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Season 5 Episode 4
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Screwworms
Season 5 Episode 3
A parasite that eats living flesh sounds like a monster movie plot until you realize it has a scientific name, a documented history, and a very real …
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Ergotism: From Medieval Plague to Modern Medicine
Season 5 Episode 2
This episode, we’re talking ergotism, a fungus-driven poisoning linked to contaminated grains like rye. It’s a vivid One Health case study where weat…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Human Choices Reshape Ecosystems And Push Viruses Closer To Us
Season 5 Episode 1
A virus rarely “comes out of nowhere.” More often, we build the bridge it crosses. We’re talking One Health through two vivid case studies, Machupo v…
4 months, 1 week ago
Space Pathogens In Fiction & Reality
Season 4 Episode 6
A parasite that senses you coming. An “egg” that waits for the right moment. A life cycle designed to turn a host into a nursery. Space pathogen sci-…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Parasites & People
Season 4 Episode 5
Parasites spark equal parts fascination and fear—and they reveal how closely our health is tied to animals, food, water, and the places we live. We t…
7 months, 1 week ago
What Melting Permafrost Really Means For Human, Animal, and Planetary Health
Season 4 Episode 4
Ice doesn’t just melt; it remembers. As permafrost thaws, we unpack what really ‘wakes up’ in the soil—and what that means for human health, animals,…
8 months, 1 week ago
How Patients, Clinicians, and Communities Can Close the Healthcare Gap
Season 4 Episode 3
The average primary care visit lasts about 18 minutes. Complex symptoms, multiple conditions, and a maze of electronic forms don’t fit neatly into th…
9 months, 1 week ago
How Generative AI Can Speed Research, Elevate Care, And Keep Humans At The Center
Season 4 Episode 2
Curious how AI can make healthcare feel more human instead of less? We sit down with medical writer and AI adoption strategist Dr. Núria Negrão, who …
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Climate Change and the Rise and Spread of Pathogens
Season 4 Episode 1
The climate isn’t just warming—it’s reorganizing the rules of biology. We explore how rising temperatures, deforestation, wildfire smoke, and thawing…
11 months, 1 week ago