AIDS.gov Podcasts

AIDS.gov podcasts cover topics ranging from new media, federal programs and policies, to HIV/AIDS awareness days. Listen or watch by clicking on the tabs below or subscribe to have the podcasts delivered right to you! New to podcasts? Learn more about podcasts.

New Media

Blog Podcasts

Miguel Gomez

New Media Conversations on AIDS.gov - Reflections on Our One-Year Anniversary

In this week’s audio version of our blog we reflect on our one-year anniversary and some important things we’ve learned about new media and how we can use it in response to HIV and AIDS.

AIDS.gov team

New Media Conversations on AIDS.gov - Looking Back: Lessons learned from the AIDS.gov team

In this week's audio version of our blog we discuss what the AIDS.gov team has learned this year about the potential of using new media to respond to HIV.

CDC e-card

New Media Conversations on AIDS.gov - Happy, Healthy eHolidays

In this week’s audio version of our blog we discuss e-cards and—aside from connecting us with friends and colleagues—how we can use them to respond to HIV.

AIDS Foundation of Chicago's Flickr page mosaic

New Media Conversations on AIDS.gov - Picture This: Intro to Photo Sharing for HIV/AIDS

In this week’s audio version of our blog we discuss photo sharing - an important new media tool that allows you to engage, connect, listen, and learn from your volunteers, patients, and colleagues.

AIDS.gov Flickr pool mosaic

New Media Conversations on AIDS.gov - World AIDS Day 2008: The Power of YOU

In this week’s audio version of our blog we discuss YOUR involvement in the many World AIDS Day 2008 new media activities -- demonstrating the potential power of new media.

World AIDS Day December 1, 2008

New Media Conversations on AIDS.gov - A World AIDS Day Message to our Colleagues

In this week’s audio version of our blog, we discuss the twentieth World AIDS Day—a day for all of us to come together to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS, to remember those we’ve lost, and to acknowledge those working to respond to this epidemic.

Facing AIDS, World AIDS Day 2008.

New Media Conversations on AIDS.gov - Facing AIDS for World AIDS Day

In this week’s audio version of our blog, we discuss Facing AIDS for World AIDS Day, an AIDS.gov campaign to help reduce stigma around HIV/AIDS and to promote HIV testing.

Bloggers Unite. Dec 1

New Media Conversations on AIDS.gov - The Power of Blogs: Bloggers Unite on World AIDS Day

In this week’s audio version of our blog, we discuss “Bloggers Unite for World AIDS Day 2008”, an AIDS.gov partnership with the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and Blog Catalog.

World AIDS Day in Second Life Poster

New Media Conversations on AIDS.gov - World AIDS Day in Second Life

In this week’s audio version of our blog, we discuss AIDS.gov’s World AIDS Day 2008 participation in a virtual event in Second Life. To learn more, we sat down (in Second Life, of course) with two of the event’s organizers, Ricky Davis and Jena Ball.

David Galiel

New Media Conversations on AIDS.gov - Introduction to Mashups

Mashups -- what are they? Are they being used by the HIV/AIDS community? To learn more, we spoke with Rob Worthington from AIDSportal and AIDS.gov advisor, David Galiel.

Health 2.0 Door

New Media Conversations on AIDS.gov - Highlights from Health 2.0: User-Generated Healthcare 2008

In this week’s audio version of our blog, we discuss highlights from the Health 2.0 Conference: User-Generated Healthcare 2008.

Pete Alcorn

New Media Conversations on AIDS.gov - Podcast Promotion Tips from Apple

In this week’s audio version of our blog, we talk with Pete Alcorn, Manager of Podcasts at iTunes about promoting your podcasts and the future of podcasting.

NLAAD Logo

New Media Conversations on AIDS.gov - ¿Cómo usar los nuevos medios de comunicación para promover el Día Latino para la Concientización del SIDA?

Para señalar la importancia del Día Latino para la Concientización del SIDA, en la versión audio de nuestra blog, subrayamos ejemplos de uso de los nuevos medios de comunicación para llegar a la comunidad latina con información sobre el VIH.

NLAAD Logo

New Media Conversations on AIDS.gov - Reaching Latinos with New Media for National Latino AIDS Awareness Day

In this week’s audio version of our blog we highlight examples of using new media tools to reach the Latino community with HIV information, in recognition of National Latino AIDS Awareness Day.

