GetReal!
A podcast hosted by Dr. Cindy Buckmaster and the National Animal Interest Alliance (NAIA) dedicated to open discussion about animal research: the good, the bad, and the ugly. Cindy explores the deep truths, so we can make compassionate choices for people and animals to shape our medical future together.
Episodes
33 episodes
Unconscious Confounds
Welcome to episode 32 of GetReal! I’m Dr. Cindy Buckmaster, your host for GetReal! and today we’re going to talk about the confound in biomedical research with animals that no one is talking about - the impact of anesthesia on study outco...
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Season 5
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Episode 32
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34:58
The Dose Makes the Poison
Today we stop ignoring the truth about how new treatments make it to our medicine cabinets and face the hard facts…together...on GetReal!
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Season 4
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Episode 31
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46:23
TCD - It's Not Just Semantics
There’s no such thing as compassion fatigue and we should drop it from our vocabulary immediately! This term, along with most of the others used to describe the emotions we battle when working with research animals, just makes things worse. Con...
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Season 3
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Episode 30
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36:42
Protecting More Than Our Health
You may find this surprising, but biomedical research with animals isn’t only necessary for improving human and animal lives. It’s also critical for protecting our food supply and our economy. How so? Dr. Maggie Behnke, Attending Veterinarian f...
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Season 3
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Episode 29
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30:37
Is it love or conflict fundraising?
Is love for animals what truly drives the animal rights movement? How did this movement begin and what is its ultimate goal? Patti Strand, President and Founder of the National Animal Interest Alliance, has been studying this movement and shari...
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Season 3
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Episode 28
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43:03
Sanctuary Straight Talk
Groups opposed to research with animals insist that studies with monkeys are irrelevant to human health and disease, and that all of these animals should be retired to sanctuaries. Those who believe these groups consider this to be a perfect pl...
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Season 3
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Episode 27
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43:54
Let's Shake On It!
There’s a lot of discussion these days about the “reproducibility crisis” in science and how that may be delaying the medical advances we seek for ourselves and our loved ones. Today we’re going to talk about what may be the number one reason f...
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Season 3
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Episode 26
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26:38
X Discrimination
Today we’ll catch up with Trina who lost her beautiful boy, Austin, to Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy two years ago. It turns out that her journey with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy isn’t over yet because, contrary to popular belief, girls and...
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Season 3
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Episode 25
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36:29
RAW Truth 7: AMI Saves Lives
Breeding research mice responsibly is not as easy as it sounds. Every day, animal lives are wasted and biomedical discovery is compromised because colony management has simply become too complex for human beings to do well. So…we should STOP DO...
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Season 3
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Episode 24
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31:14
RAW Truth 6: Wasted Money, Wasted Lives
What would you do if you worked with research animals and you were certain they could receive better care than they were getting? A lot of people would probably just get frustrated and complain about it. They might even feel hopeless enough to ...
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Season 3
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Episode 23
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27:29
Fewer Dogs, Better Drugs?
The fate of dogs in classic biomedical research studies is more questionable than ever. So, what are our options? Can we keep up with the demand for new treatments with fewer dogs in biomedical research? Our guest today is Dr. Veronica Maldonad...
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Season 2
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Episode 22
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18:50
Right Target, Right Time
The final inspection report by the USDA on May 3, 2022 revealed no serious animal health concerns at the Envigo/Inotiv research dog breeding facility in Cumberland, VA. So why did they close and how might this impact public health moving forwar...
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Season 2
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Episode 21
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41:32
Weaponized Transparency
Is it possible that thousands of Americans have been programmed to harm themselves and everyone they love without realizing it? Are they fighting passionately for something that’s actually an illusion - an illusion deliberately designed to expl...
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Season 2
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Episode 20
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40:16
Replacing Animals in Research
Why we are we still doing research with animals when there are several human relevant, non-animal alternatives available to us right now that can be used to develop new medical treatments? Dr. Megan LaFollette, Program Director of...
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Season 2
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Episode 19
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33:23
RAW Truth 5: Put Your Money Where Your Mouse Is!
Over 95% of the animals we rely on for medical advances are rodents and most of them live, and are studied, in stressful environments that compromise our ability to learn from them. Investigations by animal welfare scientists reveal that ...
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Season 2
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Episode 18
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31:02
The Hamster Wheel of Science
Why are biomedical researchers under so much pressure to produce, produce, produce? And does this pressure accelerate or delay meaningful progress for new treatments and cures? Our guest today came to us through the GetReal! website. She is a P...
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Season 2
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Episode 17
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28:33
RAW Truth 4: Checklists, Communication and Cures
Only five percent of the drugs developed and tested with animals actually make it to market. Groups that oppose research with animals continue to tell lawmakers and the general public that this is no surprise because animals are worthless as mo...
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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40:56
Of Mice, Pigs, Sea Lions...and Men
Today we’ll discuss climate change, biotoxins, marine life, and how this all came together in the incredible and heart-warming story of Cronutt, the intractably epileptic sea lion. It’s a story of exploration, perseverance and love. And it’s a ...
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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45:48
RAW Truth 3: Sleeping with the Enemy of Science
The vast majority of animals involved in biomedical research studies today are rodents, mainly mice. And the scientific information that comes from most of them is questionable because of a source of variability that is often overlooked b...
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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24:31
Dangerous Game
Do you know anyone struggling with Alzheimer's Disease (AD)? Any friends or family? The chances are high that you do. One in nine Americans over 65 suffer with AD currently and case numbers continue to rise each year. This is not surprising, gi...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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43:13
RAW Truth 2: Shift Happens
Over 95% of the animals involved in biomedical research are mice. These animals are incredibly important models for human disease because 85% of the genes that drive biological function in people and mice are identical, so genetic cont...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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21:50
RAW Truth 1: Stressed Animals - Shaky Science
About half of the studies published from research with animals are questionable because they can't be replicated. The research community has been trying to rein this unacceptable manifestation of sloppy science practices in for over a decade wi...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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25:13
Our Common Vision
1. We will be clear about when, how and why we use animals in research. 2. We will enhance our communications with the media and the public about our research using animals. 3. We w...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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51:32
Full Transparency or Bust
I am a firm believer in transparency - in all things, but especially biomedical research with animals. Animals didn’t sign up for their involvement in this work and the people who love them are constantly asking for explanations that are answer...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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33:30
The DMD Heroes of Texas A&M
Texas A&M University has endured several years of harassment and intimidation by PETA and their followers, including Sir Paul McCartney, based on claims made by PETA about how dogs involved in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) research are ...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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41:46