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A conversation among friends about Scripture! Gavin, Erik, and Cody - pastors serving churches in Winnipeg, MB - banter about the Bible. It's a little light, a little salty, and occasionally crunchy. We take God's Word seriously, and ourselves...? NOT AT ALL. Theme song by Podington Bear
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A weekly update on new research and developments concerning COVID-19 (and occasionally other infectious diseases that hit the news). We take questions via call-in during the live broadcast, Mondays at 7:33am Pacific, streaming via kpfa.org. Podcasts with show notes go up later the same day. Between live shows, we take questions via email at upfront@kpfa.org . Our guest most weeks is Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Heal ...
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Behind every scientific discovery is a scientist (or 12) and a story. “Point of Discovery” takes you on a journey beyond WHAT we know to HOW we know it. Along the way, listeners will meet the sometimes quirky, always passionate people whose curiosity unlocks hidden worlds. Music by: Podington Bear. Learn more at: http://pointofdiscovery.org DISCLAIMER Point of Discovery is part of the Texas Podcast Network, which is brought to you by The University of Texas at Austin. Podcasts are produced b ...
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Stardust MQ is a science podcast from Cameron Furlong with the Macquarie University Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Macquarie University Physics and Astronomy Society. Join Cameron as he chats with researchers and academics about their research and interests in their chosen field of study. Thanks to Kelly Sharpless for our logo. Intro Music: 'Golden Hour' Podington Bear (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/Springtime/Golden_Hour_1973) Outro Music: 'Mission Ready' Ke ...
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Conversations with scholars, writers, and artists whose work subverts the dominant paradigm. Discover people who are interested in disrupting conventional norms and ideologies and creating new ways of thinking about, being in, and understanding the world. Hosted by Dan Glenn. Opening and closing theme music by Podington Bear http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/ Cover art graphic design by Jeff Wolfe http://www.ciis.edu CIIS Center for Writing and Scholarship: http://academicwrit ...
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Rocks are great, come and enjoy some! Listen to me describe some rocks and everything that the rock is. Music by Podington Bear 🎵 Rocks by The Earth 🌎 Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/miloaxelrod/support
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A podcast about long form improvisational comedy hosted by Anthony Apruzzese, a performer and teacher at the Upright Citizen's Brigade theatre. In each episode, Anthony interviews a different improviser about a different aspect of improv. My god, it's nerdy. Music by Podington Bear "Roscoe." Artwork by Matt Czap.
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An seo nua faoi CII. Eist le J agus K, na DJs ar fheabas le daoine as ár scoil. The new show from CII. Listen to J and K, the fantastic DJs, with people from our school. : BUAITEOIRÍ COMORTAS RAIDIÓ SnaG 2015 : Clár radió faoin daltaí as 5ú bhliain san Coláiste Íde agus Íosef. Le ceol as TG Lurgan, Podington, agus Broke for Free. : WINNERS SnaG RADIO COMPETITION 2015 : Radio show from students of 5th year in Coláiste Íde agus Íosef. with music from TG Lurgan, Podington, and Broke for Free.
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This collection of eight one-act dramas features plays by Eugene O'Neill, George Bernard Shaw, John Galsworthy, Susan Glaspell, William Dean Howells and John Millington Synge. It also includes a dramatic reading of a short story by Frank Richard Stockton. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett) Before Breakfast read by: Elizabeth Klett, Pat Redstone The Buller-Podington Compact read by: Algy Pug, Lars Rolander, David Lawrence, mb, Elizabeth Klett, Levi Throckmorton The Dark Lady of the Sonnets read by: ...
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What does it mean to grow? We know that students are on a journey of both professional and personal development during their time at college but the truth is, the growing never ends. Under Development is a storytelling podcast brought to you by the Office of Professional and Organizational Development (OPOD), dedicated to strengthening the connection between staff and faculty at PCC with the student population. We hope to accomplish this by creating a space with our student host Veronica Dan ...
