An outburst of syphilis is sweeping across Europe, and new HIV infections are also steadily rising. More than 1 million new STD infections are acquired every day worldwide. And yet, the public discourse seems to view sexually transmitted infections as a thing of the past. In this surprisingly light-hearted episode of Standard Time, medical doctors and a sex work activist talk screening, education, and stigma.

This episode comes forth just ahead of 1 December, World AIDS Day, so we chose our topic accordingly.

Guests of the episode Dr. Danae Maragouthakis, medical doctor, sex educator, co-founder of Yoxly Dr. Béla Tamási, dermatologist and STD specialist, National STD Centre in Budapest, HU Trajche Janushev, programme officer at SWAN, the Sex Worker’s Rights Advocacy Network

Creative team Réka Kinga Papp editor-in-chief, Eurozine Merve Akyel art director, Eurozine Szilvia Pintér producer Margarita Lechner writer-editor Zsófia Gabriella Papp executive producer

Management Hermann Riessner managing director, Eurozine Judit Csikós project manager, Eurozine Csilla Nagyné Kardos office administration, Eurozine

Video Crew Budapest Nóra Ruszkai sound engineering Gergely Áron Pápai photography László Halász photography

Postproduction Nóra Ruszkai lead video editor Kateryna Kuzmenko dialogue editor

Art Victor Maria Lima animation Cornelia Frischauf theme music

Hosted by THE CEU Library in Budapest

Full disclosure: Anchor Réka Kinga Papp is a member of the Steering Committee for the Sex Workers’ Rights Advocacy Network since 2018.

This talk show is a Display Europe production: a content sharing platform soon to premiere.

This programme is co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union and the European Cultural Foundation. Importantly, the views and opinions expressed here are those of the authors and speakers only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor the EACEA can be held responsible for them.