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Antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) infections have been recognized globally as a significant threat to public health. In this podcast series, we're going to be talking to folks who are working to address the AMR crisis, we'll hear how they got started working with AMR and why they care about it so much...all that and more in Tales of the Resistance.Ready to learn more about AMR? Check in with the iAMResponsible team: https://iamrproject.unl.edu/
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Check the waste - what role do environmental engineers play in addressing AMR?
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This week on Tales of the Resistance, we'll jump back into our deep dig mini series with a look at the work being done in environmental engineering to combat antimicrobial resistance. Our star interviewee today is Dr. Xu Li, a professor at the University of Nebraska. This show is produced by the iAMResponsible project, a nationwide university outre…
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Risky veg - how does the growing AMR threat impact the safety of fresh fruit and veggies?
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New mini series from Tales of the Resistance! We'll discover more about the work being done to combat antimicrobial resistance through interviews with our team specialists and bring in the voices of specialists in other fields affected by antimicrobial resistance. Today, Eduardo Gutiérrez-Rodríguez is back to dig deeper into how antimicrobial resis…
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Quarantine life from cholera to covid-19, a chat with the author Kari Nixon
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In our final episode of our deep dive on "Quarantine Life from Cholera to Covid-19," we are joined by the woman herself Kari Nixon. We get her reflections on what she wrote, and its context now that the book has been out for a while. We talk about death - again, and we think about AMR, as always. This show is produced by the iAMResponsible project,…
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Continuing our deep dive on "Quarantine Life from Cholera to Covid-19" with the conclusion: Covid-19s darkest timeline. In this episode, Mara, Amber, and Noelle chat about how all of the lessons in the book inform how we understand the covid-19 crisis and what we can do about the coming AMR threat. This show is produced by the iAMResponsible projec…
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Continuing our deep dive on "Quarantine Life from Cholera to Covid-19" with chapter 10: The hot zone. In this episode, Mara, Amber, and Noelle talk about Ebola, and how xenophobia shaped responses to disease overseas, with deadly consequences. This show is produced by the iAMResponsible project, a nationwide university outreach team led by Amy Schm…
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Continuing our deep dive on "Quarantine Life from Cholera to Covid-19" with chapter 9: The great social leveler. In this episode, Mara, Amber, and Noelle talk about STDs, tuberculosis, and how social attitudes towards disease impact how the disease spreads. This show is produced by the iAMResponsible project, a nationwide university outreach team l…
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Continuing our deep dive on "Quarantine Life from Cholera to Covid-19" with chapter 8: The kids are not alright. In this episode, Mara, Amber, and Noelle talk about the 1918 influenza pandemic, how to prepare for pandemics, and how socially disruptive they have always been, and will continue to be. This show is produced by the iAMResponsible projec…
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Continuing our deep dive on "Quarantine Life from Cholera to Covid-19" with chapter 7: An ethics debate for the ages. In this episode, Mara, Amber, and Noelle talk about the experience of Mary Mallon (Typhoid Mary) and what this can teach us about how people respond to new scientific information that could require them to change behaviors. This sho…
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Continuing our deep dive on "Quarantine Life from Cholera to Covid-19" with the interlude: Let's talk about death. In this episode, Mara, Amber, and Noelle get ready to face their own mortality and think about how maybe the Victorians knew a thing or two about grief that we could learn from. This show is produced by the iAMResponsible project, a na…
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Continuing our deep dive on "Quarantine Life from Cholera to Covid-19" with chapter 4: Wash your hands. In this discussion, Mara, Amber, and Noelle get to talking about the "discovery" of handwashing and what the methods used to communicate that new knowledge can teach us about effective science communication. This show is produced by the iAMRespon…
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Continuing our deep dive on "Quarantine Life from Cholera to Covid-19" with chapter 5: Germs, germs everywhere. In this episode, Mara, Amber, and Noelle talk about germ theory: the good, the bad, the apocalyptic! Plus what does this historical perspective on how humans first understood bacteria tell us about how we can better address the AMR challe…
