Episodes 215
Avg. Duration 21m
Activity Sporadic
Since May 2023
Latest Episode Jan 2026

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Audio versions of the core readings, blog posts, and papers from BlueDot courses.

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Far-UVC

Jan 16, 2026 7m

Audio versions of blogs and papers from BlueDot courses. Original text: https://www.faruvc.org/ Author(s): Jeff Kaufman. A podcast by BlueDot Impact.

Flipping the switch on far-UVC

Jan 15, 2026 5m

Audio versions of blogs and papers from BlueDot courses. Original text: https://www.worksinprogress.news/p/flipping-the-switch-on-far-uvc?hide_intro_popup=true Author(s): Richard Williamson.A podcast…

What is AI Alignment?

Jan 15, 2026 18m

Audio versions of blogs and papers from BlueDot courses. Original text: https://blog.bluedot.org/p/what-is-ai-alignmentAuthor(s): Adam Jones.A podcast by BlueDot Impact.

Innovate and Stockpile: Respiratory Protection for Essential Workers in a Catastrophic Pandemic

Jan 15, 2026 21m

Audio versions of blogs and papers from BlueDot courses. Original text: https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/hs.2022.0126 Author(s): Nadia X. Montazeri and Jonas B. Sandbrink. A podcast by BlueDot…

What Are the Odds H5N1 Is Worse Than COVID-19

Jan 12, 2026 14m

Audio versions of blogs and papers from BlueDot courses.Executive SummaryThe chance of H5N1 or one of its descendants causing a pandemic is slim, but the impact would probably be more severe than…

The Four Pillars: A Hypothesis for Countering Catastrophic Biological Risk

Jan 05, 2026 30m

Audio versions of blogs and papers from BlueDot courses. Original text: https://defensesindepth.bio/the-four-pillars-a-hypothesis-for-countering-catastrophic-biological-risk/ Guide: Andrew…

Do the Biorisk Evaluations of AI Labs Actually Measure the Risk of Developing Bioweapons?

Jan 05, 2026 32m

Audio versions of blogs and papers from BlueDot courses. Original text:…

Scaling US Pathogen Detection

Jan 05, 2026 21m

Audio versions of blogs and papers from BlueDot courses. Description: This post models how an effective biosurveillance system might work in the US using metagenomic sequencing (MGS). Metagenomic…

Securing Civilisation Against Catastrophic Pandemics

Dec 21, 2025 6m

Audio versions of blogs and papers from BlueDot courses. Original text: https://www.gcsp.ch/sites/default/files/2024-12/securing-civilisation-against-catastrophic-pandemics-gp-31.pdf Author(s):…

Why do we take LLMs seriously as a potential source of biorisk?

Dec 21, 2025 16m

Audio versions of blogs and papers from BlueDot courses. Original text: https://red.anthropic.com/2025/biorisk/ Author(s): AnthropicA podcast by BlueDot Impact.

Risk and Benefit Analysis of Gain of Function Research

Dec 21, 2025 30m

Audio versions of blogs and papers from BlueDot courses. Original text:…

How AI could enable catastrophic pandemics

Dec 21, 2025 17m

Audio versions of blogs and papers from BlueDot courses. Original text: https://blog.bluedot.org/p/how-ai-could-enable-catastrophic-pandemics Author(s): Will Saunter. A podcast by BlueDot Impact.

How to stop bioterrorists from buying dangerous DNA

Dec 21, 2025 14m

Audio versions of blogs and papers from BlueDot courses. Original text: https://thebulletin.org/2025/04/how-to-stop-bioterrorists-from-buying-dangerous-dna/ Author(s): Steph Batalis and Vikram…

Accelerating Vaccine Development: The 100 Days Mission

Dec 14, 2025 39m

Audio versions of blogs and papers from BlueDot courses. Original text: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK614029/ Author(s): Aishani Aatresh, Nicole Lurie, and Richard Hatchett. A podcast by…

Day Zero Antivirals for Future Pandemics

Dec 14, 2025 21m

Audio versions of blogs and papers from BlueDot courses. Original Text: https://press.asimov.com/articles/antiviralsAuthor(s): Brian WangA podcast by BlueDot Impact.

Biosecurity and the Goals of This Course

Dec 05, 2025 15m

Audio versions of blogs and papers from BlueDot courses. This introduction to the course underscores its focus on mitigating the risk of catastrophic pandemics, a specific aspect of the complex and…

Understanding AI-Facilitated Biological Weapon Development

Dec 05, 2025 21m

Audio versions of blogs and papers from BlueDot courses. This report breaks down the categorisation of LLMs and BDTs into more specific subcategories of AI-enabled biological tools at each stage of…

Artificial Intelligence and Biological Misuse: Differentiating Risks of Language Models and Biological Design Tools

Dec 05, 2025 21m

Audio versions of blogs and papers from BlueDot courses.This paper proposes two categories of AI models that could have impacts on biosecurity in different ways: large language models (LLMs) and…

Want to Prevent Pandemics? Stop Spillovers

Dec 05, 2025 6m

Audio versions of blogs and papers from BlueDot courses.This article proposes four key actions that can be taken to prevent outbreaks from zoonotic spillover: protecting tropical forests, regulating…

Addressing the Gap in International Norms for Biosafety

Dec 05, 2025 9m

Audio versions of blogs and papers from BlueDot courses.The document highlights the need for national-level norms for biosafety, given that a laboratory accident with contagious pathogens could have…

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