The denial mini-series has reached it's finale! In the seventh and final episode we take a look at Matthias Rath and that's all we'll say... Sources Matthias Rath - Wikipedia Matthias Rath: Denouncer of modern medicines | Matthias Rath | The Guardian South African court bans AIDS vitamin trials | Reuters Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Sep 20, 2024•32 min•Season 3Ep. 145
What happens when the leader of a country, with a high prevalence of HIV, is an AIDS denier? Well we're about to find out. Part 6 of HIV & Denial is all about South Africa. Sources The politics of AIDS in South Africa: beyond the controversies - PMC (nih.gov) Thabo Mbeki - Wikipedia HIV/AIDS in South Africa - Wikipedia Shadowed Dreamer booking links https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1000259030687?aff=oddtdtcreator https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1007862332367?aff=oddtdtcreator Hosted on Acast. See a...
Sep 13, 2024•31 min•Season 3Ep. 144
Denial part 5 is here! This week Sarah and Jess take a look at the scientist who shaped Christine Maggiore's views on HIV and AIDS, which then shaped the Foo Fighters views too! Sources Peter Duesberg - Wikipedia Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 06, 2024•25 min•Season 3Ep. 143
In episode 4 of our denial mini-series Sarah and Jess take a look at how a global rock band supported and promoted an AIDS denying organisation in the early 00's. This one is going blown you mind. This week, is about the........Foo Fighters! Sources Foo Fighters, HIV Deniers – Mother Jones The Foo Fighters’ AIDS denialism should be on the record | by Schwartz Media | The Monthly | Medium Nate Mendel - Wikipedia Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Aug 30, 2024•23 min•Season 3Ep. 142
Denial part 3 has landed! This episode Sarah and Jess take a look at HIV denier, Christine Maggiore, who's beliefs had very sad consequences for her young daughter. Sources Alive & Well AIDS Alternatives - Wikipedia Christine Maggiore - Wikipedia Alive & Well AIDS Alternatives (newreligiousmovements.org) Death of Eliza Jane Scovill - Wikipedia The Other Side of AIDS - Wikipedia Other info Latest information on mpox | Terrence Higgins Trust (tht.org.uk) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priv...
Aug 23, 2024•31 min•Season 3Ep. 141
Our summer mini-series continues! This mini series takes a dive into the world of denial and HIV. In part 2 Sarah and Jess take a look at why people can get stuck in HIV denial. Sources Denial | Psychology Today Denial as a Defense Mechanism (verywellmind.com) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Aug 16, 2024•31 min•Season 3Ep. 140
Summer is here, so that must mean it's about time for a mini-series! This mini series takes a dive into the world of denial and HIV. In part 1 Sarah and Jess take a look at how denial plays a part in the different stages of grief. Sources Denial | Psychology Today Denial as a Defense Mechanism (verywellmind.com) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Aug 09, 2024•35 min•Season 3Ep. 139
This week Jess shares further news and insight from the International AIDS Conference 2024 - including the huge leaps forward with Lenacapavir, hailed as "the closest we have ever been to an HIV vaccine", a game-changer for STI prevention with DoxyPrEP and Hans Berlin the pornstar! We have learnt so much, a huge thank you to everyone involved in such an incredible event! Sources HIV drug could be made for just $40 a year for every patient | Global development | The Guardian AIDS 2024, the 25th I...
Aug 02, 2024•26 min•Season 3Ep. 138
This week Sarah and Jess have been virtually attending the 25th annual International AIDS Conference and in the first of two special episodes, they bring you some highlights from the conference! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 26, 2024•28 min•Season 3Ep. 137
We love a listener suggestion and this week's episode is just that! Sarah and Jess take a look at serodiscordant couples, where one person is HIV positive and one person is HIV negative and what effect that can have on the HIV negative person. Sources Combined antiretroviral treatment and heterosexual transmission of HIV-1: cross sectional and prospective cohort study | The BMJ HIV transmission risk among serodiscordant couples: a retrospective study of former plasma donors in Henan, China - PMC...
Jul 19, 2024•39 min•Season 3Ep. 136
This week Sarah and Jess are joined by the glorious Liz Tarrant! Liz is an HIV Specialist Nurse at the Florey Clinic, Reading, UK. The Florey Clinic is one of the two main sexual health clinics in Berkshire, that refer into TVPS, so Sarah and Jess know them well! Liz tells us all about what happens when you go for an HIV test, how clinics care for you once diagnosed and their jazzy new testing bus.....it may be a van, but we're sticking with bus! Useful info Order STI Home Test Kit - Safe Sex Be...
