Special Episode: David Quammen & Breathless
What do you get when you combine a love of reading with an interest in biology/public health/medical history and a background in […]
Episode 112 Epilepsy: It’s always the phlegm
Only our second episode of the season and we’re already getting in over (and inside) our heads with one of the biggest […]
Episode 111 RSV: What’s syncytial anyway?
We’re kicking off our sixth season in the same way we ended our fifth: with another headline-making respiratory virus. But as our […]
Episode 110 Influenza, Take 2: Fowl Play
Over five years ago, on October 31, 2017, the very first episode of This Podcast Will Kill You premiered, an action-packed (and […]
Episode 109 Chikungunya: Not dengue (or is it?)
Somehow it’s taken us until the penultimate episode to cover this season’s first mosquito-borne virus. But we assure you, this episode is […]
Episode 108 Gout: Toetally fascinating
Although today we tend to think about diseases in terms of signs and symptoms, tests and treatments, that hasn’t always been the […]
Episode 107 Sepsis: It’s a mess
Over the years of the podcast, we have often struggled with questions of why: why pathogens act the way they do, why […]
Episode 106 Turner Syndrome: Let’s talk about X
Are you in the mood to chat chromosomes, specifically the X chromosome? If so, have we got the perfect episode for you! […]
Episode 105 Down in the Mumps
We’ve covered measles, we’ve taken on rubella, and now we’re finishing up the classic MMR vaccine by exploring the other M: mumps. […]
Episode 104 The Bends: Industrial Revolution, baby
Don your wetsuit, grab your oxygen tank, and securely fasten your mask, because this week we’re going on our deepest dive yet. […]
