Best Mark Honigsbaum / Zinc Media Podcasts (2024)

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Who Do We Not Save? 26:22

12M ago26:22

26:22

As the UK’s independent public inquiry into Covid-19 gets underway, members of the Covid bereaved complain that they are not being given an opportunity to testify. Today, in the second part of our two-part special, Mark speaks to the parents of Susan Sullivan, a woman with Down's Syndrome who died of Covid-19 at Barnet General Hospital on March 28,…

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The Dancing Queen 29:55

12M ago29:55

29:55

As the UK’s independent public inquiry into Covid-19 gets underway, members of the Covid bereaved complain that they are not being given an opportunity to testify. Today, Mark speaks to the parents of Susan Sullivan, a woman with Down's Syndrome who died of Covid-19 at Barnet General Hospital on March 28, 2020, after being deemed “not for resuscita…

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NEW 2 Part Special Coming Soon... 2:09

12M ago2:09

2:09

As the UK’s independent public inquiry into Covid-19 gets underway, members of the Covid bereaved complain that they are not being given an opportunity to testify. In a new two part special, Mark speaks to the parents of Susan Sullivan, a Down’s Syndrome woman who died of Covid-19 at Barnet General Hospital on March 28, 2020, after being deemed “no…

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What Would An Ethical Pandemic Look Like? 57:43

1+ y ago57:43

57:43

As sure as night follows day, we will face another pandemic, so how can we learn from the mistakes made during Covid-19, to ensure our response next time is not only more effective, but also more ethical? Today Mark and his guests Ilina Singh, James Wilson and John Prideaux dissect the British Government’s approach during the Covid-19 pandemic and …

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How Many Deaths Are Too Many? 1:07:34

1+ y ago1:07:34

1:07:34

From the outset of the Covid-19 pandemic, the British Government made it clear that a baseline level of mortality from Covid was being “priced in” to its decision making: on March 12th 2020, Boris Johnson stopped short of ordering the sort of lockdowns seen in other countries and warned that, “many more families are going to lose loved ones before …

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Covid Inequalities with Professor Sir Michael Marmot 47:33

1+ y ago47:33

47:33

Professor Sir Michael Marmot has been researching health inequalities and their relationship to social injustice for more than 50 years. He has long been a vocal critic of how health inequalities undermine social cohesion and the ability of health systems to respond effectively to pandemics and other health emergencies. Despite being an outspoken c…

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All In It Together: Were Unequal Outcomes Inevitable during Covid-19? 58:16

1+ y ago58:16

58:16

When Covid-19 first struck the UK, the disease was described as “a great leveller”. But it soon became clear that Covid's impacts were not evenly distributed - we may have been in the same storm, but we were in different boats. Today Mark and his guests Charlotte Augst, Halima Begum and Beth Kamunge-Kpodo discuss unequal outcomes during the Covid-1…

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Who Do We Trust in a Pandemic? 58:19

1+ y ago58:19

58:19

The coronavirus pandemic raised significant questions about public trust: trust in science, trust in politicians and trust in the public health messaging. Today Mark and his guests Anjana Ahuja; Sarah Cunningham-Burley; Charles Kwaku-Odoi and Christina Pagel discuss trust during the Covid-19 pandemic for this Going Viral special, produced in collab…

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Collecting Covid 47:57

2y ago47:57

47:57

Mark visits the Science Museum in London to look at their Collecting Covid-19 objects and talk to Natasha McEnroe, the museum’s Keeper of Medicine, about their curatorial choices. The collection currently comprises over 400 items relating to the Covid-19 pandemic, including some major works of art. Hosted by Mark Honigsbaum @honigsbaum With: Natash…

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Bearing Witness with Dr. Rachel Clarke 38:36

2+ y ago38:36

38:36

One of the most important functions of journalism is to bear witness to historic events. But in the case of the coronavirus pandemic, some of the most unflinching witnesses to the crisis that engulfed the NHS in 2020-2021 were doctors and frontline health workers. In this episode, the Oxford-based palliative care doctor, Rachel Clarke, recalls her …