Web badge for Learn the Link campaign

New Media Conversations on AIDS.gov - Communities of Color: Part II

In this week’s audio version of our blog, “Communities of Color and New Media Use: Part II” we continue to discuss highlights from our webinar “Underserved Populations and New Media Use” and hear from Alejandro Garcia-Barbon as he talks about the National Institute on Drug Abuse’s “Drugs + HIV > Learn the Link Campaign”

Fard Johnmar

September 30, 2008

New Media Conversations on AIDS.gov - Communities of Color: Part I

In this week’s audio version of our blog, “Catching up with Communities of Color: Part I” we discuss highlights from our webinar “Underserved Populations and New Media Use” and hear from Fard Johnmar of Envision Solutions.

USCA

September 23, 2008

New Media Conversations on AIDS.gov - USCA

In this week’s audio version of our blog, we report back from USCA, the largest AIDS-related gathering in the U.S. and highlight some examples of how our colleagues are using new media to reach target populations at risk for, or living with HIV/AIDS.

Google Trends

September 16, 2008

New Media Conversations on AIDS.gov - Google Trends

In this week’s audio version of our blog, “A picture is worth a thousand words” and in today’s audio version of the AIDS.gov blog we will bewe talking aboutdiscuss two different powerful pictures that relate to World AIDS Day - one that relates to data and the other which involves you.

Secretary Michael Leavitt

New Media Conversations on AIDS.gov - The Health Blogosphere

In this week’s audio version of our blog, we discuss the Kaiser Family Foundation’s webcast, “The Health Blogosphere: What It Means for Policy Debates and Journalism”. Secretary Michael Leavitt gave the keynote address.

Twitter AIDS.gov home page

New Media Conversations on AIDS.gov - Twitter

In this week’s audio version of our blog, we discuss the use of Twitter in the response to HIV/AIDS. We discuss how AIDS.gov has begun using Twitter as a new media resource.

Perspectives from Leaders in the Field

Fard Johnmar and Alejandro Garcia-Barbon

New Media Conversations on AIDS.gov - Webinar on Underserved Communities and New Media Use

The Conversations on AIDS.gov series continues with a discussion of new media use among communities of color from a recent AIDS.gov webinar. Participants in the discussion include Fard Johnmar, Founder of Envision Solutions, LLC, and Alejandro Garcia-Barbon, Senior Technical Advisor of IQ Solutions the NIDA’s Drugs + HIV > Learn the Link Campaign.

New Media Conversations - Deb Levine

New Media Conversations on AIDS.gov - Text Messaging

The Conversations on AIDS.gov series continues with a discussion of the use of text messaging in the response to HIV/AIDS. Participants in the discussion are Deb Levine, executive director and founder of Internet Sexuality Information Services (ISIS) and Rick Broida, a technology expert and a frequent blogger for CNET.

Mr. Christopher Penn

New Media Conversations on AIDS.gov - Mr. Christopher Penn

The Conversations on AIDS.gov series continues with Christopher Penn, Chief Technology Officer of the Student Loan Network, Founder and producer of the Financial Aid Podcast, and Co-founder, PodCamp New Media Community unConference. Mr. Penn provided a presentation on the 8 Step Guide to Podcast Marketing Basics to the HHS Web Council Podcast Subcommittee.

2008 Testing Day Webinar

National HIV Testing Day 2008 Webinar

The goals of this Webinar are to heighten awareness and understanding of HIV testing, encourage bloggers to promote HIV testing to their readers, link readers of blogs to places they can get an HIV test in their communities, and talk about June 27th, National HIV Testing Day with the blogging community.

Federal Programs and Policies

Conversations with AIDS.gov

Admiral Joxel Garcia

Conversations on AIDS.gov with Admiral Joxel Garcia, U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health

The Conversations on AIDS.gov series continues with a discussion with Admiral Joxel Garcia, the U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health, about the Latino Community in the U.S. and National Latino AIDS Awareness Day.

Mr. Joe Razes, CMS

Conversations on AIDS.gov with Mr. Joe Razes, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

The Conversations on AIDS.gov series continues with Mr. Joe Razes, CMS. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is responsible for administering both the Medicare and the Medicaid program. Mr. Razes’s specific role is to direct all Federal Medicare and Medicaid programs related to HIV/AIDS.

