June 29, 2021January 9, 2024Season 4 Episode 76 Chickenpox: There’s always a ‘but’ Ah, chickenpox, that pesky old childhood illness. And that’s all it is, right? Just a mild, routine infection that we all used […]
June 15, 2021January 9, 2024Season 4 Episode 75 Mercury: The cost of progress When you think of mercury, what springs to mind? Is it the entrancing drop of shimmery liquid that flows from a broken […]
June 8, 2021January 9, 2024COVID-19 COVID-19 Ch 20: Looking forward by looking back Over the past year and a half, we have learned so much about this virus, but there is still more to know. […]
June 1, 2021January 9, 2024Season 4 Episode 74 Naegleria fowleri: The “brain-eating amoeba” Every summer, when the warm weather rolls around and the local ponds and lakes heat up enough for a tempting dip, remember […]
May 25, 2021January 9, 2024COVID-19 COVID-19 Ch 19: Your Stories From virology to vaccines, from education to economics, and from disparities to disease, our Anatomy of a Pandemic series has covered many […]
May 18, 2021January 9, 2024Season 4 Episode 73 Puerperal Fever: Seriously, wash your hands Our sign-off, “wash your hands, ya filthy animals”, has never been more appropriate than with this episode on puerperal or childbed fever, […]
May 11, 2021January 9, 2024COVID-19 COVID-19 Chapter 18: Conservation & Pandemics The COVID-19 pandemic has touched all of our lives in incredibly varied ways, with no two experiences exactly alike. Despite this, we […]
May 4, 2021January 9, 2024Season 4 Episode 72 White-Nose Syndrome: How deep is your torpor? A fluffy white fungus and a little brown bat. A deafening silence and an uncertain future. In this episode, we explore one […]
April 27, 2021January 9, 2024COVID-19 COVID-19 Chapter 17: Frontline Mental Health This pandemic has certainly taken its toll on all of us, but one group that has been particularly hard hit are those […]
April 20, 2021January 9, 2024Season 4 Episode 71 Onchocerciasis/River Blindness: So many mysteries In this classic TPWKY episode we travel down rivers and into worm-laden nodes as we take a look at the complex world […]