{"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 1315: Jabs for bats","slug":"twiv-1315-jabs-for-bats","published_at":"2026-04-19T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-virology-175592/twiv-1315-jabs-for-bats","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-virology-175592","url":"https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-1315/","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/twiv/TWiV1315.mp3?dest-id=25528","summary":"TWiV explains a study showing that the wildlife trade, including live-animal markets, is a major driver of animal-to-human pathogen transmission, and ecological vaccination, a strategy to prevent zoonotic spillover from bats. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello , Alan Dove , Rich Condit , and Angela Mingarelli 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) Bernard Roizman passes ( Wikipedia ) Maturation of a scientist (Ann Rev Virology) Wildlife trade drives pathogen transmission (Science) Ecological vaccination of bats (Sci Adv) Letters read on TWiV 1315 Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks! Weekly Picks Angela – Real-time tracking of pathogen evolution Rich – A Precarious Perch ; Suwannee's track ; Avian Research and Conservation Institute Alan – Bookshop.org Vincent – The Mysterious 30 Year Journey of Apollo 12 Listener Picks Fernando – Sean M. Carroll's series \"The Biggest Ideas in the Universe\": \"Space, Time, and Motion\", and \"Quanta and Fields .\" 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 explains a study showing that the wildlife trade, including live-animal markets, is a major driver of animal-to-human pathogen transmission, and ecol…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":6610,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/this-week-in-virology-175592/episodes/twiv-1315-jabs-for-bats/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-1315-jabs-for-bats.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}