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Who really built Western Civilization and if you hate Western Civilization, what do you do? Underselling how blood red states can have such deep blue cities. John Cornyn blocking because of AIDs funding. Cartel nicknames. Follow The Jesse Kelly Show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheJesseKellyShowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As part of our Quilts as Monuments series we revisit the story of Gert McMullin and the AIDS Memorial Quilt, the gay rights movement in San Francisco, Harvey Milk, The White Night Riots and more.In 1985, Gert McMullin was one of the first San Franciscans to put a stitch on the AIDS Quilt, the quilt that began with one memorial square in honor of a man who had died of AIDS, and that now holds some 110,000 names. The quilt is made up of some 50,000 panels, each 3x6 feet, the size of a grave. It weighs 60 tons. End to end, it would stretch out more than 50 miles.Gert never planned it this way, but over the decades she has become the keeper of the quilt and has stewarded it, repaired it, tended it, traveled with it and conserved it for some 33 years now.In 2020, when COVID-19 hit, Gert was one of the first Bay Area citizens to begin sewing masks—PPE for nurses and health care workers who were lacking proper protection—masks she made from fabric left over from the AIDS Quilt. The comfort, outrage and honoring of an earlier pandemic being used to protect people from a new one.In January of 2020, the AIDS Memorial Quilt, now part of the National AIDS Memorial, returned home to the Bay Area after 16 years in Atlanta. It took six 52-foot semis to get it there. The extensive AIDS archive, which Gert gathered, collected and protected since its earliest days, is now part of the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC.This episode features interviews with LGBT rights activist Cleve Jones who worked with Harvey Milk and conceived of the AIDS Memorial Quilt, and John Cunningham, executive director of the National AIDS Memorial.Produced by The Kitchen Sisters (Nikki Silva & Davia Nelson) with Nathan Dalton and Brandi Howell. Mixed by Jim McKee. The Kitchen Sisters Present is part of Radiotopia from PRX.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit sciencefictionspod.substack.comEarlier this year we lost one of the WOATs of bad science: Peter Duesberg, the Berkeley professor who originated nearly all the arguments of the AIDS denial movement. Duesberg was convinced that HIV was just a harmless virus that happens to go along with AIDS, which is caused by something else entirely.We thought it would be fun to go through Duesberg's arguments and see how reasonable they were in the late 80s when he first made them. Alas, it turned out not to be fun at all, and was instead deeply depressing. Still, hope you enjoy!

Long before pop stars built entire careers around reinvention, Madonna was changing the rules in real time. In this episode, we trace her journey from a broke dancer arriving in New York City with a lot of religious trauma and just a few dollars to becoming the best selling female recording artist of all time. Along the way, we unpack the controversies that made headlines, the reinventions that reshaped pop culture, her groundbreaking advocacy during the AIDS crisis, and the ambition that inspired generations of artists, from Britney Spears to Taylor Swift. Love her or hate her, modern pop stardom wouldn't exist without Madonna. Created and produced by Tess Bellomo & Claire Donald For our socials, merch and more about us, check out our website! TRY NUULY HERE! Code RAM for $28 dollars your first month! To join our premium channel with THREE bonus episodes a month, go here! It is just $7.99 and you get to support our show, get access to close friends and be the first to purchase highly requested merch! Link to Truth or Dare documentary Listen to Tess's best of Madonna playlist here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A city gripped by fear. A killer hiding in plain sight. And a deadly wave of misinformation that turned an epidemic into a hunting ground.As HIV/AIDS spread across Britain in the mid-1980s, London's LGBTQ+ community found itself fighting on two fronts, against a devastating virus and against the hatred it fueled. When gay men began disappearing after nights out in London's most popular queer bars, police initially dismissed the murders as isolated incidents. But as the bodies continued to pile up, a horrifying pattern emerged. This episode of Beers With Queers explores the chilling case of Michael Lupo, the so-called "Wolfman of London," whose murderous crusade was fueled by fear, homophobia, and the misinformation surrounding the AIDS crisis. It's a haunting chapter of queer history that reveals how prejudice can become just as deadly as the disease itself, making this a powerful story for anyone interested in LGBTQ+ true crime, queer history, and true crime with a queer perspective.Hosted by Jordi and Brad, Beers With Queers uncovers chilling crimes, forgotten queer stories, and the injustices history tried to bury, all with a cold one in hand. Grab a drink, press play, and join us as we shine a light on one of the darkest and most overlooked chapters in LGBTQ+ history. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today I welcome back Róisín Michaux — the Irish writer based in Brussels who covers women's rights and free speech in the context of the transgender movement — for her second appearance on the show. When I booked this interview I had no idea what we'd cover; I simply trusted her to bring something worth digging into. What she brought is her ongoing investigation into the new World Health Organization guidelines for global transgender healthcare, and I'm hearing most of it for the first time right alongside the listener.Róisín walks me through how a 2019 reclassification in the International Classification of Diseases — moving gender identity out of mental health and into sexual health in order to “depathologize” it — created a conundrum: how do you get hormones and surgeries reimbursed for a condition that's no longer a condition? That question, she argues, is the thread that connects the WHO's guideline development group to a much larger story about HIV funding, the Global Fund, Open Society Foundations money, and decades of AIDS-elimination targets.We get into the “third gender” populations of India, Thailand, and Latin America; why so many of these vulnerable young men end up in prostitution and at high risk of HIV; and how offering the hormones and surgeries people want became a mechanism for getting them into clinics and onto antiretrovirals. We also cover the insurance-coding sleight of hand happening closer to home — mastectomies billed as “scar repair,” girls documented as males with gynecomastia — and what it all means for the parents and therapists trying to make sense of what their kids and clients are actually saying.The question the episode keeps returning to: if the price of ending AIDS is medicalizing vulnerable kids and reframing whole populations as trans, is that a victory worth claiming?Róisín Michaux is an Irish writer based in Brussels, Belgium. She writes about women's rights and free speech in the context of the transgender movement. She is specifically interested in LGBTIQ activism, activists' relationship to EU/European bureaucracies, the funding they receive, and how it has all led to deep and anti-democratic policy capture. She has 2 kids and a cocker spaniel. Follow her on Substack at Peaked or on X @RoisinMichaux. Listen to our previous conversation: 206. The Intersex Lie: Róisín Michaux on How Queer Theory Hijacked a Rare Medical Condition.[00:00:00] Start[00:02:54] The WHO Guidelines and the ICD Reclassification[00:12:34] Third Gender Populations and the India Model[00:20:25] Open Society Foundations and "False Consciousness"[00:32:31] Prostitution, HIV Risk, and Marsha P. Johnson[00:37:34] GATE, Global Fund Money, and Legal Gender Recognition[00:47:17] Mainstreaming Trans Healthcare Into Public Systems[00:54:16] Insurance Coding, Endocrine Disorder, and Scar Repair[01:07:11] "End the Wait, End AIDS" by 2030[01:27:17] PrEP, Decriminalization, and the AIDS Infrastructure[01:36:38] Autism, Rescuers, and How Girls Get Roped In[01:43:33] Conversion Therapy Bans and Criminalized TherapistsROGD REPAIR Course + Community gives concerned parents instant access to over 120 lessons providing the psychological insights and communication tools you need to get through to your kid. Now featuring 24/7 personalized AI support implementing the tools with RepairBot! Use code SOMETHERAPIST2026 to take 50% off your first month.PODCOURSES: use code SOMETHERAPIST at LisaMustard.com/PodCoursesPRODUCTION: Looking for your own podcast producer? Visit PodsByNick.com and mention my podcast for 20% off your initial services.MUSIC: Thanks to Joey Pecoraro for our song, “Half Awake,” used with gratitude & permission. ALL OTHER LINKS HERE. To support this show, please leave a rating & review on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe, like, comment & share via my YouTube channel. Or recommend this to a friend!Learn more about Do No Harm.Take $200 off your EightSleep Pod Pro Cover with code SOMETHERAPIST at EightSleep.com.Take 20% off all superfood beverages with code SOMETHERAPIST at Organifi.Check out my shop for book recommendations + wellness products.Show notes & transcript provided with the help of SwellAI.Special thanks to Joey Pecoraro for our theme song, “Half Awake,” used with gratitude and permission.Watch NO WAY BACK: The Reality of Gender-Affirming Care (our medical ethics documentary, formerly known as Affirmation Generation). Stream the film or purchase a DVD. Use code SOMETHERAPIST to take 20% off your order. Follow us on X @2022affirmation or Instagram at @affirmationgeneration.Have a question for me? Looking to go deeper and discuss these ideas with other listeners? Join my Locals community! Members get to ask questions I will respond to in exclusive, members-only livestreams, post questions for upcoming guests to answer, plus other perks TBD. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

If you want to listen to the full episode, you can listen here: George Michael (Second Annual Pride Month Series) - Next Take Podcast | AcastYou can listen to our other episodes from our Pride Month series:Celebrity Activist in the AIDS epidemic: HIV/AIDS Celebrity Activists and Celebrities Living with HIV/AIDS (Second Annual Pride Month Series) - Next Take Podcast | AcastGay Rights Movement: Gay Rights Movement (Second Annual Pride Month Series) - Next Take Podcast | AcastThe Real Story Behind the Movie Philadelphia: The Real Life Story Behind the Movie Philadelphia (Second Annual Pride Month Series) - Next Take Podcast | AcastThe Upstairs Lounge Arson: The UpStairs Lounge (Second Annual Pride Month Series) - Next Take Podcast | AcastFyre Island: Fire Island (Second Annual Pride Month Series) - Next Take Podcast | AcastThe First Ever Gay Pride Parade: The First Gay Pride Parade (Second Annual Pride Month Series) - Next Take Podcast | AcastPulse Nightclub Shooting: Pulse Night Club Mass Shooting (Second Annual Pride Month Series) - Next Take Podcast | AcastThe Fox Hollow Murders: The Fox Hollow Murders (Second Annual Pride Month Series) - Next Take Podcast | AcastAlso, if you like us, you can head over and listen to our other episodes at https://shows.acast.com/next-take-podcastYou can also head over to our new website, where you can find links to Spotify or Apple: https://solo.to/nexttakepodcastBut we are also on any of your favourite podcast apps. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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It is sometimes very difficult to recognize moments of extreme historical significance when you're in them. Right now, is one of those moments. It is also one of the most consequential moments in LGBTQ+ history. Drawing on more than fifty years as an activist, lobbyist, and survivor of the AIDS crisis, Stuart argues that the community's greatest threat is not only political opposition, but also internal division. He shares stories from his own life, the power of unexpected allies, and the importance of kindness, respect, and everyday human connection in creating lasting social change. Throughout the episode, he challenges listeners to ask whether they would rather be right or live in a society where they have rights and closes with a moving reminder that each generation inherits struggles it did not choose—and is judged by what it leaves behind. 

