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Episode 10 – Colon, Meet Cancer: Food Fight: The Impact of Cancer and Chemo on my Appetite
Another candid update from Ben Plumley on life with stage four colorectal cancer, focusing on one of the most under appreciated challenges of treatment: the daily battle to eat. Treatment Update —…
AIDS 2060 Ep 01 - Lessons from the Frontlines: San Francisco
This is the first episode of AIDS 2060, a special multimedia mini-series of podcasts and Substack articles devoted to understanding what is needed to bring the HIV epidemic under control, how long…
Emily Bass on PEPFAR’s Data Spin, What South Africa’s Oral Histories Reveal & the future w/ AIDS2060
Investigative journalist and public health expert Emily Bass returns to A Shot In The Arm with the most consequential update on the global HIV response in months. Drawing on a brand-new report from…
AIDS 2060 — An Exciting New Project from A Shot In The Arm Media
What the hell has gone wrong with the global HIV and AIDS response? Does it matter? And what do we need to do to fix it? Ben Plumley introduces AIDS 2060, a new project from A Shot In The Arm Media…
PEPFAR’s Dr. mike Reid Resigns on Substack: Equity, Authoritarianism, & the Future of Global Health
Ben Plumley is joined by Ambassador Eric Goosby, and by Dr. mike Reid to react to Reid’s recently announced resignation from PEPFAR on Substack. Reid describes his growing moral dissonance with an…
Episiode 09 - Colon, Meet Cancer: Up and Down
Ben discusses living with stage IV colorectal cancer, noting fluctuating wellbeing and chemotherapy side effects including pain, nausea, fatigue, itchy skin, brittle nails, and poor appetite. He…
HIV: Rethink, Rebuild and Rise Up - With the IAS’ Birgit Poniatowski
Ben talks with Birgit Poniatowski, the Executive Director of the International AIDS Society (IAS), about the role of professional associations in the HIV movement and IAS’s convening power.…
Episode 08 - Colon Meet Cancer: Side Effects
Welcome to a new episode of 'Colon, Meet Cancer' from A Shot in the Arm Media. In this first episode of 2026, Ben shares his experiences of treatment side effects while living with stage four…
Trans Life: How to Survive Trump’s 2nd Administration | Dr. Tatyana Moaton
In this powerful episode of A Shot in the Arm podcast, host Ben Plumley discusses the state of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States under a hostile federal government with Dr. Tatyana Moaton,…
Why We Need a World AIDS Day More Than Ever - with Emily Bass and Ben Plumley
In this special World AIDS Day episode, Emily Bass and Ben Plumley delve into the current and future state of the global AIDS response. Join them as they discuss the rise of Emily's influential…
Reflecting on Global Health’s Many Eras with WHO's Andy Seale
In this episode of 'A Shot in The Arm Podcast,' host Ben Plumley reconnects with his longtime friend and colleague, Andy Seale from the World Health Organization. The conversation spans decades of…
Fair Doses: Towards A Future of Vaccine Equity and Innovation with Dr. Seth Berkley
In this episode Ben Plumley catches up with Dr. Seth Berkley, founder of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, former CEO of GAVI and amongst other responsibilities, now a senior advisor at…
Episode 07 - Colon, Meet Cancer: Cos You Gotta Have Faith
Ben’s journey of battling stage four colorectal cancer with chemotherapy brings him to a fairly predictable pit stop; what significance does faith have in spiritual and physical care? , Whether its…
Episode 06 – Colon, Meet Cancer: Is it Assez Merdique Yet?
In this episode of 'Colon Meet Cancer,' Ben recounts the surprising success story of Henrik Gretzky's Symphony Number Three, how badly it was initially received by the musicology world and draws a…
Prescriptions for an American Public Health Revolution: Countering the Trump Administration’s Disastrous Assaults on our Health
It’s a Paul Revere moment, “RFK Junior is coming!” Ben is joined by author and journalist Emily Bass and UCSF Professor Eric Goosby, co-host of the Global Health Diplomats podcast to diagnose and…
To End a Plague… Again: A Conversation with Emily Bass
In this episode of A Shot in the Arm Podcast, host Ben Plumley engages in a comprehensive discussion with journalist and author Emily Bass about the current state of global health, specifically…
Episode 05 – Colon, Meet Cancer: Finding Chemo
As Ben starts his first chemotherapy cycle, he explores the controversial yet essential role of chemotherapy in cancer treatment. He looks at its historical roots and tries to understand the…
State of AIDS: Moment of Crisis or Transformation with UNAIDS’ Winnie Byanyima
Ben and Yvette catch up with Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director of UNAIDS, as the joint UN program on HIV and AIDS launched a global AIDS update report entitled “AIDS, crisis and the power to…
Biomedical Innovation Needs Local Community Participation with Solange Baptiste (ITPC) & Rosemary Mburu (WACI)
In this episode of A Shot in the Arm podcast, host Ben Plumley discusses the Kigali International AIDS Society Conference with guests Solange Baptiste from ITPC and Rosemary Mburu from WACI Health.…
Episode 04 - Colon, Meet Cancer: Ouch!
Ben delves into the multifaceted experience of pain, beginning with a literary reference from Margaret Atwood. He shares personal anecdotes about blood draws, the insertion of a chemotherapy port,…
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