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Fauci

By: Michael Specter
Narrated by: Michael Specter
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Publisher's summary

Pushkin Industries presents Fauci: the first-ever audio biography of Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and one of the most prominent voices in the US response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Written and narrated by New Yorker staff writer Michael Specter, Fauci combines Specter’s unparalleled reporting with exclusive new interviews and archival audio of Dr. Fauci; his wife, Christine Grady, RN, PhD; key colleagues; and peers. Listeners will hear Dr. Fauci speak firsthand about the harassment and death threats he has received as a result of his leadership and about the stress of simultaneously combating the COVID-19 pandemic and an information war waged by his boss, the president of the United States.

Specter has covered Dr. Fauci - and global public health - for more than three decades. In Fauci, Specter traces the doctor’s life from his childhood as a basketball-loving kid in Brooklyn through his leadership during the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s to today, when the response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the future of viral research are shaping humanity. With its chorus of voices, archival recordings, and original score, Fauci brings the immediacy and energy of the best documentary podcasts to the audiobook format.

©2020 Pushkin Industries and Michael Specter (P)2020 Pushkin Industries and Michael Specter
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"The facts were precisely the problem; they have been inconvenient, to say the least."
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"He was really almost like the surrogate doctor for the neighborhood."
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"Army. Air Force. The Navy. Or Public Health Service."
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"Pandemics have shaped the demographics of this planet in ways that nothing else has."
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"The public will demand a reckoning."
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  • "Army. Air Force. The Navy. Or Public Health Service."
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  • "They were scared and angry."
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  • "Pandemics have shaped the demographics of this planet in ways that nothing else has."
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  • "The public will demand a reckoning."
Michael Specter

About the Author

Michael Specter has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1998. He is also Adjunct Professor of Bioengineering at Stanford University. Since joining The New Yorker he has written about agricultural biotechnology, the global AIDS epidemic, avian influenza, and new ways to edit DNA, among other stories. Specter worked at The New York Times as a Rome-based foreign correspondent and co-chief of the Moscow Bureau. He was also national science correspondent and then New York Bureau Chief of The Washington Post.
Photo used with permission of Michael Specter.

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Brilliant Man!

I loved learning more about "Tony". What a wonderful asset to the universe. Thank you to him and for telling his story. I thought the narration was personable and sincere.... done well!

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excellent book

A fascinating look at not only Dr. Fauci's life & work but how viruses work, are studied & why the research is so important.

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An amazing doctor!!

If you want to understand Fauci, it's an amazing book! Very easy to read and learn.

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A Good Dr. Fausi Career Overview

I thought the info shared was concise, informative & revealed what made Dr Fausi the consumate professional we see on tv & in print.

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One of the most riveting books I’ve heard!

Fauci exceeded my expectations. I expected to hear about COVID, but I was surprised by how much I learned about the HIV epidemic, and epidemiology as a whole. Absolutely amazing!! I learned so much.

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Really Good

I enjoyed this. Learning about Tony F and about how politics has injected itself (no pun intended) into science is both fascinating and appalling at the same time.

The only critique I have is that some of the sound bites were too short. The author uses them to make a point but some of them are only one or two words long. It would have been better to take the time to give a little bit more context.

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Challenges we need to understand!

Insightful and thought provoking! Covers many challenges and success. Glad I chose this book.

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Fauci

Great short biography. covers his research work on diseases including HIV, malaria, and other deadly diseases. loved the included recordings of Fauci's voice discussing issues through the years. The author dislikes Trump as much as I do, so that probably affected my rating.

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Wonderful

Very informative. The quote about Fauci being asked to have the omniscience of a god & being cursed for not being able to deliver was especially thought provoking. More level heads MUST will out. Or we’re literally doomed.

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An Eye Opener and Must Read in 2020

It's a page turner even if listening. Discovering facts about Anthony Fauci's life and work increased my respect beyond where I thought it could go. If I had to face a pandemic, he'd be my first choice in the lifeboat. Michael Specter's informed story and interviews confirms my opinion of the good doctor. I pray the next President takes his advice. The nation will be lost without him.

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