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Friend of the Boogeyman - Discovering antibiotics with AI with Jon Stokes
Apr 20, 2026
44m 43s
Taking Notice - Writing for Different Audiences with Becky Hope-Palmer
Jan 6, 2026
28m 43s
A Hurricane Somewhere Else - Journalism and AMR with Misbah Khan
Dec 23, 2025
45m 25s
The Last 525600 Minutes
Nov 18, 2025
44m 14s
The Chorus
Sep 7, 2024
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| Date | Episode | Description | Length | ||||||
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| 4/20/26 |  Friend of the Boogeyman - Discovering antibiotics with AI with Jon Stokes | We asked Jon Stokes, scientist and founder of Stoked Bio, to help us write a musical of his story fighting AMR. Jon uses AI to find potential antibiotics, cutting down on the time and money it takes to develop new, live-saving drugs. In this episode he talks to me about funk music, the importance of unglamorous work and his complicated relationship with devastating pathogens. Transcript incoming! -- Lifeline is on in London in spring 2026! Buy your tickets at https://southwarkplayhouse.co.uk/ The Lifeline Project is a podcast exploring the science and stories behind the musical, Lifeline, a show about antibiotics, Alexander Fleming, and the biggest current global health crisis you might never have heard of, antimicrobial resistance or AMR. The podcast is produced, written and hosted by Graham Richardson https://www.gnrichardson.co.uk/ @wildgreyme Original music is by Robin Hiley, the composer and lyricist for Lifeline https://www.robinhiley.co.uk/ @robin.hiley | 44m 43s | ||||||
| 1/6/26 |  Taking Notice - Writing for Different Audiences with Becky Hope-Palmer | Our book writer, Becky Hope-Palmer, is back to give us updates on the show and what she learnt from her time taking a musical onto an off-Broadway stage. We talk about how feedback and changes have affected her writing, and how she stays true to a complicated scientific and social message when crafting an entertaining narrative. Full transcript coming soon! -- Lifeline is on in London in spring 2026! Buy your tickets at https://southwarkplayhouse.co.uk/ The Lifeline Project is a podcast exploring the science and stories behind the musical, Lifeline, a show about antibiotics, Alexander Fleming, and the biggest current global health crisis you might never have heard of, antimicrobial resistance or AMR. The podcast is produced, written and hosted by Graham Richardson https://www.gnrichardson.co.uk/ @wildgreyme Original music is by Robin Hiley, the composer and lyricist for Lifeline https://www.robinhiley.co.uk/ @robin.hiley | 28m 43s | ||||||
| 12/23/25 |  A Hurricane Somewhere Else - Journalism and AMR with Misbah Khan | Transcript available at: https://bit.ly/3Lcb4e2 We asked journalist Misbah Khan to help us writer a musical about her work on AMR... Misbah is from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and a member of our advisory board. Her work has included reporting on sick patients from across the world all the way from the boroughs of New York to a conflict zone in Ethiopia. And yet her story all starts in her school with a cow in a textbook. -- Lifeline is on in London in spring 2026! Buy your tickets at https://southwarkplayhouse.co.uk/ The Lifeline Project is a podcast exploring the science and stories behind the musical, Lifeline, a show about antibiotics, Alexander Fleming, and the biggest current global health crisis you might never have heard of, antimicrobial resistance or AMR. The podcast is produced, written and hosted by Graham Richardson https://www.gnrichardson.co.uk/ @wildgreyme Original music is by Robin Hiley, the composer and lyricist for Lifeline https://www.robinhiley.co.uk/ @robin.hiley | 45m 25s | ||||||
| 11/18/25 |  The Last 525600 Minutes | Transcript Here: http://bit.ly/3JDAFvH The Lifeline Project is back with an update on what's been happening in the last year and big news about 2026! The Lifeline Project is a podcast exploring the science and stories behind the musical, Lifeline, a show about antibiotics, Alexander Fleming, and the biggest current global health crisis you might never have heard of, antimicrobial resistance or AMR. The podcast is produced, written and hosted by Graham Richardson https://www.gnrichardson.co.uk/ @wildgreyme Original music is provided by Robin Hiley, the composer and lyricist for Lifeline | 44m 14s | ||||||
| 9/7/24 |  The Chorus | Transcript available here: https://bit.ly/3J2Swvp In this episode we talk to the chorus of healthcare professionals who take to the stage with the principal cast every night to tell the story of Jess and Alexander Fleming. This is the last episode in the series of ten which should give you a good introduction to how to talk about AMR from a scientific and social perspective, and give you an insight into how a highly collaborative musical about a tricky scientific topic was made. Lifeline is on in New York in until 28th September 2024! Buy your tickets at www.lifelinemusical.com The Lifeline Project is a podcast exploring the science and stories behind the musical, Lifeline, a show about antibiotics, Alexander Fleming, and the biggest current global health crisis you might never have heard of, antimicrobial resistance or AMR. The podcast is produced, written and hosted by Graham Richardson https://www.gnrichardson.co.uk/ @wildgreyme Original music is provided by Robin Hiley, the composer and lyricist for Lifeline | 42m 13s | ||||||
