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In Sickness
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Two friends discuss episodes in the history of diseases past and present. We lay out the spread of diseases through history to the modern day, and how their history has affected our modern treatment of each illness.
10episodes
Episodes
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MMR Part 1: Measles
Mar 2701:01:46Tap to summarizeThis episode we begin to explore the MMR vaccine and the diseases it protects against (Measles, Mumps, and Rubella). We focus mostly on measles, as there is a lot of ground to cover. Angel talks about its reign of terror, and the way it affected entire nations, as it spread across the world...or wait, was that just colonizers? As we discuss, they often came together! Maya discusses religious groups, and how extreme beliefs often come hand-in-hand with new measles outbreaks. Join us as we break down a classic viral disease, and come back for the next episode, where we talk about the other M and R, mumps and rubella in popular media!
Transcribe →Long COVID
Jan 3000:54:15Tap to summarizeThank you dear friends for your patience as we took a brief recess for...health reasons. Get it? Join us on a reunion episode (recorded March 2025) as Angeliki explains her relationship with long COVID, our hiatus, and the new information we have learned over the last few years about COVID-19. We share resources, stories, and even a bit of song. Next time we will be back with our regularly scheduled format, talking about the newly returned epidemic...Measles. Catch that episode on February 27th.
Transcribe →Dengue
Mar 31, 202300:51:38Tap to summarizeWelcome back to the podcast that we now have to just admit is quarterly. Maybe not forever though! Join us this week as we have a blast wading through the different names of dengue, the severity of it all, and getting riled up about human experimentation- as we do. Follow us on instagram for some not-so-gory visuals to back up the stories we tell, @insickness2020.
Transcribe →Lyme Disease
Dec 26, 202200:42:11Tap to summarizeHappy holidays to all! In the holiday spirit, we offer up our newest episode on Lyme disease, a tick-borne zoonotic disease. Just the thing to take a quick relaxing break from all the activities that we often have this time of year! Learn more about the recent (recent) history of this disease, and how it will begin to affect more and more of us due to circumstances 100% within human control.
Transcribe →Spicy Cocktail of Disease - Minisode
Dec 7, 202200:25:40Tap to summarizeWe revisit our first episode, where we discussed the Flu and COVID-19, and reflect on the current "tridemic" status many countries are facing right now. A brief overview of where we are right now with COVID, the flu, and RSV, just to keep us in practice. We'll be back soon with another full length episode- happy listening!
Transcribe →Abortion
Oct 31, 202201:07:43Tap to summarizeContent Warning: Abortion, Miscarriage, Donald Trump We're back, with another spooky halloween episode! After all, what could be scarier than the loss of a vital reproductive health service. Join us as we remember how to podcast, discuss attitudes and perceptions of abortion through history, and explain what the global gag rule is and how it might affect us all. If you're interested in donating to support access to abortion, please consider https://abortionfunds.org/ xoxo, see you soon!
Transcribe →Lupus
Feb 27, 202200:42:38Tap to summarizeA disease of many faces, lupus has absolutely nothing to do with wolves, and everything to do with your immune system. Follow us on this wild ride that starts with Queen Anne and millipedes, and ends with Ivermectin and orchids. You'll see what we mean.
Transcribe →Hemophilia
Dec 23, 202100:39:53Tap to summarizeWe're back with another holiday themed blood disease everyone! Tune in to hear with this is (loosely) festive, as well as get the hot takes on the Romanovs, the royal disease, and the modern world of hemophilia treatment. Keep safe, warm, and healthy, and we'll see you in 2022!
Transcribe →Vampires
Oct 31, 202100:36:15Tap to summarizeAs if the topic of this podcast wasn't scary enough already...enjoy this spooooooky halloween minisode! This week we indulge ourselves with myths, mystery, literature, and a little pop culture. Learn with us about vampires as a disease, disease as a vampire, and how the two may be inextricable. Until next time, happy haunting.
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Sleeping Sickness
Mar 5, 202101:08:29Tap to summarizeA special birthday episode, for our special birthday host, Angeliki! It says a lot about both of us as people that this might be one of our favourite ways to celebrate- if we can't be together of course. Deep dive with us on this episode, as we look at the origins of human history, colonialism, and their direct repercussions in the modern day, through the lens of sleeping sickness. This is the disease that launched 16 episodes (our origin story), and one that we had a lot of fun/trauma with. Hope you enjoy!
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