Ep 97 Snake Venom: Collateral Damage
How do you feel about snakes? Intrigued or terrified? In awe or creeped out? Of course, those aren’t the only options; the sight or thought of a snake can evoke many different emotions, but chances ar...
24 Maj 20221h 30min
Special Episode: Coprolites!
Our tapeworm episode last week mentioned the remarkable finding of tapeworm eggs in a 270 million-year old shark coprolite, that is, fossilized feces. And this certainly wasn’t the first time coprolit...
17 Maj 202253min
Ep 96 Tapeworm: We encyst you listen
We can probably all agree that the thought of a tapeworm hiding out in your gut is not a pleasant one. Nor is the image of tapeworm larvae forming cysts in your muscles, organs, and even your brain. S...
10 Maj 20221h 12min
Special Episode: On the Origin of Epidemiology
The classic tale of epidemiology almost always begins with public health hero John Snow traipsing all over London to track down the source of the 1854 cholera epidemic, ultimately identified as the Br...
3 Maj 202258min
Ep 95 Tetanus: An inhuman calamity!
[CW: Firsthand account includes description of the death of an infant. Skip approximately first 3 min to avoid.]What comes to mind when you hear the word tetanus? For many people, it’s probably the ho...
26 Apr 20221h 14min
Special Episode: Chlamydia, Koalas, and More!
Chlamydia trachomatis may have stolen the show in our last episode, but there are many other Chlamydiae that deserve some time under the spotlight. In this bonus episode, Dr. Martina Jelocnik (@Martin...
19 Apr 202258min
Ep 94 Chlamydia: Double Trouble
With this episode, you’re getting much more than you probably bargained for, thanks to the quirks of Chlamydia trachomatis. This small but mighty bacterium can cause a number of different conditions t...
19 Apr 20221h 28min
Re-Release: Ep 27 Vaccines Part 2: Have you thanked your immune system lately?
[This episode is a re-release of Ep 27 Vaccines Part 2: Have you thanked your immune system lately?, originally published May 21, 2019]Were you stoked about the history and biology of vaccines we cove...
12 Apr 20222h 13min
