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 164 Rift Valley Fever: Ruminating on ruminants

Hemorrhagic virus? Check. Deadly disease? Check. Mosquito-borne? Check. Affected by animal... more

23 hrs Ago

1 HR 21 MINS

1:21:26

23 hrs Ago


#218

Ep 163 Circadian Rhythm: Live from Perth, Australia

We are coming at you with our very first live episode from Perth, Australia! Here at the 2... more

28 Jan 2025

1 HR 18 MINS

1:18:20

28 Jan 2025


#217

Special Episode: Robert Alpert, Merle Eisenberg, Lee Mordechai & Diseased Cinema

Everyone’s got a favorite disease movie. What’s yours? Does it feature zombies like 28 Day... more

21 Jan 2025

52 MINS

52:14

21 Jan 2025


#216

Ep 162 Allergies Part 2: Shots, pills, & pens

Yes, the world may be out to get us with allergens around every corner, but we’ve got some... more

14 Jan 2025

1 HR 38 MINS

1:38:43

14 Jan 2025


#215

Ep 161 Allergies Part 1: Pollens, nuts, & bugs

Sometimes it seems like the world is out to get us: bees in our garden, pollen in the air,... more

07 Jan 2025

1 HR 30 MINS

1:30:13

07 Jan 2025


#214

Special Episode: Philip Eil & Prescription for Pain

In February 2012, Paul Volkman was sentenced to four consecutive terms of life imprisonmen... more

17 Dec 2024

1 HR 06 MINS

1:06:19

17 Dec 2024


#213

Ep 160 Appendicitis: Don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone?

For decades, it seemed like the appendix would go the way of 8-track players, pagers, and ... more

10 Dec 2024

1 HR 18 MINS

1:18:37

10 Dec 2024


#212

Ep 159 Scabies: Tiny but Mite-y

Among the many conditions that creep under your skin and make scratching irresistible, sca... more

03 Dec 2024

1 HR 12 MINS

1:12:44

03 Dec 2024


#211

Ep 158 Scarlet Fever: You’ve changed

A mere 150 years ago, uttering the words “scarlet fever” was enough to strike fear into th... more

26 Nov 2024

1 HR 17 MINS

1:17:37

26 Nov 2024


#210

Special Episode: Dr. Emily Monosson & Blight

We really don’t give fungi the credit they deserve. Over the years of this podcast, we’ve ... more

19 Nov 2024

59 MINS

59:58

19 Nov 2024


#209

Ep 157 Retinoids Part 2: …how it’s going

That same little bottle of retinol serum sitting on your bathroom counter - how does it wo... more

12 Nov 2024

1 HR 08 MINS

1:08:34

12 Nov 2024


#208

Ep 156 Retinoids Part 1: How it started…

That little bottle of retinol serum sitting on your bathroom counter - what do you know ab... more

05 Nov 2024

1 HR 03 MINS

1:03:04

05 Nov 2024


#207

Special Episode: Kate Zernike & The Exceptions

When the Massachusetts Institute of Technology admitted in 1999 that they had discriminate... more

29 Oct 2024

1 HR 01 MINS

1:01:50

29 Oct 2024


#206

Ep 155 Stiff Person Syndrome: A rare disease in the spotlight

Stiff person syndrome, like many rare diseases, does not get nearly the same amount of scr... more

22 Oct 2024

1 HR 29 MINS

1:29:27

22 Oct 2024


#205

Ep 154 Ask The Erins (Again!)

Five years ago, we asked you all to ask us anything, and you delivered. We answered dozens... more

15 Oct 2024

1 HR 26 MINS

1:26:55

15 Oct 2024


#204

Special Episode: Dr. Charan Ranganath & Why We Remember

How is it that we can’t remember where we put our keys or the name of the person we just m... more

08 Oct 2024

1 HR 03 MINS

1:03:27

08 Oct 2024


#203

Ep 153 Alpha-Gal Syndrome: A tick bite gone bad

One day, you’re enjoying a beautiful hike through the tall grass. A few months later, you ... more

01 Oct 2024

1 HR 15 MINS

1:15:58

01 Oct 2024


#202

Ep 152 Hemochromatosis: Ironing out the details

For life on this planet, iron is not optional. It is essential. When our iron levels are l... more

24 Sep 2024

1 HR 19 MINS

1:19:18

24 Sep 2024


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Special Episode: Dan Egan & The Devil’s Element

Phosphorus is an element that wears many faces. Its overuse as a fertilizer has polluted f... more

17 Sep 2024

54 MINS

54:53

17 Sep 2024