 222 nanometers, the economics of installation, and preliminary South African trial results showing 90% suppression of tuberculosis transmission in hospital wards. –Full transcript available here: https://www.complexsystemspodcast.com/the-economics-of-putting-germicidal-light-in-every-room/ –Presenting Sponsors: Mercury & MongoDBComplex Systems is presented by Mercury—radically better banking for founders. Mercury's new feature Command brings an LLM directly into your banking interface, so checking balances, finding invoices, or sending a wire is as easy as asking. Apply online in minutes at https://mercury.com/. What's the point of building faster with AI if your database can't keep up? MongoDB's native data model mirrors the language LLMs already speak. Ship at the speed of AI while staying ACID compliant at Fortune 500 scale. Start building at https://mongodb.com/ai.–Links:Aerolamp: https://aerolamp.net/ –Timestamps:(00:00) Intro(00:58) What far UVC does to pathogens(03:25) Why it's safe for skin and eyes(09:24) What a typical deployment looks like(11:21) Why isn't this everywhere already?(13:55) Where the rollout should be prioritized(17:31) The economics per room and per building(20:56) Lamp lifetime and maintenance(21:48) When does the evidence become undeniable?(23:24) Tuberculosis and long-term care as early proof points(27:16) Pandemic math and kneecapping the next outbreak(30:16) Sponsors: Mercury | MongoDB(32:49) R0, K-factor, and why the built environment beats opt-in(34:23) Building codes, ASHRAE 241, and competing technologies(39:11) The deployment curve and the awareness problem(42:33) Scaling manufacturing: krypton chloride versus LEDs(45:14) Price versus cost, and where the inflection point is(47:35) Should you put one in your house?(51:51) What would make this fail?(56:09) The hygiene hypothesis objection(01:01:13) The precautionary principle and reasoning under uncertainty(01:06:04) Where the first million dollars should go(01:10:49) The business case and the heckler's veto(01:14:51) Where to find Aerolamp(01:15:52) Wrap

Tuberculosis still kills millions, despite being curable. This book summary reveals why global public health fails so many.

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After a near-death experience, Kate Clinch became drawn into the astonishing, Gothic story of a young Australian woman named Eileen O'Connor, who is buried under the floorboards of a home in Coogee.Kate was working as a GP in country South Australia when an ectopic pregnancy nearly killed her.She had a vivid near death experience, which prompted her to start interrogating inexplicable and miraculous events.Kate hadn't grown up Catholic, or even religious, but years after her near death experience, she was drawn into the story of a young Australian saint-in-waiting named Eileen O'Connor.Eileen lived in Sydney at the turn of the 20th century.She lived with profound physical disabilities, standing at only 115cm tall, but somehow she managed to head up a group of nurses who delivered free medical care to people living in the slums of Sydney.Eileen's story is an astounding collection of ups and downs - suffering, tragedy, a scandalous relationship with a young priest, threats of excommunication, a wartime sea voyage to Rome and a meeting with the Pope.And she is currently being scrutinised by the Vatican for possible canonisation, which would make Eileen Australia's second saint.Every Inch a Saint is published by Monkfish.Our Lady's Nurses for the Poor has been caring for the sick and disadvantaged in their own homes for more than 100 years. You can read more about the religious order and the lay nurses who work with the nuns - colloquially known as the Brown Nurses - online.This episode of Conversations was produced by Meggie Morris. Executive Producer is Nicola Harrison.It explores spirituality, dying, sickness, religion, faith, Christianity, Catholic Church, World War One, Spanish Influenza, TB, Tuberculosis, history, Australian history, nuns, priests, scandal, people living with disability, sainthood, miracles, near death experiences, metaphysical experiences, motherhood, doctoring, medicine, modern medicine, x-rays, medical history, resilience, divinity, holy, the divine, sainthood, how does someone become a saint, what is a miracle, living with disability, spinal deformity, grief, death.To binge even more great episodes of the Conversations podcast with Richard Fidler and Sarah Kanowski go the ABC listen app (Australia) or wherever you get your podcasts. There you'll find hundreds of the best thought-provoking interviews with authors, writers, artists, politicians, psychologists, musicians, and celebrities.