Conversations on AIDS.gov with Dr. Carl Dieffenbach, National  Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Conversations on AIDS.gov with Dr. Carl Dieffenbach, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

The Conversations on AIDS.gov series continues with Dr. Carl Dieffenbach, NIAID. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases primary mission is to support research on important diseases like HIV, TB, and Malaria and other infectious diseases that affect people in the United States as well as the world.

Mr. Winston Wilkinson

Conversations on AIDS.gov with Winston Wilkinson, Office for Civil Rights

The Conversations on AIDS.gov series continues with Winston Wilkinson of the Office for Civil Rights, HHS. The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) protects the publics’ civil rights and health information privacy in health care social services programs.

Richard Klein,  FDA

Conversation on AIDS.gov with Richard Klein, Food and Drug Administration

The Conversations on AIDS.gov series continues with Richard Klein of the Food and Drug Administration. The FDA reviews and provides oversight in areas related to drugs, biologics and medical devices for the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS, and AIDS-related conditions.

Conversation with Dr. Wanda Jones, Office on Women's Health

Conversation on AIDS.gov with Dr. Wanda Jones, Office on Women’s Health

The Conversations on AIDS.gov series continues with Dr. Wanda Jones from the Office on Women’s Health (OWH). The Office on Women’s Health was established in 1991 to improve the health of all American women and girls.

Commander Scott  Giberson

Conversation on AIDS.gov with Commander Scott Giberson, Indian Health Service

The Conversations on AIDS.gov series continues with Commander Scott Giberson of the Indian Health Service (IHS). The Indian Health Service is an agency within HHS that functions as the principal Federal health care provider and health advocate for the American Indians and Alaska Natives.

Dr. Deborah Parham Hopson

Conversation on AIDS.gov with Dr. Deborah Parham Hopson, Health Resources and Services Administration

The Conversations on AIDS.gov series continues with Dr. Deborah Parham Hopson of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). HRSA is the primary federal agency for improving access to healthcare services for people who are uninsured, isolated or medically vulnerable.

Dr.  Tom Kenyon, PEPFAR

Conversation on AIDS.gov with Dr. Tom Kenyon, PEPFAR

The Conversations on AIDS.gov series continues with Dr. Tom Kenyon, Deputy Global AIDS Coordinator and Chief Medical Officer for PEPFAR, the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. PEPFAR is the largest commitment ever by any nation for an international health initiative dedicated to a single disease.

Ronald Valdiserri, VA

September 14, 2007

Conversation on AIDS.gov with Ronald Valdiserri, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

The second in the Conversations on AIDS.gov series, with Dr. Ronald Valdiserri, Director of the Public Health Strategic Healthcare Group at the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Administration. The Department of Veterans Affairs is the single largest provider of HIV care in the United States.

David Vos, HUD

Conversation on AIDS.gov with David Vos, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

The inaugural Conversations on AIDS.gov with David Vos discusses the work of HUD’s HIV/AIDS office, and the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOWPA).

Federal Events

2008 Testing  Day Webinar

National HIV Testing Day 2008 Webinar

The goals of this Webinar are to heighten awareness and understanding of HIV testing, encourage bloggers to promote HIV testing to their readers, link readers of blogs to places they can get an HIV test in their communities, and talk about June 27th, National HIV Testing Day with the blogging community.

World AIDS Day Webcast

World AIDS Day Webcast

A Webcast conversation with HHS officials about HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, research, mental health and substance abuse. Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the NIAID, NIH; Dr. Deborah Parham Hopson, Associate Administrator for HIV/AIDS, HRSA; Dr. Kevin Fenton, Director of the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, CDC; Ms. Beverly Watts Davis, Senior Advisor on Substance Abuse, SAMHSA.

Webinar for Bloggers

June 22, 2007

National HIV Testing Day 2007 Webinar for Bloggers

The first National HIV Testing Day webinar sponsored by AIDS.gov. Video no longer available.

Basic HIV Information

Public Service Announcements

Kenneth Cole

The Importance of HIV/AIDS Prevention

Dr. Julie Geberding, Director of the CDC, and Kenneth Cole, Chairman of the American Foundation of AIDS Research (amfAR), discuss the importance of HIV/AIDS prevention.

Get Tested PSA

Bishop T.D. Jakes - Public Service Announcement

This Public Service Announcement features prominent members of the African American community who have been tested for HIV, sponsored in partnership by HHS.

