# Laurie Garrett

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Ep 2: Evolution of Biotech with Keith Robison

Watch on YouTube here Chapters00:00 Evolution of Biotech: Past and Present05:29 Understanding Sequencing: Basics and Importance10:07 The Drug Development Process: Then and Now17:18 The Shift from Small Molecules to Biologics22:11 Chance and Unpredictability in Drug Discovery26:35 Sequencing Techno…

Episode 2: Kate Aronoff • It's a great time to be evil!

Welcome to Episode 2 of HEATED, a podcast for people who are pissed off about COVID-19 and the climate crisis. Today, we’re talking with The New Republic’s Kate Aronoff. Kate’s been writing brilliantly about creative policy solutions to the pandemic for a long time now—weeks, even, before COVID-19…

Brief: MAHA Mass Casualty Horizon

What dangers does an RFK Jr HHS pose to Americans, really? Derek dives into science writer's Laurie Garrett's work, who spoke to the dangers we're facing today in 1994—and who has raised an alarm about the consequences of destroying public health ever since. Show Notes The Coming Plague — Laurie…

Rewatching "Contagion" in a Pandemic

Back in February we spoke to Pulitzer Prize–winning science writer Laurie Garrett, author of The Coming Plague, in an episode we called "Black Swans". The coronavirus had yet to make landfall in the US but the anxiety was building. After the segment aired, New York Times critic Wesley Morris told u…

The Pfizer Vaccine Isn't a Home Run Yet

Pfizer announced Monday that its coronavirus vaccine demonstrated more than 90% effectiveness and no serious bad reactions in trial results — an outcome that should enable the company to obtain an emergency authorization soon. Between the vaccine and the unveiling, also on Monday, of a Biden-led co…

Black Swans

As coronavirus spreads, the Center for Disease Control is warning Americans to take urgent precautions. Meanwhile, the White House says tune out and calm down. On this week’s On the Media, what to expect as COVID-19 threatens to make its way through a ruptured body politic. Plus, amid so much focus…

Plague of Suspicion

It’s been 100 years since one of the deadliest diseases... well, ever. The 1918-1919 flu pandemic (usually and mistakenly called the “Spanish Flu”) infected roughly a third of the world’s population and killed somewhere on the order of 50-100 million people, leaving no corner of the world untouched…

Mike Deeson is in the Rotation

Mike Deeson is a 12 Time Emmy Winning Investigative reporter who is the only broadcast Journalist in the State as the Florida Journalist of the year. In all Deeson has been nominated for more than 40 Emmy Awards After retiring 2017 as the Senior Investigative Reporter for WTSP TV, the CBS Affilia…