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This Podcast Will Kill You

This Podcast Will Kill You

184 Episodes By Exactly Right Media – the original true crime comedy network www.exactlyrightmedia.com/...
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, ...more
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This Podcast Will Kill You
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Ep 135 Menopause is whatever you want it to be
For our season 6 finale, we’re spending some time wi... more
Feb 13 2024 2h 10m
Understanding the Process of Menopause
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Ep 134 Tonsils: Underestimated and underappreciated
Raise your hand if you or someone you know has had t... more
Jan 30 2024 1h 33m
Vestigial Structures and Evolution
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Ep 133 Parvoviruses: Who let the dogs (and their viruses) out?
This one’s not just for the dogs. It’s also for the ... more
Jan 16 2024 1h 52m
Parvovirus Prevalence in Humans
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Ep 132 Osteogenesis Imperfecta: All bones about it
Often, the more we learn about a disease, the more w... more
Jan 2 2024 1h 25m
Improve Quality of Life in Osteogenesis Imperfecta
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Ep 131 Parkinson’s Disease: Dopamine & discoveries
Parkinson’s is a disease of many dimensions. On the ... more
Dec 19 2023 1h 42m
Early Non-Motor Symptoms of Parkinson's
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Ep 130 Cocoliztli: We do love a salty dish
In the 16th century, a series of deadly epidemics sw... more
Dec 5 2023 1h 52m
Symptoms and Mortality of Coagulates Disease
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Ep 129 Lymphatic Filariasis: Hiding in plain sight
With a history extending back millennia, with a biol... more
Nov 21 2023 1h 20m
Lymphatic Filariasis Symptoms and Burden
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Ep 128 Skin Cancer: We love and fear the sun
For every article about the risks of sun exposure or... more
Nov 7 2023 1h 37m
Skin Cancer and Sun Exposure Risks
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Ep 127 Bhopal: The 1984 Union Carbide Disaster
On the night of December 2, 1984, a deadly gas leak ... more
Oct 24 2023 1h 25m
Methyl Isocyanate's Effects on Body
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Wondery Presents: MrBallen’s Medical Mysteries
Follow MrBallen’s Medical Mysteries wherever you get... more
Oct 18 2023 6m
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Ep 126 Migraine: A Cacophony in Four Movements
“Throbbing, pulsating pain.” “Like a drill boring in... more
Oct 10 2023 1h 42m
Understanding the Complexity of Menstrual Migraines
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Ep 125 Blastomycosis: How fungus became amongus
Fungal infections don’t often make an appearance on ... more
Sep 26 2023 1h 18m
Blastomycosis
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Ep 124 The full spectrum of color vision deficiency
There’s no denying that human imagination is a power... more
Sep 12 2023 1h 25m
The Evolution of Color Vision
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Ep 123 Hand, Foot, and Mouth (and Butt?) Disease
Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD). The dreaded sc... more
Aug 29 2023 1h 30m
Changes to Enterovirus Classification and Naming
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Wondery Presents - Over My Dead Body: Gone Hunting
When Mike Williams vanishes on a hunting trip, the a... more
Aug 21 2023 5m
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Ep 122 Asthma: A phlegmy episode
Most of us are familiar with asthma. Maybe you have ... more
Aug 15 2023 1h 32m
Asthma's Ancient Roots and Animal Connections
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Special Episode: Ed Yong & An Immense World
Our final TPWKY book club selection of the season wi... more
Aug 8 2023 56m
Limited Human Perception of Reality
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Ep 121 Tularemia: Hare today, gone tomorrow
The CDC’s list of highest priority bioterrorism agen... more
Aug 1 2023 1h 21m
The Biology and Origins of Tularemia
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Special Episode: Deborah Blum & The Poison Squad
Oh, to taste the food of the past. Strawberry jam ma... more
Jul 25 2023 1h 5m
Food Safety Experiment
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Ep 120 Acetaminophen/Paracetamol: Pain. Killer.
It’s safe to assume that the vast majority of you ha... more
Jul 18 2023 1h 29m
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Special Episode: Dr. Andrew Wehrman & The Contagion of Liberty
Riots over inoculations. Large-scale quarantines and... more
Jul 11 2023 57m
The Contagion of Liberty
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Ep 119 Marburg virus: Too fast, too furious
In early February and late March of this year, separ... more
Jul 4 2023 1h 17m
Marburg Virus
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Special Episode: Dr. Steven Thrasher & The Viral Underclass
Are viruses the “great equalizers” that some people ... more
Jun 20 2023 1h 4m
HIV Stigma and Social Factors
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Ep 118 Asbestos: Corruption and cancer and corporate greed, oh my!
An entire generation probably first learned the word... more
Jun 6 2023 1h 38m
Asbestos and Lung Cancer Risks
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Special Episode: Mary Roach & Fuzz
Where can you find banana-stealing macaques, dumpste... more
May 23 2023 55m
Misnomer of Man Eater
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