This is the second stop on our five-part audio guide to Asheville, North Carolina, and it reaches back a lot further than you might expect. In this episode of Unpacked by Afar, host Aislyn Greene unpacks the long, strange story of Asheville wellness, and why doctors have been sending patients to these mountains for more than a century and a half. To understand where Asheville wellness began, Aislyn talks with David Freedman, an infectious disease physician and travel medicine expert who retired to the city. He explains the era of climatotherapy, when clean mountain air and a just-right altitude were prescribed for the respiratory illnesses of the Industrial Revolution, and for the deadliest disease of the 19th century, tuberculosis. It's a history written into the architecture itself, from buildings angled toward the prevailing wind to the once-ubiquitous sleeping porch, and even into the phrase “health resort,” which Asheville helped invent. Then Aislyn brings the story to the present, where Asheville wellness has grown into one of the most diverse scenes in the country. She heads into the Asheville Salt Cave and Spa, surrounded by 30 tons of ancient Himalayan salt, and hears from owner Jodie Appel about the surprising family story that started it all. She also sits in on a sound bath with sound therapist Kristin Hillegas, and gathers the full, wonderfully weird range of what you can try here, from hydrotherapy and aura photography to a practitioner known as the Breath Nurse. It all adds up to a rich piece of cultural travel and a portrait of a place locals call the Happy City. Whatever draws you to these mountains, it's a reminder that the best travel experiences often start with simply feeling better, and that knowing where to go can be its own kind of medicine. Unpacked by Afar is a travel podcast that unpacks one destination at a time. This Asheville audio guide continues across three more episodes, so look for the rest of the series waiting in the feed. GUESTS David O. Freedman, infectious disease physician and travel medicine expert, Asheville Jodi Appel, owner, Asheville Salt Cave and Spa Kristin Hillegas, sound therapist, who runs Serenity Sound Healing of Asheville and leads sound baths at the Center for Spiritual Living Asheville Tebbé Davis, guide and storyteller, Asheville By Foot walking tours (returning from episode 1) PLACES WE VISITED Asheville Salt Cave and Spa Center for Spiritual Living Asheville Serenity Sound Healing of Asheville The Spa at Omni Grove Park Inn CHAPTERS (00:00) A century-old prescription: go to the mountains (01:40) A sound bath to begin (02:10) Meet David Freedman and the science of climatotherapy (03:40) Fresh air, altitude, and the architecture of breathing (07:50) Tuberculosis and the “Robber of Youth” (09:20) John Dickson's “cure” and the birth of the “health resort” (11:10) From sanitariums to a modern wellness scene (11:20) Inside the Asheville Salt Cave (13:00) Jodi Appell on salt, her father, and opening the spa (17:00) A sound bath, up close (19:00) Why Asheville calls itself the “Happy City” (20:45) People still come here to feel better MORE FROM AFAR Asheville Travel Guide 10 Travel Itineraries for Exploring Asheville Your Way (includes a restorative, wellness-minded itinerary) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Tuberculosis is a difficult, infectious respiratory disease, and patients often have a low quality of life. Organizations like the ATS and the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) are looking to combat health inequities and support patient communities. However, due to recent funding cuts, future research on tuberculosis and other respiratory diseases are in jeopardy. Host Patti Tripathi and Executive Director of The Union Cassandra Kelly-Cirino, PhD, discuss the effect of these funding cuts and what it will take to continue supporting research and patients alike. 

El presidente Donald Trump contradice la directriz de ICE y pide que se mantengan las detenciones de vehículos en operativos migratorios, pese a la polémica por la muerte de dos inmigrantes en la última semana. El gobernador Greg Abbott ordena a los Texas Rangers investigar el tiroteo en el que falleció el inmigrante mexicano Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. México escala los reclamos por la muerte de sus connacionales relacionadas con operativos y centros de detención de ICE y presenta denuncias penales en los Estados Unidos. En el congreso avanza un proyecto de ley que busca eliminar los cambios de horarios en los Estados Unidos. De ser promulgada quedaría permanente el horario de verano. ¿Cuáles serían los beneficios?

CHP has arrested a man who they say shot a woman while she was driving on the freeway with a child in the backseat. San Diego County officials are warning about a potential exposure to multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis for anyone at Cal Sate San Marcos or anyone who might have taken the North County Transit District sprinter train. The San Diego Port is looking for feedback on a proposal to bring Topgolf to East Harbor Island.     What You Need To Know To Start Your Saturday. 

