All Episodes
Let's Talk Micro — 249 episodes
241: What Can Whole Genome Sequencing Realistically Tell Us About Resistance?
240: CLSI M100 2026: Actualizaciones
239: Inside ASM Microbe 2026
238: From the Bench to CPEP: An MLS Journey
237: Micro Minutes: A Case of Mistaken Identity
236: Let's Talk Andes Virus
235: Let's Talk Hantavirus
234: High School, the Laboratory, and Workforce Development
233: The Background Singers of Gram-Negative Cocci
232: What's New at ASM Microbe 2026?
231: The Hockey Puck Bug: Moraxella catarrhalis
230: Same Gram Stain, Different Story: Neisseria meningitidis vs gonorrhoeae
229: Gram-Negative Cocci: Beyond the Plate
228: Gram-Negative Cocci: What to Do After the Gram Stain
227: When Gram-Negative Cocci Show Up: How to Think at the Bench
226: CLSI M100 2026 Updates
Quick Update from Let's Talk Micro
225: Too Many Bugs, One Culture: A CMPH Guide to Wound Cultures
224: Micro Minutes: Sometimes Gram Stains Lie
223: SuperStat to Storytime: Building the Future of Laboratory Medicine
222: Parasites, Pediatrics, and the Lab: A Study from Guinea, West Africa
221: Beyond the Plate: Your Isolates and Genomic Epidemiology
220: New Clinical Microbiology Certification Pathway at UF
219: Tick-Borne Diseases: The Lab and Diagnostics
218: Metagenomics in Clinical Microbiology
217: Micro Minutes: Don't Let PEA Fool You
216: AMR Summit 2025: One Health, One Fight
215: One Health, Many Species: AMR Through a Veterinary Lens
214: Beyond the Bench: Optimization & Stewardship in Action
213: Micro Minutes: When Bacteria Break the Rules
212: Micro Minutes: Sometimes MacConkey Lies
211: At the Speed of AST: Diagnosing Resistance Faster
210: IDWeek 2025 Highlights: From Bench to Bedside
209: CLSI y resistencia antimicrobiana (In Spanish)
208: The Microbiome Center of Puerto Rico
207: Micro Lab and Stewardship: Collaboration in Action (Pt.2)
206: Micro Lab and Stewardship: Collaboration in Action (Pt.1)
205: Complicated UTIs: The New IDSA Guidelines
204: In the Bloodstream: Diagnosing Infections Faster
203: What's New with Brucella?
202: AI vs. Superbugs: Can AI Help?
201: Spotlight: Rethinking AST-Disk Diffusion on Early Growth
200: Early Growth, Faster Answers: Rethinking AST
199: Antibiotics: What's New in Treatment
198: Let's Talk: The Evolution of AST
TBT: Talking Breakpoints with Dr. Andrea Prinzi
TBT: Clinical Microbiology Procedures Handbook
195: Diabetic Wound Cultures: From Chaos to Clarity in the Micro Lab
194: Live from ASM Microbe 2025: Poster Highlights, Trends & Takeaways
193: ASM 2025: Fast Science. Big Cases
192: Stronger Together: Partnerships in Diagnostics
191: TBT- Talking HIV with Dr. Hsu
190: Aztreonam-avibactam
189: Outbreak Detection System
188: Haemophilus: ALA, susceptibilities, and more
187: Haemophilus
186: Talking CPEP Fellowship
185: The Path to Microbiology: their journey pt. 3
184: Lariocidin
183: 101 Topics for Clinical Microbiology Lab Leaders
182: TBT- Next Generation Sequencing
181: Microbiology CAP Checklists: Latest Updates
180: CLSI M100-Ed35: updates and more
179: Eikenella
178: Talking Micro with Janet Hindler
177: MLS Clinical Certificates : Loyola University Chicago
176: Microbiology kits: Carolina Distance Learning
175: The Path to Microbiology: their journey pt. 2
