Play It Forward. Episode 348 with Brendan Borrell author of The First Shots

<p>This is Play It Forward. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward. Episode 348 with Brendan Borrell author of The First Shots.</p> <p>In <em>THE FIRST SHOTS</em>-currently under development for an HBO limited series with superstar director and producer Adam McKay (<em>Succession, Vice, The Big Short</em>)-Borrell draws on his exclusive and high-level access to weave together an incredible story about the hard-driving scientists, billionaire entrepreneurs, and chaotic political power players who shaped 18 pandemic months of fear, resolve, and triumph.</p> <p>Speaking with roughly 150 sources including infectious disease expert Michael Callahan, an American doctor secretly on the ground in Wuhan in January 2020 to gauge the terrifying ravages of disease X; Robert (Dr. Bob) Kadlec, one of Operation Warp Speed's architects, whose audacious plans for the American people run straight into the buzz saw of the Trump White House factions; and delivering insider reveals on Stéphane Bancel of upstart Moderna Therapeutics going toe-to-toe with pharma behemoth Pfizer, <em>THE FIRST SHOTS</em> lays bare the full stunning story behind the medical science "moon shot" of our lifetime. Fast-paced and stunningly researched, <em>THE FIRST SHOTS</em> is a real-life thriller.</p> --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/arroe-collins/message