Sibongile Zulu is among the 7.7 million south Africans who are HIV positive.西邦吉莱·祖鲁是770万感染艾滋病毒的南非人中的一员。She takes a cocktail of antiretroviral drugs to suppress the virus.她服用了一组抗逆转录病毒药物来抑制病毒。When south Africa imposed a coronavirus lockdown in March, Zulu lost her job.当南非在3月份实施新冠疫情封锁措施时，祖鲁失去了工作。Weeks later her local clinic began to run short of some medication.几周后，当地的诊所开始出现药物短缺。I think for two months, I was using only one that I was supposed to use two. And if I don't use both of them, it's a big risk and I can get sick.我想有两个月的时间，我只服用了一种药物，而我应该服用两种。如果我不同时服用两种药物，风险很大，我可能会生病。Across the world doctors say the coronavirus pandemic and the subsequent lockdowns will likely hamper the fight against other killer diseases like tuberculosis or TB, malaria and HIV.世界各地的医生表示，新冠疫情大流行以及随后实施的封锁措施可能会阻碍对抗结核病、疟疾和艾滋病等其他致命疾病的斗争。Epidemiologist Dr Salim S. Abdool Karim advises the south African government on the coronavirus and has led research into other infectious diseases in Africa.流行病学家萨利姆·阿卜杜尔·卡里姆博士就新冠疫情为南非政府提供建议，并领导了非洲其他传染病的研究。People are scared to go to healthcare services. We have seen a decline in the number of tests for tuberculosis.人们害怕去医疗服务机构。我们看到结核病检测数量有所下降。We've seen a decline in the number of patients coming in to get their medications.我们已经看到前来取药的患者数量有所下降。So that's of deep concern because it could undo the years of work that it has taken us to get to this point.这让人深感担忧，因为这可能会让我们多年来为达到目前这一阶段所付出的努力付诸东流。TB cases and deaths have fallen year on year in south Africa and many other countries.南非和许多其他国家的结核病病例和死亡人数同比下降。But it remains one of the world's biggest killers with an estimated 1.5 million deaths last year.但它仍是世界上最致命的疾病之一，去年估计有150万人因此丧生。We know there's 50% decrease in TB testing in south Africa at the moment.我们知道，目前南非的结核病检测量下降了50%。So people are not able to go to the clinic or go to hospitals and so on.人们无法前往诊所或医院等等。And they're not being diagnosed with TB, and this means that they can then transmit TB further to other people. So it's just going to sort of snowball.他们没有被诊断出患有结核病，这意味着他们随后可能会将结核病进一步传染给其他人。情况就会像滚雪球一样越来越糟。Malaria deaths in Africa could double in 2020 warn researchers from Imperial College London, unless disrupted services such as mosquito net distribution and malaria treatments are maintained.伦敦帝国理工学院的研究人员警告称，除非蚊帐分发和疟疾治疗等中断的服务得以维持，否则2020年非洲的疟疾死亡人数可能会翻倍。Despite thedireforecasts, Karim says there is opportunity.尽管预测情况严峻，但卡里姆表示仍存在机遇。The opportunity to look at integration, integration between covid, HIV, TB and other conditions.这个机遇在于审视整合，即新冠、艾滋病、结核病和其他疾病之间的整合。So that when we are investing for our coronavirus vigilance, we are benefiting not just the covid epidemic, but the epidemics of HIV and TB as well.当我们为应对新冠病毒保持警惕而投入资源时，受益的不仅是新冠疫情防控，还有艾滋病和结核病的防控。The global community must look at the bigger picture, says McQuaid.麦奎德说，国际社会必须着眼大局。We start to lose gains that we've been making in recent years, hard-fought gains that we've made.我们开始失去近年来取得的成果，那些我们经过艰苦努力才取得的成果。And we could be pushed back five, ten, twenty years even.我们的成果甚至会倒退五年、十年、二十年。Huge resources have been dedicated to the fight against the coronavirus.大量资源被用于抗击冠状病毒。Doctors say it's vital that other deadly diseases are not neglected.医生表示，至关重要的是不能忽视其他致命疾病。

HIV prevention advocate Siviwe Gaika urges policymakers, governments, and donors to expand the HIV prevention “choice basket,” emphasizing long-acting injectable PrEP (cabotegravir) as WHO-recommended, safe, and highly effective, and calling for funding, youth-friendly delivery, streamlined national guidelines, and transparent accountability; she also acknowledges Glggobal Fund investment and South Africa's commitment to long-acting innovation and local manufacturing. In the AIDS 2060 episode, host Ben interviews APHA executive director Yvette Raphael about why the world is not on track to end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030, the impact of shifting U.S. funding, and the need for country-led responses, health sovereignty, and dignity for key populations. Raphael centers feminist prevention advocacy, the Choice Manifesto, intergenerational leadership, better trial inclusion and post-trial access, and warns about misinformation on social media. 00:00 Youth Prevention Reality 00:55 Meet Yvette Raphael 02:21 Are We On Track 06:02 Funding Shockwaves 08:39 Self Reliance Now 12:04 Southern Led Response 15:55 Why Prevention Matters 20:41 Choice Manifesto Fight 23:15 Africa As A Market 25:51 Youth Boom Stakes 30:12 Let Youth Lead 31:49 Mentoring Future Leaders 33:01 Message to Our Future Selves 34:27 Pregnancy in Clinical Trials 38:25 Post Trial Access Rights 40:53 Why Youth Still Fear HIV 42:27 Social Media Misinformation 45:58 Health Sovereignty and Aid 50:31 Documenting Community Lessons 52:47 Pan African Collaboration 55:22 Let Young People Thrive 57:00 Closing Thanks and Next Steps Advocates for the Prevention of HIV in Africa https://www.apha.org.za Check Out Ben's Substack: https://substack.com/@benplumley1 Join the Conversation! How do you see the future of global health unfolding? Share your thoughts in the comments! Subscribe & Stay Updated: Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favorite podcast platform. Watch on YouTube & subscribe for more in-depth global health.

Amye is joined by Axel to discuss the legend that is Robin Byrd. This documentary highlights the career of Robin Byrd, a cable-TV trailblazer and sex-positive advocate who inadvertently became an AIDS-era hero and free speech defender. WIth her husband of 50 years, Robin looks back on her groundbreaking career spanning 600 episodes and decades of cultural impact.Follow Axel here: https://dvrpodcast.com/GET BONUS CONTENTUnlock ad-free episodes and exclusive bonus recaps by joining our community!Patreon: patreon.com/littlemissrecap Website: littlemissrecap.com/supportSUPPORT OUR SPONSORSLUMI GUMMIES are consistent, mellow, and super delicious –– Lumi Gummies are specifically designed to make you feel good, not stoned. Lumi Gummies are available nationwide. We have a 30% code for our listeners! Visit www.LumiGummies.com and use code (LITTLEMISSRECAP) for 30% off your first order.FACTOR MEALS helps you save time in the kitchen with delicious, nutritious, chef-prepared cuisine. Meals come fully prepared and ready to eat in 2 minutes.Use our link and get 50% off your first box plus free shipping. Visit: www.factormeals.com/littlemiss50off and use code littlemiss50off.OUR OTHER SHOWS & MERCHTrue Crime: Hear our latest documentary deep-dives on Murder She Watched at murdershewatchedpod.comShop Merch: Get your podcast gear at littlemissrecap.threadless.comBuy my book: https://www.amazon.com/Fat-Girl-Skinny-Amye-Archer/dp/B0H6NSD6VJ/CONNECT WITH USInstagram: @littlemissrecapFacebook Group: Little Miss Recap Podcast CommunityYouTube: Watch our recaps hereContact: email littlemissrecap@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Pomohl lidem po celém světě, a přece většina z nich nezná jeho jméno. Celý život pilně pracoval v laboratoři a výsledků se dočkal až po letech. Stojí za vývojem léků proti žloutence typu B nebo proti AIDS a měl blízko k udělení Nobelovy ceny. Dejvické divadlo o něm uvedlo hru. Mimořádný vědec i obyčejný člověk, který miloval horské výšlapy s rodinou, zemřel 16. července 2012. Na jeho odkaz dnes navazuje i jeho dcera. Preparáty, na nichž se podílel, dnes vydělávají miliardy.

Pomohl lidem po celém světě, a přece většina z nich nezná jeho jméno. Celý život pilně pracoval v laboratoři a výsledků se dočkal až po letech. Stojí za vývojem léků proti žloutence typu B nebo proti AIDS a měl blízko k udělení Nobelovy ceny. Dejvické divadlo o něm uvedlo hru. Mimořádný vědec i obyčejný člověk, který miloval horské výšlapy s rodinou, zemřel 16. července 2012. Na jeho odkaz dnes navazuje i jeho dcera. Preparáty, na nichž se podílel, dnes vydělávají miliardy.Všechny díly podcastu Příběhy z kalendáře můžete pohodlně poslouchat v mobilní aplikaci mujRozhlas pro Android a iOS nebo na webu mujRozhlas.cz.

It's been 45 years since AIDS was first named. The disease has killed roughly 40 million people worldwide, including 700 thousand Americans. And while much progress has been made, the fight is not over. More than eleven thousand San Franciscan's are still living with HIV. And just earlier this year one of the largest and oldest HIV non-profits in the country, the San Francisco AIDS Foundation was fighting to prevent over a million dollars of annual city funding from being cut, right after the Trump administration cancelled a million dollars in federal funding. The good news is that funding cuts from the city have been partially averted after non-profits, residents and survivors fought and argued for the organization's significance. And this AIDS Activism has a long history in SF, from the days of the AIDS crisis of the 1980s. That's when activists, caregivers, survivors, and community members started the long fight to build queer solidarity. KALW's Travis Raburn wanted to know what we can learn from those elder pioneers today. So he recently invited three of them to join him in conversation at KALW's live event space in Downtown SF. Paul Aguilar, who we heard earlier, a long-term survivor community liaison at the San Francisco AIDS Foundation. Patrick Batt, the owner of AutoErotica in the Castro, and Reverend Jim Mitulski, former pastor of the Metropolitan Community Church.In this excerpt from their conversation, the three of them reflect on what it was like to live through the AIDS Crisis during their young adulthoods.

Today, lasting lessons from the AIDS crisis. Then, we hear three generations of local leaders share their experiences of transitioning. Plus, a poem about never having to say goodbye. 

In Dumb Ass News, Chaz and AJ try to identify the best bread to wipe with, after reading a story about a man caught cleaning himself with a sandwich. (0:00)  Two principals, both accused of drinking and driving the SAME car. Chaz and AJ had a news report with police body cam footage of both arrests. (3:43)  Vic Ferrari, a former NYPD detective was on the phone with Chaz and AJ to talk about the Gotti years, the AIDS epidemic, and the mafia-run butcher shop his father worked. (9:09) AJ was prepared to attempt a vacuum hickey, after claiming this was a common thing guys would do when he was in school. However, after listening to yesterday's clip, the majority of the segment was trying to transcribe the words he tripped over. (21:38) A live, on-air therapy session with the Tribe. Chaz and AJ's "Petty Pet Peeves" opens the phone lines for people to complain about the daily things they have no patience for. The majority of the calls were about everyone else's driving habits. (30:11)  Photo courtesy: Vic Ferrari

People who know me know that I'm a very focused person when I'm working on something. Except when it comes to the most distracting people I know - my grandchildren. I remember when my granddaughter was pretty little. She was just one-plus-year-old, there was just no way to resist her when she came my way. She'd pull herself up by my pant leg, she'd stretch her arms my direction, and then she'd make these cute little noises and irresistible faces - virtually begging me to pick her up. I'm not the only one who's gotten nothing done when she was around. No, she was that way with other family members too; reaching out to be held. And I'll tell you this: our arms were always open. I'm Ron Hutchcraft and I want to have A Word With You today about “Hungry To Be Held.” Sadly, my granddaughter's quest for someone to hold her is a picture of someone who's listening today, except open arms have been hard to find. And when you do, it seems like sooner or later you lose even those who do give you some of the love and attention that you need. Sometimes, you pay a price that's too high to get someone to be there for you; making you vulnerable to being used and being hurt - a mistake that might be all too familiar to you. I can't forget these children we met at a hospital in Haiti. They were hospitalized early in life because they had tuberculosis or AIDS. We played with them, we sang with them, and we read to them, knowing that they probably didn't understand a word of our English. But as we got ready to leave, the children surrounded us and called out, over and over again, two words they did know in English - words I've never forgotten, “Hold me. Hold me.” We gave one last hug, but we couldn't hold them. We had to move on. The cry of those precious Haitian children is a fundamental cry of every human heart, “Hold me!” But there aren't many hugs that last. Even for those of us who have had someone who really has loved us and made us feel secure, there is still this strange love deficit inside. There's never enough love. We need someone who will always hold us, who will never let us go, who will never go away. We were made for that kind of love, but we've reached the wrong direction to find the one hug that will always be there. We've been reaching around us to other people. But to find the one we were made to be held by, we need to look up. Listen to God's words, describing the kind of relationship He wants to have with you. “The Lord your God is with you…He will take great delight in you, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing” (Zephaniah 3:17). That's intimate love. That's infinite love. That's expensive love. God paid the price for that love. In Isaiah 49:15-16, our word for today from the Word of God, He says: “Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you! See, I have engraved you on the palms of My hands.” For Jesus, that engraving is the nail prints in His hands from the day He died to pay for your sins so you could be forgiven; so you could belong to the one whose love you were made for. Because He walked out of His grave, He's alive. He's offering the greatest love in the universe. But one-way love doesn't make a relationship. He's waiting to hold you, but you have to reach for Him. God says that means putting your total trust in Jesus to be your personal rescuer from the death penalty for your sins. The wall that's between you and God comes down when you tell Him, “Jesus, I'm Yours.” Ultimately, your hunger to be held all this time it's been a hunger for Him. He's reaching your direction. It's time to reach back. He'll hold you and never let you go. Do you want to experience that love for yourself? Would you check out our website? There's a lot of information there about how to belong to Him and how to begin with Him. It's ANewStory.com. You are very, very close to experiencing the love that you have been looking for so very long.

