Episode 38 Lead Poisoning: Heavy Metal Episode
This episode, our first foray into toxic metals, is heavy in all kinds of ways – metallically, emotionally, informationally, politically. Lead poisoning […]
Episode 37: E. coli (unless it’s beets)
E. coli. Such a short name for such a massive topic. This episode we explore the delightful diversity of Escherichia coli, the […]
Episode 36: Shades of Syphilis
That’s right, we’re back! And we’re starting off with a bang. Syphilis, aka the Great Imitator, is the subject of today’s long-awaited […]
Episode 35 Lyme Disease: I’d like to check you for ticks
For our last episode of this season, we’re going out with a bang, or should we say bite? This week we’re tackling […]
Episode 34 Cystic Fibrosis: Complete Somatic Rebellion
Despite being one of the most common genetic disorders, affecting millions of people worldwide, cystic fibrosis evaded medical description for thousands of […]
Episode 33 Chytrid: The Silent Forest
Walking through a forest at dusk, you’ve likely heard the croaks and groans of frogs and toads forming a chorus in the […]
Episode 32 Ask the Erins
What exactly is disease ecology anyway? How did TPWKY come to be? How do we come up with our quarantinis? What’s our […]
Episode 31 Giardia: Gerardia
Giardia may be the most common intestinal parasite in the US and one of the most common worldwide, but did you know […]
Episode 30 Encephalitis Lethargica: Sleep Perchance to Dream (& Dream & Dream)
Imagine this: a sickness where millions fell into a deep slumber from which they never woke. Of those that did, many remained […]
Episode 29 Aspirin the Wonder Drug: Crossover w/ IDOP
On this very special crossover episode with our friend Matt Candeias from In Defense of Plants, we’re switching things up from poison […]
