The TPWKY book club is back in action, and we’re thrilled to be starting this season’s reading journey with Dr. Deirdre Cooper […]

Our final TPWKY book club selection of the season will test the limits of your imagination by asking you to consider what […]

Oh, to taste the food of the past. Strawberry jam made from farm-fresh strawberries. Milk straight from the cow. Cookies baked with […]

Riots over inoculations. Large-scale quarantines and lockdowns. Criticisms of government action (or inaction) during disease outbreaks. The spread of mis- and disinformation […]

Are viruses the “great equalizers” that some people claim them to be? Are we all similarly susceptible not only to infection from […]

Where can you find banana-stealing macaques, dumpster-diving bears, flower-destroying gulls, and dangerously-exploding trees all in the same place? In a book by […]

Menstruation. Is there any other biological process that is so widely experienced yet is still discussed in hushed tones or with an […]

Listeners of this podcast are likely no strangers to the horrifying history of eugenics, a topic that has made an appearance in […]

You may be wondering if there’s a typo in this week’s TPWKY book club selection – The Joy of Sweat? Are we […]

What do you get when you combine a love of reading with an interest in biology/public health/medical history and a background in […]