HIV unmuted podcast
It has been over 40 years since AIDS was first reported. HIV unmuted, the IAS podcast, talks to the global HIV change makers who have shaped the response and asks what we must do to end the AIDS epidemic.
Listen to Episode 15: Sustaining the HIV response: In conversation with Ambassador Nkengasong
Award winning!
HIV unmuted has received multiple awards for its impactful storytelling and dedication to amplifying the voices of people living with or affected by HIV.
Meet the hosts
Juan Michael Porter II is a health journalist, HIV advocate, culture critic, educator and the host of HIV unmuted, the IAS podcast. He is the Senior Editor of TheBody.com and TheBodyPro – and the first person openly living with HIV to hold the position. Juan Michael’s reportage combines data dives, personal narratives and policy analyses to address the real-world consequences of ever-shifting legislation on people’s health outcomes. He has written for the Public Broadcasting Service, SF Chronicle, Philadelphia Inquirer, Christian Science Monitor, NY Observer, TDF Stages, Playbill, American Theatre, Time Out NY, Queerty, Anti-Racism Daily, Positively Aware, Documentary Magazine, SYFY Wire, Scholastic and Dance Magazine.
Femi Oke is an award-winning international journalist, broadcaster, professional moderator and co-founder of the diverse moderators bureau, “Moderate The Panel”. Based in Washington, D.C., she hosts the interactive current affairs show, “The Stream”, for Al Jazeera English, is a correspondent for the Al Jazeera documentary series, “Fault Lines”, and is the social media contributor for NPR’s midday news programme, “Here and Now”.
“The IAS brings us the leading lights of science, medicine, and activism and reminds us that there is still much work to be done. … Eye-opening and inspiring.”
– A&U America’s AIDS Magazine