The 2 Best Serum Podcast Episodes
1) Medicine Time
The story of Precious Thomas, the brave little girl fighting HIV, captured people’s attention in the 1990s, and changed hearts and minds about the AIDS epidemic. And when Gary Davis’ serum seemingly b...Show More
2) Raison D’Être
Reporter Grant Hill stumbles into a cab after a long night out. A conversation with the driver leads to a startling revelation: He claims to be a Hollywood insider, who helped a doctor develop a poten...Show More
3) The Eternal Chameleon
Gary Davis wanted to leave England and all of his troubles there behind. Eventually, he reconnected with an American investor, somebody he thought could reclaim the serum, gain legitimacy for it in th...Show More
4) Illegitimi non Carborundum
Goat’s blood is in the water, and sharks are circling. A powerlifter from North Carolina has connected Gary Davis to a wealthy and influential man in London, who appears to have unlimited resources. D...Show More
5) Poster Boy
Where are the people Gary Davis treated with the serum? Why is nobody who took it willing to talk? A very cagey former patient finally agrees to meet with Grant, under several specific conditions: Onl...Show More
6) Where The Magic Happened
Deep conversations with the doctor’s family members paint a complicated picture of Gary Davis, the man — and Gary Davis, the legend. The doctor was often broke and filed for bankruptcy twice, but then...Show More
7) 99 Percent Certainty
What really happened to Gary Davis and his serum? Grant starts reaching out to the doctor’s family members. They are eager to tell their stories – but all have different perspectives. The daugh...Show More
8) Red Flags and Green Lights
Grant gets in touch with one of the last people to have seen Dr. Davis’ serum in action, a Tulsa photographer named Doug Henderson. The conversation reveals that in 2004, Dr. Davis conducted human tri...Show More
9) Turn Your Back
During the height of the AIDS crisis, one man sues in court to try Dr. Davis’ goat serum — which has not been approved by the FDA. A desperate mother decides it’s better to ask forgiveness than permis...Show More
10) Trailer: Serum
A Black doctor, a potential cure for AIDS, and the quest to find out what happened to it. A production of WHYY’s The Pulse and Local Trance Media Gary Davis, an Ivy League trained Black physician from...Show More