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Continuing our deep dive on "Quarantine Life from Cholera to Covid-19" with chapter 3: Let's stick together. In this discussion, Mara and Amber are joined by recent guest Noelle Atieno Mware to explore what the cholera epidemics in London in the mid-1800s tell us about how important community is for addressing contagious disease, and how community …
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Continuing our deep dive on “Quarantine Life from Cholera to Covid-19” with chapter 2: Risky Business. In this discussion Mara and Amber explore what the work of Daniel Defoe has to tell us about how societies can or should react to pandemics or widespread infectious diseases. This show is produced by the iAMResponsible project, a nationwide univer…
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This week on Tales of the Resistance we begin a multi-week deep dive on the book “Quarantine Life from Cholera to Covid-19” written by iAMResponsible member Kari Nixon. During this series, our hosts will discuss the lessons of the book, about how people react and act in a world of infectious disease, and try to apply those lessons to AMR, and how w…
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In this episode hosts Mara and Amber chat with Noelle Atieno Mware, one of their frequent collaborators during her studies at the University of Nebraska. Noelle shares her thoughts on priorities for future efforts and research related to AMR and why she has been so drawn to the work. This show is produced by the iAMResponsible project, a nationwide…
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Did you know that antimicrobial resistance isn't just about antibiotics? AMR refers to genetic mutations in all kinds of microbes (bacteria, fungi, viruses, etc) that allow them to survive the effects of an antimicrobial (antibiotics, antifungal, fungicide, biocide, disinfectant, etc.) that should kill them. So yeah, AMR is everywhere. In this week…
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Antimicrobial resistance isn't just something that impacts grumpy old people - kids need to know about AMR too! Lindsay Chichester is an extension educator at the University of Nevada where she works to develop educational experiences for kids in her state on topics related to animal husbandry and health - and AMR! In this week's episode, we hear m…
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On this week's episode of Tales of the Resistance we're checking in with our resident English teacher - wait what? A podcast series about microbes is going to English class? Indeed we are, this week Dr. Kari Nixon, from Whitworth University, is joining us to talk about her specialization - medical humanities, specifically how we (humans) have respo…
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Since antimicrobial resistance is about microbes, it is probably a good idea to sit down with a microbiologist! Divya Jaroni is a food microbiologist and professor at Oklahoma State University and in this episode, she shares with Mara and Amber her tale of resistance, how she first learned about AMR, why she’s so passionate about working to address…
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Time to break out the shades and sunscreen everybody this week on “Tales of the Resistance” we have Emmanuel Okello from sunny University of California Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. This week is wild as we talk not only about AMR’s effect on people but animals, more specifically livestock. Emmanuel brings a fresh perspective to the table as …
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Welcome to “Tales of the Resistance” a podcast centered around learning about antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Hosted by three members of iAMResponsible team, a nationwide outreach effort on AMR, Mara Zelt, Amber Patterson, and Bella Breinig work together at the University of Nebraska and with the iAMResponsible team, and on this podcast – what are …
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Meet the Team – Eduardo Gutiérrez-Rodríguez
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Mara, Amber, and Bella continue their journey learning about microbe resistance with Eduardo Gutiérrez-Rodríguez this week on “Tales of the Resistance.” Eduardo brings his expertise in AMR’s effects on produce production to the discussion today from his research and outreach with Colorado State University. In this episode we found ourselves asking …
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Welcome to “Tales of the Resistance” a podcast centered around learning about the IAMResponisble team and antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Hosted by 3 iAMResponsible staffers Mara Zelt, Amber Patterson, and Bella Breinig – they looove those microbes. This week on “Tales of the Resistance” we have a manure connoisseur, microbe master, and our boss Am…
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Welcome to “Tales of the Resistance” a podcast all about resistance, not political but microbiological, in other words: antimicrobial resistance (AMR). AMR is a serious and growing public health threat that impacts us all. We all have a story to tell about how it can and does impact our lives. So in this series members of the iAMResponsible team, a…
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