1. Dr. Alex Wodak - A Fireside Chat with the Mastermind of Harm Reduction: But is it the Simple Approach?

In our inaugural Vanilla Club episode we kick off with a very special guest, Dr. Alex Wodak. In a disarming, matter-of-fact style, he plunges us right into the HIV/AIDS crisis of the 1980's, pulling no punches about his role in applying civil disobedience to effectively shape government policy. The confluence of social stigma toward alternative lifestyles at the time, coupled with a shonky public understanding of the logarithmic effects of infection in epidemic situations, meant that Dr. Alex...