Some stories rarely get told, not because they aren't important, but because nobody believes there's an audience. C. Fitz was told exactly that. No grants, no studio interest, just a two-to-three-minute tribute video that spiraled into something bigger. Six years and a ten-and-a-half-hour rough cut later, the world finally met Jewel Thais-Williams.In this episode of Amiga Handle Your Shit, Jackie Tapia sits down with C. Fitz, director and producer behind the award-winning documentary Jewel's Catch One, now re-released on Apple TV, Amazon, and Google Play. C. Fitz shares how she carved out a career as a female director in an industry that rarely encouraged one, moving from production assistant to commercials to unscripted television, including helping develop the original Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, before a volunteer project turned into the calling that would define her career. Her story matters because it's proof that the projects worth doing are rarely the easy ones, and that persistence, not permission, is often what preserves a legacy.The conversation traces how C. Fitz met Jewel Thais-Williams, the trailblazing founder of one of the first Black-owned discos in the country and a sanctuary for the LGBTQ+ and Black queer community through decades of racism, homophobia, police raids, and the AIDS crisis. They talk about the impossible task of condensing one woman's decades of impact into 85 minutes, the devastating history of the fire that burned Catch One to the ground, and why C. Fitz kept pitching a project nobody wanted to fund because she knew it was too important to let go.The most powerful moment comes when C. Fitz describes sitting beside Jewel in the theater as she watched her own story on screen, crying during the AIDS crisis chapter of the film. After years of being overlooked by the very industry that should have celebrated her, Jewel finally received a standing ovation, not once, but across film festivals from Los Angeles to London. It's a reminder of what it means to finally be seen after a lifetime of quietly showing up for everyone else.Tune in to episode 289 of Amiga Handle Your Shit for a moving conversation about persistence, representation, and what it takes to ensure the people who quietly change our communities are never forgotten.Episode TakeawaysHow C. Fitz carved out her own path as a female director, working up from production assistant to commercials to helping develop the original Queer Eye for the Straight Guy (04:24)The volunteer tribute video that turned into a calling: how one gala clip led to the realization that Jewel's life demanded a full documentary (09:47)Why C. Fitz kept pitching for years with no grants and no studio support, and what finally got the project made (11:45)The heartbreak of cutting a ten-and-a-half-hour rough cut down to 85 minutes (13:51)The harrowing story of the fire that burned Catch One down, and Jewel's defiant response to the city (15:34)What C. Fitz wants viewers to feel, while watching the film, like they've stepped onto that dance floor themselves (17:05)The emotional moment Jewel watched her own story on screen, and the standing ovations that followed from LA to London (19:56)C. Fitz's advice for handling your shit: breathe, take a beat, and get grounded before you react (21:53)Resources:Jewel's Catch OneConnect with C. Fitz:InstagramIMDbLinkedInLet's Connect!WebsiteFacebookInstagramLinkedInJackie Tapia Arbonne websiteBook: The AMIGA Way: Release Cultural Limiting Beliefs to Transform Your Life Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr. Deb Muth 00:03What if symptoms that have been dismissed for years aren’t all in your head, but signs of an underlying tick-borne illness or complex chronic condition that needs a different kind of care? Today, we’re talking with Ginger Southley DNP, one of the leading voices in Lyme disease, mortgage, and tick-borne illness care. She brings decades of clinical experience and a deeply patient-centered approach to some of the most misunderstood conditions in medicine. Welcome back to Let’s Talk Wellness Now, the show where we uncover the root causes of chronic illness, explore cutting-edge approaches to healing, and empower you with the tools to take charge of your life.I’m Dr. Deb, and today we’re diving into the complex world of Lyme disease, co-infections, more jellins, and the deeper factors that can keep people stuck in chronic illness. If you or someone you love has been struggling with unexplained symptoms, fatigue, brain fog, pain, or a long road to answers, this episode is for you. So, as usual, grab your cup of coffee, tea, or whatever helps you settle in, and let’s get started on today’s journey toward deeper healing.You guys can put one of the ads in here, that’d be great. No. There we go. Because otherwise, yes, we’re going to get chatting, and we’ll forget. I pre-recorded the intro part, so we can just dive in, and I can ask you, like, how you got into this, and then we can start our conversation again. Dr. Ginger Savely 02:01Okay, I can’t remember what I said last time, but that’s alright, I’ll just… Dr. Deb Muth 02:04So, we need to protect them. Well, welcome back to Let’s Talk Wellness now. I have a dear lady, Dr. Ginger. She’s being so gracious because we already goofed up our first recording we did on Riverside a few months ago, and she’s been gracious enough to come back and join us again and do it all over again while we’re actually recording. So, Dr. Savely, welcome to the show. Dr. Ginger Savely 02:26Thank you. Thank you so much for having me. I appreciate it. Dr. Deb Muth 02:30Dr. Ginger, tell us a little bit about how you got involved with tick-borne disease and Morgellons, because you are truly a legend in this world, and I’d love for everybody to hear your story. Dr. Ginger Savely 02:42Well, I just to very briefly go over, I got into the tick-borne diseases because my daughter was so very sick with it, and I started learning everything I could, and the next thing I knew, I was picking it up in my… population, I was doing primary care, family practice, and I was picking it up in that group. And then word got around, and next thing I knew, I’m treating a lot of tick-borne disease, became 50% of my practice, then 70% of my practice. And then, a few years into it, I started having, well, first of all, Dr. Harvey, who was a Lyme doctor in Houston, Texas, he and I were constantly communicating about things and comparing notes, and he emailed me and said, have you seen any patients with you know, blue fibers coming out of them? And I said, I don’t think so, but I’ll start looking for it. So, then I did, and I started asking all my Lyme patients about it, just, have you had any unusual things come out of your skin?And once I asked them, then, lo and behold, a certain subset of them said, well, yes, as a matter of fact, I do have that, but I’ve just learned not to mention it, because people think I’m crazy, so I just never, you know, say a word about it. And so I started picking up a lot of these patients, and you know, of course, since I first came at this by way of tick-borne diseases, Lyme, etc. I figured, okay, these people I know have tick-borne disease, so let’s treat that and see if maybe their immune system recovers to the point where they can handle whatever this is causing the Morgellen’s disease. And so that’s the way I approached it at first, just treating underlying infections, since I had no idea what was causing more dilins. I just noted an association with Lyme disease. And so, I put out a paper about 20 years ago. I published a paper that had to do with Basically, one thing… the main point of the paper was correlatingLyme disease with Morgellins, saying that 97% of my Morgellins patients ended up having Lyme or another tick-borne infection. And, so this is… this is the first publication that basically kind of made that correlation, you know, between the line. And I think it’s been taken out of context a lot, misinterpreted. I never for a minute said that Lyme causes more gelins, not at all, and we… that’s a leap way too far for us at this point. I just noticed an association. So, whatever that may mean, who knows? But, you know, certain illnesses, like, for example, AIDS patients are famous for getting thisCarpacea sarcoma. And it doesn’t mean AIDS causes that sarcoma, because other people get it too. It’s just highly associated with the tooth, so… We might be talking about a disease that’s highly associated with tick-borne infections, or maybe it’s caused by a co-infection that we don’t even know about. Or maybe it’s something entirely different, and the tick-borne diseases were just suppressing the immune system to the point where The person succumbed to whatever this was whenever they got into contact with it.And so, I began, you know, just experimenting and trying different cocktails of things to see what would work. And as I began to treat, I realized that The more jealous patients did notget better with a Lyme protocol. They got better when I used a Bartonella protocol, a specific group of antibiotics that’s used to treat the Bartonella infection. Now, again, I’m not saying for a minute Bartonella causes more gelin, but I’m just saying that when I use the treatment for Bartonella, that’s when I get the best results on my mortgageellin’s patients. And I also have noticed that my Morgellen’s patients tend to have other symptoms that are typical Bartonella symptoms, like a lot of the neuropsychiatric symptoms, neuropsychiatric, sorry, and the, the streaks that they’ll get on them, the red tracks. Spontaneous scratches, all that. So those we do see on our Bartonella patients that don’t have more gelin.So, I started… it was… my early patients were, I would always say, you’re the lab rats, because we’re just experimenting with everything, and they were more than willing. I mean, these people were so desperate, they were so miserable, and so… upset by the way they’ve been treated by the medical establishment, that they were, every one of them, at a point of saying. I don’t care what you give me. it… if it… even if it kills me, I’d rather be dead than have to deal with this, you know? Dr. Deb Muth 08:07Try something, right? Dr. Ginger Savely 08:08That’s pretty drastic, I know, but that’s where they were. They were at a point where, I don’t care, I’ll take any risk just to do this. However, I’ve always been using FDA-approved medications, and, you know, it’s just… naturally, I’m treating, sort of in my own, kind of invented way, because there’s no textbooks you can go to for this, there’s no algorithms, there’s no treatment protocols for this, because more than half of the medical world doesn’t even believe it exists. So, we… you know, I looked very carefully at all these patients in my office with magnified, lighted magnification, and I was seeing amazing things. I mean, I couldn’t believe it. Sometimes the hair on the back of my neck would stand out when I would see these things, because You know, bright blue fibers are not supposed to be coming out of the human body. And I would even pull at them with the tweezers, and, you know, they would not come out, so it wasn’t like a matter of they were just stuck on there, you know, from fabrics or something, as dermatologists often claim is the case. Dr. Deb Muth 09:24I had a patient once with Morgellons, and she got a magnification glass that she could attach to her phone, and she, like, took pictures of what was coming out of her skin and video recorded it and sent it to me, and oh my gosh, it’s crazy. crazy how these things come out. And if you don’t see it under a microscope like that, it’s really hard to understand what’s going on. Dr. Ginger Savely 09:48Exactly. And, you know, what we’ve always said is dermatologists usually carry about a 12X scope in their pocket, but you need really more like 60X to see this stuff, because very rarely can you see it with the naked eye. I mean, sometimes you can, but you do need that lighted magnification in order to see it. I do have some patients come to me, they have all the symptoms more jealous, but they say, I don’t think I have fibers, and I said, well. but you… have you really looked with magnification? They said, well, no, I just thought I’d see them, and I… so then it turns out they actually do have them, but… Yeah. So I… I’ve been fascinated mostly then in treating these patients by how… diverse each patient is, because I can develop a protocol that’s working fantastically on this patient, and try it on the next patient. It doesn’t work at all. Dr. Deb Muth 10:49So… Dr. Ginger Savely 10:50So, it’s just back to the drawing board, every single patient. And of course, there’s a huge variance in degree of severity of this illness. I have everyone… everywhere from people who are totally functional, going to work, and just have this annoying thing going on, all the way to people who are just completely marred and disfigured and can’t even get out of bed. So, you know, of course, there’s quite a difference there, and naturally, it’s a lot more difficult to treat the more severe cases. And often with the more severe cases. Our best hope is reducing symptoms significantly to where they’re tolerable. But in the very severe cases, I don’t think I’ve ever had a person yet get 100% well. But I do have plenty of others that have gotten 100% well, but maybe they wouldn’t fall into the most serious category, you know. So, but I, I’ve, tried everything. I have tried… antifungal protocols, antiviral, anti-helminthic, and, you know, just… I’ve tried it all, I swear, I don’t think there’s anything I haven’t tried. And, you know, sometimes you hit on what works for that patient, and it might not… it might be a surprise.I had one patient, I’d been trying the antibiotics with her, we weren’t getting anywhere, and then I just started treating her with itraconazole, an antifungal, and she just… got so much better. And I think probably because in that case, one of her main immune challenges was some… she was probably exposed to mold, she had probably had colonization in her sinuses or wherever else in her body of the mold. So, that… I think if you can find the main thing that’s… really dragging the immune system down and work on that thing, then hopefully you’ll lighten the load on the immune system to where this Morgelins can take care of itself. Because we do know a lot of people get it and barely get sick at all. A lot of times, people will tell me their spouse, or… their child, or somebody says, oh, they’ve had, like, two tiny lesions, and they’ve had a couple of fibers, and basically, that’s it. So, by that, I’m assuming that You know, this is something that usually only those who are very immune-challenged actually come down with. And that’s what I’ve found through the years, that they are immune-challenged. I’ve had AIDS patients with this. I’ve had people on high-dose corticosteroids because they had an immune… some kind of autoimmune problem.I’ve had several organ transplant patients, because they’re given strong immunosuppressants to… so they won’t reject the organ. So, it’s not 100% Lyme patients, and that’s the thing where I disagree with some of the researchers who are trying to propose the idea that Morgillon’s is a dermatologic manifestation of Lyme. No, I mean, I know how to diagnose Lyme disease. It’s a clinical diagnosis. I have patients that not only are just zero, zero nothing on hygienics.They have not one single symptom of tick-borne disease. When you give them antibiotics, they don’t hurt, because they don’t get better. There is no indication that they have Lyme or co-infection, but they have all the awful skin stuff. And in fact, I have found through the years that those people are kind of my hardest ones to treat, because I don’t know what to work with. You know, I don’t… I don’t want to give them all these antibiotics for tick-borne disease if they don’t really have that. Dr. Deb Muth 14:54Right, hard to find that initial trigger, right? That’s what we’re always looking. Dr. Ginger Savely 14:58Yes, exactly. That industry. Dr. Deb Muth 15:00If we can’t find the initial trigger, how do you know where to start? It’s like a guessing game. Dr. Ginger Savely 15:04I know, so… and of course, the other thing I’ve discovered through the years is that Another immune challenge that is common to all these patients is mold toxicity. So, if I don’t… can’t find any particular infection to treat. Then I… I start thinking about the possibility of… that the patient is mold toxic, that they are… they are living in now, or previously lived in, a moldy home, or maybe they… sometimes they work in a moldy place. Dr. Deb Muth 15:38to him. Dr. Ginger Savely 15:39And for, you know, one quarter of the population, this can be… these mycotoxins are just huge immune suppressants. And so. I used to test that genetic haplotype test that Dr. Shoemaker does. I used to do it on all my more jealous patients. every single one of them came out mold susceptible. So after a while, I just stopped doing it, because I kind of got the point. And also, you know, it’s an expensive test, and insurance often doesn’t cover it. So, But anyway, that… that is… excuse me, I gotta take a drink here, my mouth is dry. Okay, so, alright. Now, of course, I have to figure out where I was. What were you saying? Dr. Deb Muth 16:27We were talking about mold in Schumacher. Dr. Ginger Savely 16:28Oh, yeah. Dr. Deb Muth 16:30for that. Dr. Ginger Savely 16:31Yeah, so you know, mold is the big thing now, right? I mean, I know you’re looking at… we’re all looking at it. I’ve been in the Lyme world long enough to remember back when we didn’t, and we were always so baffled by some of our patients just didn’t get better. Why aren’t they getting better? I’m doing the same thing with them. They’re not getting better. And then come to find out is, you know, they had this, these mycotoxins that they… their body was not able to detox. You know, these people can’t detox the mycotoxins on their own, so… They’re… they’re quite an immune suppressant if you’ve got those going on, so… There’s other things that hold people back from getting well, of course. I find that my PTSD patients can’t get well unless they’re really actively working on the PTSD by going to therapy groups, whatever, you know, it is.I find that people who live in a smoky home where people smoke… well, I don’t even take patients who smoke, because that’s just so counterproductive. to getting well, but sometimes you could look at a home where everybody’s smoking, you know, and that passive smoke, too, is so bad, too. So… and then, of course, I’ve got people, unfortunately, that may be living in abusive situations and can’t get out, and that is also another thing that just halts the treatment.So, you know, everybody… a lot of times people will get online and say, you can never get well from this, don’t even believe anybody that says you can get well. Well, you know, that might be the case in your case, because we don’t know all the various immune challenges you have. But every single patient is different, and that’s why I really can’t publish a protocol or anything like that. Dr. Deb Muth 18:23Yeah, because… Dr. Ginger Savely 18:24it’s kind of more of an art than a science, almost. You know, you just have to feel your way through it, but I… through the years, I have, kind of. start… I found that there’s two antibiotics. If I start with those two, I’m pretty much always going to get some kind of a good response, and that is, a sulfa drug and clarithromycin, the two of them together. Now, that’s not all I do, but that’s a starting point, and I often tell other doctors, look, if you’re going to refer them to me, get them started on those two drugs, you know, just… that’ll already help some. Yeah. And now, of course, a lot of people are allergic to sulfa, so then we have. Dr. Deb Muth 19:10to go. Dr. Ginger Savely 19:11We have to go with something else. But there’s… there’s a lot of different combinations, but basically, I’ve found that, like, if I really go after that Bartonella, and I do a combination, like, the sulfa. doxycycline and, rifabutin, for example. Those… those really get us somewhere. But it’s not… never a quick fix, you know, it’s… it takes a lot of patience, because It’s… it’s slow to get over this. Dr. Deb Muth 19:42Yeah, it seems like, you know, a lot of what we’re talking about in the tick-borne world these days, too, is immune system, right? And there’s so many new things that we’re learning. I was having a conversation with one of the docs from Invita Medical, and they were saying they are seeing a lot of their Bartonella patients are developing cancer. And so all of these things that suppress our immune system, and there’s so many in the world, right? Do you think that’s partially why so many people get overlooked and misdiagnosed when it comes to a tick-borne illness or a mortgage illness? Because they’re… they’re not looking at the root, they’re not looking at the immune system, they’re just kind of looking at symptoms, and of course, everybody thinks these people are crazy, because they have so many bizarre. Dr. Ginger Savely 20:26Symptoms, you know. Well, you know, I always tell my patients, like, if they have to fill out a form or something saying what they have. I always say, say you have Bartonellosis, because Lyme is a trigger word, Magellan’s doesn’t exist. Yes. So, just put you… and you know, when they take that to another doctor. 