History has a way of creeping back when we assume the battle is already won. In this our 85th episode, we confront an immediate, present-day vulnerability to TB that most professionals believe belongs safely in the textbooks of the past. Current risk frameworks are structurally blind to slow-moving, invisible threats that erode infrastructure from the inside out. TB has been quietly adapting beneath the surface of modern economic and social systems while the world looks the other way. Tune in to find out why this emerging risk requires a radical, immediate shift in perspective.

On this episode, Kate Sutton, owner of the Lit Wagon in the Chicago area, talks about how she brings books to people all over the city, how her work as a therapist influences her book choices, and the kinds of emotional wreckage she expects from a read. She also gives tips on how to be a good customer of the Lit Wagon!    Follow the Lit Wagon   Books mentioned in this episode:    What Betsy's reading:  Kingfisher by Rozie Kelly    Books Highlighted by Kate: The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin  A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman  All Fours by Mrianda July  Fractured by C.S. Dodds Half His Age by Jennette McCurdy  Birdie and Harlow by Taylor Wolfe The Best Dog in the World by Alice Hoffman  Eddie Winston is Looking for Love by Marianne Cronin  Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt What Happened to You? by Oprah Winfrey & Bruce Perry  The Days I Loved You Most by Amy Neff  Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green  While You Were Out by Meg Kissinger   All books available on my Bookshop.org episode page.   Other books mentioned in this episode: The Rainbabies by Laura Krauss Melmed The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. Cooney  Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke 

Crewing the Expedition and Erroneous Science. Guest Author: Hampton Sides. The mission involved two ships: the Resolution and the Discovery. Key officers included Charles Clerke, who commanded the Discovery while suffering from tuberculosis, and James King, a talented astronomer whom Cook mentored. Also on board were John Gore, an American-born veteran, and William Bligh, a brilliant but "insufferable" navigator who learned his craft directly from Cook. The voyage was partly motivated by the "open sea" theory of Daines Barrington, which falsely suggested that seawater could not freeze and that a path to the Northwest Passage would be ice-free if sailors stayed away from land. This wrongheaded science fueled the British Empire's obsession with finding a shorter route to Asia. 21784

Howie and Harlan are joined by Ingrid Katz, director of the Yale Institute for Global Health, to discuss why HIV continues to spread despite the existence of cheap and effective treatment, what AIDS activism can teach us about tackling chronic diseases like hypertension, and what outbreaks like Ebola reveal about the consequences of fragile health systems. Harlan reports on a breach of UK Biobank data and what it means for the future of open science; Howie highlights two recent papers illustrating the importance of vitamin C and the danger of treating it as a cure-all. Show notes: The UK Biobank Data Breach UK Biobank NIH: All of Us Research Program "UK Biobank health data listed for sale in China, government confirms" "UK Biobank: Confidential patient health details still online three months after leaks, BMJ finds" Ingrid Katz HIV PEPFAR The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Differentiated Service Delivery Hypertension "Prevalence, Awareness, and Treatment of Hypertension in 37 African Countries: Trends From 2003 to 2022" Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) Treatment Action Campaign "Health & Veritas Episode 224: Nicholas Christakis: The Science of Human Connection" CDC: Ebola Outbreak: Current Situation" South African president Thabo Mbeki "More than Two Decades Since the Abuja Declaration: A Way Forward for Ending AIDS as a Public Health Threat by 2030" Vitamin C Linus Pauling "High-Dose Intravenous Vitamin C and Mortality and Organ Dysfunction in Severe Burn Injury: The VICTORY Randomized Clinical Trial" "High-Dose Vitamin C in Burns: Time to Stop" "A 7-Year-Old Girl with Limping and Leg Pain" In the Yale School of Management's MBA for Executives program, you'll get a full MBA education in 22 months while applying new skills to your organization in real time. Yale's Executive Master of Public Health offers a rigorous public health education for working professionals, with the flexibility of evening online classes alongside three on-campus trainings. Email Howie and Harlan comments or questions.