First Lady Laura Bush

Mrs. Laura Bush, First Lady of the United States, Encouraging HIV Testing

Mrs. Laura Bush, First Lady of the United States, provides information on testing and the importance of early detection and treatment in the response to HIV/AIDS.

HIV/AIDS Epidemic

HIV/AIDS - Advances in Hope

HIV/AIDS - Advances in Hope Video Podcast

This video podcast from the CDC, AmfAR, and Discovery Health, focuses on the history of HIV/AIDS from 1981 through 2008.

Former Surgeon General: Kenneth Moritsugu

May 15, 2007

National Asian and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

A message from the former Surgeon General on HIV/AIDS awareness in that Asian community. Video no longer available.

Women and HIV/AIDS Podcast

Message to Women About the Impact of HIV/AIDS and the Importance of HIV Testing

CDC Director Dr. Julie Gerberding provides information on the HIV/AIDS epidemic among U.S. women, HIV testing and how women can take action to protect their health.

African American Awareness Day Podcast

HIV/AIDS and African Americans

HIV/AIDS and African Americans: An update from the director of the CDC’s HIV, STD, and TB Prevention programs.

HIV/Awareness Days

Blog Podcasts

World AIDS Day December 1, 2008

New Media Conversations on AIDS.gov - A World AIDS Day Message to our Colleagues

In this week’s audio version of our blog, we discuss the twentieth World AIDS Day—a day for all of us to come together to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS, to remember those we’ve lost, and to acknowledge those working to respond to this epidemic.

Facing AIDS, World AIDS Day 2008.

New Media Conversations on AIDS.gov - Facing AIDS for World AIDS Day

In this week’s audio version of our blog, we discuss Facing AIDS for World AIDS Day, an AIDS.gov campaign to help reduce stigma around HIV/AIDS and to promote HIV testing.

Bloggers Unite. Dec 1

New Media Conversations on AIDS.gov - The Power of Blogs: Bloggers Unite on World AIDS Day

In this week’s audio version of our blog, we discuss “Bloggers Unite for World AIDS Day 2008”, an AIDS.gov partnership with the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and Blog Catalog.

World AIDS Day in Second Life Poster

New Media Conversations on AIDS.gov - World AIDS Day in Second Life

In this week’s audio version of our blog, we discuss AIDS.gov’s World AIDS Day 2008 participation in a virtual event in Second Life. To learn more, we sat down (in Second Life, of course) with two of the event’s organizers, Ricky Davis and Jena Ball.

NLAAD Logo

New Media Conversations on AIDS.gov - ¿Cómo usar los nuevos medios de comunicación para promover el Día Latino para la Concientización del SIDA?

Para señalar la importancia del Día Latino para la Concientización del SIDA, en la versión audio de nuestra blog, subrayamos ejemplos de uso de los nuevos medios de comunicación para llegar a la comunidad latina con información sobre el VIH.

NLAAD Logo

New Media Conversations on AIDS.gov - Reaching Latinos with New Media for National Latino AIDS Awareness Day

In this week’s audio version of our blog we highlight examples of using new media tools to reach the Latino community with HIV information, in recognition of National Latino AIDS Awareness Day.

Federal Conversations

Admiral Joxel Garcia

Conversations on AIDS.gov with Admiral Joxel Garcia, U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health

The Conversations on AIDS.gov series continues with a discussion with Admiral Joxel Garcia, the U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health, about the Latino Community in the U.S. and National Latino AIDS Awareness Day.

2008 Testing Day Webinar

National HIV Testing Day 2008 Webinar

The goals of this Webinar are to heighten awareness and understanding of HIV testing, encourage bloggers to promote HIV testing to their readers, link readers of blogs to places they can get an HIV test in their communities, and talk about June 27th, National HIV Testing Day with the blogging community.

World AIDS Day Webcast

World AIDS Day Webcast

A Webcast conversation with HHS officials about HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, research, mental health and substance abuse. Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the NIAID, NIH; Dr. Deborah Parham Hopson, Associate Administrator for HIV/AIDS, HRSA; Dr. Kevin Fenton, Director of the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, CDC; Ms. Beverly Watts Davis, Senior Advisor on Substance Abuse, SAMHSA.

Webinar for Bloggers

June 22, 2007

National HIV Testing Day 2007 Webinar for Bloggers

The first National HIV Testing Day webinar sponsored by AIDS.gov. Video no longer available.