| 8/28/24 | The New Lifeline | Transcript available at: https://bit.ly/4m1Nmyc Lifeline has been in production for nearly a decade. In that time, much has changed but the core scientific and social message has always stayed the same. In this episode we talk to Robin Hiley, composer, Becky Hope-Palmer, book writer, and Dr Meghan Perry, scientific advisor who have been three of the people closest to the action making Lifeline what it is today. If you're interested in finding out what it takes to make a musical with an important scientific and social message, this is the place to find the answer. Lifeline is on in New York in Aug/Sep 2024! Buy your tickets at www.lifelinemusical.com The Lifeline Project is a podcast exploring the science and stories behind the musical, Lifeline, a show about antibiotics, Alexander Fleming, and the biggest current global health crisis you might never have heard of, antimicrobial resistance or AMR. The podcast is produced, written and hosted by Graham Richardson https://www.gnrichardson.co.uk/ @wildgreyme Original music is provided by Robin Hiley, the composer and lyricist for Lifeline | 40m 30s | ||||||
| 8/21/24 |  The Drugs Are In The Water | Transcript available at: https://bit.ly/45m0Xtl How do you fit the nearly hundred year history of antimicrobials in agriculture and the environment into one song? Buckle up. Talking about the antibiotic emergency under the banner of One Health means not only taking in the history of drugs in medicine but also the wild ways they have been used in animals and their effect on the environment. Helping us navigate this huge topic are 'bugs and drugs' historian Dr Claas Kirchhelle and AMR expert and vital friend to the show, Dr CarriAyne Jones Parr. Lifeline is on in New York in Aug/Sep 2024! Buy your tickets at www.lifelinemusical.com The Lifeline Project is a podcast exploring the science and stories behind the musical, Lifeline, a show about antibiotics, Alexander Fleming, and the biggest current global health crisis you might never have heard of, antimicrobial resistance or AMR. The podcast is produced, written and hosted by Graham Richardson https://www.gnrichardson.co.uk/ @wildgreyme Original music is provided by Robin Hiley, the composer and lyricist for Lifeline | 44m 59s | ||||||
| 7/3/24 | The Man Behind the Mould | Transcript available at: https://bit.ly/4frwzSS Kevin Brown wrote the book on Alexander Fleming. Rob Hiley wrote the musical. Who better to ask about the man behind the mould? The Lifeline Project is a podcast exploring the science and stories behind the musical, Lifeline, a show about antibiotics, Alexander Fleming, and the biggest current global health crisis you might never have heard of, antimicrobial resistance or AMR. The podcast is produced, written and hosted by Graham Richardson https://www.gnrichardson.co.uk/ @wildgreyme Original music is provided by Robin Hiley, the composer and lyricist for Lifeline | 44m 59s | ||||||
| 6/19/24 | Dame Sally Davies, A Musical | Transcript available at: https://bit.ly/4laHL7C One of our biggest supporters over the last few years has been Dame Sally Davies, the former haematologist, civil servant, Chief Medical Officer of the UK and the current master of Trinity College and UK’s Special Envoy on AMR. She’s also a legend. The Lifeline Project is a podcast exploring the science and stories behind the musical, Lifeline, a show about antibiotics, Alexander Fleming, and the biggest current global health crisis you might never have heard of, antimicrobial resistance or AMR. The podcast is produced, written and hosted by Graham Richardson https://www.gnrichardson.co.uk/ @wildgreyme Original music is provided by Robin Hiley, the composer and lyricist for Lifeline | 44m 05s | ||||||
| 6/5/24 |  There's More To TB Than Science | Transcript at: https://bit.ly/3HgXgNr Ingrid was young and starting her career as a dietician when two years of hospitalisation, injections and recovery which changed her life forever. In this episode we focus on Tuberculosis, or TB, a disease with a long history in humans which is both curable and preventable but continues to kill 1.2 million people every year. Featuring: Ingrid Schoeman, Director of Advocacy and Strategy for TB Proof, a group started by health care who developed occupational TB and students passionate about TB prevention. She is also an extensively drug resistant TB survivor Dr Marcello Scopazzini, Clinical Fellow in Research at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and Infectious Diseases Specialist, researching the link between TB and cardiovascular diseases. He also appeared in our chorus of healthcare professionals in the Edinburgh Fringe run in 2022. The Lifeline Project is a podcast exploring the science and stories behind the musical, Lifeline, a show about antibiotics, Alexander Fleming, and the biggest current global health crisis you might never have heard of, antimicrobial resistance or AMR. The podcast is produced, written and hosted by Graham Richardson https://www.gnrichardson.co.uk/ @wildgreyme Original music is provided by Robin Hiley, the composer and lyricist for Lifeline | 40m 17s | ||||||