Guest: Dr. Shabaana Khader is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Microbiology at the University of Chicago. She discusses how the immune system responds to Mycobacterium tuberculosis, why tuberculosis remains one of the world's deadliest infectious diseases, and the challenges of developing more effective vaccines. She highlights the role of lung-resident immunity, including Th17 responses and lymphoid structures, in controlling infection, and explains how advances in our understanding of host–pathogen interactions are guiding the design of next-generation TB vaccines. Featured Products and Resources: Learn about STEMCELL’s optimized protocols and reagents for immunotherapy research. Download a free Nature Reviews Immunology T cell nomenclature wallpaper. The Immunology Science Round Up Personalized HPV Cancer Vaccine – A multifunctional nanovaccine combining HPV antigens, tumor membranes, and bacterial adjuvants generates durable anti-tumor immunity against HPV-associated cervical cancer. HIV Rewires T Cell Identity – HIV can reprogram infected CD4+ T cells into CD8+ T cells, revealing a previously unrecognized component of the viral reservoir. Decoding Acute Pancreatitis – A single-cell atlas of severe acute pancreatitis identifies a TNF-α–driven immune-endothelial circuit that causes microvascular failure and disease progression. Discovery of Ruptoblasts – A newly discovered cell type, the ruptoblast, protects planarians through an explosive cytotoxic mechanism termed ruptosis. Image courtesy of Dr. Shabaana Khader Subscribe to our newsletter! Never miss updates about new episodes. Subscribe

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AABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich discusses the upcoming AABP Emerging and Evolving Diseases Conference. This conference will be held virtually on June 24-25, 2026 and is available to all current AABP members for a registration fee of $175. The conference is approved for 11 hours of continuing education in jurisdictions that recognize RACE approval.  The conference will have presentations on Influenza A H5N1 virus, Foot and Mouth Disease, Lumpy Skin Disease, New World Screwworm, Tuberculosis and Theileria. Attendees will be able to participate in speaker question and answer periods and will have access to recorded presentations immediately prior to their release on the CE portal for members.  Once a member is registered for the conference, they will see the Zoom meeting links on the schedule page. Please note the conference will be live streamed in Eastern time so adjust accordingly to your time zone.  To pay your AABP dues, visit this link. The schedule for the conference can be viewed at this page under the Continuing Education menu of the AABP website. Members can register for the conference at this link. 

Today we talk about Rip Hunter, who is a secretive time travelling guy who makes sure no time shenanigans mess things up and that nobody finds out that Booster Gold is his dad (not because it's embarrassing, so that they can't make him not exist by killing his dad before he was born). What we were up to this week: Briar caught up on the Locked Tomb and started reading Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green while getting ready to go to Phoenix Fan Fusion Olivia read Wiccan & Hulkling: Raid of Ultron (2026) #1 and caught up on Daredevil Born Again DC Blackout campaign Thanks to Victoria Watkins for our icon! Support Capes and Japes by: Checking out our Patreon or donating to the Tip jar Find out more on the Capes and Japes website.

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Broadcast from KSQD, Santa Cruz on 6-04-2026: A caller with previously normal platelets now bouncing between 40-60 asks whether to accept her doctor's recommendation of high-dose dexamethasone. Dr. Dawn suggests checking homocysteine and methylmalonic acid for hidden B12 issues, getting an ultrasound to rule out splenic sequestration, and confirming actual autoimmune antibody testing before committing to steroids. Researchers invented a fake disease called "Bixonimania" (periorbital hyperpigmentation supposedly caused by blue light) with obvious tells including a fictional Asteria Horizon University and Starfleet Academy acknowledgment. By 2026, AI chatbots were routinely describing it as real, and three Indian researchers even cited the fake preprint in a peer-reviewed paper that was subsequently retracted. A 75-year-old caller asks about intermittent fasting patterns. Dr. Dawn advises against fasting longer than 24 hours after age 75 due to muscle catabolism, and recommends time-restricted eating instead—starting with protein at 10am to prevent muscle breakdown. For rebuilding lost muscle she prescribes resistance bands, 30g protein including 5g branched-chain amino acids before exercise, and total daily protein matching one's age in grams. A male caller with a T-score of -4.0 on DEXA (diagnostic of severe osteoporosis) asks about pulsed electromagnetic frequency therapy for his hip. Dr. Dawn explains bone's piezoelectric properties mean that compression and electrical stimulation both activate osteoblasts. She recommends checking parathyroid hormone (tumors cause silent calcium loss), notes that vitamin D above 10,000 IU daily can paradoxically activate osteoclasts and worsen osteoporosis. She discusses how decades of proton pump inhibitor use cause achlorhydria leading to both B12 deficiency (elevated MCV) and calcium malabsorption. The same caller asks whether AI has genuine empathy after seeing Claude express regret about military use, and Dr. Dawn explains AI is a statistical mirror — the illusion of empathy from frequency-based word selection trained on human text, not genuine feeling. Daraxonrasib, an oral monoclonal drug from Revolution Medicines, doubled survival time in metastatic pancreatic cancer trials from 7 to 13 months, prompting FDA expanded access. Dr. Dawn explains KRAS—the long-elusive target with no binding pockets—was finally tackled using Gregory Verdine's "molecular glue" approach, where small molecules first attach to bystander proteins to create complexes capable of binding KRAS. A high school in San Francisco has seen seven active and 241 latent TB cases since November 2025, with 18% of the school community infected. Dr. Dawn notes California reached a 12-year high of 2,150 TB cases in 2025, and connects the unusually high latent-infection rate to recent Medi-Cal cuts and immigration-related healthcare avoidance. She argues healthcare access for vulnerable populations is a practical disease-prevention measure.

