{"podcast":{"title":"This Week in Virology","slug":"this-week-in-virology-581835","podcast_index_feed_id":581835,"rss_url":"https://feeds.feedburner.com/twivmp3","website_url":"http://www.microbe.tv/twiv","image_url":"http://www.microbe.tv/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/TWiV_v3_white.jpg","author":"Vincent Racaniello (twiv@microbe.tv)","episode_count":99,"summary":"TWiV is a weekly netcast about viruses - the kind that make you sick. Professors Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler and science writer Alan Dove and guests deconstruct viruses, how they cause illness, and dissect the latest research.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-12T04:17:26.143438+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-virology-581835"},"episode":{"title":"TWiV 1327: Influenza viruses in the MIST","slug":"twiv-1327-influenza-viruses-in-the-mist","published_at":"2026-05-31T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-virology-581835/twiv-1327-influenza-viruses-in-the-mist","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-virology-581835","url":"https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-1327/","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/twiv/TWiV1327.mp3?dest-id=25528","summary":"TWiV explains research on human influenza virus transmission that reveals heterogeneous expulsion of infectious virus into air, and how gut bacteriophages dictate inflammation heterogeneity through tuning the phage-bacteria-sphingosine-intestine axis in Crohn’s disease. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Brianne Barker, and Jolene Ramsey 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) NIH ousts infectious-disease leaders (Nature) Measles deaths in Bangladesh (npr) Russel Vought is going to destroy American science (Elizabeth Ginexi) Heterogeneous expulsion of infectious influenza virus into air (Cell) Gut phages and Crohn’s disease (Cell Host Microbe) MIST device (Emory) Letters read on TWiV 1327 Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks! Picks of the Week Brianne – The Perfect Bee Language Rich – Hubble’s Messier Catalog Jolene – A different kind of power – Jacinda Ardern Vincent – Albert Sabin by Karen Torghele Listener Picks Anthony – Dr. Dakotah Tyler Marcus – Apollo 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 research on human influenza virus transmission that reveals heterogeneous expulsion of infectious virus into air, and how gut bacteriophages…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":7173,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/this-week-in-virology-581835/episodes/twiv-1327-influenza-viruses-in-the-mist/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-581835/twiv-1327-influenza-viruses-in-the-mist.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}