The Biollywood Podcast

Viruses and other biological threats constantly evolve. The Biollywood Podcast explores the biological threats we face and the popular culture media they appear in.

Viruses and other biological threats continually evolve. To keep up with them, the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense at the Atlantic Council’s Biollywood podcast examines scenarios involving biological weapons, accidents, and naturally occurring pandemics. In this podcast, commission experts talk about biological threats and the popular culture media they appear in.

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Sep 10, 2026

The Biollywood Podcast: Virus 32 (2022)

By the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense​

"n this episode of The Biollywood Podcast, the Director of the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense at the Atlantic Council, Asha M. George, Associate Director for Research, J.T. O'Brien, Associate Director for Government Relations and Policy, Robert Bradley, and Wendy Villalta, Assistant Director for Operations, discuss the 2022 foreign language film "Virus 32" and its implications for disease outbreaks, transmission, and mutation.

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Aug 27, 2026

The Biollywood Podcast: Doom (2005)

By the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense​

In this episode of The Biollywood Podcast, the Director of the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense at the Atlantic Council, Asha M. George, Associate Director for Research, J.T. O'Brien, and Associate Director for Government Relations and Policy, Robert Bradley, discuss the 2005 film "Doom" – starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Karl Urban – and its implications for astrobiodefense, biosafety and biosecurity, and genetic modification.

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Jul 30, 2026

The Biollywood Podcast: NCIS: Origins S02E10 – “Lean on Me” (2026)

By the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense​

In this episode of The Biollywood Podcast, the Director of the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense at the Atlantic Council, Asha M. George, Associate Director for Research, J.T. O'Brien, and Associate Director for Government Relations and Policy, Robert Bradley, discuss Season 2, Episode 10 of NCIS: Origins, "Lean on Me" and its implications for national biodefense.

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Jul 8, 2026

Pluribus (2026)

By the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense

In this episode of The Biollywood Podcast, the Director of the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense at the Atlantic Council, Dr. Asha M. George, Associate Director for Research, J.T. O'Brien, and Associate Director for Government Relations and Policy, Robert Bradley, discuss the 2026 Apple TV+ series, Pluribus.

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Jun 5, 2026

The Matrix (1999)

By the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense

In this episode of The Biollywood Podcast, the Director of the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense at the Atlantic Council, Dr. Asha M. George, Associate Director for Research, J.T. O'Brien, and Associate Director for Government Relations and Policy, Robert Bradley, discuss the 1999 film, The Matrix, and its implications for the convergence of artificial intelligence and biological science.

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