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This Podcast Will Kill You

This podcast might not actually kill you, but it covers so many things that can. Each episode tackles a different disease, from its history, to its biology, and finally, how scared you need to be. Eco... Read more

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Ep 12 HIV/AIDS: Apathy Will Kill You

Ep 12 HIV/AIDS: Apathy Will Kill You

This is it, y'all: the season finale. This week we’re talking about HIV/AIDS, one of the biggest pandemics of modern tim... Read more

23 Jan 2018

1hr 29mins

Ranked #2

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Ep 50 Antibiotics: We owe it all to chemistry!

Ep 50 Antibiotics: We owe it all to chemistry!

Fifty episodes. That’s fifty (sometimes) deadly viruses, bacteria, protozoa, parasites, and poisons. And don’t forget th... Read more

12 May 2020

1hr 59mins

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Ep 43 M-m-m-my Coronaviruses

Ep 43 M-m-m-my Coronaviruses

What better time to explore the world of coronaviruses than amidst an outbreak of the 2019 novel coronavirus that brings... Read more

4 Feb 2020

1hr 48mins

Ranked #4

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Ep 65 Sweating Sickness: Ready, Sweat, Go!

Ep 65 Sweating Sickness: Ready, Sweat, Go!

Here’s a pop quiz for all of you: what disease makes you sweat profusely, run a slight fever, develop body aches and a p... Read more

26 Jan 2021

1hr 19mins

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Ep 64 Rubella: Timing is Everything

Ep 64 Rubella: Timing is Everything

For many of us, rubella has simply come to mean the R in MMR, the routine childhood measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine.... Read more

12 Jan 2021

1hr 19mins

Ranked #6

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Ep 36 Shades of Syphilis

Ep 36 Shades of Syphilis

That’s right, we’re back! And we’re starting off with a bang. Syphilis, aka the Great Imitator, is the subject of today’... Read more

29 Oct 2019

1hr 39mins

Ranked #7

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Ep 40 Dancing Plague: Worst Dance Party Ever

Ep 40 Dancing Plague: Worst Dance Party Ever

In 1518 a strange sight could be seen all over the town of Strasbourg. Crowds of people dancing unceasingly, unable to c... Read more

24 Dec 2019

1hr 19mins

Ranked #8

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Ep 52 Rinderpest: Moo Cows, Moo Problems

Ep 52 Rinderpest: Moo Cows, Moo Problems

The second disease ever to be eradicated, rinderpest could be the most devastating and notorious infection you never kne... Read more

23 Jun 2020

1hr 20mins

Ranked #9

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Ep 41 Ricin: A Bad Seed

Ep 41 Ricin: A Bad Seed

Have you missed learning about plant poisons? Well, it’s your lucky day! Today is our first crossover of season three wi... Read more

7 Jan 2020

1hr 15mins

Ranked #10

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Ep 39 Toxoplasmosis: Calling All Cats

Ep 39 Toxoplasmosis: Calling All Cats

You’ve seen the headlines: could this cat-associated parasite be controlling your every move? Is the love you have for c... Read more

10 Dec 2019

1hr 9mins

Ranked #11

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Ep 37 E. coli (unless it's beets)

Ep 37 E. coli (unless it's beets)

E. coli. Such a short name for such a massive topic. This episode we explore the delightful diversity of Escherichia col... Read more

12 Nov 2019

1hr 10mins

Ranked #12

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Ep 6 Plague Part 2: TGFA

Ep 6 Plague Part 2: TGFA

We're back with another episode all about plague-TGFA: Thank Goodness For Antibiotics! Today we'll focus on the status o... Read more

5 Dec 2017

40mins

Ranked #13

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COVID-19 Ch 11: Modeling

COVID-19 Ch 11: Modeling

The eleventh episode of our Anatomy of a Pandemic series has arrived, and just in time. Have you found yourself trying t... Read more

4 May 2020

1hr 21mins

Ranked #14

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Ep 35 Lyme Disease: I'd like to check you for ticks

Ep 35 Lyme Disease: I'd like to check you for ticks

For our last episode of this season, we’re going out with a bang, or should we say bite? This week we’re tackling the do... Read more

3 Sep 2019

2hr

Ranked #15

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Ep 8 ABRACADABRA - Go Away Malaria!

Ep 8 ABRACADABRA - Go Away Malaria!

It's both a disease of dinosaurs and a plague of people. A gin and tonic might make you forget how much those bites itch... Read more

19 Dec 2017

59mins

Ranked #16

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Ep 42 Dandy Dengue Fever

Ep 42 Dandy Dengue Fever

Our first vector-borne disease episode of season 3 and our first mosquito-borne pathogen in quite some time, dengue viru... Read more

21 Jan 2020

1hr 14mins

Ranked #17

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Ep 9 Tuberculosis: A Slow Burn

Ep 9 Tuberculosis: A Slow Burn

Today, we’re taking a page straight out of Dickens and talking about tuberculosis- a disease as rich in history as it is... Read more

2 Jan 2018

59mins

Ranked #18

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Ep 38 Lead Poisoning: Heavy Metal Episode

Ep 38 Lead Poisoning: Heavy Metal Episode

This episode, our first foray into toxic metals, is heavy in all kinds of ways - metallically, emotionally, informationa... Read more

26 Nov 2019

1hr 11mins

Ranked #19

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Ep 49 Eastern Equine Encephalitis: Triple EEEk!

Ep 49 Eastern Equine Encephalitis: Triple EEEk!

In 2019, eastern equine encephalitis (EEE), a viral disease transmitted by mosquitoes, made headlines in much of the US ... Read more

28 Apr 2020

1hr 9mins

Ranked #20

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Ep 48 Botulism: Why are you the way you are?

Ep 48 Botulism: Why are you the way you are?

You don’t look surprised to see this in your podcast feed - or is that just the botox? This week we’re taking a tour of ... Read more

14 Apr 2020

1hr 27mins

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