Scotcast

What if antibiotics stop working?

Sep 11, 2025 · 23 min · 22.7 MB
0:00-23:40

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Liam Shaw (pictured), author of Dangerous Miracles, tells us why less than a hundred years after the first antibiotic discovery, governments now need to step in because big pharma companies won’t.

Scotcast is the BBC’s Scottish news podcast, with Martin Geissler, Laura Miller and Natalie Higgins.

Get in touch: scotcast@bbc.co.uk