Ep 215 // Dr. Celine Gounder on Vaccine Confidence / ‘Those Who Wish Me Dead’

"Joe Virgillito speaks with Dr. Celine Gounder about ways to boost confidence in the vaccines available to protect against COVID-19. Dr. Gounder is the CEO/President/Founder of Just Human Productions, a non-profit multimedia organization and is host and producer of two podcasts – American Diagnosis and Epidemic. She has also contributed to or appeared on several high profile publications and news outlets such as The New Yorker, The Washington Post, MSNBC, CBS, while she is currently a medical analyst for CNN and has been on President Biden’s COVID-19 Advisory Board.

Later in the episode, Jacqueline Soller and Charles Hinshaw discuss the film ‘Those Who Wish Me Dead,’ directed by Taylor Sheridan and starring Angelina Jolie, Nicholas Hoult, Aidan Gillen, and Jon Bernthal – distributed by New Line Cinema and available to stream on HBO Max.

Plus a live performance from Michael Cormier, recorded exclusively for BTRtoday.

Episode Credits:

Producer/Host: J. McVay
Associate Producer: Joe Virgillito
Contributors on Movies: Jacqueline Soller, Charles Hinshaw
Composer/Editor: Hansdale Hsu

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00:00 - Intro
01:22 - START /// Dr. Celine Gounder on Vaccine Confidence
02:50 - Vaccine hesitancy vs. vaccine confidence
07:45 - Actual vs. anticipated challenges
10:25 - The political factors
15:55 - American individualism vs. collective good
21:35 - Historical factors / social media and misinfo/disinfo
29:45 - Grassroots approach /// END
32:50 - Movie Review: Charles Hinshaw on ‘Those Who Wish Me Dead’
34:20 - Movie Chat: Charles Hinshaw + Jacqueline Soller [SPOILER ALERT]
63:40 - “Last Hurrah" (BTR Live Studio, 2021) - Michael Cormier
67:40 - Outro/credits
68:20 - Finish.
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