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| 5/22/24 | Jess, Julian and Aaron | Transcript available at: https://bit.ly/45i2aBJ Jess is a doctor, Aaron is a patient, Julian is in a position of power. Together, they are the three friends whose story is at the heart of the show. All of them, in their own ways are antibiotic stewards. Featuring: Dr Olayinka Fakorede, Medical Doctor and Masters candidate at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Michael Mosha, Pharmacist and Public Health specialist at Roll Back Antimicrobial Resistance Initiative in Dodoma, Tanzania - https://rbainitiative.or.tz/ The Lifeline Project is a podcast exploring the science and stories behind the musical, Lifeline, a show about antibiotics, Alexander Fleming, and the biggest current global health crisis you might never have heard of, antimicrobial resistance or AMR. The podcast is produced, written and hosted by Graham Richardson https://www.gnrichardson.co.uk/ @wildgreyme Original music is provided by Robin Hiley, the composer and lyricist for Lifeline | 32m 04s | ||||||
| 5/15/24 | The Billion Dollar Question | Transcript available at: https://bit.ly/4laEQfa AMR is a problem with a plethora of solutions...and plenty of barriers to reach them. In this episode we look at the role innovation can play – innovating new antibiotics, relatively unexplored treatments and preventing infection in the first place. Featuring: Silas Holland, Executive director in infectious disease policy at Merck Dr Michele Ritter, Infectious Disease Specialist and Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Diego Michael Mosha, Pharmacist and Public Health specialist at Roll Back Antimicrobial Resistance Initiative in Dodoma, Tanzania - https://rbainitiative.or.tz/ If you want to check out the book featured in this episode, it is called The Perfect Predator written by Steffanie Strathdee and Tom Patterson. The Lifeline Project is a podcast exploring the science and stories behind the musical, Lifeline, a show about antibiotics, Alexander Fleming, and the biggest current global health crisis you might never have heard of, antimicrobial resistance or AMR. The podcast is produced, written and hosted by Graham Richardson https://www.gnrichardson.co.uk/ @wildgreyme Original music is provided by Robin Hiley, the composer and lyricist for Lifeline | 31m 04s | ||||||
| 5/8/24 | Who Killed Mrs X!? | Transcript Available at: https://bit.ly/3J5PZR3 Who killed Mrs X? Was it her husband, infecting her with a resistant bacterium? Was it the pharmacist, who sold Mr X the antibiotics? Or was it the system that allowed him to get the antibiotics in the first place? Prof Bob Phillips, Professor of Paediatrics and Evidence Synthesis at at the University of York and Director of Candlelighters Supportive Care Research Centre - https://www.candlelighters.org.uk/ Dr Meghan Perry, a Consultant in Infectious Diseases & Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh Michael Mosha, Pharmacist and Public Health specialist at Roll Back Antimicrobial Resistance Initiative in Dodoma, Tanzania - https://rbainitiative.or.tz/ Dr Michele Ritter, Infectious Disease Specialist and Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Diego The Lifeline Project is a podcast exploring the science and stories behind the musical, Lifeline, a show about antibiotics, Alexander Fleming, and the biggest current global health crisis you might never have heard of, antimicrobial resistance or AMR. The podcast is produced, written and hosted by Graham Richardson https://www.gnrichardson.co.uk/ @wildgreyme Original music is provided by Robin Hiley, the composer and lyricist for Lifeline | 39m 59s | ||||||
| 5/1/24 | My-crobes and Your-crobes | Transcript available at: https://bit.ly/45lolHc The Lifeline project is a podcast exploring the science and stories behind the musical, Lifeline. The first episode is a potted history of the show and it's principal cast members - not the actors, the microbes that help make their bodies function. Featuring: Maren Hunsberger - a scientist, science communicator, producer and actor - @marenhunsberger on socials (or on TikTok @marenmicrobe) Dr Jake M Robinson - a scientist, podcaster and author who studies ecosystem restoration and microbial ecology. https://www.jakemrobinson.com/ or on social media @_jake_robinson The podcast is produced, written and hosted by Graham Richardson https://www.gnrichardson.co.uk/ @wildgreyme Original music is provided by Robin Hiley, the composer and lyricist for Lifeline | 42m 24s | ||||||
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