Appearances
The Brookings Institution
5/14/2024: In "Biosafety and the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence and policy implications" I share why understanding the history of lab accidents is so important.
The Jordan Harbinger Show
3/1/2024: On "Episode 958, Alison Young: Lab Leaks, Pandemics, and a World at Risk," Jordan and I discuss the prevalence of safety breaches and efforts to obscure Covid origins investigations.
The 80,000 Hours Podcast
11/9/2023: In this episode, I talk with host Luisa Rodriguez about the CDC's many lab accidents, how a military lab mistakenly shipped live anthrax around the world, the current fragmented oversight of biological research and much more.
Hill TV Rising
6/22/2023: In this interview, I talk about the delayed release of U.S. intelligence on the Wuhan Institute of Virology and the wider risks of lab accidents.
Babbage from The Economist
6/21/2023: On this episode of Babbage, The Economist's weekly science and technology podcast, I talk with health editor Natasha Loder about the search for pandemic's origin and the implications for laboratory safety and oversight.
America Dissected
6/20/2023:In this episode, I talk with Dr. Abdul El-Sayed about how the U.S. bioweapons program in the years after World War II became the birthplace of modern biosafety.