Happy Pride Month! This episode, we are covering the story of a trailblazing doctor who was the first trans man in America to have a gender affirming surgery. His contributions to the early detection of tuberculosis through chest x-rays saved countless lives before the antibiotic cure was developed. Support the showFor more information and sources for this episode, visit https://www.smartteapodcast.com. 

Thank you for joining us for our 2nd Cabral HouseCall of the weekend!   I'm looking forward to sharing with you some of our community's questions that have come in over the past few weeks…   Bernice: Hi Doc, First, thank you so much for your podcast. I absolutely love it! My favorite day is Friday. I always enjoy hearing about the research and new products. I learned about psyllium husk on your podcast and I have been taking it every day. I wanted to ask you about Zen Basil. Is this something that we should also consider taking as well as a fiber source? It looks like there are 15 grams per serving! Thanks so much!! Bernice       Genel: Hi Dr. Cabral, thank you for your work. About 5 years ago I had tuberculosis and long-term treatment. Since then I've had ongoing issues: persistent joint pain and unstable weight. I struggle to gain weight and often lose it without clear reason. Recent labs showed elevated rheumatoid factor (147.6 IU/mL), high ESR (38), and slightly low hemoglobin, suggesting inflammation or rheumatoid arthritis. I currently take DNS, Omega-3, and D3. What additional supplements could help lower inflammation and support recovery? I live outside the US and can order supplements, but EquiLife support said lab results cannot be processed from my country. I don't want to make the detox cause I don't want to lose the little weight I have. What protocol can I follow? Thank you again for your guidance.      Katherine: Hi Doc. Thank you for all you do in helping all of us. I was looking into get a vibration plate and was wondering which one you would recommend. To date, I didn't find one on your resource page or previous podcast. Would you consider recommending one in the future? Thank you!      Eli: Hi, Dr. Cabral, I feel like I can't get ahold of my appetite, both behaviorally and physiologically. I also deal with a huge amount of food noise. I notice when I eat a large breakfast, say from a restaurant, I can go basically the entire day without eating. Is it OK to flip meals - dinner for breakfast, regular lunch, and breakfast for dinner? Are there any studies or positive impacts of doing so? Why don't more health professionals talk about this type of practice? It seems as if it would be good for people. I'm desperate to try anything for my appetite and food noise problem. Thank you so much for answering my question!       Sheena: Hi Dr. C! hope you and your team are well. I'm a 46 year old female experiencing peri-menopause symptoms. My endocrinologist prescribed me birth control pills to help alleviate some of the symptoms which helped for about 8 mths only but now I'm considering HRT. I purchased the Big 5 and want to know if I need to come off BCP for accurate results? If so, how long should I be off before testing? If not, will I need to notify labs in advance? If I'm on HRT, will my results be accurate for Stress Mood test? And my last question, when doing the Detox, am I allowed to take herbal tinctures? (I take tintures daily to support my adrenals and liver). Will that cancel out the effectiveness of the FM and AYU pills? Thx in advance! You are the BEST!     Thank you for tuning into this weekend's Cabral HouseCalls and be sure to check back tomorrow for our Mindset & Motivation Monday show to get your week started off right!   - - - Show Notes and Resources: StephenCabral.com/3768 - - - Get a FREE Copy of Dr. Cabral's Book: The Rain Barrel Effect - - - Join the Community & Get Your Questions Answered: CabralSupportGroup.com - - - Dr. Cabral's Most Popular At-Home Lab Tests: > Complete Minerals & Metals Test (Test for mineral imbalances & heavy metal toxicity) - - - > Complete Candida, Metabolic & Vitamins Test (Test for 75 biomarkers including yeast & bacterial gut overgrowth, as well as vitamin levels) - - - > Complete Stress, Mood & Metabolism Test (Discover your complete thyroid, adrenal, hormone, vitamin D & insulin levels) - - - > Complete Food Sensitivity Test (Find out your hidden food sensitivities) - - - > Complete Omega-3 & Inflammation Test (Discover your levels of inflammation related to your omega-6 to omega-3 levels) - - - Get Your Question Answered On An Upcoming HouseCall: StephenCabral.com/askcabral - - - Would You Take 30 Seconds To Rate & Review The Cabral Concept? The best way to help me spread our mission of true natural health is to pass on the good word, and I read and appreciate every review!  