174: The Path to Microbiology: their journey
173: Acid- fast bacilli (AFB) : An Introduction
172: Talking AMR: Macrolides and Lincosamides
171: Microbiology and Blood Bank Simulation Lab
170: Sulopenem
169: Health Care Linens: outbreaks and more
168: Pasteurella: species, media, and more
167: Talking AMR: Oxazolidinones
166: Pasteurella multocida: capsular groups and more
165: E. coli: NDM and PBP variants
164: MicroClinUy (En Español/ In Spanish)
163: Talking AMR- Glycopeptides
TBT: Veterinary Microbiology
TBT: Biochemicals- catalase and coagulase
TBT: Media
159: A novel microbicide for Neisseria gonorrhoeae
158: Joint Infections PCR Panel
157: Lactobacillus
156: Actinotignum schaalii
155: ASCP: Microbiology Certifications
154: Dengue
153: Bone and Joint Infections
152: Potential antibiotics: lolamicin
TBT: Streptococcus anginosus group
TBT: LPC-233: An LpxC inhibitor
TBT: Fabimycin: an antibiotic candidate
151: Ace the Boards: Microbiology
150: Sterile body fluids and Multiplex PCR
Spotlight: Respiratory cultures
149: Talking Microbiome
148: Bonus: Live from ASM Microbe 2024
147: Research in Medical Laboratory Science: moose, bears, ESBL, and more
146: Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs)
145: Talking AMR: Polymyxins (lipopeptides)
144: Serie en Español: Tinción de Gram
143: Navigating your Path
142: UAA MLS : Microbiology and Research
141: AR Isolate Bank
140: Talking AMR: Tetracyclines
139: Bacillus: morphology and media
138: Bacillus species
137: Corynebacterium diphtheriae: media and more
136: Corynebacterium
135: Talking ID Stewardship, learning antibiotics, and more
134: Doctor of Public Health (DrPH)
133: Teaching Microbiology in High School
132: Listeria: media and more
131: Listeria
130: ABMM Certification
129: AR Lab Network, GN7F panel, and more
128: Talking AMR: Aminoglycosides
127: Next-generation sequencing
126: Talking Variovorax durovernensis
125: Manual of Clinical Microbiology
124: Collaboration with Breakpoints podcast: Talking AUR, CAP breakpoint requirements, and more
123: Streptococcus agalactiae (re-release)
122: Enterococcus species (re-release)
121: S. pneumoniae: testing and more (re-release)
120: Talking AMR: Fluoroquinolones
119: Streptococcus pneumoniae (re-release)
118: Talking urine culture orders
117: LPC-233: An LpxC inhibitor
116: An introduction to anaerobes (re-release)
115: Talking MALDI-TOF MS PT.2 : pros and cons
114: Collaboration with ID:IOTS podcast: Talking Laboratory and more
113: (Spanish) Serie en español- Medios de cultivo
112: Talking MALDI-TOF MS PT. 1
111: Marburg virus
110: (Spanish) Serie en español- Introducción y objetivos
Special updates
109: The Live Episode from ID Week 2023
108: A Pediatric Hospital in Guinea Pt.2
107: A Pediatric Hospital in Guinea Pt.1
106: Talking Malaria
105: Veterinary Microbiology
104: Emerging viruses pt. 2
103: Emerging viruses pt. 1
102: Talking Francisella: an interesting case
101: Talking AMR: Beta-lactams
Season 3: a preview and updates
100: Collaboration with Microbe Mail podcast: Hey Micro-There's a yeast in my culture
99: Talking MLS with Dr. Melissa Jamerson
98: Talking AMR : An overview
97: Digital Parasitology
96: Live at ASM with the Microbe Moment podcast
95: ASM Microbe 2023- Sessions, posters and more.
