Ep 15 MRSA: Make Resistance Susceptible Again
We've gotten pretty graphic on this podcast before, but this episode takes it to a whole new level. The omnipresent Staphylococcus aureus is a bacterium that wears many faces. Often that face is harml...
11 Dec 20181h 3min
Ep 14 Rabies: Don't dilute me, bro
After a long hiatus we are back with a much anticipated look at one of the most feared diseases of all time: rabies. We cover everything from its evolutionary history to its massive case fatality rate...
27 Nov 20181h 4min
Ep 13 Don't Tread on my Monkshood: Crossover w/ IDOP
What's the difference between a physician and a pretender, a magician and a poisoner? That's a question we'll try and answer in today's episode! We are very excited to bring you our first botanical po...
27 Feb 20181h 3min
Special Episode: HIV/AIDS
The cherry on top of our first season, this bonus episode features more of Frank, Hillel, and Brryan's stories. Frank and Hillel, who live on opposite coasts of the US, share what it was like for them...
30 Jan 201831min
Ep 12 HIV/AIDS: Apathy Will Kill You
This is it, y'all: the season finale. This week we’re talking about HIV/AIDS, one of the biggest pandemics of modern times. We were fortunate enough to speak with three individuals who have had vastly...
23 Jan 20181h 29min
Ep 11 Ebola: The New Kid on the Block
Let's face it. This is the episode you've been waiting for. Are you ready for one of the most publicized epidemics of the century? Because we're ready to tell you about it. Ebola has been in the scien...
16 Jan 20181h 1min
Ep 10 Yellow Fever: Is there a Hamilton song about this?
Today we're talking about yellow fever, a disease with a history as colorful as its name, and a vector as pretty as a picture (depending on whom you ask, I suppose). From an epidemic that decimated Me...
9 Jan 201858min
Ep 9 Tuberculosis: A Slow Burn
Today, we’re taking a page straight out of Dickens and talking about tuberculosis- a disease as rich in history as it is in bloody sputum. We'll travel the path of an individual Mycobacterium tubercul...
2 Jan 201859min