Former Surgeon General: Kenneth Moritsugu

May 15, 2007

National Asian and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

A message from the former Surgeon General on HIV/AIDS awareness in that Asian community. Video no longer available.

Women and HIV/AIDS Podcast

Message to Women About the Impact of HIV/AIDS and the Importance of HIV Testing

CDC Director Dr. Julie Gerberding provides information on the HIV/AIDS epidemic among U.S. women, HIV testing and how women can take action to protect their health.

African American Awareness Day Podcast

HIV/AIDS and African Americans

HIV/AIDS and African Americans: An update from the director of the CDC’s HIV, STD, and TB Prevention programs.

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Miguel Gomez

New Media Conversations on AIDS.gov - Reflections on Our One-Year Anniversary

In this week’s audio version of our blog we reflect on our one-year anniversary and some important things we’ve learned about new media and how we can use it in response to HIV and AIDS.

AIDS.gov team

New Media Conversations on AIDS.gov - Looking Back: Lessons learned from the AIDS.gov team

In this week's audio version of our blog we discuss what the AIDS.gov team has learned this year about the potential of using new media to respond to HIV.

CDC e-card

New Media Conversations on AIDS.gov - Happy, Healthy eHolidays

In this week’s audio version of our blog we discuss e-cards and—aside from connecting us with friends and colleagues—how we can use them to respond to HIV.

AIDS Foundation of Chicago's Flickr page mosaic

New Media Conversations on AIDS.gov - Picture This: Intro to Photo Sharing for HIV/AIDS

In this week’s audio version of our blog we discuss photo sharing - an important new media tool that allows you to engage, connect, listen, and learn from your volunteers, patients, and colleagues.

AIDS.gov Flickr pool mosaic

New Media Conversations on AIDS.gov - World AIDS Day 2008: The Power of YOU

In this week’s audio version of our blog we discuss YOUR involvement in the many World AIDS Day 2008 new media activities -- demonstrating the potential power of new media.

World AIDS Day December 1, 2008

New Media Conversations on AIDS.gov - A World AIDS Day Message to our Colleagues

In this week’s audio version of our blog, we discuss the twentieth World AIDS Day—a day for all of us to come together to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS, to remember those we’ve lost, and to acknowledge those working to respond to this epidemic.

Facing AIDS, World AIDS Day 2008.

New Media Conversations on AIDS.gov - Facing AIDS for World AIDS Day

In this week’s audio version of our blog, we discuss Facing AIDS for World AIDS Day, an AIDS.gov campaign to help reduce stigma around HIV/AIDS and to promote HIV testing.

Bloggers Unite. Dec 1

New Media Conversations on AIDS.gov - The Power of Blogs: Bloggers Unite on World AIDS Day

In this week’s audio version of our blog, we discuss “Bloggers Unite for World AIDS Day 2008”, an AIDS.gov partnership with the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and Blog Catalog.

World AIDS Day in Second Life Poster

New Media Conversations on AIDS.gov - World AIDS Day in Second Life

In this week’s audio version of our blog, we discuss AIDS.gov’s World AIDS Day 2008 participation in a virtual event in Second Life. To learn more, we sat down (in Second Life, of course) with two of the event’s organizers, Ricky Davis and Jena Ball.

David Galiel

New Media Conversations on AIDS.gov - Introduction to Mashups

Mashups -- what are they? Are they being used by the HIV/AIDS community? To learn more, we spoke with Rob Worthington from AIDSportal and AIDS.gov advisor, David Galiel.

Health 2.0 Door

New Media Conversations on AIDS.gov - Highlights from Health 2.0: User-Generated Healthcare 2008

In this week’s audio version of our blog, we discuss highlights from the Health 2.0 Conference: User-Generated Healthcare 2008.

Pete Alcorn

New Media Conversations on AIDS.gov - Podcast Promotion Tips from Apple

In this week’s audio version of our blog, we talk with Pete Alcorn, Manager of Podcasts at iTunes about promoting your podcasts and the future of podcasting.

Admiral Joxel Garcia

Conversations on AIDS.gov with Admiral Joxel Garcia, U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health

The Conversations on AIDS.gov series continues with a discussion with Admiral Joxel Garcia, the U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health, about the Latino Community in the U.S. and National Latino AIDS Awareness Day.