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Transforming healthcare delivery in resource-limited contexts around the world calls for compassionate, innovative solutions. Learn how The Luke Commission is bringing healthcare to the most isolated and underserved in Eswatini through a scalable model for advancing health equity.

Dr. John Fleetham speaks with Dr. Leonardo Martinez about his article, "The Effectiveness of Isoniazid Preventive Treatment Among Contacts of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis: A Systematic Review and Individual-Participant Meta-Analysis."

An 86 year old woman in Liaoning Province, China shares how she is “energetic, optimistic, and healthy” after practicing Falun Dafa for 30 years, and how Dafa cured her Tuberculosis. This and other experience-sharing from the Minghui website.Original Articles:1. “How Do You Manage to Be So Energetic, Optimistic, and Healthy Every Day?”2. Finding My Fundamental Attachments Through Memorizing the Fa3. Be Careful Who You Listen To To provide feedback on this podcast, please email us at feedback@minghuiradio.org

In September 2025, the U.S. Department of State, Gilead Sciences, and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria announced a novel partnership to procure and deliver lenacapavir—a groundbreaking twice-yearly injectable pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention—to up to two million people over next three years.  On Tuesday, April 14, the leadership of these three entities convened to discuss the partnership now that doses have begun to arrive in country and have been delivered. Katherine E. Bliss, Director of Immunizations and Health Systems Resilience and Senior Fellow with the CSIS Global Health Policy Center moderated the conversation with Jeremy P. Lewin, Senior Official for the Office of the Under Secretary for Foreign Assistance, Humanitarian Affairs, and Religious Freedom at the U.S. Department of State; Daniel O'Day, Chairman and CEO of Gilead Sciences; and Peter Sands, Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.  Together they examined how this deal fits into a renewed U.S. strategy for foreign assistance focused on big bets and advancing American innovations around the world, what challenges lie on the horizon as implementation unfolds, and what additional innovations may accelerate scaling this effort. 

If you've been listening to the Purr Podcast for a while, you already know that Dr. Susan has a special place in her heart for anything that crawls, multiplies, and causes trouble at the cellular level. So when the opportunity came to welcome back the one and only Dr. Jane Sykes for a second conversation, it's safe to say the excitement level in the room was measurable. Dr. Sykes is a Professor of Small Animal Internal Medicine at UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine and one of the most respected voices in veterinary infectious disease anywhere in the world. She has spent her career untangling the complex, the sneaky, and the sometimes downright dramatic world of infections in our companion animals, and lucky for us, she's as generous with her knowledge as she is sharp with her insights. Your hosts, Dr. Susan and Dr. Jolle Kirpensteijn, are back together to guide the conversation, Dr. Susan barely containing her enthusiasm, and Dr. Jolle making sure the rest of us keep up. Whether you're a cat owner wondering what's lurking in your backyard or a veterinary professional looking to sharpen your clinical thinking, this episode has something for you. This is the second time Dr. Sykes has graced the Purr Podcast, and honestly? It still doesn't feel like enough.Thanks for tuning in to the Purr Podcast with Dr. Susan and Dr. Jolle!If you enjoyed today's episode, don't forget to subscribe, rate, and leave us a review—it really helps other cat lovers and vet nerds find the show. Follow us on social media for behind-the-scenes stories, cat trivia, and the occasional bad pun. And remember: every day is better with cats, curiosity, and maybe just a little purring in the background. Until next time—stay curious, stay kind, and give your cats an extra chin scratch from us. The Purr Podcast – where feline medicine meets feline fun.

