January 20, 2026January 20, 2026Season 8 Episode 198 Sleep Part 1: Sleeping with one eye open Sleep is a universal experience. It’s not just the lion that sleeps tonight – it’s also the butterfly, the chicken, the jellyfish, […]
January 13, 2026January 20, 2026Season 8, TPWKY Book Club Special Episode: Daniel Stone & American Poison The widespread use of leaded gasoline in the 20th century led to one of the world’s biggest public health and environmental disasters, […]
January 6, 2026January 6, 2026Season 8 Episode 197 Detox: Enemas for everyone Ah, the new year. After the last month and a half of indulgent food and drink, disrupted schedules, and laying around the […]
December 16, 2025January 6, 2026Season 8 Episode 196 Health Myths: Fact or fiction? Did your grandma ever warn you against going out in the cold with wet hair because “you’ll catch your death”? Or have […]
December 9, 2025November 12, 2025Season 8, TPWKY Book Club Special Episode: Dr. Homer Venters & Outbreak Behind Bars [Content warning: self-harm, suicide, violence] In this day and age, we are equipped with an abundance of tools and knowledge to fight […]
December 2, 2025December 2, 2025Season 8 Episode 195 Salt Part 2: The Substance We ended last week’s episode on a bit of a cliffhanger: is salt actually bad for us and if so, why does […]
November 25, 2025November 26, 2025Season 8 Episode 194 Salt Part 1: The Seasoning Have you ever thrown a pinch of spilled salt over your left shoulder? Or said to someone “well, take his opinion with […]
November 18, 2025November 12, 2025Season 8, TPWKY Book Club Special Episode: Gabriel Weston & Alive In an anatomy and physiology class, you may learn how the different heart valves work to circulate your blood, how the structure […]
November 12, 2025November 12, 2025Season 8 Episode 193 Necrotizing Fasciitis: A strange beast If you were asked to describe necrotizing fasciitis in three words, you might choose: rapid, deadly, and rare. The third of those […]
November 5, 2025November 5, 2025Season 8 Ep 192 New World Screwworm: Oh-oh here they come It’s the stuff nightmares are made of. A fly lands on an open wound and lays hundreds of eggs, from which hatch […]