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This Podcast Will Kill You — 296 episodes
Ep 217 The High Stakes of Cholesterol
Ep 216 Cyclospora: Explosive Diarrhea Everywhere
Special Episode: Alev Scott & Cash Cow
Ep 215 The Hidden Depths of Earwax
Ep 214 Boogers: Digging for treasure
Special Episode: Dr. Carl Elliott & The Occasional Human Sacrifice
Ep 213 Burns Part 2: It’s like sci-fi but real
Ep 212 Burns Part 1: The first million or so years
Special Episode: Alexandra Sifferlin & The Elusive Body
Ep 211 Motion Sickness: It comes in waves
Ep 210 Histoplasmosis: Bats, birds, and budding yeast
Special Episode: Dr. Olivia Weisser & The Dreaded Pox
Ep 209 Dietary Guidelines Part 2: Why is there protein in everything?
Ep 208 Dietary Guidelines Part 1: Who’s behind these guidelines?
Special Episode: Adam Kucharski & Proof
Ep 207 Tear Gas: How can a chemical weapon be “humane”?
Ep 206 Oropouche Virus: More than a smidge worrisome
Ep 205 Cancer Part 4: Where do things stand today?
Ep 204 Cancer Part 3: How do we treat it?
Special Episode: Lawrence Ingrassia & A Fatal Inheritance
Ep 203 Cancer Part 2: Why does it happen?
Ep 202 Cancer Part 1: What is it?
Special Episode: Jon Adams and Edmund Ramsden & Rat City
Ep 201 Poop Part 2: Flushed away
Ep 200 Poop Part 1: How the sausage gets made
Special Episode: Nicola Twilley & Frostbite
Ep 199 Sleep Part 2: Predictably unpredictable
Ep 198 Sleep Part 1: Sleeping with one eye open
Special Episode: Daniel Stone & American Poison
Ep 197 Detox: Enemas for everyone
From the Vault - Endometriosis: Menstrual Backwash (Ep 88)
From the Vault - Hepatitis B: Hepatiti, Take 2 (Ep 89)
Ep 196 Health Myths: Fact or fiction?
Special Episode: Dr. Homer Venters & Outbreak Behind Bars
Ep 195 Salt Part 2: The Substance
Ep 194 Salt Part 1: The Seasoning
Special Episode: Gabriel Weston & Alive
Ep 193 Necrotizing Fasciitis: A strange beast
Ep 192 New World Screwworm: Oh-oh here they come
Special Episode: Dr. Lindsey Fitzharris and Adrian Teal & Dead Ends!
Ep 191 Famine: More than starvation
Ep 190 Starvation: More than hunger
Special Episode: Antonia Hylton & Madness
Ep 189 Newborn screening: The future is here
Ep 188 Candida yeast: Here, there, and everywhere
Special Episode: Mary Roach & Replaceable You
Ep 187 Hypothermia Part 2: How it helps
Ep 186 Hypothermia Part 1: How it hurts
Special Episode: Lina Zeldovich & The Living Medicine
Ep 185 The Great Smog of London: “Thick, drab, yellow, disgusting”
Ep 184 The Gallbladder: Humor us
Special Episode: Carl Zimmer & Airborne
Ep 183 SSRIs Part 2: Action
Ep 182 SSRIs Part 1: Origin
Special Episode: Wendy Chin-Tanner & King of the Armadillos
Ep 181 PCOS: Beyond the cysts
Ep 180 Food Dyes: It’s all marketing
Special Episode: Professor Steven Mithen & The Language Puzzle
Ep 179 Fluoride 2: Fighting tooth and nail
Ep 178 Fluoride 1: The real tooth fairy
Special Episode: Dr. Wendy Kline & Exposed
Ep 177 Toxic Shock Syndrome: A shock to the system
Ep 176 Strychnine: The WD-40 of Victorian Medicine
Special Episode: Dr. Adam Ratner & Booster Shots
Ep 175 What’s the deal with raw milk: Part 2
Ep 174 What’s the deal with raw milk: Part 1
Special Episode: John Green & Everything Is Tuberculosis
Ep 173 Childhood Vaccine Schedule 2: Who’s making the call?