9 times out of 10, the other doctor doesn’t even know what that is. Dr. Deb Muth 20:52they don’t… Dr. Ginger Savely 20:53They know what cat scratch disease is, they know that name, and that’s an. Dr. Deb Muth 20:58cute. Dr. Ginger Savely 20:58Bartonellosis. But if you say Bartonella to them, they’re kind of confused. And so, in a certain sense, that’s kind of a good thing, because it’s better than it being a knee-jerk reaction, like, get out of here, you’re crazy. Dr. Deb Muth 21:13Time doesn’t exist, what are you talking about? Dr. Ginger Savely 21:15Oh, right. Dr. Deb Muth 21:16Right, it’s… Dr. Ginger Savely 21:17It’s just a… it’s a trigger word, too, but they’re kind of baffled with the Bartonella, like, oh, wait a minute, what is this? Dr. Deb Muth 21:23Yeah. Dr. Ginger Savely 21:24Yeah, that’s always, I think, a good approach to do. But, yeah, I’m always pointing out to my patients that it’s a lot easier to catch Bartonella than Lyme, because there’s so many… there are more different vectors for Bartonella than any other vector-borne infection. So, there’s a number of different bites you can get where you can get Bartonella, and I notice a lot of my patients start having more gellens after a flea infestation, and flea… fleas can give you Bartonella, correct? Dr. Deb Muth 21:58Huh? Dr. Ginger Savely 21:58Cat scratches can, too. A lot of them will bite. Dr. Deb Muth 22:01noceums? Dr. Ginger Savely 22:02It’s like, and in fact, who knows? We don’t even really know all the ones that could possibly give Bartonella, so… Bartonella needs to be really high up on the list of the differential, and it’s not on the list at all with, you know, most. Dr. Deb Muth 22:20Hmm. Dr. Ginger Savely 22:21I don’t even think infectious disease doctors, but certainly not primary care doctors. So, I don’t know what the connection is with Bartonella. It may just simply be, coincidentally, the same things that treat Bartonella, treat this, who knows? The thing is, to say anything like. so-and-so causes more gelands, we’re not even close to being there, you know, in terms of the little research we have. Sure, we have research that shows the presence of certain pathogens in the lesions. But correlation does not equal causation, so we don’t know what that means, that they’re there. But interestingly, they’re about… I think I put this in my book, even, that they’re about, 15 different kinds of skin lesions, where if the patient has Lyme you can biopsy the lesion, and you’ll find Borrelia, the spirochetes, the causative agent of Lyme, in the lesions.So, did the Lyme cause those? nobody knows, because Lyme bacteria loves to go to the weakest part of the body, and so it’s gonna go to any, like, a lesion, it’s gonna go there, because it’s a weak part of the body, so… it may be there just for that reason. It doesn’t necessarily mean it’s causing it. So, lots and lots of work to do in terms of research on this, but it’s very difficult, because, you know, money, we don’t have money for it, and . Dr. Deb Muth 24:07Yeah. Dr. Ginger Savely 24:08There’s no… Dr. Deb Muth 24:08There’s money behind it if we don’t have a drug to fix it. Dr. Ginger Savely 24:10Oh, yeah, that’s true. I mean, you know, we just can’t really get anybody interested in it, like CDC, or… you know, they just are… they did such a… you know, they… they just didn’t really put their heart into doing that one little research study they did. They used all the wrong patients. They didn’t even have an inclusion criteria for the patients, and so they actually… admitted patients to the study that, yeah, they didn’t have more tones. You know, they basically admitted everybody who’d been in with something itchy. You know, of course, a lot of those people didn’t have itchy, so it was… it was so crazy. But, yeah, I feel very… constantly very frustrated that… nobody’s really looking into this, because it is amazing what it can do. I have patients with big holes in their faces, you know. I have a patient who developed, cervical cancer while I was treating her. She had the treatment for it. And it all started out, though, when the doctor saw a huge lesion on her cervix, and when trying to get a little scraping, like to do a biopsy. it just… a hole opened up. Just a hole. Dr. Deb Muth 25:31Gosh. Dr. Ginger Savely 25:32And this is what happens to a lot of my patients, is, like, they develop, kind of, craters in their face. deep holes. Dr. Deb Muth 25:39So… Dr. Ginger Savely 25:40There are so many aspects to this disease. I mean, it’s way more than just the fibers, the filaments. Right, exactly. There’s so many other odd things that’s going on, you know, they all have this sort of a sticky thing all over their skin. Biofilm? I don’t know, but, you know, that’s… they all complain about that like a black tarry stuff coming out of their skin. All the different things that come out, too, you know, they look like, some of them look… do look like little tiny white maggots, and so you can kind of see why people… Do think that they have some kind of an infestation, because an infestation means when you have something along the lines of a, you know, flea, lice, you know, that sort of thing. But many, many patients come to me convinced that that’s what they have. I don’t know, maybe some of my patients do have that as well, but some of the symptoms are very unique to Morgellins, and primarily one. The one symptom that is totally unique to Morgellons is these filaments of different colors that come out. And you can compare Morgillins to, in fact, I did in my book, to any number Of, dermatologic manifestations, and… you can find them that are almost exactly like it, but always the one difference being that Margellis has the fibers, and that other diagnosis does not. So, many of my patients have been misdiagnosed with one of those other things, because the… I think the… the dermatologist or whoever gave the diagnosis wasn’t really looking carefully and didn’t really believe the patient when they said they had filaments. They usually think, oh, they’re just from your clothes, they’re just stuck in you. Dr. Deb Muth 27:32don’t know, they, they don’t. Dr. Ginger Savely 27:34Yeah. Dr. Deb Muth 27:34unfortunately. Dr. Ginger Savely 27:36But they don’t have the curiosity either, which is mind-blowing. Dr. Deb Muth 27:40I know, right? Dr. Ginger Savely 27:41Yeah. If it’s… Dr. Deb Muth 27:42Just kind of straightforward, black and white, that’s all I do. So, Dr. Ginger, how do we help patients feel believed again after being dismissed so long and by so many doctors that. Dr. Ginger Savely 27:55Yeah, huh? Dr. Deb Muth 27:56just don’t know, just don’t know what they don’t know, but they’re trying to be helpful, and unfortunately, sometimes they’re not. They’re hurting the patient by telling them that this is all in their head, or… Dr. Ginger Savely 28:06Yeah. Dr. Deb Muth 28:06It’s just. Dr. Ginger Savely 28:07I mean, of course, we just need some more… much more education of the doctors, right? Dr. Deb Muth 28:13Yeah. Dr. Ginger Savely 28:13They’re the ones that really need… but there are some things that patients do need to be very careful about, and this is just all in the world of learning how to tiptoe around doctors. One thing, never say the M word. If you go in, never say… don’t even suggest it. Just go in there, like, kind of dumb, like, oh, you know, I’ve got this thing going on, what do you think it is? You know, you don’t want to do that. You don’t ever want to suggest a diagnosis either, just act stupid, because that way… They’ll really look into it, you know? Dr. Deb Muth 28:49Yeah. Dr. Ginger Savely 28:50You suggest a diagnosis, then they get irritated, and they just don’t want to even look into it any further. So, you do just sort of have to play dumb a little bit, and just go, gosh, what could this be? I can… you know, and tell the symptoms. Now, even my patients have done that, though. they… a lot of times, they feel, maybe the doctor doesn’t say they’re crazy, but they just feel like they’re kind of brushed aside, like, yeah, well, okay, just put some cortisone cream on it, or, you know, that kind of thing. And I think that just sort of speaks to what’s happened in our medical system lately. I’m very disturbed to hear the stories of people saying they… they… the doctor spent very little time with them. Seemed rushed, didn’t even look at them, didn’t even touch them, certainly didn’t look a magnifier. And it’s… I’m very distressed by the state of healthcare in our country, how this is happening to people. People feel very, very disillusioned with healthcare nowadays. They don’t trust doctors anymore, because, you know, they’ve loved. Dr. Deb Muth 29:58Right. Dr. Ginger Savely 29:58Right. So many times, and so, yeah, I don’t know what we’re gonna do about that predicament. Dr. Deb Muth 30:05I know, my mother-in-law’s 86, and she told me when she went for her physical last year, they… they never took her clothes off, they didn’t even listen to her heart or lungs, or feel her liver, nothing. There was… I said, well, that’s not a physical exam! Dr. Ginger Savely 30:19You know what that is? It’s a Medicare wellness check. Dr. Deb Muth 30:22That’s a… Dr. Ginger Savely 30:22You have to get a Medicare well… but all… this is a Medicare wellness check. They ask you, like, 5 questions. Have you fallen? You know, da-da-da-da. They ask you the questions. I think they weigh you and, you know, review… So, no, it’s not a real physical, it’s just something to make Medicare happy. But, yeah, I know people start being overlooked as they get older. They just kind of, you know, we’re old, whatever, you know, so they don’t… they don’t worry so much. And I’ve had patients as old as… I guess my oldest patient with this was 88. And those… those older people are so miserable, too, when they have this, and they really are just not so much told they’re crazy, but just kind of, whatever. Yeah, their doctors are just not… not particularly interested in what’s going on with them. Dr. Deb Muth 31:17You’re old, what more do you expect? I hear that a lot from my older clients, that that’s. Dr. Ginger Savely 31:21And they’re. Dr. Deb Muth 31:21old. Dr. Ginger Savely 31:22I remember when my father lived to be 94, and the thing that frustrated… and he was a PhD in physiology, so he’d actually worked with MDs a lot, and… Dr. Deb Muth 31:32Yeah. Dr. Ginger Savely 31:32He, he, he used to get so angry, about, about that whole situation, you know? It’s… he, would often say, you know, I go to the doctor, I complain about a pain, and they laugh and say, what do you expect? You’re 90. You know, and my dad was always very active to the end, and he didn’t… it was unusual for him to have the pain, and you know, it should have been looked into rather than just… scoffed at like that. Dr. Deb Muth 32:03missed. Dr. Ginger Savely 32:03It is a problem, you know, in our system, and you don’t find too many specialists in advanced care, in geriatric, whatever you want to call it. I’m… I’m fast approaching that age myself, so I hate to use the word geriatric I think I’m technically geriatric right now, but I can’t… Dr. Deb Muth 32:25We’ll just bypass, that’s just a number. Dr. Ginger Savely 32:27Yeah, yeah. But, yeah, so… Dr. Deb Muth 32:32Andrew, this is a great conversation. I always like to end our show with one last question, and this is always a doozy, so you’ll have to put your thinking cap, or you’ll have to calm yourself when I ask this one. If there was one thing you could change in our medical system today, what would it be? Dr. Ginger Savely 32:52that… Well, it would all have to do with insurance, because insurance is the thing that’s making doctors feel so rushed that they can’t really take time and listen to the patient and properly examine them, because in order to make enough money, with what insurance reimburses them, they just have to, you know, move them in. Dr. Deb Muth 33:12knowing that. Dr. Ginger Savely 33:13And so, you know, if doctors were given… and I bet some of them would really enjoy being able to spend more time with the patient and really listen, but they just can’t because of the way the way it’s all rigged up with health insurance. And so, I want… I want to think that doctors would be happy to do that if they were able to, but, you know, that’s the thing is, I remember writing a paper, even when I was in my undergraduate. about the importance of validation, and this is way before I knew anything about Morgellons, but it was just, like, a big deal to me, like, you know, people need to be listened to and heard, and not brushed off, and validation… You know, when people are validated. they already feel 50% better. It’s just, you know, people will say that after the first visit with me, and I haven’t even done anything yet, that they already feel better, because somebody’s finally taking them seriously, and listening to them, and really… caring, and that’s… I mean, shouldn’t that be basic to all healthcare? I would think it should be, but it’s just not always the case these days, I see. Dr. Deb Muth 34:31Yeah, I agree, I agree. Well, for people who are listening to us, and they’re like, I want to talk with her, I want to meet her, how do they find you? Dr. Ginger Savely 34:41Well, the email address is Lyme DC, Lime, L-Y-M-E-D-C as in District of Columbia, that’s where my office is, limedc at gmail.com. And that is, the address to ask for a new patient packet. I am still accepting new patients. Usually takes a couple months to get in, but I have people fill out paperwork first. sometimes… I mean, I accept most patients, but there’s occasionally, when I look at the history, if they’ve already been to 15 other Lyme doctors, I might not. But, you know, I just like to know in advance as much as I can. Dr. Deb Muth 35:24Yeah. Dr. Ginger Savely 35:24about the patient, because it’s very hard to… you know, I… I can’t really give advice to Mordellin’s people who just talk to me briefly, because, oh my gosh, I need to know so much, I need to know… Dr. Deb Muth 35:34I’m. Dr. Ginger Savely 35:34so much about their history, and their… I mean, it’s just… and I think people get frustrated with me because you know, come on, just give me… give me some tips here real quick, and I was like, it’s so dependent on your story. It’s so individualized that I can’t… I don’t feel even good about trying to give advice to somebody just randomly out of the blue like that. And it… I guess maybe it makes people frustrated and makes them think, oh, you just want the money or something. No, I mean, it’s a lot of responsibility for me, what I do. I’ve been doing… I’ve been taking care of more jealous patients for 25 years. It’s put me at very high risk. I’ve been investigated before by my board, and I’ll tell you, it was not… not a very pleasant thing to go through. And so I said, yeah, I have to keep a little bit of a low profile, and, you know…Yep. And so, people just need to understand that if somebody is taking care of their mortgage, that the healthcare provider who’s taking care of them, they’re taking a personal risk, because they’re doing something that’s not accepted. By the general medical population and by their regulatory board, and so they could very well be called out and even lose their license for doing it. Dr. Deb Muth 36:58Yeah, very much so. It’s good to… to point that out, because these doctors, we’re all putting our neck on the line to help these patients, and sometimes the patients don’t appreciate that or don’t understand that, and they can put us in arm’s way without… sometimes without realizing it, sometimes on purpose. Dr. Ginger Savely 37:16You know, most of my patients, though, are just… they’re so protective of me. You know, they go to the ER for something, and then they’ll say, well, who’s treating your… Dr. Deb Muth 37:27anonymous. Dr. Ginger Savely 37:27so-called Mordellins. well, don’t worry about it, I have a good provider. You know, they just won’t even give my name. But like you say, sometimes accidentally it has happened, and then I get a call from some ER doctor, and it’s usually ER. Dr. Deb Muth 37:44remote. Dr. Ginger Savely 37:44room doctor yelling and screaming at me, and, you know. Dr. Deb Muth 37:48Yeah. Dr. Ginger Savely 37:48Like, oh… Dr. Deb Muth 37:50Yeah. Dr. Ginger Savely 37:50So… Dr. Deb Muth 37:51It’s unfortunate, isn’t it? I had a patient recently see another GI doctor who said, if I prescribed 3 different antibiotics at one time, I’d lose my license. And I’m like, oh, well, not really, but… and, you know, and it upset the patient quite a bit, because now they look at me and they think I’m doing something wrong, because the conventional person told them that it was a problem, and it’s really sad how those things happen. Dr. Ginger Savely 38:16Well, this is something that’s really gotten me very annoyed lately, is when pharmacists see things prescribed that they’re worried about, their job is to contact the doctor and say. Dr. Deb Muth 38:28Yeah. Dr. Ginger Savely 38:29Are you really sure about this? You know, no, what they’re doing is scaring the patients to death. Dr. Deb Muth 38:35Right. Dr. Ginger Savely 38:35They’re saying, okay, here’s what your doctor gave you, but I’m just going to warn you, I mean, geez, taking all those at once, gee, I wouldn’t, you know, and that’s the way they’re talking. So then they lose faith in me, and they don’t realize I’ve been doing this so long, and I’ve had so many thousands of people take this. I know from experience not going to hurt them. But, you know, the pharmacist just read it in a book somewhere, so they assume that it’s going to be awful for. Dr. Deb Muth 39:02Yeah. Dr. Ginger Savely 39:02But that’s… that’s very unprofessional of them to do that. That’s not really their job to do that, but I… it’s happening a lot, I see that. Dr. Deb Muth 39:11happening a lot. Instead of just picking up the phone and calling the doctor. They’re, like you said, upsetting the patient, or calling the board, or those kinds of things. And what happened to that professional courtesy and that exchange of our knowledge bases? You know, I’ve gone to the pharmacy and picked something up, and the pharmacist looks at me, he says, I don’t know what this drug is. And it happened during the pandemic, when I was prescribed hydroxychloroquine, and I’m like, you don’t know what hydroxychloroquine is? Dr. Ginger Savely 39:41Pharmacist? I was like… Dr. Deb Muth 39:43Really? And it was an older pharmacist, and I was like, really? And I… I was like, at first I thought, are you just saying that because you don’t understand why you’re giving it to somebody, or are you saying that to hope that I say something different? Dr. Ginger Savely 39:57Yes. Dr. Deb Muth 39:57Really surprising to me how many medications… Dr. Ginger Savely 40:00Question? Dr. Deb Muth 40:01Yeah, yeah. How many medications the pharmacist really claim they don’t know anything about, or they don’t know how to use it? That’s their job, to know about. Dr. Ginger Savely 40:10Sorry, it’s. Dr. Deb Muth 40:11It’s very scary these days. Dr. Ginger Savely 40:12I’m seeing a lot more incompetence in pharmacists, so many scary mistakes being made all the time now. All started with the pandemic. Yep. Ever since the pandemic, pharmacies are making tons of mistakes. Dr. Deb Muth 40:25Yeah. Dr. Ginger Savely 40:25I remember getting so mad at one one time. I said, look, you have one of the two careers where you’re never, ever allowed to make a mistake. Air traffic controllers and you. Dr. Deb Muth 40:35That’s right. Dr. Ginger Savely 40:36Unfortunately, I’m sorry for you, but you cannot make mistakes. Dr. Deb Muth 40:40Yeah, they can’t. I mean, it can be deadly for them, and they do. Dr. Ginger Savely 40:44Yeah. Dr. Deb Muth 40:45Unfortunately, I think, you know, it’s who they’re hiring, it’s the corporate aspect of the pharmacy these days. Dr. Ginger Savely 40:52Probably so. Dr. Deb Muth 40:53Yeah, it’s a… it’s a big mess. Dr. Ginger Savely 40:55Well, I don’t… I didn’t mean this little part here to scare people. I’m sorry about that, I didn’t… didn’t intend to do that, but I just feel like one thing I would do… I do, is if I… if you go pick up a prescription, don’t walk away from the counter yet. Look at it. Look at the bottle, make sure… Dr. Deb Muth 41:17Hmm? Dr. Ginger Savely 41:18That’s what you’re supposed to get, that the quantity’s right, that everything’s good. Dr. Deb Muth 41:23Because once… Dr. Ginger Savely 41:23you walk away from the… you don’t have any recourse. Right. So before you even leave, you know, just… just check it out and make sure. That’s right. And a lot of times, people are given the wrong quantity, or any number So, they. Dr. Deb Muth 41:36They don’t tell you that your insurance won’t dispense the full amount. Dr. Ginger Savely 41:40Right, they just, they just… Dr. Deb Muth 41:41They don’t have it all on stock, so they’re only giving you a partial fill. They won’t tell you any of those things, and then you. Dr. Ginger Savely 41:47Right. Dr. Deb Muth 41:48Call and get that information from them after the fact, and it’s not fun to try to do that, for sure. Dr. Ginger Savely 41:53Oh my gosh, no. I hate calling pharmacies. Dr. Deb Muth 41:56I know, me too. Well, Dr. Ginger, this was such a great conversation. Is there anything else you want to leave our listeners with before you and I sign off? Dr. Ginger Savely 42:04I just want them to have hope. That’s the most important thing. Because many patients with Morgellons do give up hope, and there’s a high suicide rate in this group. And, you know, don’t… don’t give up hope. Don’t give up. There’s… there are people out there who can help you. I’m not the only one. There aren’t many of us, but there are some other I would be able to refer you to if I can’t take you on. And, you know, just… Just know that there are those of us out there who believe in this, we know it’s real, and we’re just desperately trying to see what we can do to help. Dr. Deb Muth 42:46Well, thank you for all your years of support and patient-centered approach. It’s definitely a blessing to have you. Thank you. Dr. Ginger Savely 42:54Alright, thank you so much for having me. Dr. Deb Muth 43:01Where am I? Thank you so much for joining me today on Let’s Talk Wellness Now. Dr. Savely’s decades of experience working with Lyme disease, co-infection, and Morgellins, and your compassionate, patient-centered approach. are such an important reminder that healing starts with being heard, believed, and truly understood. If this conversation resonates with you, I encourage you to share it with someone who may be searching for answers and hope on their healing journey. Remember, complex chronic illness is not something you have to navigate alone. For more information about Dr. Savely’s work, visit her on her website, and we’ll put those links below. And until next time, I’m Dr. Deb, reminding you to take care of your body, mind, and spirit. Be well, and we’ll see you on the next episode. The post Episode 273 – The Hidden Truth About Morgellons, Lyme Disease & Bartonella | Dr. Ginger Savely first appeared on Let's Talk Wellness Now.