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Over the past year and a half, data and images from the James Webb Space Telescope, or JWST, have been flooding in. And floating around in that sea of data (and from other instruments over the past 20 years) are at least three big problems: There appear to be too many big, bright galaxies, too soon after the Big Bang. No one can agree on how fast t…
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Corona Calls for 04.02.2024 – H5N1 Bird Flu
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Discussed in this episode: Avian Influenza (H5N1) has popped up in cows in several states, raising concerns that the virus has jumped to a mammalian species and is now capable of transmitting from cow to cow. Then on Monday, Texas reported a case in a human that works with cows. When is it time to get alarmed? To send us a question in advance of ne…
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Bible Convo (Holy Week: Matthew 26-28) – 3/27/24
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Hello friends! In this episode, Erik, Gavin, and Cody discuss the exciting conclusion of the story of Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew – chapters 26-28! It’s just in time for Holy Week! Read the chapters (or the whole Gospel of Matthew), listen in, and share your thoughts and reflections with us! Rate, review, and subscribe on Spotify and Apple Podca…
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Corona Calls for 03.25.2024 – Mailbag edition
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This episode’s all listener questions, including: When does it make sense to wait for the new booster? Can you start Paxlovid too early? Where do you get a PCR test these days? Does your reaction to a booster tell you anything about your immune performance? To send us a question in advance of next week’s show, write to: coronacalls@kpfa.org . Tune …
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Corona Calls for 03.18.2024 – Norovirus rising
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Discussed in this episode: Cases of Norovirus, which causes intense vomiting and diarrhea, are rising sharply and likely approaching their seasonal peak. Alcohol-based sanitizers don’t work very well on this virus: it’s better just to scrub your hands for at least 20 seconds with soap and water. Here are tips from the CDC on how to avoid getting no…
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Corona Calls for 03.11.2024 – On the other side of the surge
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Discussed in this episode: Are there downsides to getting too many doses of COVID vaccine? A new study of one man who got 217 (!) doses couldn’t find any. To send us a question in advance of next week’s show, write to: coronacalls@kpfa.org . Tune in live Monday mornings at 7:30am Pacific at kpfa.org Podcast music credit: Now Son by Podington Bear, …
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Here in the U.S., many of us are eagerly awaiting the April 8th, 2024 total solar eclipse, the last of its kind to cross our paths (at least in the contiguous U.S.) until the year 2045. Austin, Texas, where we produce Point of Discovery, is right in the path of totality. And this eclipse feels even more special because the last total solar eclipse …
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Corona Calls for 03.04.2024 – New Population Studies on Long Covid
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Discussed in this episode: The CDC has updated its COVID vaccine guidance to recommend adults age 65+ get an additional dose of the latest COVID-19 vaccine. The CDC has also weakened its guidance on how long to isolate when sick with COVID-19, to make it the same as for other respiratory virus infections. (We discussed the merits of this two episod…
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Corona Calls for 02.20.2023 – The CDC’s new isolation guidance
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Discussed in this episode: The Washington Post (and subsequently, other outlets) is reporting, based on anonymous sources, that the CDC is considering changing its guidelines on COVID isolation to give people with COVID cases an all-clear after they’ve been fever-free for 24 hours without the help of fever -suppressing medication. Because of fundra…
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Corona Calls for 02.12.24 – Is the wave receding?
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An episode devoted exclusively to answering questions from the audience, including: When do I know it’s safe to stop wearing a mask at indoor gatherings? How long after a possible exposure should I start getting tested? What are the odds of getting Long COVID? To send in questions: coronacalls@kpfa.org Podcast music credit: Now Son by Podington Bea…
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Hello friends! In this episode, Erik, Gavin, and Cody discuss the very intense chapters of Matthew 21-25! Read that sections of Scripture, listen in to the audio of the chat, and then chip in on the comments section below with your own thoughts! Rate, review, and subscribe on Spotify and Apple Podcasts!…
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Corona Calls for 01.29.2024 – Riding the Wave
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An episode devoted exclusively to answering questions from the audience, including: How long *before* testing positive might someone be contagious? How much immunity do newborns have? How do you check the certification on a KN95?* Will there be a Spring booster for people at high risk? What lessons should we learn from the COVID response? *Doctor S…
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Hello friends! In this episode, Erik, Gavin, and Cody discuss Matthew 14-20! Read that sections of Scripture, listen in to the audio of the chat, and then chip in on the comments section below with your own thoughts! Rate, review, and subscribe on Spotify and Apple Podcasts!By holycommunity
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Corona Calls for 01.22.24 – California’s New Rules
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Discussed in this episode: The California Department of Public Health has changed its COVID isolation guidelines. It no longer recommends people with asymptomatic COVID isolate. For people with symptomatic cases, the updated guidelines allow isolation to end after they’ve been fever-free for 24 hours (as long as other symptoms are improving). A thr…
