Ep 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 trapped in a cage of their own bodies, unable to move or speak but fully a...
25 Kesä 20191h 27min
Ep 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 to remedy, focusing on the plant-derived wonder drug, aspirin! We ...
11 Kesä 20191h 19min
Ep 28 H. pylori: Don't try this at home
This week's episode comes with a warning: don't attempt this at home. While self-experimentation has led to many a scientific breakthrough, we're definitely not advocating it. But it happened to work ...
28 Touko 201959min
Ep 27 Vaccines Part 2: Have you thanked your immune system lately?
Were you stoked about the history and biology of vaccines we covered in part 1, but left with even more questions? Were you really hoping to hear us talk about anti-vaccine sentiment and address misco...
21 Touko 20192h 13min
Ep 26 Vaccines part 1: Let's hear it for Maurice
The wait is finally over: this week we are very excited to bring you the episode we’ve been teasing for weeks: vaccines! This week and next (you don’t have to wait a full two weeks for the next episod...
14 Touko 20192h 4min
Ep 25 Put your hands together for: Gonorrhea!
This bug deserves a big round of applause and not just because it’s nicknamed “The Clap”. Check out this week’s episode to gasp in wonder at the tricks that Neisseria gonorrhoeae uses to tiptoe past y...
30 Huhti 201958min
Ep 24 Zika: Rumors and Rumours
Zika virus may not have as long and storied a history as many diseases we've covered, but in a short time it has managed to make a big impression. Today we'll talk about how Zika wriggled its way out ...
16 Huhti 20191h 5min
Ep 23 Opening a can of Hookworms
Today we’re taking a bite out of hookworm, our first macroparasite. We start, as all hookworm journeys must, from the dewy grass, where larvae burrow into your exposed flesh and make their long and wi...
2 Huhti 20191h 11min
