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Viruses are so cool. Plug for the podcast This Week in Virology[0] for discussion of cool virus papers and topics. 0: https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/ https://www.

• jokowueu 3y ago
  Do you know of any other podcasts that are this technically deep ?
  • dopylitty 3y ago
    Check out all the other microbe.tv podcasts[0]. They're all deep but not too impossible for someone without a science background. The hosts try to explain things without using too much jargon. They also do some YouTube live streams where they take questions from the chat. They have two podcasts for microbiology. This Week in Microbiology is similar to TWiV in that they usually cover papers or talk to a researcher about a paper. Matters Microbial doesn't cover papers but has interviews with working microbiologists where they geek out about their research. They also have a great podcast on immunology with very enthusiastic hosts, one for neuroscience, one for parasitism, and a couple of infectious disease/clinical/public health podcasts. The great thing about all of them is how infectious the hosts' enthusiasm is. 0: https://www.microbe.tv/science-shows-by-scientists/ https://www.microbe.tv/science-shows-by-scientists/
    • stavros 3y ago
      > The great thing about all of them is how infectious the hosts' enthusiasm is. Well, if there's one group I would expect that of...
    • bigbillheck 3y ago
      > Matters Microbial I haven't listened to any of these because I can't stand Mark Martin, and I'm hoping having his own show keeps him out of TWiM.
  • willcipriano 3y ago
    Puscast, ended a bit ago: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/persiflagers-infectious-disease-puscast/id79930757 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/persiflagers-infectiou... Same guy, also ended: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-gobbet-o-pus/id329208542 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-gobbet-o-pus/id32920... A lot of knowledge there if you listened end to end.
    • bigbillheck 3y ago
      Quackcast came back! http://www.quackcast.com/spodcasts/page6.html http://www.quackcast.com/spodcasts/page6.html And microbe.tv took over puscast: https://www.microbe.tv/puscast/ https://www.microbe.tv/puscast/ , the hosts try their best but I'd still rather have Mark Crislip.
• woliveirajr 3y ago
  Found this: https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-10-bats-elephants-and-aids/ https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-10-bats-elephants-and-aids/
  • mock-possum 3y ago
    it's a shame that the guest's audio is so faint, the delta between the volume of their voices makes it unlistenable for me. that episode needs to be remastered badly.
• epistasis 3y ago
  I love how they start the episode by reviewing everybody's local weather, with precise temperatures. Scientists just doing small talk to get things started.
• personjerry 3y ago
  IMO equally interesting are prions, misfolded proteins that TRANSMIT their misfoldedness https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prion
  • Hedepig 3y ago
    That page mentions the potential for weaponisation with a 100% fatality rate. Well thank you very much for another thing to keep me awake at night.