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Corona Calls for 01.16.2024 – Paperpalooza
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Discussed in this episode: A study recently published in Clinical Infectious Diseases finds COVID viral load is peaking later after symptom onset than at the start of the pandemic https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciad582 A laboratory study on syrian hamsters found temperature and humidity had no statistically significant impact on the rate of airborne t…
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Hello friends! In this episode, Erik, Gavin, and Cody discuss Matthew 8-13! Read that sections of Scripture, listen in to the audio of the chat, and then chip in on the comments section below with your own thoughts! Rate, review, and subscribe on Spotify and Apple Podcasts!By holycommunity
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To send in questions: coronacalls@kpfa.org Podcast music credit: Now Son by Podington Bear, licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. The post Corona Calls for 01.08.2024 appeared first on KPFA.By KPFA
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Hello friends! We’re back with a mini-series of conversations on the Gospel of Matthew. In this episode, Erik, Gavin, and Cody discuss chapters 1 through 7. Read that sections of Scripture, listen in to the audio of the chat, and then chip in on the comments section below with your own thoughts! Rate, review, and subscribe on Spotify and Apple Podc…
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Corona Calls for 01.02.2024 – The wake of the holiday wave
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Discussed in this episode: A CDC weekly surveillance report shows California had “Very High” levels of people seeking treatment for influenza-like illnesses at the end of 2023 It’s safe to get vaccines for COVID, influenza, and RSV at the same time, but may increase the likelihood of side effects. (Side effects are usually minor and transient, like…
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Bible Convo (Christmas Special 4) – 12/20/23
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HO HO HO and Hellooooo friends! In this conversation Gavin, Erik, and Cody talk about the Christmas story as it comes to us in the Gospel of Matthew (from the perspective of Joseph). Also, a game of “Noel or No Way,” and chatting about giving and receiving Christmas gifts. We’re beginning a new podcast rhythm, and we’re excited about a four week mi…
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Discussed in this episode: Omicron subvariant JN.1 is now believed to account for a majority of all COVID cases worldwide. COVID hospitalizations are rising in the US, but less than at this time in previous years. To send in questions: coronacalls@kpfa.org Podcast music credit: Now Son by Podington Bear, licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3…
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Discussed in this episode: The CDC Covid Data Tracker is starting to show a significant uptick in COVID emergency room visits and hospitalization nationwide, though absolute rates are still low for most of the country, including California. To send in questions: coronacalls@kpfa.org Podcast music credit: Now Son by Podington Bear, licensed under a …
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Corona Calls for 11.27.2023 – A new wave in China?
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Discussed in this episode: Just before Thanksgiving, the WHO asked China for data on a surge in respiratory illness that has reportedly led to long lines at hospitals, especially children’s hospitals, in the country’s north. China’s responses so far indicate it’s found no new pathogens driving the surge. The country’s health officials attribute it …
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Corona Calls for 11.20.23 – Precautions for the Holidays
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Discussed in this episode: The precautions Dr. Swartzberg’s taking when he travels to spend Thanksgiving with family: vaccines, masks, and tests Why we just don’t know yet whether nasal sprays like NoriZite actually help prevent infection The government is sending out more free tests. Here’s where to get yours: https://www.covid.gov/tests To send i…
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Corona Calls for 11.13.2023 – HV.1 for the Holidays
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Discussed in this episode: The subvariant rising to dominance in North America: HV.1 Getting vaccinated when your immune system is suppressed Combining Paxlovid with Metfomin To send in questions: coronacalls@kpfa.org Podcast music credit: Now Son by Podington Bear, licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. The post Coro…
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Discussed in this episode: what Dr. Swartzberg reads to stay current The CDC Covid Data Tracker Dr. Katelyn Jetelina’s newsletter, Your Local Epidemiologist Dr. Eric Topol’s newsletter, Ground Truths To send in questions: coronacalls@kpfa.org Podcast music credit: Now Son by Podington Bear, licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Internation…
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A mailbag episode! (No new papers to discuss.) To send in questions: coronacalls@kpfa.org Podcast music credit: Now Son by Podington Bear, licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. The post Corona Calls for 10.30.23 appeared first on KPFA.By KPFA
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Corona Calls for 10.23.2023 – Serotonin and Long COVID
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Discussed in this episode: A new article in the journal Cell finds Long Covid associated with reduced levels of serotonin circulating in the bloodstream. (The authors’ explanation: the persistent presence of the virus, and/or its fragments, causes the body to crank out more type I interferons. The interferons cause inflammation in the gut that redu…
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Corona Calls for 10.10.2023 – How does Novavax compare to mRNA vaccines?
