Click above to listen to Part 3 of Skeptic Check: Heal Thyself, featuring Richard Marlink, Director of Rutgers Global Health Institute, discussing how denial of the link between HIV and AIDS kept hundreds of thousands of South Africans from being properly treated.

Skeptic Check: Heal Thyself:
Part 1: Katherine Foley / Digital Diagnosis​
Part 2: Paul Offit / Celebrity Snakeoil
Part 3: Richard Marlink / Denialism Epidemic
Part 4: Shinjini Kundu / Your A.I. M.D.

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Big Picture Science is an immersive radio show and podcast that reveals the unexpected connections in science.

Our Skeptic Check episodes take a critical look at extraordinary science claims and pseudoscience.

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