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 […]
April 13, 2021January 9, 2024COVID-19 COVID-19 Chapter 16: Disparities, Take 2 The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted racial and ethnic minorities, especially here in the United States. Higher infection, hospitalization, and death rates […]
April 6, 2021January 9, 2024Season 4 Episode 70 Henrietta Lacks: HeLa, There, & Everywhere Of the many topics our podcast has covered in the past, from smallpox to scurvy, vaccines to birth control and beyond, one […]
March 30, 2021January 9, 2024COVID-19 COVID-19 Chapter 15: Disease, Take 2 We’re over a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, and our understanding of this virus and the disease it causes has grown immensely. […]
March 23, 2021January 9, 2024Season 4 Episode 69 Huntington’s disease: Let’s talk frankly Despite being one of the earliest recognized genetic diseases, many aspects of Huntington’s disease remain shrouded in mystery. This stems in part […]
March 9, 2021January 9, 2024Season 4 Episode 68 Coccidioidomycosis: It’s never a spider bite Don’t be daunted by the length of this disease name or just how difficult it looks to pronounce. By the end of […]
February 23, 2021January 9, 2024Season 4 Episode 67 HPV: My wart be with you The world of human papillomaviruses is vast and varied, and causing cervical cancer is just one of the many roles these viruses […]