Poletni meseci so čas sproščenega druženja, počitnic in glasbenih festivalov, na katerih se mladi veliko družijo in so tudi bolj spolno dejavni. V zadnjem desetletju se povečuje število zaznanih spolno prenosljivih primerov bakterijskih okužb, razlog pa je neuporaba kondoma kot zaščite pred prenosom bolezni. V tokratnem Studiu ob 17.00 se bomo posvetili tej problematiki, pozabili pa ne bomo niti na virus HIV. Pred dnevi je namreč minilo natanko 40 let, odkar je AIDS v Sloveniji zahteval prvo smrtno žrtev.

In our 43rd episode of This F*cking Guy, Erin and Alyssa dive deep into the past of the Jelly Bean Jack*ss, Ronald Reagan. From his B-list acting days, to "fighting" WWII from Culver City, to being an FBI rat, to his unforgivable  handling of the AIDS crisis, to mucking up foreign affairs for decades to come, this may be one of our most deluded guys yet.For a closed-captioned version of this episode, click here. For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@crooked.com and include the name of the podcast, episode title, and episode date.Sources:Ronald Reagan: Informant (Salon)Peeping Ron (Book Forum) Ronald Reagan's shameful legacy: Violence, the homeless, mental illness (Salon)Ronald Reagan's wartime lies: The president had quite a Brian Williams problem (Salon)The Mendacity Index (Washington Monthly)On a wing and a prayer (Alec Nevala-Lee)Tear Down This Myth (Google Books) Reagan & Co. (The Washington Post) California: Credibility in Sacramento (Time) The Lion King: An Exchange (NY Books)Reagan Expresses Horror at Claim That the Holocaust is a Hoax (Jewish Telegraphic Agency) The Myth of Ronald Reagan and the Nazi Death Camps (National Review)The Stupidity of Ronald Reagan (Slate)Paying Lip Service (The Village Voice)The Road to Reagandom (Slate)How Ronald Reagan's Time at General Electric Pushed Him to Conservatism (Lit Hub)Ronald Reagan's Millions (Rolling Stone)How Prop 14 Shaped California's Racial Covenants (PBS Socal)Here's the Rest of Him (Claremont Review of Books) Alla Nazimova (AFI Catalog Spotlight)The Global HIV/AIDS Timeline (KFF)History of the HIV Epidemic (Gilead)When AIDS Was Funny Casts a Harsh Light on the Reagan Administration's Indifference to HIV (HIV Plus Mag)Short film “When AIDS Was Funny,” Reagan Press Secretary laughs off an epidemic (Q Notes Carolinas)‘When AIDS Was Funny': Short film reveals shortfalls of Reagan response to AIDS (MSNOW)HIV/AIDS Timeline (history.com)HIV/AIDS Historical Timeline (Philadelphia Center)Snapshots of an Epidemic: An HIV/AIDS Timeline (amfAR)The Iran-Contra Affair (Bill of Rights Institute) The Iran-Contra Affair (PBS American Experience) 1983 Beirut barracks bombing: ‘The BLT Building is gone!' (Marine Corps Times) H-Gram 080: Paved with Good Intentions—The U.S. Navy in the 1983 Lebanon Crisis (Naval History and Heritage Command)When Reagan Cut and Run (Foreign Policy) 40 Years Later, El Mozote Massacre Victims Vow to 'Keep Demanding Justice' (Common Dreams) The Massacre at El Mozote (Human Rights Watch)Judgment Day's Coming for U.S.-Backed Troops Who Slaughtered Men, Women, and So Many Children at El Mozote (Daily Beast) Pakistan's Nuclear Program Posed “Acute Dilemma” for U.S. Policy (National Security Archive) New Documents Spotlight Reagan-era Tensions over Pakistani Nuclear Program (National Security Archive) New Documents Spotlight Reagan-era Tensions over Pakistani Nuclear Program (Wilson Center)The Pakistan Aid Dilemma (Center for American Progress) Fact Check: It's Rumored that Ronald Reagan Had Alzheimer's Disease While Still in Office. Here's What the Evidence Says (Snopes)Did Reagan Decline? (Sage Journal)Hoover Makes Available the Newly Processed Papers of Nancy's Reagan's White House Astrologer (Hoover Institution)How Nancy Reagan's Secret Phone-In Astrologer Became a Powerful White House Adviser — and Helped Oust the Chief of Staff (People)Nancy Reagan: Controversial Moments During Her Life in the Public Eye (People)Why Ronald Reagan Became the Great Deregulator (JSTOR Daily)Looking Back On When President Reagan Fired The Air Traffic Controllers (NPR)Reagan's Legacy (SFAF)The Other Time a U.S. President Withheld WHO Funds (John Hopkins)How newly discovered audio is reviving debate over Reagan's legacy on race (PBS News)It's Time to End the Racist and Unjustified Sentencing Disparity Between Crack and Powder Cocaine (Civil Rights)Reagan's National Drug Strategy (University of Michigan)The Fairness Doctrine: How We Lost It and Why We Need It Back (SISYPHUS)Portraits in Oversight: The Iran-Contra Affair (Levin Center)Ronald Reagan Made Central America a Killing Field (Jacobin)Guatemalan Slaughter Was Part of Reagan's Hard Line (The New York Times)Remembering US-backed state terror in El Salvador (Al Jazeera)Ronald Reagan's shameful legacy: Violence, the homeless, mental illness (Salon)The Key to Welfare Reform (The Atlantic)

