July 12, 2022January 9, 2024Season 5 Episode 100 Monkeypox: Here we go again? A little over two years into a pandemic, the last thing you probably want to see is headlines announcing yet another disease […]
June 28, 2022January 9, 2024Season 5 Episode 99 Salmonella: A hard egg to crack We’ve all been there: doubled over in pain as stomach cramps grip your guts; the panicked shuffle to the nearest bathroom; the […]
June 14, 2022January 9, 2024Season 5 Episode 98 Folate: Marmite, anyone? It’s been years since our first (and, until now, only) vitamin-centric episode on scurvy, and we’re thrilled to be dipping our toes […]
June 7, 2022January 9, 2024Season 5 Special Episode: Snake Venom Evolution Our snake venom episode last week took us down some fascinating roads, from the pathophysiological effects of these compounds to the snake […]
May 31, 2022January 9, 2024Season 5 Episode 97 Snake Venoms: Collateral Damage How do you feel about snakes? Intrigued or terrified? In awe or creeped out? Of course, those aren’t the only options; the […]
May 24, 2022January 9, 2024Season 5 Special Episode: Coprolites! Our tapeworm episode last week mentioned the remarkable finding of tapeworm eggs in a 270 million-year old shark coprolite, that is, fossilized […]
May 17, 2022January 9, 2024Season 5 Episode 96 Tapeworm: We encyst you listen We can probably all agree that the thought of a tapeworm hiding out in your gut is not a pleasant one. Nor […]
May 10, 2022January 9, 2024Season 5 Special Episode: On the Origin of Epidemiology The classic tale of epidemiology almost always begins with public health hero John Snow traipsing all over London to track down the […]
May 3, 2022January 9, 2024Season 5 Episode 95 Tetanus: An inhuman calamity! [CW: Firsthand account includes description of the death of an infant. Skip approximately first 3 minutes to avoid.] What comes to mind […]
April 26, 2022January 9, 2024Season 5 Special Episode: Chlamydia, Koalas, and More! Chlamydia trachomatis may have stolen the show in our last episode, but there are many other Chlamydiae that deserve some time under […]