59 - Cry of the Suffering Organs
Diagnosis is arguably the most important job of a physician. But what does it actually mean to make a diagnosis? In this episode, we'll explore this question by tracking the development of the "classi...
30 Nov 202043min
58 - The Original (Antigenic) Sin
The COVID-19 pandemic laid bare the racial health disparities in the United States, with markedly increased mortality especially among Blacks and Native Americans. In this episode, Tony Breu and I dis...
26 Okt 202055min
57 - The Second Wave
In August of 1918, a horrific second wave of the Spanish Flu crashed across the world. In this episode, the third of a four-part series exploring hydroxychloroquine and COVID-19, I'll explore this sin...
31 Aug 202045min
56 - La Grippe
The 1889 Russian Flu was the first influenza pandemic in an increasingly globalized world. In this episode, the second of a two-parter on how hydroxychloroquine became a great hope in COVID-19, we'll ...
13 Juli 202043min
Introducing the Curious Clinicians!
This bonus episode introduces episode four of the Curious Clinicians, about Vincent Van Gogh and digitalis. The Curious Clinicians is a new medical podcast produced by Hannah Abrams, Avi Cooper, and T...
9 Juli 202019min
55 - The Fever Tree
Where did cinchona, the first medication to cure malaria, come from? This episode explores the murky history of the bark of the fever tree and its derivative chloroquine with mysterious pre-Columbian ...
8 Juni 202043min
54 - 1918 (guest episode with Hannah Abrams and Gaby Mayer)
The 1918 influenza pandemic, or the Spanish Flu, is the obvious parallel to the COVID-19 pandemic -- a worldwide plague attacking a scientific and global society much like our own. In this guest episo...
18 Maj 202039min