NLAAD Logo

New Media Conversations on AIDS.gov - ¿Cómo usar los nuevos medios de comunicación para promover el Día Latino para la Concientización del SIDA?

Para señalar la importancia del Día Latino para la Concientización del SIDA, en la versión audio de nuestra blog, subrayamos ejemplos de uso de los nuevos medios de comunicación para llegar a la comunidad latina con información sobre el VIH.

NLAAD Logo

New Media Conversations on AIDS.gov - Reaching Latinos with New Media for National Latino AIDS Awareness Day

In this week’s audio version of our blog we highlight examples of using new media tools to reach the Latino community with HIV information, in recognition of National Latino AIDS Awareness Day.

Fard Johnmar and Alejandro Garcia-Barbon

New Media Conversations on AIDS.gov - Webinar on Underserved Communities and New Media Use

The Conversations on AIDS.gov series continues with a discussion of new media use among communities of color from a recent AIDS.gov webinar. Participants in the discussion include Fard Johnmar, Founder of Envision Solutions, LLC, and Alejandro Garcia-Barbon, Senior Technical Advisor of IQ Solutions the NIDA’s Drugs + HIV > Learn the Link Campaign.

Web badge for Learn the Link campaign

New Media Conversations on AIDS.gov - Communities of Color: Part II

In this week’s audio version of our blog, “Communities of Color and New Media Use: Part II” we continue to discuss highlights from our webinar “Underserved Populations and New Media Use” and hear from Alejandro Garcia-Barbon as he talks about the National Institute on Drug Abuse’s “Drugs + HIV > Learn the Link Campaign”

Fard Johnmar

September 30, 2008

New Media Conversations on AIDS.gov - Communities of Color: Part I

In this week’s audio version of our blog, “Catching up with Communities of Color: Part I” we discuss highlights from our webinar “Underserved Populations and New Media Use” and hear from Fard Johnmar of Envision Solutions.

USCA

September 23, 2008

New Media Conversations on AIDS.gov - USCA

In this week’s audio version of our blog, we report back from USCA, the largest AIDS-related gathering in the U.S. and highlight some examples of how our colleagues are using new media to reach target populations at risk for, or living with HIV/AIDS.

Google Trends

September 16, 2008

New Media Conversations on AIDS.gov - Google Trends

In this week’s audio version of our blog, “A picture is worth a thousand words” and in today’s audio version of the AIDS.gov blog we will bewe talking aboutdiscuss two different powerful pictures that relate to World AIDS Day - one that relates to data and the other which involves you.

Secretary Michael Leavitt

New Media Conversations on AIDS.gov - The Health Blogosphere

In this week’s audio version of our blog, we discuss the Kaiser Family Foundation’s webcast, “The Health Blogosphere: What It Means for Policy Debates and Journalism”. Secretary Michael Leavitt gave the keynote address.

New Media Conversations - Deb Levine

New Media Conversations on AIDS.gov - Text Messaging

The Conversations on AIDS.gov series continues with a discussion of the use of text messaging in the response to HIV/AIDS. Participants in the discussion are Deb Levine, executive director and founder of Internet Sexuality Information Services (ISIS) and Rick Broida, a technology expert and a frequent blogger for CNET.

Twitter AIDS.gov home page

New Media Conversations on AIDS.gov - Twitter

In this week’s audio version of our blog, we discuss the use of Twitter in the response to HIV/AIDS. We discuss how AIDS.gov has begun using Twitter as a new media resource.

Mr. Christopher Penn

New Media Conversations on AIDS.gov - Mr. Christopher Penn

The Conversations on AIDS.gov series continues with Christopher Penn, Chief Technology Officer of the Student Loan Network, Founder and producer of the Financial Aid Podcast, and Co-founder, PodCamp New Media Community unConference. Mr. Penn provided a presentation on the 8 Step Guide to Podcast Marketing Basics to the HHS Web Council Podcast Subcommittee.

2008 Testing Day Webinar

National HIV Testing Day 2008 Webinar

The goals of this Webinar are to heighten awareness and understanding of HIV testing, encourage bloggers to promote HIV testing to their readers, link readers of blogs to places they can get an HIV test in their communities, and talk about June 27th, National HIV Testing Day with the blogging community.