94: CLSI M100 Ed. 33 updates
93: An overview of Parasitology with Dr. Pritt
92: Hospital network goes down pt. 2
91: Hospital network goes down pt. 1
90: Piperacillin-Tazobactam, automated systems, and CLSI breakpoints
89: XDR Shigella
88: Clinical Microbiology Procedures Handbook
87: Lab week- St. Louis University MLS program
86: Bacteria Game
85: Bacterial biofilms and antimicrobial resistance
84: Talking Candida auris
83: Talking MS in MLS and Summer Immersion Program with Loyola University
82: Discrepancies between phenotypic and genotypic testing in Microbiology pt.2
81: Discrepancies between phenotypic and genotypic testing in Microbiology pt.1
80: Talking DCLS with Dr. Brandy Gunsolus
79: Failure to launch- Bacteria and the Hawaiian bobtail squid
78: Cordyceps
77: Bacillus anthracis
76: Bacillus- morphology and media
75: Bacillus species
74: Microbes in cleaning appliances and tools
73: Detecting amoeba: development of a PCR test
72: Marine Microbiology with Dr. Ocean
71: Let's Talk Micro meets ID:iots
70: Microbes and your grocery list
69: Online unknowns
68: Respiratory cultures
67: Re-release: Wohlfarhtiimonas chitiniclastica Monomicrobial bacteremia
66: Wohlfahrtiimonas and the fly who cried Wohlf
65: Yersinia pestis
64: Yersinia
63: The source of the Black Death
62: Fabimycin: an antibiotic candidate
61: Options for teaching microscopy remotely
60: Learning about Rabies with Dr. Rodney Rohde
59: Teaching Microbiology Remotely
58: S. pneumoniae: testing and more
57: Streptococcus pneumoniae
56: Critical shortages in Microbiology
55: Michigan Tech University-MLS Summer Youth Program
Episode 54: VRE tests and media
Episode 53: Enterococcus species
Episode 52: Tips and suggestions in Microbiology part two
Episode 51: Tips and suggestions in Microbiology
Episode 50: Lights, Camera… Lab! Dr. Alan Wu's Vision
Episode 49: Streptococcus anginosus group
Episode 48: Talking monkeypox with Dr. Rodney Rohde
Episode 47: Streptococcus dysgalactiae
Episode 46: University of Utah MLS- Summer Immersion Program
Episode 45: Talking Breakpoints with Dr. Andrea Prinzi
Episode 44: Talking BacterioSight and urine cultures with Dr. Rhoads
Episode 43: The Microbe Moment talks micro with me
Episode 42: Talking HIV with Dr. Hsu
Episode 41: Talking Neisseria with Charlene Kahler
Episode 40: Stenotrophomonas maltophilia and automated susceptibility testing
Episode 39: Talking disk diffusion performed on early growth
Episode 38: Staphylococcus singaporensis
Episode 37: GBS testing
Episode 36: Streptococcus agalactiae
Episode 35: Talking Wohlfahrtiimonas chitiniclastica
Episode 34: Group A Strep Testing
Episode 33: Streptococcus pyogenes
Episode 32: Talking Lab with Xander and Maria
Episode 31: CNS, Micrococcus and Aerococcus
Episode 30: Coagulase Negative Staph
Episode 29: Talking Staphylococcus argenteus
Episode 28: Chromogenic agar for MRSA and more
Episode 27: Staphylococcus aureus, biochemicals and MRSA
Episode 26: Staphylococcus aureus
Episode 25: MALDI-TOF (part 2)
Episode 24: MALDI-TOF (part 1)
Episode 23: Pasteurella, why is it my favorite?
Episode 22: Anaerobic agar
Episode 21: Anaerobes: Sources and incubation
Episode 20: An introduction to anaerobes
Episode 19: Thioglycolate broth
Episode 18: Talking Micro with Dania Casellas
Episode 17: Gram negative cocci
Episode 16: Catarrhalis disk
Episode 15: Urease test
Episode 14: Lysine Iron Agar
Episode 13: Triple Sugar Iron
Episode 12: Hektoen, XLD and more
Episode 11: A conversation with Karla Zamora
Episode 10: Oxidase
Episode 9: Indole
Optochin and Microdase disk
Episode 7: PYR and Strep Typing
Episode 6: Biochemicals- Catalase and Coagulase
Episode 5: 40x Objective- What do we use it for?
Episode 4: Blood Culture Gram Stains
Episode 3: Gram Stain morphology and reporting
Episode 2- Gram stains
Episode 1: Media
An introduction