Ellery Adams. This one is for you. Today, Ellyn brings back one of our favorite games, Good Books Bad Reviews. She has scoured Goodreads for some of the most outrageous reviews left on some iconic and favorite books. See if you can guess along with Amanda. Books featured in today's episode aka books we loved and books people wrote bad reviews about.  Dear Monica Lewinsky by Julia Langbein Invasive Species by Ellery Adams Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry 1984 by George Orwell Martyr by Kaveh Akbar How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin Murder Bimbo by Rebecca Novack Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green Bog Queen by Anna North Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman ______________________________________________________________________ Make sure to subscribe and rate the Bubbles & Books Podcast. And don't forget to share it with your friends. Follow us on Instagram: @bubblesandbookspodcast Follow Dog-Eared Books on Instagram: @dogearedbooksames Shop Dog-Eared Books and pick up your books in store or have shipped HERE. Interested in audiobooks? Listen while supporting Dog-Eared Books HERE. Interested in e-books? Listen while supporting Dog-Eared Books HERE. Learn more about a Dog-Eared Books book subscription HERE. Visit us! www.dogearedbooksames.com

This week on From the Front Porch, Annie shares the modern books she would recommend to the March sisters from Little Women. Listen to find out what books Annie would recommend for Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy if they walked into The Bookshelf. To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 576), or download and shop on The Bookshelf's official app: For Meg The Hidden Art of Homemaking by Edith Schaffer Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner The Dearly Beloved by Cara Wall For Jo Writers & Lovers by Lily King A Swim in the Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Masterclass on Writing, Reading and Life by George Saunders Bird by Bird : Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott For Beth To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han The Second Ending by Michelle Hoffman Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green For Amy Loving Frank by Nancy Horan Glaciers by Alexis M. Smith Kisses and Croissants by Anne-Sophie Jouhanneau From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf's daily happenings on Instagram, Tiktok, and Facebook, and all the books from today's episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com.  A full transcript of today's episode can be found here. Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations.  This week, Annie is reading Love By The Book by Jessica George. If you liked what you heard in today's episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch. We're so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week. Our Executive Producers are...Ashley Ferrell, Beth, Cammy Tidwell, Gene Queens, Jammie Treadwell, Joseph Shorter IV, Kimberly, Linda Lee Drozt, Nicole Marsee, Stephanie Dean, and Wendi Jenkins.

If you've ever played a simple game with friends and thought, “Hey, this should be easy,” — congratulations, you've never met this group.On this episode of The Rizzuto Show, your favorite funny podcast kicks off with a completely normal discussion about National Cocktail Day, cheesesteaks, and chocolate-covered raisins… before immediately taking a hard left turn into tuberculosis caves. Because obviously that's where morning radio should go.Then comes Mind Meld — a game that sounds simple in theory: say the same word as your partner. That's it. That's the whole game. And yet somehow, this funny podcast manages to turn it into a psychological thriller where nobody trusts anyone and every answer feels like a personal attack.You'll hear:One of the cleanest wins ever (“doctor hoodie” becoming “lab coat” like actual geniuses)One of the most painful failures in show history (we're looking at you, “tissue” instead of “clown”)A heated debate about whether “coffee table” counts as one word (spoiler: it derails everything)Multiple rounds where they are SO CLOSE… and still miss itAnd a final cowboy-themed comeback that somehow restores faith in humanity (briefly)There's yelling, second-guessing, accidental brilliance, and moments where you will absolutely scream at your speakers because the answer is so obvious it hurts.This is what makes The Rizzuto Show the funny podcast you keep coming back to — not because they get it right, but because watching them get it wrong is way more entertaining.If you like your comedy messy, your logic questionable, and your mornings filled with chaos, you're in the right place.Follow The Rizzuto Show → linktr.ee/rizzshow for more from your favorite daily comedy show.Connect with The Rizzuto Show Comedy Podcast online → 1057thepoint.com/RizzShow.Hear The Rizz Show daily on the radio at 105.7 The Point | Hubbard Radio in St. Louis, MO.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This episode kicks off exactly how you'd expect from a funny podcast that thrives on oversharing — with Riz prepping for his wife's colonoscopy like it's a full-blown live event. We're talking guest room exile, filming post-anesthesia nonsense, and somehow comparing medical procedures to oil changes. Because of course we are.From there, the show spirals into a nostalgia-fueled rabbit hole of “things from the past that would absolutely break us today” — including:Waiting in line for a payphoneDial-up internet destroying your household peacePhysically going to the bank like some kind of pilgrimDownloading a single song for half a dayAnd the true trauma: no save points in old video gamesBasically, if you survived the ‘90s, congrats — you earned today's convenience.Clownvis Presley (yes, that's real, no we won't explain it again) joins the studio and instantly brings the weird energy up to acceptable Rizz Show levels. There's talk of him standing motionless in parking lots like a haunted Elvis statue (which… honestly tracks), plus hype for his upcoming Oddballs & Outlaws Tour, hitting St. Louis at Red Flag.Meanwhile, Rafe is fully spiraling over a stacked Willie Nelson show lineup — and plotting ways to sneak onto Willie's tour bus like it's a low-budget heist movie.The crew continues their 90s movie bracket, and it gets personal:Dumb and Dumber vs Office Space (rude matchup)Tommy Boy vs Austin Powers (illegal to choose)Something About Mary vs Mrs. Doubtfire (childhood vs comedy chaos)Big Lebowski vs Groundhog Day (existential crisis edition)Everyone argues like their childhood depends on it — because it kinda does.The show's signature game returns, and it's a rollercoaster:One round goes completely off the rails (shocking no one)Another round magically connects “doctor” and “hoodie” into “lab coat” like some kind of psychic miracleMultiple moments where the audience is definitely yelling at their radiosIt's the perfect mix of “we got this” and “we absolutely do not got this.”Riz debuts a new game pulling tiny sounds from songs, forcing everyone to guess the track and artist — which turns into:ConfusionAccidental brillianceAnd at least one moment where someone somehow nails it and everyone else gets madStandard operating procedure.Because this is a daily comedy show, we also acknowledge:National Cocktail Day

