great podcast

a fabulous and timely podcast, talking about medicine and service. A nice sky wink to Alan Alda's famous series, as well as a great chat with Anthony Fauci. I was so happy to download this podcast, even if Audible is experiencing issues in sequencing - it would have been better if the chapters were numbered, so I could cobble the correct order together.

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Brilliant untold story of medical pioneers

This is a fascinating untold story of the huge medical advances made by a group of doctors who volunteered to do medical research instead of being drafted to Vietnam, including Dr Anthony Fauci. Millions of lives were altered for the better by their work, including my own, since one of the treatments they pioneered was the treatment for high cholesterol. Alan Alda hosts the piece very enthusiastically and respectfully.

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Fantastic! I had quite a few teary moments!

Everyone if the scientists are SO humble - true greatness. The people who trusted you to help them - THANK YOU!!!

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Fascinating

Always interesting to learn about 'Hidden Histories' and especially so when the effects of this group, the NIH had had such a major impact globally. Thank you for an engrossing and informative listen

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This ends at the america is great level....

I had hoped to encounter not only a historical but then also investigative report about research, pharma, how the system works in the US, where people pay huge sums for basic medications that around the world are cheaper, even if developed on national health service.
The NiH structure to allow collaboration in contrast to the otherwise highly rated competition would have been interesting.
I enjoyed the historical look back and learning about the beginnings and some of the truly outstanding personal.
I do not know if my expectations were wrong or of this just ended at a level that overall made this feel like a story of self elevation.

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Amazing insight on a hidden American history.

A brilliantly informative medical history that although based in America has created a place on our planet where many of us are alive today due to the medical breakthroughs that go back to the Vietnam War. God bless them, every one of them. Amazing.

Step back in time but working for now.

This is a look back in time. But it means so much to now.
We would not be here if it was not for some of these Doctors.

The story of the yellow berets ,the forgotten

This is a fascinating revelation regarding the young medical research graduates who to avoid the draft developed an understanding and solution to AIDs , blocked hardening arteries/ colestral and hence statins a better understanding of "T' cells and their function . Of late with the same dedicated teams of young medical graduates lead by previous yellow berets, vacinnes solution to covin-19. Four Nobel prize winners from this unsung unheralded generation .Their work resides in dusty library archives but the odd research diamond's have been developed to save millions of lives . The draft Dodgers that won many medical wars unlike the millitary and political disaster that was the long drawn out Vietnam fruitless war .

An excellent history of modern medicine

Very informative but a bit repetitive , a bit too much padding..Chapters are not numbered so guessing the order of them is trial and error.

A very interesting and informative listen

Loved it. Makes you feel thankful to all those people involved then and now.