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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  • 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
  • Special Episode: Clayton Page Aldern & The Weight of NatureAug 25, 2026 · 45 min
  • Ep 219 The Brown Recluse: Fearsome foe or slandered spider?Aug 18, 2026 · 59 min
  • Special Episode: Deborah Cohen & Bad InfluenceAug 11, 2026 · 52 min
  • Ep 218 The Lowdown on StatinsAug 4, 2026 · 1 hr 10 min
  • Ep 217 The High Stakes of CholesterolJul 28, 2026 · 1 hr 4 min
  • Ep 216 Cyclospora: Explosive Diarrhea EverywhereJul 21, 2026 · 55 min
  • Special Episode: Alev Scott & Cash CowJul 14, 2026 · 49 min

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