All Video

HIV/AIDS - Advances in Hope

HIV/AIDS - Advances in Hope Video Podcast

This video podcast from the CDC, AmfAR, and Discovery Health, focuses on the history of HIV/AIDS from 1981 through 2008.

Kenneth Cole

The Importance of HIV/AIDS Prevention

Dr. Julie Geberding, Director of the CDC, and Kenneth Cole, Chairman of the American Foundation of AIDS Research (amfAR), discuss the importance of HIV/AIDS prevention.

Mr. Joe Razes, CMS

Conversations on AIDS.gov with Mr. Joe Razes, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

The Conversations on AIDS.gov series continues with Mr. Joe Razes, CMS. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is responsible for administering both the Medicare and the Medicaid program. Mr. Razes’s specific role is to direct all Federal Medicare and Medicaid programs related to HIV/AIDS.

Conversations on AIDS.gov with Dr. Carl Dieffenbach, NIAID

Conversations on AIDS.gov with Dr. Carl Dieffenbach, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

The Conversations on AIDS.gov series continues with Dr. Carl Dieffenbach, NIAID. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases primary mission is to support research on important diseases like HIV, TB, and Malaria and other infectious diseases that affect people in the United States as well as the world.

Get Tested PSA

Bishop T.D. Jakes - Public Service Announcement

This Public Service Announcement features prominent members of the African American community who have been tested for HIV, sponsored in partnership by HHS.

Mr. Winston Wilkinson

Conversations on AIDS.gov with Winston Wilkinson, Office for Civil Rights

The Conversations on AIDS.gov series continues with Winston Wilkinson of the Office for Civil Rights, HHS. The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) protects the publics’ civil rights and health information privacy in health care social services programs.

Richard Klein, FDA

Conversation on AIDS.gov with Richard Klein, Food and Drug Administration

The Conversations on AIDS.gov series continues with Richard Klein of the Food and Drug Administration. The FDA reviews and provides oversight in areas related to drugs, biologics and medical devices for the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS, and AIDS-related conditions.

Conversation with Dr. Wanda Jones, Office on Women's Health

Conversation on AIDS.gov with Dr. Wanda Jones, Office on Women’s Health

The Conversations on AIDS.gov series continues with Dr. Wanda Jones from the Office on Women’s Health (OWH). The Office on Women’s Health was established in 1991 to improve the health of all American women and girls.

Commander Scott Giberson

Conversation on AIDS.gov with Commander Scott Giberson, Indian Health Service

The Conversations on AIDS.gov series continues with Commander Scott Giberson of the Indian Health Service (IHS). The Indian Health Service is an agency within HHS that functions as the principal Federal health care provider and health advocate for the American Indians and Alaska Natives.

Dr. Deborah Parham Hopson

Conversation on AIDS.gov with Dr. Deborah Parham Hopson, Health Resources and Services Administration

The Conversations on AIDS.gov series continues with Dr. Deborah Parham Hopson of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). HRSA is the primary federal agency for improving access to healthcare services for people who are uninsured, isolated or medically vulnerable.

World AIDS Day Webcast

World AIDS Day Webcast

A Webcast conversation with HHS officials about HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, research, mental health and substance abuse. Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the NIAID, NIH; Dr. Deborah Parham Hopson, Associate Administrator for HIV/AIDS, HRSA; Dr. Kevin Fenton, Director of the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, CDC; Ms. Beverly Watts Davis, Senior Advisor on Substance Abuse, SAMHSA.

Dr. Tom Kenyon, PEPFAR

Conversation on AIDS.gov with Dr. Tom Kenyon, PEPFAR

The Conversations on AIDS.gov series continues with Dr. Tom Kenyon, Deputy Global AIDS Coordinator and Chief Medical Officer for PEPFAR, the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. PEPFAR is the largest commitment ever by any nation for an international health initiative dedicated to a single disease.

Ronald Valdiserri, VA

September 14, 2007

Conversation on AIDS.gov with Ronald Valdiserri, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

The second in the Conversations on AIDS.gov series, with Dr. Ronald Valdiserri, Director of the Public Health Strategic Healthcare Group at the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Administration. The Department of Veterans Affairs is the single largest provider of HIV care in the United States.

David Vos, HUD

Conversation on AIDS.gov with David Vos, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

The inaugural Conversations on AIDS.gov with David Vos discusses the work of HUD’s HIV/AIDS office, and the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOWPA).

