EPISODE · May 15, 2026 · 57 MIN
Rich Folks Complain About Helicopters Carrying Sick Kids and Shingles Vaccine May Prevent Dementia
from The Present Illness · host Alyssa Burgart & Arghavan Salles
Seattle’s Laurelhurst community vs. Seattle Children’s Hospital; Shingles Vaccine may reduce dementia; Hantavirus scare; American dialects; Zaffron Bloom restaurantNEJM article on hantavirus (no paywall)Rich Folks Complain About Seattle Children’s HelicoptersSeattle Children’s-Laurelhurst helicopter situation explainedLaurelhurst “old money” Seattle neighborhood1992 Complaint about “noisy neighbor”Satirical take on LaurelhurstHelicopter landing dataSeattle Children’s Statement on Helipad AgreementShingles Vaccine and DementiaThe three research articles mentioned: NatureJAMACellHerpes Zoster explainer video (Osmosis)💊Take Two and Call Me in the Morning💊Rick Aschmann’s North American English Dialect MapMatt Forrest’s reel about the mapZay (linguist) on Tik TokPop v Soda MapHistory of regional words for carbonated beveragesNew York Turk visits Zaffron BloomText us!Thanks for listening to The Present Illness! Follow us on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube @ThePresentIllnessCreditsProduction by Arghavan Salles & Alyssa BurgartEditing by Alyssa BurgartMusic by Joseph UphoffSocial Media by Arghavan Salles
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Seattle’s Laurelhurst community vs. Seattle Children’s Hospital; Shingles Vaccine may reduce dementia; Hantavirus scare; American dialects; Zaffron Bloom restaurant NEJM article on hantavirus (no paywall) Rich Folks Complain About Seattle Children’s Helicopters Seattle Children’s-Laurelhurst helicopter situation explainedLaurelhurst “old money” Seattle neighborhood1992 Complaint about “noisy neighbor”Satirical take on LaurelhurstHelicopter landing dataSeattle Children’s Statement on Helipad ...
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