This is the second episode of in the series, [Contagious Conversations] from the Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases. Expert guests in this series will come from right across the interface of research, clinical care and public health.In today's episode we look at the immense progress that has been made over three decades in the management of HIV. Once a fatal diagnosis, the disease can now be completely controlled by anti-retroviral therapy. Access to prophylactic treatment has also made a huge impact on rates of transmission in the community although barriers still remain to equitable access.GuestsProfessor Sharon Lewin OA FRACP PhD (Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Director; University of Melbourne; Cumming Global Centre for Pandemic Therapeutics, Director)Professor Dato' Dr Adeeba Kamarulzaman FRACP FASc (Monash University Malaysia, President & Pro Vice-Chancellor; Centre of Excellence for Research in AIDS).Richard Keane (Living Positive Victoria, CEO)HostAssociate Professor Sanjaya Senanayake FRACP (Canberra Hospital; Australian National University)ProductionProduction supported by Mic Cavazzini DPhil, and the Viral Hepatitis and HIV Special Interest Group particularly Dr Emma Paige and Dr Sushena Krishnaswamy. Thanks also to Inge Meggitt, events coordinator at ASID. Music licenced from Epidemic Sound includes ‘Exploring the Lake' by View Points and ‘Emerlyn' by Valante. Image copyright ASID (2026).Visit the Pomegranate Health web page for a transcript and supporting references. Add educational activity to MyCPD. Subscribe through any podcasting app or our email alerts list. 

“Fairyland” is an adaptation of a true story about a complicated, loving relationship between a father and daughter that takes place in San Francisco during the early years of the AIDS epidemic.

Director of Technical Services at the Ghana AIDS Commission, Dr. Fred Nana Poku, has urged authorities involved in the recent medical screening of applicants in the security services recruitment exercise to actively follow up on individuals who tested HIV-reactive

In this episode, Vicki sits down with her aunt Sabrina — PhD in Theatre, lifelong arts educator, and the person who first showed her that big feelings weren't a problem to be managed but a gift to be expressed.Sabrina spent her career creating safe containers for young people's big feelings through theater — including a production called SECRETS that addressed the AIDS crisis for teenagers in the 1980s when almost nobody else was willing to. This conversation is about what that work looked like, why it mattered, and what the arts do for people who feel everything.It's also about what it means to have one person in your life who has known you for 45 years and never once told you that you were too much.ABOUT SABRINASabrina holds a PhD in Theatre from UC Berkeley and spent her career as an arts educator and theater director in the San Francisco Bay Area. She created educational theater productions for Kaiser Permanente including SECRETS and Nightmare on Puberty Street — work that used the stage to address the things nobody else was saying to young people. She is Vicki's chosen family.SUPPORT THE SHOWIf this episode resonated with you, share it with someone who might need it.Hat on a Hat on a Hat (Substack): https://ahatonahatonahat.substack.com/Donations are gratefully accepted and help keep this show going at whatever pace is sustainable.Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/vickipeterson✍️ Subscribe now to hear future episodes.

On today's Good Day Health Show - ON DEMAND…Host Doug Stephan and Dr. Ken Kronhaus of Lake Cardiology (352-735-1400) cover a number of topics affecting our health. First up, Doug and Dr. Ken discuss the latest developments in medicine, technology, and preventive healthcare. The conversation explores how artificial intelligence is transforming medical diagnosis and disease prevention, allowing healthcare providers to identify health risks earlier and deliver more personalized patient care. Dr. Ken also examines advances in cardiovascular risk assessment, highlighting new tools and strategies that can help prevent heart disease before symptoms develop. The episode takes a closer look at the relationship between vaccinations and heart health, along with emerging research on neurogenesis and the brain's ability to adapt and form new neural connections throughout life. Dr. Ken discusses the importance of maintaining brain health as we age, including the benefits of treating hearing loss with hearing aids to support communication, cognitive function, and social engagement. Listeners will also hear updates on weight-loss strategies, including both prescription medications and natural supplement options, as well as a discussion of statins and alternative cholesterol-lowering therapies for cardiovascular protection.Rounding out the episode, Dr. Ken provides an update on current COVID-19 variants and vaccination strategies while emphasizing the importance of individualized healthcare decisions. Throughout the conversation, he highlights the everyday lifestyle choices—including nutrition, exercise, sleep, and social connection—that play a critical role in protecting brain health, reducing disease risk, and promoting healthy aging. Together, these topics offer listeners practical guidance and the latest medical insights for improving long-term health and wellness. For more on Good Day Health…Website: GoodDayHealthShow.comSocial Media: @GoodDayNetworks

As healthcare professionals, we should all seek and encourage scientific and medical discovery and new therapies. That's one big goal of the scientific process: to bring new therapies to otherwise lethal condition. For example, back in the 80s and 90s, HIV uniformly led to AIDS, which was a death sentence. But now, HIV is 100% manageable with appropriate medical care and medical therapy. That's a win! On the Prenatal side, lack of amniotic fluid (anhydramnios) under 22 weeks has uniformly been regarded as a fatal/lethal condition. This is because of the direct association with previable lack of amniotic fluid and lung hypoplasia. But now, serial amniocentesis for this condition is making headlines. While the headlines are catchy and serve as appropriate “click bait”, there's more to this story. This may be a perfect example of “Robbing Peter, to Pay Paul”. Listen in for details.1. Neonatal Survival After Serial Amnioinfusions for Anhydramnios Due to Fetal Kidney Failure: The RAFT Clinical Trial. JAMA Netwoek, July 1, 20262. Medpage July 7, 2026: Amnioinfusions Mitigate Lethal Lung Hypoplasia From Fetal Kidney Failure