Jul 12, 2024•39 min•Season 3Ep. 135
In Part 2 of HIV and Travel, Sarah and Jess take a closer look at a couple of wonderful organisations offering HIV support and advocacy, in countries that have HIV travel restrictions. Sources https://www.lhaksam.org.bt/ HOME | Brunei AIDS Council Official Website (bdaidscouncil.org) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jul 05, 2024•23 min•Season 3Ep. 134
The sun is out and people are jetting off on their summer holidays, so in the first of this two-parter, Sarah and Jess take a whistle stop tour around the globe to look at what restrictions there are, in different countries, for people planning to visit. Sources UNAIDS and UNDP call on 48* countries and territories to remove all HIV-related travel restrictions | UNAIDS Travel restrictions for people with HIV | aidsmap HIVTravel - Home Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jun 28, 2024•38 min•Season 3Ep. 133
Continuing on our sport theme, we take a look at the Gay Games, the biggest LGBT+ sports and culture event in the world, and more importantly we look at it's founder, Tom Waddell. Sarah and Jess also try and flex their language skills with some very poor French, in honor of the Paris Olympics! Sources Tom Waddell - Wikipedia Gay Games - Wikipedia Acrobats on the Empire State Building in 1935 (youtube.com) Gay Games Get Involved With Our Podcast! Say our intro! It's that simple. All you need to d...
Jun 21, 2024•25 min•Season 3Ep. 132
This week Sarah and Jess are joined by a name that many of you working within the HIV sector in the UK will likely know. A change maker for 8 years at the Terrence Higgins Trust, he has now taken a new role at George House Trust as HIV Advice, Support and Information Services Manager. This week, we're joined by the awesome Alex Sparrowhawk! Get Involved With Our Podcast! Say our intro! It's that simple. All you need to do is send us a voice note of you saying "Welcome to The HIV Podcast" and sen...
Jun 14, 2024•40 min•Season 3Ep. 131
This week Sarah and Jess are joined by the phenomenal Dr Kate Lister, author of a Curious History of Sex, columnist, and host of Betwixt the Sheets! We talk HIV history, syphilis making your nose fall off and stolen testicles! This one is a wild ride! Dr Kate Lister – Historian | Writer | Podcaster Get Involved With Our Podcast! Say our intro! It's that simple. All you need to do is send us a voice note of you saying "Welcome to The HIV Podcast" and send it to us! We'll read out who you are and ...
Jun 07, 2024•48 min•Season 3Ep. 130
Arthur Ashe was the first African American to win the men's singles titles at Wimbledon and the U.S. Open, and the first African American man to be ranked No. 1 in the world. He was also HIV positive. Join Sarah and Jess to learn about this legendary sportsman who became a fierce HIV activist, even delivering a speech at the United Nations. Sources How tennis legend Arthur Ashe became one of the most vocal HIV/AIDS activists | CNN Tennis great Arthur Ashe dies of AIDS | February 6, 1993 | HISTOR...
May 17, 2024•27 min•Season 3Ep. 129
This week we speak with Youtuber, playwriter, advocate, activist, ambassador and the person with the most dulcet tones in the sector - Stephen Hart! We chat about everything from the highly anticipated return of his show Shadowed Dreamer to his Britain's Got Talent Performance! Useful Info Shadowed Dreamer Trailer - Shadowed Dreamer 2024 Trailer - Hart Talks (youtube.com) Hart Talks - trailer (youtube.com) Joyful Noise on Britain's Got Talent - Words That Work | Communicate Clearly With Grammarl...
May 10, 2024•34 min•Season 3Ep. 128
This week's guest was diagnosed with HIV in 1991,when she was at University. Emma Cole has now been living with HIV for 33 years. Since her diagnosis Emma has achieved some incredible things, including giving over 2,000 talks about HIV and running the London Marathon! Sarah and Jess speak with Emma about being a long term survivor. Useful info Positive Voice - providing HIV Education since 1991 (positivevoice-emmacole.co.uk) The POPPY (Pharmacokinetic and clinical Observations in PeoPle over fif...
May 03, 2024•37 min•Season 3Ep. 127
This week is all about sex, sex, sex! We are delighted to have the brilliant Topher Taylor back on the podcast, who is Ann Summers Pleasure Positivity Project Editor for April! We ask him some questions around sex and pleasure that were put to him by the service users of TVPS. Please note, this episode contains explicit language and conversations of a sexual nature Useful info Hot Octopuss PULSE SOLO ESSENTIAL Vibrating Male Masturbator - Lovehoney UK Pleasure Positivity Project (@pleasurepositi...
Apr 26, 2024•36 min•Season 3Ep. 126
This week we take a look at the life of Tommy 'The Duke' Morrison who gave up his boxing career when he tested HIV positive and then made a comeback when he subsequently tested negative for HIV. So join Sarah The Windmill' Macadam and Jessica 'The Kraken' Harding for this unexpected and fascinating episode! Sources Tommy Morrison - Wikipedia Boxing: HIV Infection: 1 Mar 2024: Hansard Written Answers - TheyWorkForYou USA TODAY Get Involved With Our Podcast! Say our intro! It's that simple. All yo...