This week on From the Front Porch, it's all about books and basketball! Annie is joined by her husband and friend, Jordan, to set different books head to head and debate their merits in this beloved yearly tradition. If you love From the Front Porch, get your tickets to our live show on Saturday, March 28 at 8 p.m. in Thomasville, Georgia! Join us for an evening of book banter, laughter, and fun. Learn more and get your tickets here. To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search episode 573), or download and shop on The Bookshelf's official app: My Southern Kitchen by Ivy Odom vs. Theo of Golden by Allen Levi Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry vs. It's a Love Story by Annabel Monaghan Heartwood by Amity Gaige vs. Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy A Century of Healing: Centennial Reflections on the John D. Archbold Memorial Hospital by C. L. Bragg vs. Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green The Correspondent by Virginia Evans vs. The Story She Left Behind by Patti Callahan Henry Same by Hannah Rosenberg vs. A Rebellion of Care by David Gate Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes vs. Onyx Storm  by  Rebecca Yarros Ordinary Times by Annie B. Jones vs. The Complete Stories by Flannery O'Connor A Woman's Place is in the Paint T-Shirt From the Front Porch Live Tickets - Saturday, March 28 From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf's daily happenings on Instagram, Tiktok, and Facebook, and all the books from today's episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com.  A full transcript of today's episode can be found here. Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations.  If you liked what you heard in today's episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can also support us on Patreon, where you can access bonus content, monthly live Porch Visits with Annie, our monthly live Patreon Book Club with Bookshelf staffers, Conquer a Classic episodes with Hunter, and more. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch. We're so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week. Our Executive Producers are...Ashley Ferrell, Beth, Cammy Tidwell, Gene Queens, Jammie Treadwell, Joseph Shorter IV, Kimberly, Linda Lee Drozt, Nicole Marsee, Stephanie Dean, and Wendi Jenkins.

My guest today is John Green. John is the award-winning, #1 bestselling author of books including 'Looking for Alaska,' 'The Fault in Our Stars,' 'Turtles All the Way Down,' 'The Anthropocene Reviewed,' and 'Everything is Tuberculosis.' John and his brother Hank Green have co-created a lot of projects together, including their massive YouTube channel, Vlogbrothers, and their podcast, 'Dear Hank and John.' He also serves on the Board of Trustees for global health nonprofit Partners in Health. And when I asked John if there was a piece of music that changed his life, he knew the answer right away: "You'll Never Walk Alone" by Gerry and the Pacemakers.For more info, visit songexploder.net/john-green.