{"podcast":{"title":"This Week in Virology","slug":"this-week-in-virology-175592","podcast_index_feed_id":175592,"rss_url":"https://twiv.libsyn.com/twiv","website_url":"http://www.microbe.tv/twiv","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/7/2/4/9/7249be555a480cd2/TWiV_v3_white2400.jpg","author":"Vincent Racaniello","episode_count":1363,"summary":"TWiV is a weekly netcast about viruses - the kind that make you sick. Brought to you by four university professors and a science writer.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-13T12:18:56.274864+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-virology-175592"},"episode":{"title":"TWiV 1313: Maybe they're all dementia vaccines","slug":"twiv-1313-maybe-they-re-all-dementia-vaccines","published_at":"2026-04-12T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-virology-175592/twiv-1313-maybe-they-re-all-dementia-vaccines","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-virology-175592","url":"https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-1313/","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/twiv/TWiV1313.mp3?dest-id=25528","summary":"TWiV reviews evidence that influenza standard and high-dose vaccines reduce risk of Alzheimer's dementia, and spread of deltaviruses by a viral Trojan horse mechanism. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello , Alan Dove , and Rich Condit 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) Dennis O'Callaghan passes ( Wikipedia , LSU ) Reduced dementia risk after influenza vaccine (Neurology) Deltaviruses spread via Trojan Horse (Cell) Letters read on TWiV 1313 Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks! Weekly Picks Rich – The Path of Artemis II Alan – Climate change is causing cherry blossoms to miss their peak blooms in Japan Vincent – The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality by Brian Greene Listener Picks Ann – Artemis II Launch – 7.5 Seconds in Slo-Mo Torsten – 'This feels fragile': how a satellite-smashing chain reaction could spiral out of control 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.","meta_description":"TWiV reviews evidence that influenza standard and high-dose vaccines reduce risk of Alzheimer's dementia, and spread of deltaviruses by a viral Trojan hor…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":6945,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/this-week-in-virology-175592/episodes/twiv-1313-maybe-they-re-all-dementia-vaccines/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-virology-175592/twiv-1313-maybe-they-re-all-dementia-vaccines.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}