Podcast Episodes

Ep 114 Listeria: It put dairy on the map

Season 6

For many of us, our encounters with listeria may not go beyond reading the occasional headline about an outbreak from contaminated hot dogs or listening to our doctor advise us to avoid certain foods…

Published on 2 years, 9 months ago

Special Episode: Sarah Everts & The Joy of Sweat

Season 6

You may be wondering if there’s a typo in this week’s TPWKY book club selection - The Joy of Sweat? Are we supposed to find joy in this secretion? Shouldn’t it be The Inconvenience of Sweat? Some of …

Published on 2 years, 10 months ago

Ep 113 Vitamin D: The D stands for drama

Season 6

There is no shortage of ailments that vitamin D has been claimed to prevent or cure - various types of cancers, heart disease, COVID-19, diabetes, an assortment of autoimmune conditions, just to name…

Published on 2 years, 10 months ago

Special Episode: David Quammen & Breathless

Season 6

What do you get when you combine a love of reading with an interest in biology/public health/medical history and a background in podcasting? The TPWKY book club, of course! This season’s miniseries o…

Published on 2 years, 10 months ago

Ep 112 Epilepsy: It’s always the phlegm

Season 6

Only our second episode of the season and we’re already getting in over (and inside) our heads with one of the biggest topics we’ve taken on yet: epilepsy. In this episode, we navigate the constantly…

Published on 2 years, 10 months ago

Ep 111 RSV: What’s syncytial anyway?

Season 6

We’re kicking off our sixth season in the same way we ended our fifth: with another headline-making respiratory virus. But as our listeners know, not all respiratory viruses are the same, and it’s of…

Published on 2 years, 11 months ago

Wondery Presents: Frozen Head

Hosted by Ash Kelley and Alaina Urquhart from the hit show Morbid.

When 90-year-old Laurence Pilgeram drops dead on the sidewalk outside his condo, you might think that’s the end of his story. But, re…

Published on 2 years, 11 months ago

Wondery Presents: The Vanished

The Vanished is a true crime podcast that explores the stories of those who have gone missing. The Vanished goes beyond conventional news reports to take a deep dive into the story of a different mis…

Published on 3 years, 1 month ago

Ep 110 Influenza, Take 2: Fowl Play

Season 5

Ep 110 Influenza, Take 2: Sitting Ducks; Fowl Play

Over five years ago, on October 31, 2017, the very first episode of This Podcast Will Kill You premiered, an action-packed (and mildly disorganized) …

Published on 3 years, 1 month ago

Ep 109 Chikungunya: Not dengue (or is it?)

Season 5

Somehow it’s taken us until the penultimate episode to cover this season’s first mosquito-borne virus. But we assure you, this episode is well-worth the wait. Although Chikungunya virus is often lump…

Published on 3 years, 1 month ago