Some of life's biggest questions are answered one step at a time. In this conversation, Deborah Gregory shares why walking has long been connected to discernment and why getting outside can help us notice what we've been missing. We talk about fascinating research on forest bathing, breathing, creativity, the horizon, and the surprising ways our bodies help us process life's biggest decisions. If you've been feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure what comes next, this episode is a beautiful reminder that clarity often comes while we're already moving. Learn more about Deborah at https://www.flourishspiritualdirection.com and grab a copy of Spiritual Wayfinding. A huge thank you to our sponsors! Check them out below: BetterHelp: Visit  ⁠www.BetterHelp.com/1000HOURS⁠  today to get 10% off your first month. Quince - Visit ⁠www.quince.com/outside⁠ and get free shipping and 365 day returns IXL Learning - Head to ⁠www.ixl.com/1000hours⁠ to get an exclusive 20% savings on your membership Whisker - Take care of your cats while taking an additional $50 off bundles with code 1000HOURS when you shop ⁠www.whisker.com/1000HOURS⁠  woom Bikes - Go to woom.com and use code 1000HOURS at checkout for 10% off your new bike purchase, excluding the woom WOW. Muzzle Sleep Tape - Go to ⁠MuzzleSleep.com⁠ and use code 1000HOURS for 10% off.  Ethos Life Insurance - Get your free quote at ⁠ethos.com/1000hours⁠  Active Skin Repair - Don't forget to put this in your first aid kit! Visit ⁠ActiveSkinRepair.com⁠ and use the code 1000HOURS to save 20% on all Active Skin Repair products. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

192: Cynthia Cisneros on Home Hospice, Symptom Management, and Team Support Host Marie Betcher, a registered nurse and former hospice nurse, interviews Cynthia Cisneros RN in episode 192 about her nursing career and hospice experience. Cynthia describes studying at UCLA, earning a nursing degree in 1981, and working in orthopedics, pediatrics, oncology, and with early AIDS patients before moving into home health and then hospice, where she was mentored by a pioneer nurse, Margaret, and later worked in palliative care and home hospice evaluations. Cynthia emphasizes that families often wish they had started hospice sooner because it brings peace through symptom management, education, and emotional support from the full interdisciplinary team, including social workers, chaplains, pharmacists, and volunteers. She discusses the benefits of home hospice—control, no visiting hours, and 24/7 on-call nurse support—along with concerns about inconsistent comfort-med dosing in facilities and the need for education, including reassurance that morphine provides comfort and does not kill patients. 00:00 Welcome and Disclaimer 00:43 Meet Cynthia Cisneros RN 02:40 From Oncology to Hospice 03:58 Why Hospice Helps 05:37 The Hospice Team 06:37 Volunteers and Nurse Humor 07:43 Home Hospice Benefits 10:13 Morphine Myths and Facilities 13:19 On Call Support at Night 14:21 When Death Often Happens 16:03 Learn Before You Need It 16:41 Margaret and Early Hospice 18:33 Closing and Subscribe   If you want to help, you can donate to help support Hospice Explained at the Buy me a Coffee link   https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Hospice  Hospice Explained Affiliates & Contact Information Buying from these Affilite links will help support this Podcast.  Maire introduces a partnership with Suzanne Mayer RN inventor of the  cloud9caresystem.com,  When patients remain in the same position for extended periods, they are at high risk of developing pressure injuries, commonly known as bedsores. One of the biggest challenges caregivers face is the tendency for pillows and repositioning inserts to easily dislodge during care.(Suzanne is a former guest on Episode #119) When you order with Cloud 9 care system, please tell them you heard about them from Hospice Explained.(Thank You) Marie's Contact Marie@HospiceExplained.com www.HospiceExplained.com   Finding a Hospice Agency 1. You can use Medicare.gov to help find a hospice agency, 2. choose Find provider 3. Choose Hospice 4. then add your zip code This should be a list of Hospice Agencies local to you or your loved one.

Dr. Joy Fleming introduces Dr. Holloran, President of American Bible Society in Philadelphia, who accepts the 2026 Tru316 Medallion Award. Dr. Holloran previously served as COO of Wycliffe Bible Translators in Orlando, Florida. Dr. Joy then introduces Tru316 Day Keynote Speaker Dr. Bev Nyberg, former State Department Official and former missionary to Africa. Dr. Nyberg directed the PEPFAR program providing emergency care for AIDS victims and their families in Africa, serving under President George Bush and President Barack Obama. This event was held across the street from the Liberty Bell and Constitution Hall in historic Philadelphia at the Headquarters of American Bible Society in March 2026.  The Tru316 Foundation (www.Tru316.com) is the home of The Eden Podcast with Bruce C. E. Fleming where we “true” the verse of Genesis 3:16. The Tru316 Message is that “God didn't curse Eve (or Adam) or limit woman in any way.” Once Genesis 3:16 is made clear the other passages on women and men become clear too. You are encouraged to access the episodes of Seasons 1-11 of The Eden Podcast for teaching on the seven key passages on women and men. Are you a reader? We invite you to get from Amazon the four books by Bruce C. E. Fleming in The Eden Book Series (Tru316.com/trubooks). Would you like to support the work of the Tru316 Foundation? You can become a Tru Partner here: www.Tru316.com/partner

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Scott Fullerton and David Reddish break down the latest entertainment headlines, including Toy Story holding strong at the box office, Supergirl's disappointing performance, the return of X-Men '97, and what Warner Bros. may be planning for Batman 2. They also discuss Hollywood's 250th anniversary controversies, collectible popcorn buckets, Funko Pop revenue, ensemble superhero movie challenges, Broadway Bears' record-breaking fundraiser, the passing of Daphne Chase, AIDS awareness, and the current entertainment industry slowdown.Is the new X-Men series worth watching? We analyze the adult themes, action sequences, and social commentary in this latest adaptation.Fans of the original X-Men series will appreciate how the new show balances high-octane action with the franchise's signature metaphors. The David Reddish Show breaks down how this iteration tackles mature concepts like prejudice and racism while keeping the core character dynamics intact. If you have been curious about how the series handles serious real-world issues alongside comic book storytelling, this review provides a clear look at whether it succeeds.We examine why the writing team chose to lean into these adult themes and how they effectively weave complex social commentary into the narrative structure. By comparing it to the source material, we identify exactly what makes this show a standout addition to the X-Men universe.Is the new X-Men series worth watching? We analyze the adult themes, action sequences, and social commentary in this review.The David Reddish Show breaks down how the latest X-Men series balances high-octane action with complex character development. If you are a fan of the original series, this discussion explores how the show handles mature ideas like prejudice and racism while maintaining its core identity.We examine why this iteration succeeds by blending metaphors with compelling storytelling. Whether you are curious about the adult themes or just want to see how the action sequences compare to past versions, this breakdown offers a clear perspective on the show's direction.

Today on The Gist, we explore the media framing of the Supreme Court's birthright citizenship decision. Then, author and cultural critic Isaac Butler joins the show to discuss his new book, The Perfect Moment: God, Sex, Art, and the Birth of America's Culture Wars. Butler tracks our modern societal rifts back to the volatile 1974 Kanawha County textbook war in West Virginia, detailing how a routine school board vote spiraled into bombings and sophisticated right-wing direct-mail infrastructure. He maps the unexpected political coalitions of the Reagan era, evaluates the intense federal funding battles surrounding transgressive masterpieces like Andres Serrano's Piss Christ, and outlines how the devastating vacuum of the AIDS crisis forced the LGBTQ community to use provocative art as a vital vehicle for authenticity and survival. Produced by Corey Wara Video and Social Media by Geoff Craig Do you have questions or comments, or just want to say hello? Email us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠thegist@mikepesca.com For full Pesca content and updates, check out our website at https://www.mikepesca.com/⁠ For ad-free content or to become a Pesca Plus subscriber, check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://subscribe.mikepesca.com/ For Mike's daily takes on Substack, subscribe to The Gist List https://mikepesca.substack.com/ Follow us on Social Media:⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4_bh0wHgk2YfpKf4rg40_g⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/pescagist/ X https://x.com/pescami TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@pescagist To advertise on the show, contact ⁠⁠⁠⁠sales@amplitudemediapartners.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This time, John talks about the Supreme Court officially concluding its October 2025 term with a wave of major rulings on birthright citizenship, executive power, transgender athletes, and campaign finance. They spiked the rights of transgender youth and they barely preserved birthright citizenship. Then, he interviews Josh Fox who's best known as the Oscar-nominated, Emmy-winning writer/director of GasLand. He is also internationally recognized as a spokesperson and leader on the issue of and climate change. They discuss his latest documentary THE WELCOME TABLE which is out now on HBO. Next, John speaks with Ida Susser. She has conducted ethnographic research in the U.S., Southern Africa and Puerto Rico, France and Spain with respect to urban social movements and the urban commons, gender, the global AIDS epidemic and environmental movements. They talk about her upcoming book, THE YELLOW VESTS AND THE BATTLE FOR DEMOCRACY, in which Susser offers the first in-depth examination of a movement that defies easy classification and challenges us to reimagine politics. Then lastly, comedian Keith Price returns to joke with John and listeners on pop culture and the ever imploding world of Trump.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

You can grow up surrounded by farmland and still feel like you're living on another planet. Kris Saim joins us from Kansas City to talk about what it means to carry secrets for decades.Kris shares a raw coming out story shaped by childhood sexual abuse, the fear-driven silence it creates, and the deep imprint of Pentecostal teaching that labels gay people as sinful. Kris also grew up in the AIDS crisis era, when misinformation and panic made being a young gay person feel dangerous even before you could begin to explore your own identity. From marrying his best friend to becoming a dad, he explains how “doing the right thing” can sometimes be another way of hiding.What changes the trajectory is a deliberate choice to live authentically. We talk about coming out first at work, the surprising power of being believed and embraced, and then the harder conversations that follow with a spouse, parents, and children. Chris also discusses building a respectful co-parenting setup that his kids carry into their own relationships, proof that family can evolve without losing love.Chris is the host of powerful podcast, Dying Out Loud, created while he lives with stage four cancer. Built around letters he wrote to the people who shaped his life, it's a legacy project and a challenge to all of us: stop postponing the words that matter. Find out more about Chris and hear his podcast at: dyingoutloudpodcast.comPresented by Emma GoswellProduced by Sam WalkerWe'd love to hear YOUR story.  Please get in touch www.comingoutstoriespodcast.com or find us on twitter @ComeOutStories and on Instagram @ComingOutStoriesPodWe have a book!  Coming Out Stories is available at all major shops now! JKP.com | Queerlit |  Waterstones |  AmazonComing Out Stories is a What Goes On Media Production

When you hear about HIV you might think of the AIDs epidemic during the 80s. But so much has changed since then, including the invention of a prevention drug called PrEP. So how does it work? And is it just for gay men? In this chat with Professor Andrew Grulich who's the head of a HIV Epidemiology and Prevention program, we find out everything you need to know about Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis. SHOW NOTES:Professor Andrew Grulich - https://www.unsw.edu.au/staff/andrew-grulichhttps://www.kirby.unsw.edu.au/news/sexually-transmissible-infections-are-rise-australia-syphilis-rates-tripling-over-decadehttps://www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clinical/surge-in-most-stis-over-the-past-10-yearshttps://www.healthline.com/health/healthy-sex/talk-about-prep-hiv-aids#How-do-I-get-PrEPhttps://napwha.org.au/DM us your thoughts, questions, topics, or to just vent at @triplejthehookup on IG or email us: thehookup@abc.net.auThe Hook Up is an ABC podcast, produced by triple j. It is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation. We pay our respects to elders past and present. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the land where we live, work, and learn.

