Episode List

Episode 120 – No Sleep for the Weary

Episode 120 – No Sleep for the Weary

December 12, 2025December 16, 2025

Episode 119 – While My Liver Gently Weeps

Episode 119 – While My Liver Gently Weeps

November 27, 2025

Episode 118 – Extremophiles

Episode 118 – Extremophiles

November 12, 2025November 12, 2025

Episode 117 – The Body A-Z with Dr. Mike Todorovic

October 29, 2025November 11, 2025

Episode 116 – Ammonia Rising

Episode 116 – Ammonia Rising

October 8, 2025November 11, 2025

Episode 115 – The Art of the Question, with Dr. Mark Shapiro

Episode 115 – The Art of the Question, with Dr. Mark Shapiro

September 25, 2025November 11, 2025

Episode 114 – The Mold that Eats Radiation for Breakfast

Episode 114 – The Mold that Eats Radiation for Breakfast

September 10, 2025November 11, 2025

Episode 113 – From Vessel to Bone

Episode 113 – From Vessel to Bone

August 6, 2025August 6, 2025

Episode 112 – Wherefore Iodine?

Episode 112 – Wherefore Iodine?

July 24, 2025July 24, 2025

Episode 111 – Null Neutrophils

Episode 111 – Null Neutrophils

July 2, 2025

Episode 110 – Salt in the Wound

Episode 110 – Salt in the Wound

June 12, 2025

Episode 109 – The HITS Keep Coming

Episode 109 – The HITS Keep Coming

May 28, 2025June 9, 2025

Episode 108 – Alpha Gal Again

Episode 108 – Alpha Gal Again

April 24, 2025April 24, 2025

Episode 107- The Smell of the Rain

Episode 107- The Smell of the Rain

March 28, 2025

Episode 106- Pulse Check: Methemoglobin

Episode 106- Pulse Check: Methemoglobin

March 23, 2025March 23, 2025

105 – The Grapes of Pseudomonas’ Wrath

105 – The Grapes of Pseudomonas’ Wrath

February 20, 2025

Episode 104 – A Pseudo- truth?

Episode 104 – A Pseudo- truth?

February 1, 2025

Episode 103 – Oral Argument

Episode 103 – Oral Argument

January 9, 2025

Episode 102 – Long Lives the Lobster

Episode 102 – Long Lives the Lobster

December 27, 2024

Episode 101 – Automatic ABO

Episode 101 – Automatic ABO

December 11, 2024

Episode 100!

Episode 100!

November 13, 2024November 13, 2024

Episode 99 – Living on a Lung

Episode 99 – Living on a Lung

November 1, 2024

Episode 98 – Dr. Jessi Gold: How Do U Feel?

Episode 98 – Dr. Jessi Gold: How Do U Feel?

