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The Lifeline Project episodes

  • Jess, Julian and Aaron

    Transcript available at: https://bit.ly/45i2aBJ 

    Jess is a doctor, Aaron is a patient, Julian is in a position of power. Together, they are the three friends whose story is at the heart of the show. All of them, in their own ways are antibiotic stewards.

    Featuring: Dr Olayinka Fakorede, Medical Doctor and Masters candidate at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

    Michael Mosha, Pharmacist and Public Health specialist at Roll Back Antimicrobial Resistance Initiative in Dodoma, Tanzania - https://rbainitiative.or.tz/

    The Lifeline Project is a podcast exploring the science and stories behind the musical, Lifeline, a show about antibiotics, Alexander Fleming, and the biggest current global health crisis you might never have heard of, antimicrobial resistance or AMR.

    The podcast is produced, written and hosted by Graham Richardson https://www.gnrichardson.co.uk/ @wildgreyme

    Original music is provided by Robin Hiley, the composer and lyricist for Lifeline

     

    33 min
  • The Billion Dollar Question

    Transcript available at: https://bit.ly/4laEQfa 

    AMR is a problem with a plethora of solutions...and plenty of barriers to reach them. In this episode we look at the role innovation can play – innovating new antibiotics, relatively unexplored treatments and preventing infection in the first place. 

    Featuring:

    Silas Holland, Executive director in infectious disease policy at Merck

    Dr Michele Ritter, Infectious Disease Specialist and Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Diego

    Michael Mosha, Pharmacist and Public Health specialist at Roll Back Antimicrobial Resistance Initiative in Dodoma, Tanzania - https://rbainitiative.or.tz/

    If you want to check out the book featured in this episode, it is called The Perfect Predator written by Steffanie Strathdee and Tom Patterson.

    The Lifeline Project is a podcast exploring the science and stories behind the musical, Lifeline, a show about antibiotics, Alexander Fleming, and the biggest current global health crisis you might never have heard of, antimicrobial resistance or AMR.

    The podcast is produced, written and hosted by Graham Richardson https://www.gnrichardson.co.uk/ @wildgreyme

    Original music is provided by Robin Hiley, the composer and lyricist for Lifeline

     

    32 min
  • Who Killed Mrs X!?

    Transcript Available at: https://bit.ly/3J5PZR3 

    Who killed Mrs X?

    Was it her husband, infecting her with a resistant bacterium? Was it the pharmacist, who sold Mr X the antibiotics? Or was it the system that allowed him to get the antibiotics in the first place?

    Prof Bob Phillips, Professor of Paediatrics and Evidence Synthesis at at the University of York and Director of Candlelighters Supportive Care Research Centre - https://www.candlelighters.org.uk/ 

    Dr Meghan Perry, a Consultant in Infectious Diseases & Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh

    Michael Mosha, Pharmacist and Public Health specialist at Roll Back Antimicrobial Resistance Initiative in Dodoma, Tanzania - https://rbainitiative.or.tz/

    Dr Michele Ritter, Infectious Disease Specialist and Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Diego

    The Lifeline Project is a podcast exploring the science and stories behind the musical, Lifeline, a show about antibiotics, Alexander Fleming, and the biggest current global health crisis you might never have heard of, antimicrobial resistance or AMR.

    The podcast is produced, written and hosted by Graham Richardson https://www.gnrichardson.co.uk/ @wildgreyme

    Original music is provided by Robin Hiley, the composer and lyricist for Lifeline

     

    40 min
  • My-crobes and Your-crobes

    Transcript available at: https://bit.ly/45lolHc 

    The Lifeline project is a podcast exploring the science and stories behind the musical, Lifeline.

    The first episode is a potted history of the show and it's principal cast members - not the actors, the microbes that help make their bodies function. 

    Featuring: Maren Hunsberger - a scientist, science communicator, producer and actor - @marenhunsberger on socials (or on TikTok @marenmicrobe)

    Dr Jake M Robinson - a scientist, podcaster and author who studies ecosystem restoration and microbial ecology. https://www.jakemrobinson.com/ or on social media @_jake_robinson

    The podcast is produced, written and hosted by Graham Richardson https://www.gnrichardson.co.uk/ @wildgreyme

    Original music is provided by Robin Hiley, the composer and lyricist for Lifeline

     

    43 min

About The Lifeline Project

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The Lifeline Project is podcast that explore the science and stories behind the musical, ’Lifeline’. Starting as an educational show for young people, Lifeline explores the human stories past and present that behind Antimicrobial Resistance (or AMR), which is the biggest threat to global health you might never have heard of. Originating in Scotland, it has toured around the USA and will be coming to London in 2026.