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This Podcast Will Kill You

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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...

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Recent episodes

  • Ep 226 Glanders: Straight from the horse’s mouthNov 3, 2026 · 58 min
  • Special Episode: Dr. Lindsey Fitzharris & The Sleuth-HoundOct 27, 2026 · 49 min
  • Ep 225 Peptides: What your peptide dealer doesn’t want you to knowOct 20, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min
  • Ep 224 Snake Oil: The Great American FraudOct 13, 2026 · 57 min
  • Special Episode: Robert Kolker & The Vanishing FamilyOct 6, 2026 · 48 min
  • Ep 223 ALS: Unraveling the mysterySep 29, 2026 · 1 hr 21 min
  • Ep 222 Vitamin K: Calling the shotsSep 22, 2026 · 1 hr 7 min
  • Special Episode: Dr. Alanna Skuse & The Surgeon, The Midwife, The QuackSep 15, 2026 · 52 min
  • Ep 221 Electroconvulsive Therapy Part 2: A current conversationSep 8, 2026 · 58 min
  • Ep 220 Electroconvulsive Therapy Part 1: A charged historySep 1, 2026 · 51 min

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