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Commemorating Covid 35:49

3y ago35:49

35:49

Pandemics don’t tend to register in collective memory and there are almost no memorials to the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic, but Covid-19 looks set to be different. Today Mark and Hannah visit the ‘National Covid Memorial Wall’ on the South Bank of the Thames in London, opposite the Houses of Parliament. Stretching 500 metres along Albert Embankmen…

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Reporting the Pandemic 49:16

3y ago49:16

49:16

In this special episode, supported by the Department of Journalism at City, University of London, Mark speaks to three UK-based health and science reporters about the highs and lows of covering the Covid-19 pandemic: Sarah Boseley, The Guardian’s Health Editor; Victoria Macdonald, Health and Social Care Editor at Channel 4 News and Shaun Lintern, t…

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Vaxx and the Facts: The House that Jenner Built 34:55

3y ago34:55

34:55

Today Mark explores the discovery of the first vaccine, against Smallpox in 1796, by the English country doctor Edward Jenner. With Owen Gower, General Manager of Dr. Jenner’s House Museum. Meanwhile, Melissa catches up with Mark’s progress in the Novavax Covid-19 vaccine trial, the very latest in vaccine science. From Smallpox to Covid-19: this is…

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Vaxx and the Facts: The Godfather of Vaccines 37:14

3+ y ago37:14

37:14

This is not the first time scientists have raced to develop vaccines against a new disease. In the 1960s, scientists faced a similar crisis over rubella, also known as German measles. Today Mark explores the race to create the rubella vaccine with Dr. Stanley Plotkin, dubbed ‘The Godfather of Vaccines’. In 1964, working in his Wistar Institute labo…

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Vaxx and the Facts: Premonitions of the Pandemic 33:47

3+ y ago33:47

33:47

It’s the science story of the century - how successful vaccines against Covid-19 have been created in under a year. Mark explores the back-story on how they did it so quickly with Dr Anthony Fauci, Director of the NIAID and Sarah Gilbert from the Jenner Institute, Oxford. He gets the low down on the vaccine science from scientist Rob Swanda and he …

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Vaxx and the Facts: Operation Warp Speed 31:07

3+ y ago31:07

31:07

On New Year’s Eve 2020, Mark took his mum to St Charles’s Hospital in London’s North Kensington to get a shot of the new Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, almost a year after the coronavirus had emerged in Wuhan. It’s the science story of the century - how successful vaccines against Covid-19 have been created in under a year. Mark explores how they did it …

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The Covid Files 7: Back to Wuhan 27:18

3+ y ago27:18

27:18

Disease ecologist Peter Daszak speaks to Mark down the line from his hotel room in Wuhan, China, on day 4 of his quarantine. He’s a member of the World Health Organisation team currently investigating the origins of SARS-CoV-2. Hosted by Mark Honigsbaum @honigsbaum With @PeterDaszak the President of EcoHealth Alliance, a nonprofit dedicated to unde…

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The Covid Files 6: Spanish Flu Redux 37:03

4y ago37:03

37:03

Mark returns to a subject close to his heart: the Spanish Flu of 1918/19 and asks what can we learn from that pandemic of 100 years ago? With Wendy Moore and Hannah Mawdsley. Presented by Mark Honigsbaum @honigsbaum With Wendy Moore, author of The Knife Man; Wedlock; How to Create the Perfect Wife; and The Mesmerist. Her new book is ENDELL STREET: …

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The Covid Files 5: Disease X, He Tried to Warn Us 39:26

4y ago39:26

39:26

Mark examines the origins of Covid-19 and why we failed to heed the warnings about coronaviruses with virus hunter Peter Daszak, President of EcoHealth Alliance. Presented by Mark Honigsbaum @honigsbaum With @PeterDaszak the President of EcoHealth Alliance, a nonprofit dedicated to understanding the connections between human, animal, and environmen…

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The Covid Files 4: Following the Science 56:52