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Discussed in this episode: How does Novavax compare to mRNA vaccines? It is different from a traditional vaccine, as it is a protein entering the immune system. Comparatively, mRNA vaccines facilitate the generation of proteins that can be protective. The Novavax results seem to be similar to mRNA vaccines, and some studies have shown that the prot…
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Corona Calls for 10.10.2023 – Novavax Vaccine Approval
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Discussed in this episode: Novavax approved and in production for US adults and teens mRNA vaccine developers receive Nobel prize in medicine Podcast music credit: Now Son by Podington Bear, licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. The post Corona Calls for 10.10.2023 – Novavax Vaccine Approval appeared first on KPFA.…
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Corona Calls for 10.02.2023 – What we know about when you’re infectious just changed
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Discussed in this episode: Early in the pandemic, studies showed the amount of SARS-COV2 in nasal swabs peaked right about the time people got their first symptoms — helping to establish that a lot of spread was attributable to pre-symptomatic people. A new study shows viral load is now peaking 4-5 days after symptom onset, possibly because widespr…
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Corona Calls for 09.25.2023 – Has the swell crested?
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Discussed in this episode: Based on hospitalizations and sewage monitoring, the late-summer swell of cases seems to have crested In anticipation of a larger winter surge, multiple Bay Area counties are mandating healthcare workers wear masks starting November 1. Podcast music credit: Now Son by Podington Bear, licensed under a Attribution-NonCommer…
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Corona Calls for 09.18.2023 – Is Long COVID getting less common?
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Discussed in this episode: COVID hospitalizations continue to trend up, nearly doubling rates from mid-summer. (That’s a large increase from a low baseline: in most of the country, hospitalization rates are still what the CDC considers “low.”) A new observational study using patient data from Stockholm suggests the percent of COVID cases that resul…
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Embracing the Journey with Jason Robinson, Director of Professional and Organizational Development Episode 4
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Jason Robinson has seen the world. He believes that our life experiences significantly impact our interactions in an educational setting – so we should talk more about them. His colorful life has infused him, in particular, with a passionate drive to build community. Jason’s journey eventually led him to his current role as the Director of Professi…
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Corona Calls for 09.11.2023: The wave meets the booster
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Discussed in this episode: The FDA is poised to issue final approval of a new round of COVID vaccines as soon as today; a CDC advisory committee will issue recommendations on who should get it tomorrow (Tuesday); the new shots could be available as soon as Friday. The vaccine is re-calibrated to target the main variant that was in circulation this …
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On today’s show we talk with Philip Souza, a Ph.D. student in the lab of Simon Brandl at the Marine Science Institute, and a Stengl-Wyer fellow. His research is focused on the sounds that fish along the Texas Gulf Coast make to attract mates or defend territory. He works in the Mission-Aransas Estuary near Port Aransas, whose oyster reefs and other…
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Corona Calls for 09.05.2023 – BA.2.86 (“Pirola”) Revisited
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Discussed in this episode: New results from laboratory testing suggest BA.2.86 (nicknamed “Pirola”) may not be the menace people assessing its genetic sequence initially feared. These studies attach the spike protein from a COVID subvariant onto a harmless pseudovirus, then watch how it interacts with our cells and antibodies in a test tube. The fi…
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It’s Not Always Perfect with Dawne McClure, Instructor of Speech Communication Episode 3
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Feeling unsafe or being in survival mode makes it very hard to function or find peace. Host Veronica Daniel interviews one of her former teachers, Dawne McClure, and discovers how a shared experience impacted their lives as students. Even when life gets better, it is rarely perfect – but openness and kindness go a long way to keeping us all moving …
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Corona Calls for 08.28.2023 – B.2.86 (“Pirola”)
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Discussed in this episode: The new subvariant B.2.86 (nicknamed “Pirola”) is drawing concern in public health circles because a large quantity of mutations suggest it could be very effective at evading immunity from vaccination or infection from prior strains. It’s already been detected in multiple countries, including the US. A new study in Nature…
