TWiV 1023: Covering science with Katherine Wu
Katherine joins TWiV to discuss her career in science writing, from not liking science at all, to a PhD in microbiology and immunology, and writing for Nova, the NY Times, and The Atlantic, and how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted her craft.
Host: Vincent Racaniello, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker
Guest: Katherine Wu
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Links for this episode- MicrobeTV Discord Server
- All Katherine's articles at The Atlantic
- Vaccines still blocking severe disease (The Atlantic)
- Calling Omicron mild is wishful thinking (The Atlantic)
- Tattoos do odd things to the immune system (The Atlantic)
- The Story Collider
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Brianne- Maropeng caves and Finding Homo naledi Kathy – Being Mary Tyler Moore Vincent – Google Isn't Grad School
Listener PicksJohn – A new study found people are terrible at sitting alone with their thoughts. Alan – What if all viruses vanished?
Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees
Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv
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Katherine joins TWiV to discuss her career in science writing, from not liking science at all, to a PhD in microbiology and immunology, and writing for Nova, the NY Times, and The Atlantic, and how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted her craft.
Host: Vincent Racaniello, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker
Guest: Katherine Wu
Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email
Become a patron of TWiV!
Links for this episode- MicrobeTV Discord Server
- All Katherine's articles at The Atlantic
- Vaccines still blocking severe disease (The Atlantic)
- Calling Omicron mild is wishful thinking (The Atlantic)
- Tattoos do odd things to the immune system (The Atlantic)
- The Story Collider
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Brianne- Maropeng caves and Finding Homo naledi Kathy – Being Mary Tyler Moore Vincent – Google Isn't Grad School
Listener PicksJohn – A new study found people are terrible at sitting alone with their thoughts. Alan – What if all viruses vanished?
Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees
Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv
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