4y ago56:52

56:52

With the UK recording the highest death toll from Covid-19 in Europe, Mark speaks to Richard Horton, editor of The Lancet and Robert Dingwall, medical sociologist at Nottingham Trent University, who sits on the New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (NERVTAG) to help him make sense of the British government’s decision-making. Pre…

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The Covid Files 3: “They’re Trying to Control your Mind” 32:26

4y ago32:26

32:26

Mark debunks the latest #batshitcrazy conspiracy theories about Covid-19 with David Robert Grimes and Mike Jay. Presented by Mark Honigsbaum @honigsbaum With David Robert Grimes @drg1985 cancer researcher and vocal opponent of conspiracy theorists. His new book ‘The Irrational Ape’ on why we get everything from medicine to politics wrong and how we…

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The Covid Files 2: How Are You Feeling? 38:13

4y ago38:13

38:13

Mark checks our emotional health with Thomas Dixon, Professor of History at Queen Mary University of London and Nancy Lublin, the founder & CEO of CrisisTextLine.org Presented by Mark Honigsbaum @honigsbaum With @ProfThomasDixon Professor of History at Queen Mary University of London where he runs the Wellcome Trust funded 'Living With Feeling' pro…

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The Covid Files 1: Corona by Numbers 53:31

4y ago53:31

53:31

Mark Honigsbaum talks facts, figures and projections about Covid-19 to Andrew Noymer, medical demographer and professor of public health at University of California Irvine. Presented by Mark Honigsbaum @honigsbaum With @AndrewNoymer Series Producer: Melissa FitzGerald @Melissafitzg Cover art by Patrick Blower www.blowercartoons.com Follow us on Twi…

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Adverse Events: Vaccines and the Media 57:44

5y ago57:44

57:44

Going Viral brings you a special episode about the role of the media in the growth of vaccine hesitancy, recorded live at City University of London on 26th June 2019. @CityUniLondon. In the last 18 months, Europe and the US have seen an upsurge in measles cases seemingly fuelled by growing distrust of the Measles Mumps and Rubella vaccine. Many med…

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Pandemics Past and Present with Jeremy Farrar 27:40

6y ago27:40

27:40

The disease detectives talk pandemics, past and present, with Jeremy Farrar, Director of the Wellcome Trust. How prepared are we for the next outbreak? Presented by Mark Honigsbaum @honigsbaum and Hannah Mawdsley @HannahMawdsley With: Dr. Jeremy Farrar, Director of the Wellcome Trust. www.wellcome.ac.uk / @JeremyFarrar View the animation ‘How Pande…

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Who Do We Not Save? 26:22

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The Dancing Queen 29:55

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NEW 2 Part Special Coming Soon... 2:09

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What Would An Ethical Pandemic Look Like? 57:43

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How Many Deaths Are Too Many? 1:07:34

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Covid Inequalities with Professor Sir Michael Marmot 47:33

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All In It Together: Were Unequal Outcomes Inevitable during Covid-19? 58:16

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Who Do We Trust in a Pandemic? 58:19

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Collecting Covid 47:57

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Bearing Witness with Dr. Rachel Clarke 38:36

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Commemorating Covid 35:49

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Reporting the Pandemic 49:16

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Vaxx and the Facts: The House that Jenner Built 34:55

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Vaxx and the Facts: The Godfather of Vaccines 37:14

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Vaxx and the Facts: Premonitions of the Pandemic 33:47

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Vaxx and the Facts: Operation Warp Speed 31:07

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The Covid Files 7: Back to Wuhan 27:18

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The Covid Files 6: Spanish Flu Redux 37:03

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The Covid Files 5: Disease X, He Tried to Warn Us 39:26

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The Covid Files 4: Following the Science 56:52

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The Covid Files 3: “They’re Trying to Control your Mind” 32:26

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The Covid Files 2: How Are You Feeling? 38:13

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The Covid Files 1: Corona by Numbers 53:31

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Adverse Events: Vaccines and the Media 57:44

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Pandemics Past and Present with Jeremy Farrar 27:40

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