All Episodes
Osterholm Update — 220 episodes
Episode 211: A System Held With Duct Tape
Episode 210: Ebola: What the Past Tells Us about the Present
Episode 209: Awareness vs. Alarm: Making Sense of the Headlines
Episode 208: Bad News, Good News
Episode 207: Asking the Right Questions
Episode 206: What we know about long COVID
Episode 205: Disease Waits for No One
Episode 204: Holding the Tools
Episode 203: Somebody to Lean On
Episode 202: The Bells Still Ring
Episode 201: The Twilight Zone of Immunization
Episode 200: A Moment Among Moments
Episode 199: Flu Takes Charge
Episode 198: Gaps in the Safety Net
Special Episode: ACIP's Hepatitis B Vaccine Decisions
Episode 197: Fork in the Road
Episode 196: Flu Shifts: Why Vaccines Still Matter
Episode 195: We Can Make a Difference
Episode 194: Bending Not Breaking
Episode 193: Fevers, Furloughs, and Falsehoods
Special Update: Dysfunction at ACIP
Episode 192: Ice Cream and Shark Attacks
Episode 191: 'The Big One' with Mark Olshaker, Ann Hennigan Grace, & Dr. Sydney Redepenning
Episode 190: Courage Over Fear
Episode 189: Are We at Risk of Losing Our Vaccines?
Episode 188: Finding the Light
Episode 187: Stay the Course
Episode 186: Chaos Reigns
Episode 185: Our Light, Our Fight
Episode 184: Fool's Gold: Reframing the Science
Episode 183: Time to Organize
Episode 182: The Vaccine Confidence Crisis
Episode 181: Public Health Policy Is Political
Episode 180: The April Fool's Tragedy
Episode 179: Remembering Darkness, Sharing Light: Five Years Later
Episode 178: Mixed Messages: Navigating the Unfolding Confusion
Episode 177: We Cannot Give Up or Give In
Episode 176: Responding to Shock, Awe, and Censorship
Episode 175: Drinking From a Fire Hose: Are We Drowning?
Episode 174: The H5N1 Pandemic Cliff: Are We at the Edge?
Episode 173: What Is Safe and Effective?
Episode 172: A Tunnel of Uncertainty
Episode 171: Serious Challenges Ahead: RFK Jr and a New HHS
Episode 170: What Happens Now? Public Health in Uncertain Times
Episode 169: The Most Important Episode I'll Ever Record
Episode 168: Better Times
Episode 167: A Coronavirus Dance
Episode 166: Infectious Diseases Roulette
Episode 165: Frustrating Times: H5N1, Mpox, & Vectorborne Disease
Episode 164 Addendum: COVID Vaccine Update
Episode 164: Only the Beginning
Episode 163: COVID-19 & H5N1: What's Going On?
Episode 162: Class is Not Dismissed
Episode 161: What's Going On and Why Does it Matter?
Episode 160: The H5N1 Response
Episode 159: Uncharted Territory
Episode 158: An Unfolding Saga
Episode 157: Lungs & Udders
Episode 156: H5N1: An Impending Crisis?
Episode 155: Brighter Days Ahead
Episode 154: H5N1 Uncertainty
Episode 153: Good News in a COVID-Indifferent World
Episode 152: A Tough Conversation
Episode 151: Harm Reduction
Episode 150: A Family Discussion
Episode 149: A Period of Transition
Episode 148: No Time to Quit
Episode 147: JN.1, Hospital Capacity, & Vaccine Uptake
Episode 146: A Seasonless Virus
Episode 145: The Hospital Capacity Crisis
Episode 144: A Slow Motion Tsunami
Episode 143: Immunological Chess Match
Episode 142: Long COVID, Intranasal Vaccines, & Booster Dose Timing
Episode 141: One Huge Puzzle
Episode 140: Challenges of the Past, Present, and Future
Episode 139: Time for a Mindset Change
Episode 138: More Confusing Times
Episode 137: Variant Soup
Episode 136: Perspective and Humility
Episode 135: More to Learn
Episode 134: Good News
Episode 133: No Simple Answers
Episode 132: Looking in the Windows
Episode 131: A COVID Fog
Episode 130: A Better Place
Episode 129: Not Out of the Woods Yet
Episode 128: A Light at the End of a Tough Two Weeks
Episode 127: A Tough Two Weeks
Episode 126: Truth in the Midst of Political Theater
Episode 125: Masks, Memories, & Middle Ground
Episode 124: Taking Long COVID Seriously
Episode 123: Nowhere Land
Episode 122: Shutting Down Misinformation
Episode 121: Thank You, Dr. Jena: Part 2
Episode 120: Entering Phase 5
Episode 119: COVID in the Driver's Seat
A Time to Be Thankful but Alert
A Positive Note
Subvariants, Long COVID, and Influenza
