{"podcast":{"title":"Countermeasures","slug":"countermeasures-6628039","podcast_index_feed_id":6628039,"rss_url":"https://feeds.cohostpodcasting.com/MhyyCIRB","website_url":"https://www.emergentbiosolutions.com/opioid-crisis/","image_url":"https://files.cohostpodcasting.com/quill-file-prod/41ef96e0-9fb2-47cc-9d12-aed60570cfb6/shows/3625f738-d99b-4e48-8870-608b3d31caf0/cover-art/original_96ad42bab101bb6fafc8a5ae6076a224.jpg","author":"Emergent BioSolutions","episode_count":27,"summary":"Throughout history, humanity has faced down disease and disaster. This season, Countermeasures traces the arc of public health crises and bioterrorism events across centuries, from the Black Death to the 2001 Anthrax attacks. We dig into how societies responded in the moment, what those responses reveal in hindsight, and what we still need to learn. Each episode uncovers the science and the human decisions behind our fight against health threats, and asks what it will take to be ready for the next one. Brought to you by Emergent, a leading public health company that delivers protective and life-saving solutions to communities around the world.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-03T00:20:23.256015+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/countermeasures-6628039"},"episode":{"title":"The Anthrax Attacks, 25 Years Later","slug":"the-anthrax-attacks-25-years-later","published_at":"2026-09-02T12:58:23+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/countermeasures-6628039/the-anthrax-attacks-25-years-later","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/countermeasures-6628039","url":"https://www.emergentbiosolutions.com/opioid-crisis/","audio_url":"https://pdrl.fm/27ceda/audio-delivery.cohostpodcasting.com/audio/41ef96e0-9fb2-47cc-9d12-aed60570cfb6/episodes/39b65c48-f23a-45e9-9038-29fcbcec388b/episode.mp3","summary":"One week after 9/11, letters laced with anthrax spores began arriving at newsrooms and Senate offices across the country. By the time it was over, five people were dead, seventeen more were sickened, and the United States was confronting its first major act of bioterrorism in real time. This episode traces the anthrax attacks, from a mysterious diagnosis in Florida to the detective work that led investigators to Bruce Ivins, and asks what we can learn from the event 25 years later. Guests: Dr. Paul Keim :  Distinguished Professor, Geneticist and Microbiologist, whose lab provided critical DNA analysis to the FBI's investigation Dr. Daniel R. Lucey :  Clinical Professor of Medicine, Infectious Diseases; Chief of Infectious Disease Service at the largest hospital in Washington, D.C. during the attacks Dr. Asha M. George :  Director, Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense, Atlantic Council's Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security","meta_description":"One week after 9/11, letters laced with anthrax spores began arriving at newsrooms and Senate offices across the country. By the time it was over, five pe…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1876,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/countermeasures-6628039/episodes/the-anthrax-attacks-25-years-later/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/countermeasures-6628039/the-anthrax-attacks-25-years-later.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}