Ranked #1
Ep 12 HIV/AIDS: Apathy Will Kill You
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 tim... Read more
23 Jan 2018
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1hr 29mins
Ranked #2
Ep 50 Antibiotics: We owe it all to chemistry!
Ep 50 Antibiotics: We owe it all to chemistry!
Fifty episodes. That’s fifty (sometimes) deadly viruses, bacteria, protozoa, parasites, and poisons. And don’t forget th... Read more
12 May 2020
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1hr 59mins
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Ep 36 Shades of Syphilis
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Ep 41 Ricin: A Bad Seed
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Have you missed learning about plant poisons? Well, it’s your lucky day! Today is our first crossover of season three wi... Read more
7 Jan 2020
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Ep 39 Toxoplasmosis: Calling All Cats
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Ep 37 E. coli (unless it's beets)
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Ep 6 Plague Part 2: TGFA
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The eleventh episode of our Anatomy of a Pandemic series has arrived, and just in time. Have you found yourself trying t... Read more
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Ep 35 Lyme Disease: I'd like to check you for ticks
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Ep 8 ABRACADABRA - Go Away Malaria!
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Ep 42 Dandy Dengue Fever
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Ep 9 Tuberculosis: A Slow Burn
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Ep 38 Lead Poisoning: Heavy Metal Episode
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This episode, our first foray into toxic metals, is heavy in all kinds of ways - metallically, emotionally, informationa... Read more
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Ep 49 Eastern Equine Encephalitis: Triple EEEk!
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Ep 48 Botulism: Why are you the way you are?
Ep 48 Botulism: Why are you the way you are?
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