Ep 185 The Great Smog of London: “Thick, drab, yellow, disgusting”

Ep 185 The Great Smog of London: “Thick, drab, yellow, disgusting”

Some things just go together: peanut butter and jelly, bacon and eggs, milk and cereal, London and smog. Or at least, that’s the way things used to be until the Great Smog of 1952. (Don’t worry, the first three pairings are safe). If you’ve watched The Crown, you may remember an early episode in which a thick, noxious smog surrounded the entire city of London for days on end. People coughing, hacking, collapsing. Traffic ground to a standstill. Authorities in denial. What was actually going on in December 1952 to lead to such conditions? What was in the smog to make it so toxic? And how did this severe pollution event lead to massive changes in air quality regulations around the world? Tune in to find out all this and more (including what The Crown got wrong).

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Ep 39 Toxoplasmosis: Calling All Cats

Ep 39 Toxoplasmosis: Calling All Cats

You’ve seen the headlines: could this cat-associated parasite be controlling your every move? Is the love you have for cats pure or merely a manipulation? Join us as we discuss Toxoplasma gondii, the ...

10 Joulu 20191h 9min

Ep 38 Lead Poisoning: Heavy Metal Episode

Ep 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 has been around for about as long humans have b...

26 Marras 20191h 12min

Ep 37 E. coli (unless it's beets)

Ep 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 ubiquitous bacterium that predates humans and can range in virulence anyw...

12 Marras 20191h 10min

Ep 36 Shades of Syphilis

Ep 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, and it’s got everything you could imagine. When you woke...

29 Loka 20191h 39min

Ep 35 Lyme Disease: I'd like to check you for ticks

Ep 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 the doozy of a disease called Lyme, the most prevalent tick-borne infection in the nor...

3 Syys 20192h

Ep 34 Cystic Fibrosis: Complete Somatic Rebellion

Ep 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 years after its first appearance. But the la...

20 Elo 20191h 37min

Ep 33 Chytrid: The Silent Forest

Ep 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 damp undergrowth. But what if the forest were suddenly, inexplicably, silent? In ...

6 Elo 20191h 31min

Ep 32 Ask the Erins

Ep 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 favorite pathogen? In this very special episode, you get to hear exactly what you’...

23 Heinä 20191h 51min

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