The Lifeline Project
Wait, it’s a musical about what!? The Lifeline Project explores the science and stories behind the musical, ’Lifeline’, a show about antibiotics, Alexander Fleming and the biggest current health crisis you might never have heard of - AntiMicrobial Resistance. In this podcast we explore this massive topic in global health through the eyes of scientists, patients, campaigners, writers and musicians. With AMR threatening to kill 10 million people a year by 2050 the time to act is now, and what better way to find out about this pressing social and scientific issue than through a musical and its accompanying podcast! So, what is AMR? How do we prevent it? And how on earth can a musical about antibiotics make any difference? The Lifeline Project is produced and hosted by Lifeline cast member, Graham Richardson, with original music from Lifeline Composer, Robin Hiley. The musical itself is running off Broadway at Signature Theatre from 28 Aug-28 Sep 2024 with tickets available from the website. www.lifelinemusical.com @lifelinemusical
Episodes
In this episode we talk to the chorus of healthcare professionals who take to the stage with the principal cast every night to tell the story of Jess and Alexander Fleming.
This is the last episode in the series of ten which should give you a good introduction to how to talk about AMR from a scientific and social perspective, and give you an insight into how a highly collaborative musical about a tricky scientific topic was made.
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Lifeline has been in production for nearly a decade. In that time, much has changed but the core scientific and social message has always stayed the same.
In this episode we talk to Robin Hiley, composer, Becky Hope-Palmer, book writer, and Dr Meghan Perry, scientific advisor who have been three of the people closest to the action making Lifeline what it is today. If you're interested in finding out what it takes to make a musical ...
How do you fit the nearly hundred year history of antimicrobials in agriculture and the environment into one song? Buckle up.
Talking about the antibiotic emergency under the banner of One Health means not only taking in the history of drugs in medicine but also the wild ways they have been used in animals and their effect on the environment. Helping us navigate this huge topic are 'bugs and drugs' historian Dr Claas Kirchhelle and...
Kevin Brown wrote the book on Alexander Fleming. Rob Hiley wrote the musical. Who better to ask about the man behind the mould?
The Lifeline Project is a podcast exploring the science and stories behind the musical, Lifeline, a show about antibiotics, Alexander Fleming, and the biggest current global health crisis you might never have heard of, antimicrobial resistance or AMR.
One of our biggest supporters over the last few years has been Dame Sally Davies, the former haematologist, civil servant, Chief Medical Officer of the UK and the current master of Trinity College and UK’s Special Envoy on AMR. She’s also a legend.
The Lifeline Project is a podcast exploring the science and stories behind the musical, Lifeline, a show about antibiotics, Alexander Fleming, and the biggest current global health cri...
Ingrid was young and starting her career as a dietician when two years of hospitalisation, injections and recovery which changed her life forever.
In this episode we focus on Tuberculosis, or TB, a disease with a long history in humans which is both curable and preventable but continues to kill 1.2 million people every year.
Featuring:
Ingrid Schoeman, Director of Advocacy and Strategy for TB Proof, a group started by health care ...
Jess is a doctor, Aaron is a patient, Julian is in a position of power. Together, they are the three friends whose story is at the heart of the show. All of them, in their own ways are antibiotic stewards.
Featuring:
Dr Olayinka Fakorede, Medical Doctor and Masters candidate at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Michael Mosha, Pharmacist and Public Health specialist at Roll Back Antimicrobial Resistance Initiative in Dod...
AMR is a problem with a plethora of solutions...and plenty of barriers to reach them.
In this episode we look at the role innovation can play – innovating new antibiotics, relatively unexplored treatments and preventing infection in the first place.
Featuring:
Silas Holland, Executive director in infectious disease policy at Merck
Dr Michele Ritter, Infectious Disease Specialist and Associate Professor of Medicine at the Universit...
Who killed Mrs X?
Was it her husband, infecting her with a resistant bacterium? Was it the pharmacist, who sold Mr X the antibiotics? Or was it the system that allowed him to get the antibiotics in the first place?
Featuring:
Prof Bob Phillips, Professor of Paediatrics and Evidence Synthesis at at the University of York and an Honorary Consultant in Paediatric / Teenage-Young Adult Oncology at Leeds Children's Hospital. He is also ...
The Lifeline project is a podcast exploring the science and process behind the musical, Lifeline, a show about antibiotics, Alexander Fleming, and the biggest current global health crisis you might never have heard of.
The first episode is a potted history of the show and it's principal cast members - not the actors, the microbes that help make their bodies function.
Featuring:
Maren Hunsberger - a scientist, science communicator,...
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