Best Rattus Podcasts (2024)

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The Rolling Stones: A Bigger Bang – forget Hackney Diamonds already 39:25

19d ago39:25

39:25

In the wake of the Hackney Diamonds hype, Rob remains convinced that it's 2005 predecessor is truly the Stones' final masterpiece. Meanwhile, a sceptical Dave posists the unlikely argument that A Bigger Bang is, in fact, a concept album ...By YBSK

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Overseas Treatment of Latent TB Infection in US-Bound Immigrants [Original Post 3/9/2021] 28:49

1M ago28:49

28:49

Dr. Amera Khan, a technical officer at the Stop TB Partnership in Geneva, Switzerland, and Sarah Gregory discuss treatment of latent TB among US-bound immigrants in Vietnam.By CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION

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Tori Amos: Boys for Pele - the ultimate break-up album? 41:25

1M ago41:25

41:25

Dave spent two summers in a campervan sobbing himself to sleep to the sound of Tori Amos' introspective third album. Rob only knows the one from a Gregg's commercial ... which he learns is all about big dicks, not sandwiches.By YBSK

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Norovirus Genogroup IX Outbreaks in Long-Term Care Facilities in Utah, USA [Original Post 11/30/2022] 19:01

2M ago19:01

19:01

BreAnne Osborn, an epidemiologist at the Utah Department of Health in Salt Lake City, and Sarah Gregory discuss outbreaks of norovirus genotype IX in long-term care facilities in Utah.By CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION

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C. difficile in Pigs and People, Europe 27:02

3M ago27:02

27:02

Dr. Geraldine Moloney, an infectious diseases physician at Cork University Hospital in Ireland, and Sarah Gregory discuss the transmission of C. difficile in pigs and in people across Europe. [Original Post 10/14/2021]By CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION

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Fiona Apple: Fetch the Bolt Cutters – masterpiece or meh? 41:30

3M ago41:30

41:30

Rob was one of the zillions who found solace in Fiona Apple's DIY masterpiece during the pandemic, but Dave says he'd rather listen to Ed Sheeran...By YBSK

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Human Melioidosis Caused by Novel Transmission of Pathogen from Freshwater Home Aquarium, United States [Original Post 12/16/2021] 18:48

3M ago18:48

18:48

Dr. Patrick Dawson, an epidemiologist at CDC in Atlanta, and Sarah Gregory discuss a case of melioidosis from a freshwater home aquarium in the United States.By CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION

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Pixies: Doolittle – the best guitar album of the 80s, really? 46:38

4M ago46:38

46:38

In our debut outing, Rob attempts to persuade Dave that, while it was released in 1989, the Pixies’ Doolittle is the greatest album of the 90s … and Dave is only 53% convinced.By YBSK

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The Strokes: Is This It – the last truly great indie rock album? 45:49

4M ago45:49

45:49

Is This It? It sure is – in episode 5, the brothers discuss this millennium’s most influential guitar album, two days after Rob caught The Strokes in concert. Was Dave converted by the ridiculously over-hyped record, and how do the band measure up live today?By YBSK

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Daft Punk: Random Access Memories – does it hold up 10 years later? 48:14

4M ago48:14

48:14

As Daft Punk’s party-starting throwback Random Access Memories turns 10, in episode 3, Rob gets all misty-eyed about attempting to “Get Lucky” on the dancefloor – and almost convinces Dave the album’s epic indulgences hold up a decade later.By YBSK

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Supertramp: Crime of the Century – where pop means prog 44:09

4M ago44:09

44:09

For our fourth soul-searching summit, Dave flirts with his inner prog stan, riskily sharing the overblown opus of Supertramp’s breakthrough Crime of the Century – was not knowing it Rob’s crime of the millennium?By YBSK

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The Cure: Disintegration – the most depressing album ever? 45:00

4M ago45:00

45:00

In episode two, Dave wanders down a long dark night of the soul to present Disintegration by The Cure, an epic of despair and depression that Rob thankfully doesn’t have time for (anymore).By YBSK

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The Stranglers: Rattus Norvegicus – should this album be cancelled? 44:37

4M ago44:37

44:37

Oo er – this is problematic … or is it? In episode six, Dave (un?)wisely revisits The Stranglers’ debut outing Rattus Norvegicus, which presents far more issues in 2023 than its silly name…By YBSK

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Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus Clade 2.3.4.4b Infections in Wild Terrestrial Mammals, United States, 2022 30:05

4M ago30:05

30:05

Dr. Betsy Elsmo, an assistant professor of clinical diagnostic veterinary pathology at the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory and the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine, and Sarah Gregory discuss infections of H5N1 bird flu in wild mammals in the United States.By CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION

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WTF is Your Brother Should Know, anyway? 2:20

4M ago2:20

2:20

Welcome to the music podcast about more than music. Your hosts might be siblings, but they didn’t meet until Rob was 16, and Dave was nearly 30. So now, separated by 6,000 miles, the estranged siblings are making up for a lost childhood by sharing the music that shaped them – one seminal, formative album at a time.…

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Human Salmonellosis Outbreak Linked to Salmonella Typhimurium Epidemic in Wild Songbirds, United States, 2020-2021 29:00

4M ago29:00

29:00

Dr. Megin Nichols, a veterinary epidemiologist at CDC in Atlanta, and Sarah Gregory discuss Salmonella in songbirds and its effect on people.By CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION

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Angiostrongylus cantonensis Infection in Brown Rats (Rattus norvegicus), Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 2019-2022 26:04

4M ago26:04

26:04

Dr. Guilherme Verocai, a clinical assistant professor at Texas A&M University, and Sarah Gregory discuss rat lungworm infection in brown rats in Atlanta, Georgia.By CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION

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Micro‒Global Positioning Systems for Identifying Nightly Opportunities for Marburg Virus Spillover to Humans by Egyptian Rousette Bats 37:26

5M ago37:26

37:26

Dr. Brian Amman, a disease ecologist at CDC in Atlanta, and Sarah Gregory discuss the risk of Marburg virus spillover from Egyptian rousette bats.By CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION

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Salmonella in Thanksgiving Turkey, 1998-2018 [Original Post 1/26/2022]

5M ago

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Dr. Farrell Tobolowsky, a CDC FLIGHT fellow in Atlanta, and Sarah Gregory discuss Salmonella serotypes associated with illness after the Thanksgiving holiday.

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Reoccurring Escherichia coli O157:H7 Strain Linked to Leafy Greens-Associated Outbreaks, 2016-2019 13:31

5M ago13:31

13:31

Dr. Jessica Chen, a bioinformatician at CDC in Atlanta, and Sarah Gregory discuss E. coli O157:H7 strain linked to leafy greens-associated outbreaks.By CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION

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Ancestral Origin and Dissemination Dynamics of Reemerging Toxigenic Vibrio cholerae, Haiti 39:26

5M ago39:26

39:26

Dr. J. Glenn Morris, the director of the Emerging Pathogens Institute at the University of Florida, and Sarah Gregory discuss the origin and spread of cholera in Haiti.By CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION

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Increased Incidence of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease among Children after COVID-19 Pandemic, England [Original Post 8/25/2022] 33:15

6M ago33:15

33:15

Dr. Shamez Ladhani, a pediatric infectious disease consultant at the UK Health Security Agency in London, and Sarah Gregory discuss an increase of invasive pneumococcal disease in children after the COVID-19 pandemic in England.By CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION

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Global Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Equipment Management and Sustainability and Implications for Pandemic Preparedness Priorities [Original Post 7/19/2023]

6M ago

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Jennifer Lasley, a senior program manager at the World Organisation for Animal Health in Paris, France, and Sarah Gregory discuss global veterinary diagnostic laboratory equipment and their implications for pandemic preparedness.

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Rat Hepatitis E Virus in Norway Rats, Ontario, Canada, 2018-2021 17:14

6M ago17:14

17:14

Dr. Sarah Robinson, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Guelph, and Sarah Gregory discuss hepatitis E virus in Norway rats in Ontario, Canada.By CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION

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Your Brother Should Know

YBSK

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The Rolling Stones: A Bigger Bang – forget Hackney Diamonds already 39:25

1
Overseas Treatment of Latent TB Infection in US-Bound Immigrants [Original Post 3/9/2021] 28:49

1
Tori Amos: Boys for Pele - the ultimate break-up album? 41:25

1
Norovirus Genogroup IX Outbreaks in Long-Term Care Facilities in Utah, USA [Original Post 11/30/2022] 19:01

1
C. difficile in Pigs and People, Europe 27:02

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Fiona Apple: Fetch the Bolt Cutters – masterpiece or meh? 41:30

1
Human Melioidosis Caused by Novel Transmission of Pathogen from Freshwater Home Aquarium, United States [Original Post 12/16/2021] 18:48

1
Pixies: Doolittle – the best guitar album of the 80s, really? 46:38

1
The Strokes: Is This It – the last truly great indie rock album? 45:49

1
Daft Punk: Random Access Memories – does it hold up 10 years later? 48:14

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Supertramp: Crime of the Century – where pop means prog 44:09

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The Cure: Disintegration – the most depressing album ever? 45:00

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The Stranglers: Rattus Norvegicus – should this album be cancelled? 44:37

1
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus Clade 2.3.4.4b Infections in Wild Terrestrial Mammals, United States, 2022 30:05

1
WTF is Your Brother Should Know, anyway? 2:20

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Human Salmonellosis Outbreak Linked to Salmonella Typhimurium Epidemic in Wild Songbirds, United States, 2020-2021 29:00

1
Angiostrongylus cantonensis Infection in Brown Rats (Rattus norvegicus), Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 2019-2022 26:04

1
Micro‒Global Positioning Systems for Identifying Nightly Opportunities for Marburg Virus Spillover to Humans by Egyptian Rousette Bats 37:26

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Salmonella in Thanksgiving Turkey, 1998-2018 [Original Post 1/26/2022]

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Reoccurring Escherichia coli O157:H7 Strain Linked to Leafy Greens-Associated Outbreaks, 2016-2019 13:31

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Ancestral Origin and Dissemination Dynamics of Reemerging Toxigenic Vibrio cholerae, Haiti 39:26

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Increased Incidence of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease among Children after COVID-19 Pandemic, England [Original Post 8/25/2022] 33:15

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Global Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Equipment Management and Sustainability and Implications for Pandemic Preparedness Priorities [Original Post 7/19/2023]

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Rat Hepatitis E Virus in Norway Rats, Ontario, Canada, 2018-2021 17:14

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