Ep 172 Childhood Vaccine Schedule 1: Let’s give it a shot
Ep 171 Pregnancy: Act 4
Ep 170 Pregnancy: Act 3
Ep 169 Pregnancy: Act 2
Ep 168 Pregnancy: Act 1
Special Episode: Rachel Gross & Vagina Obscura
Ep 167 Viagra/Sildenafil: Raising the bar
Ep 166 Amanita poisoning: Death Cap-tivating
Ep 165 Fish Tongue Parasite: Parasite Appreciation Hour
Ep 164 Rift Valley Fever: Ruminating on ruminants
Ep 163 Circadian Rhythm: Live from Perth, Australia
Special Episode: Robert Alpert, Merle Eisenberg, Lee Mordechai & Diseased Cinema
Ep 162 Allergies Part 2: Shots, pills, & pens
Ep 161 Allergies Part 1: Pollens, nuts, & bugs
Special Episode: Philip Eil & Prescription for Pain
Ep 160 Appendicitis: Don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone?
Ep 159 Scabies: Tiny but Mite-y
Ep 158 Scarlet Fever: You’ve changed
Special Episode: Dr. Emily Monosson & Blight
Ep 157 Retinoids Part 2: …how it’s going
Ep 156 Retinoids Part 1: How it started…
Special Episode: Kate Zernike & The Exceptions
Ep 155 Stiff Person Syndrome: A rare disease in the spotlight
Ep 154 Ask The Erins (Again!)
Special Episode: Dr. Charan Ranganath & Why We Remember
Ep 153 Alpha-Gal Syndrome: A tick bite gone bad
Ep 152 Hemochromatosis: Ironing out the details
Special Episode: Dan Egan & The Devil’s Element
Ep 151 Stethoscope: Lub dub
Ep 150 Norovirus: Tip of the poop iceberg
Special Episode: Maria Smilios & The Black Angels
Ep 149 Poison Control Part 2: Call me maybe
Ep 148 Poison Control Part 1: Who you gonna call?
Special Episode: Ben Goldfarb & Crossings
Ep 147 Tasmanian Devil Facial Tumor Disease: Sympathy for the Devil
Ep 146 Celiac Disease: Rootin tootin gluten
Special Episode: Dr. Rageshri Dhairyawan & Unheard
Ep 145 IVF, Part 3: Industry
Ep 144 IVF, Part 2: Invention
Ep 143 IVF, Part 1: Infertility
Special Episode: Dr. Noah Whiteman & Most Delicious Poison
Ep 142 Leeches: It’s more powerful than magic, it’s nature
Special Episode: Dr. Paul Offit & Tell Me When It’s Over
Ep 141 Maggots: Such noble work
Ep 140 Nipah virus: Of Fruit and Bats
Special Episode: Dr. Sara Manning Peskin & A Molecule Away from Madness
Ep 139 Supplements: “This statement has not been evaluated by the FDA”
Ep 138 Fever: Take it to the limit
Special Episode: Dr. Deirdre Cooper Owens & Medical Bondage
Ep 137 ME/CFS: What’s in a name? (A lot, actually)
Ep 136 Long Covid: A long time coming
Ep 135 Menopause is whatever you want it to be
Ep 134 Tonsils: Underestimated and underappreciated
Ep 133 Parvoviruses: Who let the dogs (and their viruses) out?
Ep 132 Osteogenesis Imperfecta: All bones about it
Ep 131 Parkinson’s Disease: Dopamine & discoveries
Ep 130 Cocoliztli: We do love a salty dish
Ep 129 Lymphatic Filariasis: Hiding in plain sight
Ep 128 Skin Cancer: We love and fear the sun
Ep 127 Bhopal: The 1984 Union Carbide Disaster
Ep 126 Migraine: A Cacophony in Four Movements
Ep 125 Blastomycosis: How fungus became amongus
Ep 124 The full spectrum of color vision deficiency
Ep 123 Hand, Foot, and Mouth (and Butt?) Disease
Ep 122 Asthma: A phlegmy episode
Special Episode: Ed Yong & An Immense World
Ep 121 Tularemia: Hare today, gone tomorrow
Special Episode: Deborah Blum & The Poison Squad
Ep 120 Acetaminophen/Paracetamol: Pain. Killer.
Special Episode: Dr. Andrew Wehrman & The Contagion of Liberty
Ep 119 Marburg virus: Too fast, too furious
Special Episode: Dr. Steven Thrasher & The Viral Underclass
Ep 118 Asbestos: Corruption and cancer and corporate greed, oh my!
