Our Big Shot

How do we work together to stop disease outbreaks and save lives worldwide? An Interview with someone who's living it day to day

Dr Seema Yasmin and Dr Shelly Batra talk about how we fight diseases as activists and overcoming social and economic challenges using her own experience and what it can t

How do you talk to people who disagree with you about Science? We talk to the man who wrote the book on it.

With the current worldwide political landscape at the forefront of our minds, continued misinformation and divisive rhetoric. We talk to Lee McIntyre about why it is impo

Now Try... When Science Finds a Way

Thanks for listening to Our Big Shot. We have some exciting new episodes on the way shortly but in the meantime, we thought you'd like to fill your time with this fantast

Our Big Shot - how do we reach 500 million children?

In the final episode of this series, we revisit where we are now. The Covid-19 pandemic forced the world to work together, and this was eye-opening in showing how much ca

Sharing is caring - the politics of combating MPox

In this episode we track the spread of Mpox and ask, how does the pandemic alarm system work? Does the global alarm system work? We have powerful vaccine technologies a

Smallpox - the disease that changed science

Smallpox is a pathogen specific to our species and it has wreaked havoc with human populations over the centuries.  Ultimately it gave rise to what we now think of as imm

HIV - The African Journey

African nations have a painful and particular relationship with HIV, they have also been at the forefront of the fight against the disease. In this episode, we explore th

The Black Angels - rethinking how we see Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis is often assumed to be a disease of the past, but it kills over 1 million people a year - a higher rate than malaria and HIV combined.  In this episode we

Lies are contagious - MMR vaccine and the virality of a conspiracy.

The 'single shot'  MMR combined vaccine is one of the biggest achievements in childhood infectious disease prevention, directly responsible for saving millions of lives.

Polio and the March of Rubles - why medicine trumps politics

In this episode we look at the fight against polio from 'The March of the Dimes' - a famous episode in the history of mass immunisation in which ordinary Americans were i

The Covid effect on vaccine reality: defending the memory of Grant Wahl

In this episode we confront a new reality for vaccines post Covid. On the one hand, the acceleration of science thanks to mRna derived vaccine design - that allowed the M

Trailer: Introducing 'Our Big Shot' with Dr Seema Yasmin

New Podcast Announcement. Welcome to Our Big Shot with Dr Seema Yasmin, a podcast series dedicated to understanding the power of vaccines, marking key moments in the scie