# TWiV 1303: Overachieving vaccines Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-virology-175592/twiv-1303-overachieving-vaccines Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-virology-175592/twiv-1303-overachieving-vaccines.md Podcast: [This Week in Virology](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-virology-175592) Published: 2026-03-08T05:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-1303/ Audio file: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/twiv/TWiV1303.mp3?dest-id=25528 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/this-week-in-virology-175592/episodes/twiv-1303-overachieving-vaccines Duration seconds: 6631 ## Resource TWiV reviews an association between shingles vaccination and slower biological aging, and how mucosal immunization in mice provides protection against disease caused by diverse viruses and bacteria. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello , Alan Dove , Rich Condit , and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts , RSS , email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Support science education at MicrobeTV Positions in Rosenfeld Lab (email) Shingles vaccination may slow biological aging (J Gerontol) Getting virus classification and nomenclature right (J Virol) Mucosal vaccination blocks diverse respiratory diseases (Science) Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks! Weekly Picks Brianne – I grew up unvaccinated. Now I'm an Immunologist Rich – Horizons from PBS News – The science behind exercise and why it's good for our bodies ; The London Busman Study (Cardiac Health) Alan – Waste Wars: The Wild Afterlife of Your Trash , by Alexander Clapp Vincent – America vs the World by Robert Kagan Listener Pick Anne – Winners of the 2026 Underwater Photographer of the Year Award Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/this-week-in-virology-175592/episodes/twiv-1303-overachieving-vaccines/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-virology-175592/twiv-1303-overachieving-vaccines.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.