Special Episode: Mary Roach & Fuzz
Ep 117 Bedbugs: Bug-bitten and bedeviled
Special Episode: Dr. Kate Clancy & Period
Ep 116 It's never lupus (except this time)
Ep 115 Altitude Sickness: Balloons though?
Special Episode: Angela Saini & Superior
Ep 114 Listeria: It put dairy on the map
Special Episode: Sarah Everts & The Joy of Sweat
Ep 113 Vitamin D: The D stands for drama
Special Episode: David Quammen & Breathless
Ep 112 Epilepsy: It’s always the phlegm
Ep 111 RSV: What’s syncytial anyway?
Ep 110 Influenza, Take 2: Fowl Play
Ep 109 Chikungunya: Not dengue (or is it?)
Ep 108 Gout: Toetally fascinating
Ep 107 Sepsis: It's a mess
Ep 106 Turner Syndrome: Let's talk about X
Ep 105 Down in the Mumps
Ep 104 The Bends: Industrial Revolution, baby
Ep 103 Leptospirosis: Don't blame the rats
Ep 102 Arsenic: Paris Green with Envy
Ep 101 Immortality: This Podcast Won't Kill You
Ep 100 Monkeypox: Here we go again?
Ep 99 Salmonella: A hard egg to crack
Ep 98 Folate: Marmite, anyone?
Special Episode: Snake Venom Evolution
Ep 97 Snake Venom: Collateral Damage
Special Episode: Coprolites!
Ep 96 Tapeworm: We encyst you listen
Special Episode: On the Origin of Epidemiology
Ep 95 Tetanus: An inhuman calamity!
Special Episode: Chlamydia, Koalas, and More!
Ep 94 Chlamydia: Double Trouble
Re-Release: Ep 27 Vaccines Part 2: Have you thanked your immune system lately?
Re-Release: Ep 26 Vaccines Part 1: Let's hear it for Maurice
Special Episode: Electricity
Ep 93 Lightning & Other Stories: Power Hour (and a Half)
Special Episode: Epstein-Barr Virus
Ep 92 Multiple Sclerosis: Scarred nerves & skating saints
Special Episode: Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Virus
Ep 91 Myxomatosis: Down the rabbit hole
Special Episode: Human African Trypanosomiasis & Drug Development
Ep 90 Human African Trypanosomiasis: A lot to unpack
Special Episode: Hep B Stigma & Discrimination
Ep 89 Hepatitis B: Hepatiti, Take 2
Ep 88 Endometriosis: Menstrual Backwash
Ep 87 C. diff: Fighting poop with poop
Ep 86 Typhus: Another lousy episode
Ep 85 Alcohol: Beer for Thought
Ep 84 West Nile virus: The Crow in the Coal Mine
Ep 83 Diabetes: Short & Sweet
Ep 82 Anthrax: The Hardcore Spore
Ep 81 Chagas disease: The Reverse Triple Discovery
Ep 80 Dysentery loves a disaster
Ep 79 Hemophilia: A Hemorrhagic Disposition
Ep 78 Bartonella: Keep Calm and Carrión
Ep 77 Legionnaires' Disease: A Killer Mist
Ep 76 Chickenpox: There's always a 'but'
Ep 75 Mercury: The cost of progress
COVID-19 Chapter 20: Looking forward by looking back
Ep 74 Naegleria fowleri: The "brain-eating amoeba"
COVID-19 Chapter 19: Your Stories
Ep 73 Puerperal Fever: Seriously, wash your hands
COVID-19 Chapter 18: Conservation & Pandemics
Ep 72 White-Nose Syndrome: How deep is your torpor?
COVID-19 Chapter 17: Frontline Mental Health
Ep 71 Onchocerciasis/River Blindness: So many mysteries
COVID-19 Chapter 16: Disparities, Take 2
Ep 70 Henrietta Lacks: HeLa, There, & Everywhere
COVID-19 Chapter 15: Disease, Take 2
Ep 69 Huntington’s disease: Let’s talk frankly
Ep 68 Coccidioidomycosis: It’s never a spider bite
Ep 67 HPV: My wart be with you
Ep 66 The Outs and Ins of Organ Transplantation
Ep 65 Sweating Sickness: Ready, Sweat, Go!
