Episode 85: Filmmaker Nicole Zwiren Grows Up, Talks Back to ‘AIDS Education’ for the Millennial Generation
Born in 1984, Nicole Zwiren and her classmates received their first “AIDS education” as first graders — six-year-olds. A cute kid just like them, Ryan White, told Oprah Winfrey he was going to die of AIDS, and other kids might die too if they didn’t watch out. So before Nicole could explain the dissident paradigm for beginners in her latest film, HIV: A Whole Different Story, she had to explain it to herself. Is it easier or harder to reverse the effects of a propaganda state if a person has lived inside it all her life?
We hope you’ll be compelled to support Nicole’s post-production costs through the Dana “mindful crowdfunding” community — by 11:59 p.m. on August 15, 2014. (Get cool t-shirts, tote bags and CDs/DVDs!)
Comment (1)Episode 53: Marco Ruggiero Vindicated
Episode 53: Marco Ruggiero Vindicated [ 58 min 00 s | 26.55 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (558)Marco Ruggiero, an MD, PhD in Molecular Biology, and Board Certified Radiologist, has been vindicated after anonymous complaints were launched against him at the University of Florence.
Comments (2)Episode 47: Dr. Henry Bauer on Science
In Dr. Henry Bauer’s second appearance on this podcast he discusses philosophical problems with science with David Crowe and Terry Michael. This includes the process of science, resistance to change and other scientific failures.
Comment (0)Episode 46: 2011 in Review
David and Elizabeth (Beth) review some of the best, worst and most absurd news about HIV and AIDS from 2011.
Comment (0)XTRA: David Crowe on KBOO FM, Portland
Rebecca Nay interviewed David Crowe fairly, asking questions and listening, without interrupting or indicating any sort of bias. The bias was edited in afterwards.
Comments (4)Episode 40: Roberto Giraldo, MD
Dr. Roberto Giraldo started investigating immune deficiencies in the mid-1960s as a medical student and was already investigating the mysterious illnesses of some gay men in the 1970s. He understood then that chemical, nutritional and emotional stressors were the cause of these illnesses. When AIDS came along in 1981 he realized immediately that the viral hypothesis was wrong but his colleagues in Colombia were so incensed that they tried to force him into an insane asylum.
Comment (0)Episode 34: Marco Ruggiero
Marco Ruggiero is board-certified medical doctor and clinical radiologist with a PhD in molecular biology, currently full professor of molecular biology and genetics at the University of Firenze, Italy where he teaches in the Faculties of Medicine, Sciences (chemistry, biology and biotechnology) and Engineering. By coincidence he shared an office with Dr. Peter Duesberg in the 1980s which is where he first encountered his heretical ideas about cancer viruses, HIV, AIDS and AZT. He discusses his background and HIV/AIDS science with David and Terry for an hour.
Comments (9)Episode 30: John Lauritsen
If you were to ask about the major critics of the first AIDS drug AZT the guest from Episode 29, Dr. Peter Duesberg, would come to mind, but also this week’s guest John Lauritsen. Before criticizing AZT John was one of the leading members of the gay community warning about the omnipresent “gay” drugs known as Poppers or Amyl Nitrite inhalants. John is a thorough and dogged researcher and his articles for “New York Native” are legendary, especially those that were used in the book, “AZT: Poison by Prescription” (out of print but available online).
Comments (23)Episode 11: Medical Advisor to Law & Order Speaks on “AIDS Denialism”
Dr. Jocelyn Dee is an AIDS specialist at USC’s Rand Schrader Clinic where poor, uneducated, uninsured, often illiterate, sometimes homeless, and frequently drug addicted HIV positives can receive medical care regardless of ability to pay. She also serves as an advisor for fictional television programs that feature real life medical issues in their story lines. It was in this advisory capacity that Dr. Dee worked on the recent Law & Order SVU episode, “Retro,” which took on the topic of “AIDS denialism.” Continue reading »
Comments (13)Episode 9: Science Fiction: Law & Order’s Morality Tale on “AIDS Denialism”
David and Christine discuss “Retro”, a recent episode of the prime time TV show, “Law & Order Special Victim’s Unit”, in which a false version of Christine’s life is used to send a supposedly true message about AIDS. Special guests include Robin Scovill, Christine’s real life husband of 12 years whose inexplicable HIV negative status causes him to be eliminated from fictionalized portrayals of his family as well as from most factual news articles. Continue reading »
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