On this episode of #PlusTalk, Karl sits down with Dr. Paulo Dos Santos, who’s on the front lines of HIV care in Buenos Aires 🇦🇷, to talk about how the landscape has changed and what still needs to shift. Continue reading HOW HIV HAS CHANGED OVER 20 YEARS – Dr. Paulo Dos Santos
n this episode of Plus Talk, host Karl talks with Erika Castellanos, Executive Director of GATE and a longtime trans and HIV advocate from Belize, and Thiago Jerohan, a Brazilian activist and communicator living with HIV. Together, they open up about what “community” has meant in their own journeys, why representation at conferences like AIDS 2026 matters beyond the panels and press releases, and what it will take for the global HIV response to truly rebuild in a moment of funding uncertainty and rising anti-rights movements. Continue reading THE TRUE MEANING OF COMMUNITY – Erika Castellanos & Thiago Jerohan
Nobody handed Craig Washington or Mark King a roadmap for growing older with HIV — because for a long time, that future wasn’t supposed to exist. In this episode of Plus Talk, host Karl talks with both guests about what it means to live past 50 with HIV: the plans they never got to make, the life they didn’t expect to have, and the gratitude that comes with simply still being here. Continue reading LIFE AFTER 50 & HIV – Craig Washington & Mark King
In this episode of Plus Talk, host Karl sits down with one of the most prominent voices in global HIV/AIDS advocacy and research to break down what AIDS 2026 is, what to expect from the conference happening July 26–31, 2026, and why the conversations happening in Rio have real implications for public health, policy, and people everywhere — not just those living with HIV. Continue reading AIDS 2026 in RIO – IAS President, Beatriz Grinsztejn
Whether it’s a weekend trip or an international adventure, travel looks a little different when you’re living with HIV. In this episode of Plus Talk, host Karl sits down with Doreen Moracha and Brent Allan to talk through the real, lived experiences of navigating travel as someone in the HIV community — from managing medication schedules across time zones, to handling a missed dose, to keeping your routines intact when everything around you changes. Continue reading TRAVELING WITH HIV – Managing medication, doses, and timing it all out ft. Doreen Moracha & Brent Allan
In this episode of Plus Talk, Karl sits down with returning guest Janeli Alejandra for an honest and uplifting conversation about what it really means to live with HIV today.
Janeli opens up about being publicly open about her status, navigating a world that still carries assumptions about who “looks like” they have HIV, and why she chooses to focus on the real, meaningful progress the community has made.
This is a conversation about visibility, normalcy, and the quiet power of just living your life – fully and unapologetically. Continue reading THRIVING WITH HIV – Navigating a successful life ft. Janeli Alejandra
Karl welcomes back award-winning sex educator, writer, and HIV activist Ashley Cobb – founder of Sex With Ashley, CDC “Let’s Stop HIV Together” ambassador, and author of the new book Pleasure, Please!: The Black Woman’s Guide to Unapologetic Pleasure and Confidence. Continue reading ASHLEY COBB – Pleasure, please!
What happens when $1.2 trillion in healthcare cuts hits communities that were already fighting to survive? Cleve Jones and Sean Strub join Karl to talk about 7 Days in June – a nonpartisan, grassroots campaign running June 1–7 that’s calling on local, state, and federal leaders to protect health as a governing priority. Continue reading CLEVE JONES & SEAN STRUB – 7 days in June
Steve Doyle created the PLHIV Documentary to give people living with HIV something too many have been denied – a platform to tell their own story, in their own words, on their own terms. Continue reading STEVE DOYLE – Fighting stigma with a camera lens
Activist and advocate Yana Kolpakova sits down with Karl for one of the most honest conversations we’ve had on Plus Talk. Why are people so fixated on how someone contracted HIV? What does that obsession reveal about fear, stigma, and the way society assigns blame? Continue reading YANA KOLPAKOVA – Stigma & the Eastern Bloc