A New Phase
A Three Act Play
Time for Learning, Not Forgetting
A Reason for Hope
A High Plain Plateau
A COVID Marathon
Rejecting the Status Quo
Episode 108: Living with COVID
A BA.4 and BA.5 World
COVID Meteorology
COVID-19, Monkeypox, and Pediatric Hepatitis
Tougher than Rocket Science
Episode 103: Words Matter
Episode 102: Choose Your Own Path
Episode 101: Class in Complicated Times
Episode 100: You Can't Stop the Wind
Episode 99: A Time for Humility
Episode 98: A Stay-Tuned Moment
Episode 97: This Virus Isn't Done with Us
Episode 96: A Familiar Uncertainty
Episode 95: Expect the Unexpected
Episode 94: The Next Normal
Episode 93: What the World Needs
Episode 92: Shifting Baselines
Episode 91: The Decline of Omicron
Episode 90: A Pandemic of Lost Trust
Episode 89: Understanding Immunity
Episode 88: Vaccines, Variants, and Long COVID
Episode 87: Hope Is Not a Strategy
Episode 86: The Omicron Crisis
Episode 85: Smart Testing in the Omicron Surge
Episode 84: Imperfect Situations and Imperfect Solutions
On Viral Time
A Viral Blizzard
The Early Data on Omicron
The Emergence of Omicron
Thanksgiving Mini Episode
Episode 78: Breakthroughs and Boosters
Episode 77: A Booster Dose of Humility
Episode 76: Vaccines in the World of Delta
Episode 75: Evolving Science
Episode 74: Implement, Study, Learn
Episode 73: Don't Think Like June
Episode 72: A Surge in Optimism
Episode 71: Boosting the Vaccination Effort
Episode 70: Corrected Science
Episode 69: A Whole New Ball Game
Episode 68: Recalculating Risk
Episode 67: You Can’t Run Out the Game Clock
Episode 66: Thank You, Dr. Jena
Episode 65: An Ongoing Tug of War
Episode 64: Straight Talk
Episode 63: Ebbs and Flows
Episode 62: Untangling the Data
Episode 61: Divided by Delta
Episode 60: A Formidable Foe
Episode 59: Wrestling with Risk
Episode 58: A Year at Sea
Episode 57: Reading the Pitch
Episode 56: From Checkers to Chess
Episode 55: Mother Nature Strikes Again
Episode 54: Vaccines and Taking Care of Friends
Episode 53: Two Doses of Vaccine and One Dose of Humility
Episode 52: A Balancing Act Continued
Episode 51: A Balancing Act
Episode 50: Sitting in Limbo
Episode 49: You Can't Dismiss Gravity
Osterholm Update Live (March 23, 2021)
Episode 48: A Mended Heart
Episode 47: Preparing for Act Three
Episode 46: Winnable Moments
Episode 45: Watchful Waiting
Episode 44: Hurricane Warning
Episode 43: A Realist Adjusts the Sails
Episode 42: Calling an Audible
Episode 41: Surrender Is Not an Option
Episode 40: An Imperfect Storm
Episode 39: Places We've Never Been Part 2
Episode 38: Places We've Never Been
Holiday Special: The Polar Express
Episode 37: Now Is the Time
Episode 36: The Miracle in Brainerd
Episode 35: The Last Mile to the Last Inch
Episode 34: The Best of Times and the Worst of Times
Episode 33: A Thanksgiving Perspective
Episode 32: Stop Swapping Air
Episode 31: Pay to Prevail
Episode 30: A New Dialogue
Episode 29: Finding Light While in the Tunnel
Episode 28: Failure Is Not an Option
Special Episode: Osterholm Update Live (October 2020)
Episode 27: COVID in the Capital
Episode 26: Planes, Trains, or Automobiles?
Episode 25: Ripple Effects
Episode 24: Long-Haulers
Episode 23: COVID-19 and Mental Health
Episode 22: Pregnancy in a Pandemic
Episode 21: Crazy Days
Episode 20: Message Chaos
Special Episode: Osterholm Update Live
Episode 19: No Time to Rest
Episode 18: Preparing for the Fall
Episode 17: Reopening Schools Part 2
Episode 16: Reopening Schools Part 1
Episode 15: A Coronavirus Forest Fire
Episode 14: Viral Gravity
Episode 13: What I Know and Don't Know About COVID-19
Episode 12: A Tale of Two Countries
Episode 11: Driven by the Data
Special Episode: Masks and Science
Episode 10: A New Time for Public Health
Episode 9: Smart Testing
Episode 8: Raring to Reopen
Episode 7: Pandemic Wave Scenarios
Episode 6: The Question of Immunity
Episode 5: Living with the Virus
Episode 5: Living with the Virus
Episode 4: The Reality of Testing
Episode 3: Preparing For What's To Come
Episode 2: The Global Coronavirus Response
Episode 1: How We Got Here