July 21, 2020January 9, 2024Season 3 Episode 54 Wake Up and Smell the Caffeine Are you one of the billions of people around the world who starts your day with a freshly brewed and deliciously aromatic […]
July 7, 2020January 9, 2024Season 3 Episode 53 Radiation: X-Ray Marks the Spot “I have discovered something interesting, but I do not know whether or not my observations are correct.” With these words, Wilhelm Röntgen […]
June 23, 2020January 9, 2024Season 3 Episode 52 Rinderpest: Moo Cows, Moo Problems The second disease ever to be eradicated, rinderpest could be the most devastating and notorious infection you never knew existed. Though its […]
May 26, 2020January 9, 2024Season 3 Episode 51 The Path of Most (Antibiotic) Resistance No story of antibiotics would be complete without the rise of resistance. As promised in our last episode, this week we dive […]
May 12, 2020January 9, 2024Season 3 Episode 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 the fifty quarantinis to accompany each! What […]
May 4, 2020January 9, 2024COVID-19 COVID-19 Chapter 11: Modeling The eleventh episode of our Anatomy of a Pandemic series has arrived, and just in time. Have you found yourself trying to […]
April 28, 2020January 9, 2024Season 3 Episode 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 as cases skyrocketed […]
April 23, 2020January 9, 2024COVID-19 COVID-19 Chapter 10: Schools In the tenth episode of our Anatomy of a Pandemic series on COVID-19, we continue our exploration of the diverse impacts of […]
April 20, 2020January 9, 2024COVID-19 COVID-19 Chapter 9: Economics Episode 9 of our Anatomy of a Pandemic is here, and this week we’re stepping outside our public health sphere to examine […]
April 14, 2020January 9, 2024Season 3 Episode 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 […]