This Podcast Will Kill You podcast

This Podcast Will Kill You

This podcast might not actually kill you, but Erin Welsh and Erin Allmann Updyke cover so many things that can. In each episode, they tackle a different topic, teaching listeners about the biology, history, and epidemiology of a different disease or medical mystery. They do the scientific research, so you don’t have to.   Since 2017, Erin and Erin have explored chronic and infectious diseases, medications, poisons, viruses, bacteria and scientific discoveries. They’ve researched public health subjects including plague, Zika, COVID-19, lupus, asbestos, endometriosis and more. Each episode is accompanied by a creative quarantini cocktail recipe and a non-alcoholic placeborita. Erin Welsh, Ph.D. is a co-host of the This Podcast Will Kill You. She is a disease ecologist and epidemiologist and works full-time as a science communicator through her work on the podcast. Erin Allmann Updyke, MD, Ph.D. is a co-host of This Podcast Will Kill You. She’s an epidemiologist and disease ecologist currently in the final stretch of her family medicine residency program. This Podcast Will Kill You is part of the Exactly Right podcast network that provides a platform for bold, creative voices to bring to life provocative, entertaining and relatable stories for audiences everywhere. The Exactly Right roster of podcasts covers a variety of topics including science, true crime, comedic interviews, news, pop culture and more. Podcasts on the network include My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark, Buried Bones, That's Messed Up: An SVU Podcast and more.

This podcast might not actually kill you, but Erin Welsh and Erin Allmann Updyke cover so many things that can. In each episode, they tackle a different topic, teaching listeners about the biology, history, and epidemiology of a different disease or medical mystery. They do the scientific research, so you don’t have to.   Since 2017, Erin and Erin have explored chronic and infectious diseases, medications, poisons, viruses, bacteria and scientific discoveries. They’ve researched public health subjects including plague, Zika, COVID-19, lupus, asbestos, endometriosis and more. Each episode is accompanied by a creative quarantini cocktail recipe and a non-alcoholic placeborita. Erin Welsh, Ph.D. is a co-host of the This Podcast Will Kill You. She is a disease ecologist and epidemiologist and works full-time as a science communicator through her work on the podcast. Erin Allmann Updyke, MD, Ph.D. is a co-host of This Podcast Will Kill You. She’s an epidemiologist and disease ecologist currently in the final stretch of her family medicine residency program. This Podcast Will Kill You is part of the Exactly Right podcast network that provides a platform for bold, creative voices to bring to life provocative, entertaining and relatable stories for audiences everywhere. The Exactly Right roster of podcasts covers a variety of topics including science, true crime, comedic interviews, news, pop culture and more. Podcasts on the network include My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark, Buried Bones, That's Messed Up: An SVU Podcast and more.

 

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Ep 179 Fluoride 2: Fighting tooth and nail

In last week’s episode, we traced the history of fluoridation (and the anti-fluorida... more

Yesterday

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Yesterday


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Ep 178 Fluoride 1: The real tooth fairy

Is it just us, or does it seem like every other week there’s a new headline about so... more

10 Jun 2025

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10 Jun 2025


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Special Episode: Dr. Wendy Kline & Exposed

For many of us, pelvic exams are a routine part of our healthcare. Of course, that doesn&r... more

03 Jun 2025

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03 Jun 2025


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Ep 177 Toxic Shock Syndrome: A shock to the system

If you’ve ever read the little instructions pamphlet included in a box of tampons, y... more

27 May 2025

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27 May 2025


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Ep 176 Strychnine: The WD-40 of Victorian Medicine

This week, we’re coming at you with a classic TPWKY episode on one of the most notor... more

20 May 2025

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20 May 2025


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Special Episode: Dr. Adam Ratner & Booster Shots

For the past few months, measles has been in regular rotation in the news cycle here in th... more

13 May 2025

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13 May 2025


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Ep 175 What’s the deal with raw milk: Part 2

Last week, we started this two-parter with a big picture view of pasteurization and the ra... more

06 May 2025

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06 May 2025


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Ep 174 What’s the deal with raw milk: Part 1

Seriously, what’s the deal? Lately, it seems like raw milk has started to pop up mor... more

29 Apr 2025

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29 Apr 2025


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Special Episode: John Green & Everything Is Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis, or consumption as it was once known, might conjure up images of huge sanitor... more

22 Apr 2025

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22 Apr 2025


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Ep 173 Childhood Vaccine Schedule 2: Who’s making the call?

After last week’s episode, we all know about each of the diseases that we’re p... more

15 Apr 2025

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15 Apr 2025


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Ep 172 Childhood Vaccine Schedule 1: Let’s give it a shot

We’re already back with our first episode of season 8! This week and next, we’... more

08 Apr 2025

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08 Apr 2025


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Ep 171 Pregnancy: Act 4

Content Warning: This episode includes mentions of miscarriage, pregnancy loss, pregnancy ... more

01 Apr 2025

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01 Apr 2025


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Ep 170 Pregnancy: Act 3

Content Warning: This episode includes mentions of miscarriage, pregnancy loss, pregnancy ... more

25 Mar 2025

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25 Mar 2025


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Ep 169 Pregnancy: Act 2

Content Warning: This episode includes mentions of miscarriage, pregnancy loss, pregnancy ... more

18 Mar 2025

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18 Mar 2025


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Ep 168 Pregnancy: Act 1

Content Warning: This episode includes mentions of miscarriage, pregnancy loss, pregnancy ... more

11 Mar 2025

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11 Mar 2025


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Special Episode: Rachel Gross & Vagina Obscura

For much of history, female reproductive anatomy has been studied only in the context of o... more

04 Mar 2025

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04 Mar 2025


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Ep 167 Viagra/Sildenafil: Raising the bar

Has a name brand prescription medication ever shot to notoriety as quickly as Viagra did? ... more

25 Feb 2025

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25 Feb 2025


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Ep 166 Amanita poisoning: Death Cap-tivating

In forests, in lawns, in city parks across the world lurks a small, pale, unassuming mushr... more

18 Feb 2025

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18 Feb 2025