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Ep 124 The full spectrum of color vision deficiency
Sep 05, 2023There’s no denying that human imagination is a powerful thing. It has led us to create incredible works of art, literature that transports its readers to other realms, technology that revolutionizes t...
Ep 123 Hand, Foot, and Mouth (and Butt?) Disease
Aug 22, 2023Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD). The dreaded scourge of daycares, kindergartens, even occasionally college campuses, and the topic of this week’s episode. From the multiple viruses that cause HFM...
Ep 122 Asthma: A phlegmy episode
Aug 08, 2023Most of us are familiar with asthma. Maybe you have the disease yourself or maybe a friend, family member, or coworker has it. Or maybe you’ve just watched a tv show or movie featuring a character wit...
Special Episode: Ed Yong & An Immense World
Aug 01, 2023Our final TPWKY book club selection of the season will test the limits of your imagination by asking you to consider what it might be like to smell the world through the nose of a dog or to see flower...
Ep 121 Tularemia: Hare today, gone tomorrow
Jul 25, 2023The CDC’s list of highest priority bioterrorism agents is a short one, with only six pathogens making the cut. Among the more familiar names on the list, such as anthrax, botulism, plague, smallpox, a...
Special Episode: Deborah Blum & The Poison Squad
Jul 18, 2023Oh, to taste the food of the past. Strawberry jam made from farm-fresh strawberries. Milk straight from the cow. Cookies baked with freshly churned butter and brown sugar. Because that’s how it was, r...
Ep 120 Acetaminophen/Paracetamol: Pain. Killer.
Jul 11, 2023It’s safe to assume that the vast majority of you have a bottle or blister pack of acetaminophen/paracetamol/Tylenol/Panadol in your home medicine cabinet, and an even vaster majority of you have take...
Special Episode: Dr. Andrew Wehrman & The Contagion of Liberty
Jul 04, 2023Riots over inoculations. Large-scale quarantines and lockdowns. Criticisms of government action (or inaction) during disease outbreaks. The spread of mis- and disinformation about the safety of immuni...
Ep 119 Marburg virus: Too fast, too furious
Jun 27, 2023In early February and late March of this year, separate outbreaks of Marburg virus were declared in Equatorial Guinea and in the United Republic of Tanzania. For several months, news of these outbreak...
Special Episode: Dr. Steven Thrasher & The Viral Underclass
Jun 13, 2023Are viruses the “great equalizers” that some people claim them to be? Are we all similarly susceptible not only to infection from viruses but also to the consequences from infection? The short answer ...