Apr 19, 2024•32 min•Season 3Ep. 125
This week Sarah and Jess take a look at a former competitive ice skater, who made history as the first openly gay figure skater, Rudy Galindo. Rudy is an award winning HIV activist and had been described as a "national treasure"! So join Sarah and Jess to chat all things ice skating as well as some more ARIAS talk thrown in, of course! Sources Rudy Galindo - Wikipedia RUDY GALINDO (granvarones.com) Get Involved With Our Podcast! Say our intro! It's that simple. All you need to do is send us a vo...
Apr 12, 2024•25 min•Season 3Ep. 124
This week Sarah had the pleasure of chatting to HIV activist, trailblazer and all round bloomin' good egg, Oliver Brown. Oli led the campaign for the military to treat those living with HIV no differently to their colleagues, which is such an important moment in HIV history. Get Involved With Our Podcast! Say our intro! It's that simple. All you need to do is send us a voice note of you saying "Welcome to The HIV Podcast" and send it to us! We'll read out who you are and anything else you'd like...
Apr 05, 2024•43 min•Season 3Ep. 123
Hailed as "probably the best diver in history" this week Sarah and Jess take a look at Greg Louganis's career and what happened when he decided to openly disclose that he is HIV positive. They also celebrate the podcast being shortlisted for an ARIAS in the category on Impact Award! Sources Greg Louganis - Wikipedia How Greg Louganis' Olympic Diving Accident Forced a Conversation About AIDS | HISTORY Get Involved With Our Podcast! Say our intro! It's that simple. All you need to do is send us a ...
Mar 29, 2024•30 min•Season 3Ep. 122
This week Sarah was lucky enough to sit down to talk all things HIV medication with Abhishek Katiyar - a specialist pharmacist in HIV and Sexual health. Abhi has worked in the NHS for 16 years, 12 of which have been in HIV medicine. Abhi also has his own podcast series in which he is digitizing everything he's learnt over the years. Sex Ed Bites can be found on most major podcast platforms and also on youtube! Abhishek Katiyar - YouTube Get Involved With Our Podcast! Say our intro! It's that sim...
Mar 22, 2024•39 min•Season 3Ep. 121
Ever heard of V.A.I.D.S?! We hope not. This episode we take a deep dive into the world of conspiracy and de-bunk the online misinformation surrounding V.A.I.D.S. With special guest host Chantelle Kingsbury. Sources What Is VAIDS (Vaccine Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)? (healthline.com) ‘VAIDS’ is not a real vaccine-induced syndrome, experts say; no evidence COVID-19 vaccines cause immunodeficiency | Reuters New analysis shows anti-vaccination conspiracy theories gain political weight due t...
Mar 15, 2024•37 min•Season 3Ep. 120
Sarah and Jess often speak about the charity, TVPS, that they both work for, so this week they have invited TVPS support worker, Chantelle, to give a perspective of HIV from the 'frontline' and how day-to-day HIV support looks in a cost of living climate. Get Involved With Our Podcast! Say our intro! It's that simple. All you need to do is send us a voice note of you saying "Welcome to The HIV Podcast" and send it to us! We'll read out who you are and anything else you'd like us to add. You can ...
Mar 08, 2024•35 min•Season 3Ep. 119
This week Sarah and Jess were lucky enough to sit down and talk all things pleasure with an award winning sexual educator. His approach to sex ed and the understanding and empathy with which he approaches this subject make him a real trailblazer in this field. This week, is all about Topher Taylor. *Please note this episode contains adult themes. Get Involved With Our Podcast! Say our intro! It's that simple. All you need to do is send us a voice note of you saying "Welcome to The HIV Podcast" a...
Mar 01, 2024•30 min•Season 3Ep. 118
What happens if you are a football player and you test HIV positive? This week Sarah and Jess take a look at a couple of professional level, international footballers who tested HIV positive and what unfolded post diagnosis. Sources Al ittihad, an Egypt soccer club, has cancelled the contract of Cameroonian footballer Samuel Nlend after he was found to be HIV positive (qz.com) Egyptian Long-Term Work Visa & Permit: IBN Immigration Solutions Job Komol - Wikipedia HIV Infection And Contracts W...
Feb 23, 2024•32 min•Season 3Ep. 117
You may know him from being the author of The Lost Boys of Soho, or from spearheading the recent petition calling for the Government to run another national HIV campaign. That right, this week Sarah and Jess sat down and had a great chat with the funny, insightful and always honest, William Hampson! TW: Please note this episode has adult themes, mentions of rape and suicide and frequent swearing. Please take care listening if any of this many be a trigger or could offend you. THE LOST BOYS of SO...
Feb 16, 2024•36 min•Season 3Ep. 116