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Corona Calls for 08.21.2023: Boosterpalooza
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Discussed in this episode: Considerations when timing and combining the COVID booster due out this fall, the annual flu vaccine, and the newly-approved RSV vaccine. A new study suggests you might get a better immune response from getting all your COVID shots in the same arm. (The study only measured antibodies and T-cells in blood samples, not actu…
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Corona Calls for 08.14.2023: Mitochondria and Long Covid
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Discussed in this episode: A new paper in Science Translational Medicine draws results from animal experiments, human samples, and human autopsies to suggest a mechanism for some cases of Long Covid: the virus binds to a protein on our cells’ mitochondria and can enduringly alter their function. Podcast music credit: Now Son by Podington Bear, lice…
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Corona Calls for 08.07.2023 – Eris (EG.5.1)
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Discussed in this episode: CDC genomic surveillance shows a new subvariant (EG.5.1, or “Eris” to people who like to give subvariants nicknames) accounting for a larger and larger share of positive COVID tests. That could mean it’s contributing to the current surge in cases. Dr. Swartzberg’s recommended reading on Long Covid: the National Institutes…
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Discussed in this episode: Data aggregated by the CDC shows an increase in COVID hospitalizations, in positive test rates among people seeking emergency care, and in SARS-COV2 levels in wastewater samples. You can look up COVID levels in California wastewater on a system-by-system basis here Podcast music credit: Now Son by Podington Bear, licensed…
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Corona Calls for 07.24.2023 – Genetics and COVID
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Discussed in this episode: New research published in Nature examined if people who got infected without showing symptoms had something in common genetically. They did: a mutation on the HLA-B (that’s short for Human Leukocyte Antigen) gene. In the laboratory, T-cell samples collected from those people *before* infection reacted strongly to SARS-COV…
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Corona Calls for 07.17.2023 – Is it over?
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Discussed in this episode: The morning newsletter at the New York Times, citing excess mortality data, suggests the pandemic is “over” The WHO’s updates show COVID deaths are down almost everywhere right now — including the southern hemisphere, which is in the middle of winter. That suggests COVID’s not settling into an endemic pattern of seasonal …
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Filling in for Brian Edwards-Tiekert, Philip Maldari hosts Covid Calls this week, featuring Dr. John Swartzberg, Clinical Professor Emeritus of Infectious Diseases at UC Berkeley. Discussed in this episode: Growth of the anti-vaccination movement and its weaponization in US politics The spread of Measles in the United States The rules and timelines…
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Corona Calls for 07.03.2023 – Covid correlation with pediatric diabetes, and more
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Filling in for Brian Edwards-Tiekert, Jesse Strauss hosts Covid Calls this week, featuring Dr. John Swartzberg, Clinical Professor Emeritus of Infectious Diseases at UC Berkeley. Discussed in this episode: Covid infectiousness correlated with particular blood types: https://fortune.com/well/2023/06/27/which-blood-type-greater-risk-getting-covid-19/…
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Hello friends! In this final Wednesday Bible conversation Gavin, Erik, and Cody share some concluding thoughts after more than 3 years and 162 episodes of having these chit chats. It has been a delight, friends. Keep an ear out for something new down the road. Thank you all so very much…By holycommunity
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Corona Calls for 06.26.2023 – Mpox warnings
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Dr. Swartzberg is off this week! Our guest expert is Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, professor of medicine and infectious disease physician at UCSF Medical Center. Discussed in this episode: The public health department in Los Angeles is warning it confirmed six new Mpox cases over last week. The Mpox vaccine is widely available, and no longer restricted to p…
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Brian was off camping this week. Philip Maldari sat in as host. Discussed in this episode: A key FDA committee has advanced plans for a fall booster drive using a monovalent vaccine targeting the Omicron XBB.1.5 subvariant. Why the US COVID death rate looks so much higher than the rest of the world’s (some of the answer is differences in record-kee…
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