Why did 200 people queue to give blood in the San Diego summer heat on 16 July 1983?During the AIDS crisis, many people living with HIV developed severe anaemia as a result of the disease and the treatments available at the time, leaving them dependent on regular blood transfusions. But where would the blood come from, especially with gay men being turned away from donating?In this episode, we're exploring one of the most inspiring examples of solidarity between lesbians and gay men in modern history: the Blood Sisters.This episode was edited by Tim Arstall. The producer was Sophie Gee. The senior producer was Freddy Chick.Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe.  You can take part in our listener survey here.All music from Epidemic Sounds.Betwixt the Sheets: History of Sex, Scandal & Society is a History Hit podcast.Voting is now open for the Listener's Choice Award at this year's Podcast Awards. Click here to place your vote! Thank you! https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/voting Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on This Way Out: Emma Schulman takes to the LAPRIDE streets to hear what folks have to say about PRIDE, plus, a Rainbow Rewind featuring playwright, activist, Larry Kramer and in the news, the Supreme Courts of Nepal and Eswatini are ordering marriage equality and queer civil rights; don't bet on trans protections in the U.K.'s game of Prime Minister roulette, and don't bet on the New York Times for covering trans news; say goodbye to U.S.-funded AIDS care via PEPFAR in South Africa, but say hello to animal world DEI in the documentary Second Nature. Credits: Associate Producer/Host Lucia Chappelle, Producer Brian DeShazor, News writer Jeb Backe, feature producer Emma Schulman, NewsWrap reporters Marcos Najera and Ret, music: Purrfect the way you are by Tatsu & Lyov, Two, Three, Fall by Mice Parade from Freemusicarchive License by CC BY-NC-ND, and Kim Wilson

Top headlines for Tuesday, June 30, 2026The Supreme Court declines to hear President Donald Trump's appeal in the E. Jean Carroll case, an Egyptian Christian convert accused of terrorism sees his trial delayed, and the Presbyterian Church (USA) reports another year of steep membership losses. We also cover Minneapolis repealing its AIDS-era bathhouse ban, growing backlash against The Passion Translation, controversy over a Texas school hiring an administrator linked to drag performances, and Los Angeles schools dropping a teacher training requirement to explicitly affirm students' gender identities.0:11 Supreme Court rejects Trump's appeal in E. Jean Carroll case0:59 Drag performer hired at Texas school as assistant principal1:47 The Passion Translation faces mounting rejection2:39 LA teachers no longer have to affirm LGBT students in training3:30 Minneapolis repeals AIDS-era ban on sex venues, bathhouses4:18 PCUSA lost over 26K members, 128 churches in 20255:11 Egyptian Christian convert accused of 'terror' sees trial delayedSubscribe to this PodcastApple PodcastsSpotifyGoogle PodcastsOvercastFollow Us on Social Media@ChristianPost on TwitterChristian Post on Facebook@ChristianPostIntl on InstagramSubscribe on YouTubeGet the Edifi AppDownload for iPhoneDownload for AndroidSubscribe to Our NewsletterSubscribe to the Freedom Post, delivered every Monday and ThursdayClick here to get the top headlines delivered to your inbox every morning!Links to the NewsSupreme Court rejects Trump's appeal in E. Jean Carroll case | PoliticsEgyptian Christian convert accused of ‘terror' sees trial delayed | WorldPCUSA lost over 26K members, 128 churches in 2025: report | Church & MinistriesMinneapolis repeals AIDS-era ban on sex venues, bathhouses | PoliticsThe Passion Translation faces mounting rejection | Church & MinistriesDrag performer hired as Texas school as assistant principal | EducationLA teachers no longer have to affirm LGBT students in training | Politics

Detroit Lions cut Terrion Arnold after court, Paris Fashion week is a joke, Clavicular rejected by every woman, Clive Davis backlash, a meatball murder, and Meghan Markle backs out of her UK visit. House of Skank: No internet at the studio today. The air conditioner is also struggling. Markleverse: Drew recorded an interview with Think Beautiful As Ever... until the World Wide Web crashed. Check out her content. Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are trying to play the victims again. Princess Kate is lovely and climbed a mountain after beating cancer. Paris Fashion Week: Britney Spears' brats are models now. Will Smith family annoyed everyone. France hates Clavicular and he totally blew it on the runway. He was turned down by pretty much every woman in France. Madonna flashed her downstairs in a ridiculous outfit. ESPN's Adam Schefter has finally broken his silence (reluctantly) on and Dianna Russini. WNBA players love to bone each other. A Wisconsin wedding turned deadly after a meatball argument. Child star, Daveigh Chase, has died of AIDS. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was caught catching a red-eye flight to Iceland with his mistress. ESPN's Matt Miller has raised over $50K after losing his arm in an accident, but he still shouldn't read his comments on his tweets. Titans great Chris Johnson is diagnosed with ALS at 39. Poor Diddy was not able to attend Clive Davis' funeral. Jaguar Wright is going hard at the dead music executive. Barry Manilow is morphing into Franki Valli. Terrion Arnold was granted a $1M bond. The Lions, however, do not care and released him. Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen went to their brother's wedding. News! Singer Noah Kahan is tired of feces at his concerts. William 'Refrigerator' Perry is NOT dead. JLo made her kid's graduation all about HER. She wore a ridiculous nude bodysuit. Angelina Jolie has a new film titled 'Couture' and it will suck. Due to the house of skank, we dropped a shorter show today. We'll be back tomorrow. A special clip of Butt Mike to close out the show. Merch, yo. Check it. If you'd like to help support the show… consider subscribing to our YouTube Channel, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter (Drew Lane, Marc Fellhauer, Trudi Daniels, Jim Bentley, BranDon, and Roberto).

Serwer's piece documents the Trump administration's explicitly race-based statements about Haitian immigrants, including claims they all have AIDS, eat household pets, are genetically predisposed to crime, and are poisoning the blood of the country. Samuel Alito's majority opinion declined to repeat any of those statements, substituting his own race-neutral explanations for what they might have meant instead. Justice Elena Kagan's dissent noted that the evidence was plain to see in statements the majority and even Trump's own lawyers could not bring themselves to repeat. The article brings in legal scholars including Guy-Uriel Charles of Harvard Law, who describes the ruling as setting up an impossible burden for plaintiffs, Anderson Francois of Georgetown, who notes that the administration now needs only a plausible pretext to discriminate while Black plaintiffs need proof no amount of evidence will satisfy, and Melissa Murray of NYU, who calls this a colorblind constitution the architects of Jim Crow would love. Serwer also traces Alito's selective application of intent, showing he is perfectly willing to read racial motive into policies when white people could be perceived as the victims, as in his 2009 Ricci v. DeStefano opinion, but refuses to do so here. SUPPORT & CONNECT WITH HAWK- Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mdg650hawk - Hawk's Merch Store: https://hawkmerchstore.com - Connect on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mdg650hawk7thacct - Connect on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hawkeyewhackamole - Connect on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/mdg650hawk.bsky.social - Connect on Substack: https://mdg650hawk.substack.com - Connect on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hawkpodcasts - Connect on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mdg650hawk - Connect on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/mdg650hawk ALL HAWK PODCASTS INFO- Additional Content Available Here: https://www.hawkpodcasts.comhttps://www.youtube.com/@hawkpodcasts- Listen to Hawk Podcasts On Your Favorite Platform:Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3RWeJfyApple Podcasts: https://apple.co/422GDuLYouTube: https://youtube.com/@hawkpodcastsiHeartRadio: https://ihr.fm/47vVBdPPandora: https://bit.ly/48COaTB

Summer In The City Month continues with this devastating, emotional and ultimately inspiring tale of an urban community rising up against the hate in its midst. If someone doesn't make this story into a movie, Christopher and Eric just might. Jackson Heights, Queens. 1990. The AIDS epidemic is at its peak and gay men are being targeted for violent attacks throughout the country. But we're supposed to believe out and proud Julio Rivera was savagely beaten to death with multiple blunt objects by multiple assailants as the result of a drug deal gone bad? (Gurl, please.) The tenth episode of the second season of NEW YORK HOMICIDE entitled “Shine A Light On Hate” offers an inspiring history lesson about activism, justice and community building. Sometimes there's more than safety in numbers, there's change.

In “Dharma & Empire,” Mary Thanissara and Vince Fakhoury Horn trace how the structures of Empire occupy not just land but the psyche—moving from their own Irish, Palestinian, and colonial family histories to Gaza, climate, and class—and ask what a more revolutionary Dharma might require of practitioners right now.

The United Nations has warned that nearly three million children could contract HIV by 2040, with more than half at risk of dying from AIDS-related illnesses if prevention and treatment efforts are not significantly expanded. The agency says the overwhelming majority of these infections are expected to occur in sub-Saharan Africa, where young people remain disproportionately affected by the epidemic. Amid these concerns, a major scientific breakthrough is offering new hope. Lenacapavir, a long-acting HIV prevention injection administered just twice a year, is being hailed as a potential game-changer, particularly for young people and others who struggle to adhere to daily prevention pills. In United States, Minnesota , the fentanyl epidemic continues to devastate families and communities, with overdose deaths leaving a lasting toll.Presenter: Nkechi Ogbonna Producers: Blessing Aderogba Technical Producer: Herbert Masua Senior Producer: Keikantse Shumba Editors: Charles Gitonga and Maryam Abdalla

As stories of immigration top the national and world news headlines, Father Dave welcomes author Mary Fontana to share her experience with a unique Catholic resource that serves the vulnerable at the border. Mary spotlights Annunciation House, a migrant shelter in El Paso, TX in her new book called "Strangers in the Province of Joy: Practicing Radical Hospitality on the US - Mexico Border."  

Corey Feldman back in the hospital, Dave Landau back in-studio, Meghan Markle back to the UK, bossy Olivia Wilde, Luigi Mangione's defense, Gilgo Beach Killer thinks he hot, unrecognizable Debbie Rowe, and Jim's Picks: Top 10 Song Outros. The Birmingham pool party continues. We have a new more unedited video. North West will be playing the Royal Oak Music Theater in August. Can't wait! Luigi Mangione is working on getting off for murdering the United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Does he have a chance? Drew thinks the Gilgo Beach Killer looks hot in his new suit. Floyd Mayweather is facing two felonies for writing bad checks. Some people are saying he's innocent because he had to have someone write the checks for him. Nate Bargatze is getting slammed for going to UFC Freedom 250. Seems like a good reason. Corey Feldman is okay after a medical scare on a plane. Thank God. Nick Swardson also had some health problems. Brand new Bonerline. Debbie Rowe is now unrecognizable. J Lo is still one of the most hated women in the world. Office Romance is a failure! Olivia Wilde was on Call Her Daddy with Alex Cooper. Boy does she sound like a bummer to be around. Rock Hudson looked great before he died of AIDS. Jelly Roll has lost over 350 lbs, and he's too hot for his wife. Speaking of dumping your wife after getting hot, Jason Biggs is getting divorced. Amy Schumer thinks she's hot too. The UK is bracing for Meghan Markle going to the UK. Think Beautiful gave us a nice plug on her newest video. Go check her out and subscribe. Jim's Picks: Top 10 Song Outros of All Time. Merch, yo. Check it. If you'd like to help support the show… consider subscribing to our YouTube Channel, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter (Drew Lane, Marc Fellhauer, Trudi Daniels, Jim Bentley, BranDon, and Roberto).

Decades before Covid-19, the AIDS epidemic tore through communities in the US and around the world. It has killed some 40 million people and continues to take lives today. But early on, research and public policy focused on AIDS as a gay men's disease, overlooking other vulnerable groups—including communities of color and women. This month marks 45 years since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published its first report about a mysterious illness that would eventually be called AIDS. So we're bringing back Blindspot: The Plague in the Shadows, from reporters Kai Wright and Lizzy Ratner, which chronicles the first years of the HIV epidemic in New York City. One of the most influential activists for women with AIDS was Katrina Haslip, a prisoner at a maximum-security prison in upstate New York. In the 1980s, Haslip and other incarcerated women started a support group to educate each other about HIV and AIDS.Haslip took her activism beyond prison walls after her release in 1990, even meeting with CDC leaders. One of the main goals was to change the definition of AIDS, which at the time excluded many symptoms that appeared in HIV-positive women. This meant that women with AIDS often did not qualify for government benefits such as Medicaid and disability insurance. The podcast series Blindspot: The Plague in the Shadows is a co-production of The History Channel and WNYC Studios. This is an update of an episode that originally aired in February 2024. Support Reveal's journalism at Revealnews.org/donatenow Subscribe to our weekly newsletter to get the scoop on new episodes at Revealnews.org/newsletter Connect with us on Bluesky, Facebook and Instagram Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices