Episode 8: From AIDS Nazi to AIDS Skeptic
In today’s program, we speak with Ken Murray, a single heterosexual man who, after years of absorbing mainstream media messages about AIDS, believed it was a plague that could wipe out the world, and that HIV positives should be tattooed to prevent “the spread of infection.” But when his girlfriend Tanya unexpectedly tested HIV positive, Ken was forced to confront his beliefs. Continue reading »
Comments (2)Episode 7: Was That AIDS?
A gay man experiences sudden weight loss of about 20 pounds, general weakness, blurred vision, numbness that eventually progresses into the inability to walk, and facial paralysis that makes it difficult to speak or even swallow. Is this AIDS? What would you do? Keith Relkin decided to refuse an HIV test or accept another label when MS was suggested. Continue reading »
Comments (3)Episode 6: Deconstructing HIV Tests
David and Christine talk with Dr. Rodney Richards, a diagnostic testing expert and founding scientist of Amgen, one of the largest and most successful biotech firms in the world. Continue reading »
Comments (2)Episode 5: HIV Testing Traumas
Some of the many problems with so-called HIV tests are revealed through the experiences of people whose lives were sent into a tail spin over inconsistent or false results. Continue reading »
Comments (2)XTRA: Christine Maggiore Interviewed by John McNair
An engaging free association conversation with Australian podcaster John McNair. Continue reading »
Comment (0)Episode 4: The Real Story of AIDS in Africa
A fascinating dialogue with Dr. Charles Geshekter, a professor of African history and expert on the social and economic factors affecting Africa in the 19th and 20th centuries. Continue reading »
Comment (1)Episode 3: What is AIDS Anyway?
David and Christine discuss this seemingly simple question and reveal how there is AIDS without disease, AIDS diseases without an AIDS diagnosis, AIDS diagnosed without HIV testing, and AIDS based on a doctor’s idea of who a patient may be. Continue reading »
Comments (3)Episode 2: Living in Black Radio with David and Christine
Keidi Awadu of LIB radio invites discussion on the targeting of Africans and African Americans for HIV testing and AIDS treatment with David, Christine and other guests as part of a joint podcast. Topics covered range from the propensity for false-positive reactions in blacks to the impact beliefs have on physical and emotional health. Following the broadcast Christine and David reflect on how people with black skin are targeted by the HIV and AIDS establishment, through circumcision and testing campaigns, all based on the old racist slur that blacks are more sexually promiscuous.
Comment (0)Episode 1: How Positive are Christine Maggiore and David Crowe?
In their very first podcast, David and Christine talk about their goals and ideas for How Positive Are You? Continue reading »
Comment (0)XTRA: From the Archives: Celia Farber
David Crowe interviews Celia Farber in 2006, for the old website RedFlagsWeekly, after her Harpers magazine article came out but before her book was published.
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