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!

Weekly Picks

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Listener Picks

John – 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

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