November 29, 2022January 9, 2024Season 5 Episode 110 Influenza, Take 2: Fowl Play Over five years ago, on October 31, 2017, the very first episode of This Podcast Will Kill You premiered, an action-packed (and […]
November 15, 2022January 9, 2024Season 5 Episode 109 Chikungunya: Not dengue (or is it?) Somehow it’s taken us until the penultimate episode to cover this season’s first mosquito-borne virus. But we assure you, this episode is […]
November 4, 2022January 9, 2024Season 5 Episode 108 Gout: Toetally fascinating Although today we tend to think about diseases in terms of signs and symptoms, tests and treatments, that hasn’t always been the […]
November 4, 2022January 9, 2024Season 5 Episode 107 Sepsis: It’s a mess Over the years of the podcast, we have often struggled with questions of why: why pathogens act the way they do, why […]
October 7, 2022January 9, 2024Season 5 Episode 106 Turner Syndrome: Let’s talk about X Are you in the mood to chat chromosomes, specifically the X chromosome? If so, have we got the perfect episode for you! […]
September 20, 2022January 9, 2024Season 5 Episode 105 Down in the Mumps We’ve covered measles, we’ve taken on rubella, and now we’re finishing up the classic MMR vaccine by exploring the other M: mumps. […]
September 6, 2022January 9, 2024Season 5 Episode 104 The Bends: Industrial Revolution, baby Don your wetsuit, grab your oxygen tank, and securely fasten your mask, because this week we’re going on our deepest dive yet. […]
August 31, 2022January 9, 2024Season 5 Episode 103 Leptospirosis: Don’t blame the rats The story of leptospirosis is chock full of variety. In terms of biology, any number of different Leptospira species and serovars can […]
August 9, 2022January 9, 2024Season 5 Episode 102 Arsenic: Paris Green with Envy “The king of poisons,” “the poison of kings,” “inheritance powder.” As its various nicknames suggest, arsenic’s notoriety largely stems from its use […]
July 26, 2022January 9, 2024Season 5 Episode 101 Immortality: This Podcast Won’t Kill You For what was originally going to be our 100th regular season episode, we wanted to turn the vaguely threatening title of our […]