Webinar for Bloggers

June 22, 2007

National HIV Testing Day 2007 Webinar for Bloggers

The first National HIV Testing Day webinar sponsored by AIDS.gov. Video no longer available.

First Lady Laura Bush

Mrs. Laura Bush, First Lady of the United States, Encouraging HIV Testing

Mrs. Laura Bush, First Lady of the United States, provides information on testing and the importance of early detection and treatment in the response to HIV/AIDS.

Former Surgeon General: Kenneth Moritsugu

May 15, 2007

National Asian and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

A message from the former Surgeon General on HIV/AIDS awareness in that Asian community. Video no longer available.

Women and HIV/AIDS Podcast

Message to Women About the Impact of HIV/AIDS and the Importance of HIV Testing

CDC Director Dr. Julie Gerberding provides information on the HIV/AIDS epidemic among U.S. women, HIV testing and how women can take action to protect their health.

African American Awareness Day Podcast

HIV/AIDS and African Americans

HIV/AIDS and African Americans: An update from the director of the CDC’s HIV, STD, and TB Prevention programs.

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What is Podcasting?
How do I listen to a Podcast on my computer?
How do I listen to Podcast feeds in my Podcast software?
What is the strange code I see when I try to subscribe?
Minimum System Requirements


What is Podcasting?

A Podcast is a digitally recorded audio or video file that can be downloaded onto computers or portable listening devices such as iPods or other MP3 players. Podcasts allow users to subscribe to a feed of new audio files using “podcatching” software (a type of aggregator), which checks for and downloads new audio files automatically. Any digital audio player or computer with audio-playing software can play Podcasts. Users can also download Podcasts to their desktop computers and play them using standard media software.

How do I listen to a Podcast on my computer?

Individual Podcasts can be downloaded and listened to in two ways:

  1. Podcasts can be downloaded and watched or listened to individually using any commercial audio/video player directly from the AIDS.gov website, by clicking on the appropriate “View the Video” or “Listen to the Audio” link.
  2. Podcasts can be watched or listened to using commercial Podcasting applications available for download. A list of some Podcast applications is available from NIH Research Radio.

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How do I listen to Podcast feeds in my Podcast software?

  1. Click on the “Subscribe to AIDS.gov Podcasts” link found on the AIDS.gov Podcast page
  2. Copy the new window's URL (Uniform Resource Locator). That's the internet address that appears at the top of the page. For the AIDS.gov Podcast it should be: http://www.aids.gov/podcast.xml.
  3. Paste the copied URL/address into your Podcast application. Each application has a specific way of doing this. For instance, in iTunes, go to the Advanced menu, select “Subscribe to Podcast” and paste the URL into the dialog box. In Juice, go to the Subscriptions menu, click on the "Add New Feed" button and paste the address into the dialog box.
  4. The Podcast software will update your subscriptions on a regular interval. This way when a new Podcast is made available, you can access it directly from your Podcast application without having to come to the site. Most programs will also allow you to manually update a feed to look for new content.

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What is the strange code I see when I try to subscribe?

If you are seeing a strange code when you try to subscribe to the AIDS.gov Podcasts, you are seeing the code that is meant for either a Podcast application or a RSS reader (a program that can understand the code – for more about RSS readers, visit the CDC’s “RSS Help” page [this will change to the “AIDS.gov RSS Help” page in the new UI]). Some older versions of browsers, such as Internet Explorer 6, cannot read the code correctly. The URL should be placed into your Podcast software or a RSS reader to view the page correctly, or it can be viewed in most newer browsers such as Internet Explorer 7 or Firefox 2.0 (or higher).

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Minimum System Requirements

If you want to listen to the AIDS.gov Podcasts on your computer please ensure that your system meets the following minimum requirements:

  • Processor: 266 MHz Intel Pentium II processor or equivalent
  • Memory (RAM): 64 MB of RAM
  • Internet Connection: Broadband (DSL, cable, wireless, satellite or powerline high-speed internet connections)
  • Sound Card: 16-bit sound card and speakers
  • Digital Media Player: Windows Media Player® 6.4 or RealPlayer® 10
  • Operating System: Windows® XP, 2000, 98, NT 4.0, or Mac OS

For additional information on Podcasts, please visit "Podcasts from the U.S. Government" on the U.S. government's official Web portal.

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Last revised: 01/08/2009