Ep 64 Rubella: Timing is Everything
COVID-19 Chapter 14: Virology, Take 2
Ep 63 Poison Ivy: It's Just Us
COVID-19 Chapter 13: Vaccines, Take 2
Ep 62 Leishmaniasis, Relationship Status: It's Complicated
COVID-19 Chapter 12: Control, Take 2
Ep 61 Typhoid: There's Something About Mary
Ep 60 Giving birth to "The Pill"
Ep 59 Thalidomide: Justice Delayed, Justice Denied
Ep 58 Guinea worm: (Almost) Ancient History
Ep 57 Herpes: Stop the STIgma
Ep 56 Sickle Cell Disease: Invisible Illness, Enduring Strength
Ep 55 Rocky Mountain spotted fever: The tick must be destroyed!
Ep 54 Wake Up and Smell the Caffeine
Ep 53 Radiation: X-Ray Marks the Spot
Ep 52 Rinderpest: Moo Cows, Moo Problems
Ep 51 The Path of Most (Antibiotic) Resistance
Ep 50 Antibiotics: We owe it all to chemistry!
COVID-19 Ch 11: Modeling
Ep 49 Eastern Equine Encephalitis: Triple EEEk!
COVID-19 Chapter 10: Schools
COVID-19 Chapter 9: Economics
Ep 48 Botulism: Why are you the way you are?
COVID-19 Chapter 8: Disparities
COVID-19 Chapter 7: Spillover
Ep 47 Schistosomiasis: A Snail's Pace
COVID-19 Chapter 6: Mental Health
COVID-19 Chapter 5: Vaccines
COVID-19 Chapter 4: Epidemiology
COVID-19 Chapter 3: Control
COVID-19 Chapter 2: Disease
COVID-19 Chapter 1: Virology
Ep 46 Lactose Intolerance: Never trust a fart
Ep 45 Hepatitis C: Hepatiti?
Ep 44 Pertussis: Whoop Here It Is
Ep 43 M-m-m-my Coronaviruses
Ep 42 Dandy Dengue Fever
Ep 41 Ricin: A Bad Seed
Ep 40 Dancing Plague: Worst Dance Party Ever
Ep 39 Toxoplasmosis: Calling All Cats
Ep 38 Lead Poisoning: Heavy Metal Episode
Ep 37 E. coli (unless it's beets)
Ep 36 Shades of Syphilis
Ep 35 Lyme Disease: I'd like to check you for ticks
Ep 34 Cystic Fibrosis: Complete Somatic Rebellion
Ep 33 Chytrid: The Silent Forest
Ep 32 Ask the Erins
Ep 31 Giardia: Gerardia
Ep 30 Encephalitis Lethargica: Sleep Perchance to Dream (& Dream & Dream)
Ep 29 Aspirin the Wonder Drug: Crossover w/ IDOP
Ep 28 H. pylori: Don't try this at home
Ep 27 Vaccines Part 2: Have you thanked your immune system lately?
Ep 26 Vaccines part 1: Let's hear it for Maurice
Ep 25 Put your hands together for: Gonorrhea!
Ep 24 Zika: Rumors and Rumours
Ep 23 Opening a can of Hookworms
Ep 22 Belladonna will dilate your mind: Crossover w/ IDOP
Ep 21 Measles: The Worst Souvenir
Ep 20 Prions: Apocalypse Cow
Ep 19 Scurvy: Thanks a lot, evolution.
Ep 18 Hantavirus: The Real Rat Race
Ep 17 Oh No Tetrodo: Crossover w/ TBOSP
Ep 16 Scratch and Sniff Diphtheria Membrane
Ep 15 MRSA: Make Resistance Susceptible Again
Ep 14 Rabies: Don't dilute me, bro
Ep 13 Don't Tread on my Monkshood: Crossover w/ IDOP
Special Episode: HIV/AIDS
Ep 12 HIV/AIDS: Apathy Will Kill You
Ep 11 Ebola: The New Kid on the Block
Ep 10 Yellow Fever: Is there a Hamilton song about this?
Ep 9 Tuberculosis: A Slow Burn
Ep 8 ABRACADABRA - Go Away Malaria!
Ep 7 Hit Me With Your Best (Polio) Shot
Ep 6 Plague Part 2: TGFA
Ep 5 Plague Part 1: The GMOAT
Ep 4 The Poop Show
Ep 3 Gnarlypox
Ep 2 Skin in the Game, Horse in the Race
Ep 1 Influenza Will Kill You
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