Hosted by Ash Kelley and Alaina Urquhart from the hit show Morbid. When 90-year-old Laurence Pilgeram drops dead on the sidewalk... more

Ep 110 Influenza, Take 2: Sitting Ducks; Fowl Play Over five years ago, on October 31, 2017, the very first episode... more

Somehow it’s taken us until the penultimate episode to cover this season’s first mosquito-borne virus. But we assure you, this... more

Although today we tend to think about diseases in terms of signs and symptoms, tests and treatments, that hasn’t always... more

Over the years of the podcast, we have often struggled with questions of why: why pathogens act the way they... more

Are you in the mood to chat chromosomes, specifically the X chromosome? If so, have we got the perfect episode... more

We’ve covered measles, we’ve taken on rubella, and now we’re finishing up the classic MMR vaccine by exploring the other... more

Don your wetsuit, grab your oxygen tank, and securely fasten your mask, because this week we’re going on our deepest... more

The story of leptospirosis is chock full of variety. In terms of biology, any number of different Leptospira species and... more

“The king of poisons,” “the poison of kings,” “inheritance powder.” As its various nicknames suggest, arsenic’s notoriety largely stems from... more