October 8, 2024October 8, 2024

Episode 97 – Cascading Prescriptions

Episode 97 – Cascading Prescriptions

October 2, 2024

96 – Dr. Mike Todorovic and the Wonders of the Na+/K+ ATPase Pump

96 – Dr. Mike Todorovic and the Wonders of the Na+/K+ ATPase Pump

August 21, 2024

Episode 95- Beethoven Redux

Episode 95- Beethoven Redux

August 8, 2024August 8, 2024

Episode 94 – Flash in the PA

Episode 94 – Flash in the PA

July 24, 2024

Episode 93- Pumping Protons, Pumping Blood

Episode 93- Pumping Protons, Pumping Blood

July 11, 2024

Episode 92 – When the Cause is the Remedy

Episode 92 – When the Cause is the Remedy

June 26, 2024

Episode 91 – Ancient Antibiotics

Episode 91 – Ancient Antibiotics

June 12, 2024

Episode 90 – Less Sugar, More Blood

Episode 90 – Less Sugar, More Blood

May 29, 2024

Episode 89 – Tusks and Tumor Suppressors

Episode 89 – Tusks and Tumor Suppressors

May 15, 2024

Episode 88 – Shunting a Mismatch

Episode 88 – Shunting a Mismatch

May 1, 2024

Episode 87 – Aquagenic Wrinkling

Episode 87 – Aquagenic Wrinkling

April 17, 2024April 17, 2024

Episode 86 – Enlarging Alcohol

Episode 86 – Enlarging Alcohol

March 21, 2024April 17, 2024

Episode 85 – NephMadness 2024

Episode 85 – NephMadness 2024

March 5, 2024March 5, 2024

Episode 84 – History & Hemochromatosis: The Ins and Outs of Iron

Episode 84 – History & Hemochromatosis: The Ins and Outs of Iron

February 21, 2024March 4, 2024

Episode 83 – Thalidomide Embryopathy

Episode 83 – Thalidomide Embryopathy

January 31, 2024February 27, 2024

Episode 82 – When Normal Labs Aren’t Necessary

Episode 82 – When Normal Labs Aren’t Necessary

January 17, 2024February 26, 2024

Episode 81 – Avoiding Malaria

Episode 81 – Avoiding Malaria

December 6, 2023February 22, 2024

Episode 80 – A Scleroderma Crisis

Episode 80 – A Scleroderma Crisis

November 8, 2023February 22, 2024

Episode 79 – Kurious Keto

Episode 79 – Kurious Keto

October 19, 2023February 22, 2024

Episode 78 – Valve Privilege

Episode 78 – Valve Privilege

October 4, 2023

Episode 77 – Irregularly Irregular

Episode 77 – Irregularly Irregular

September 21, 2023

Episode 76 – Radical Regeneration

Episode 76 – Radical Regeneration

September 6, 2023September 6, 2023

Episode 75 – Feeling the Burn

Episode 75 – Feeling the Burn

August 9, 2023August 9, 2023

Episode 74 – DIFFerent Babies

Episode 74 – DIFFerent Babies

July 26, 2023

Episode 72 – Bringing Up Beethoven

Episode 72 – Bringing Up Beethoven

June 13, 2023

Episode 71 – Slow to Resolve

Episode 71 – Slow to Resolve

June 1, 2023

Episode 70 – Blood meal

Episode 70 – Blood meal

May 4, 2023

Episode 69 – Including Liver Disease

Episode 69 – Including Liver Disease

April 19, 2023

Episode 68 – A fib about PE

Episode 68 – A fib about PE

April 5, 2023

Episode 67 – Crossing a Barrier

Episode 67 – Crossing a Barrier

March 22, 2023March 22, 2023

Episode 66 – More Right Than Left

Episode 66 – More Right Than Left

March 8, 2023

Episode 65 – Taking Things to Heart

Episode 65 – Taking Things to Heart

February 22, 2023

Episode 64 – Stopping the Shakes

Episode 64 – Stopping the Shakes

February 8, 2023

Episode 63 – Getting Swol

Episode 63 – Getting Swol

January 25, 2023

Episode 62 – Connected Bilirubin

Episode 62 – Connected Bilirubin

December 25, 2022

Episode 61 – Of ticks, alpha-gal, and red meat allergies

Episode 61 – Of ticks, alpha-gal, and red meat allergies

December 10, 2022December 11, 2022

Episode 59 – Hyperkalemic heparin

Episode 59 – Hyperkalemic heparin

October 13, 2022

Episode 58 – Gutting a Pearl

Episode 58 – Gutting a Pearl

October 1, 2022

Episode 57 – The Acetabular Ache

Episode 57 – The Acetabular Ache

September 16, 2022

Episode 56 – Trigging Out

Episode 56 – Trigging Out

September 2, 2022

Episode 55 – A Cute Pigment

Episode 55 – A Cute Pigment

August 17, 2022

Episode 54 – A Lincoln Theory

Episode 54 – A Lincoln Theory

August 5, 2022August 5, 2022

Episode 53 – Very/Qurious Hypoxemia

Episode 53 – Very/Qurious Hypoxemia

July 20, 2022July 20, 2022

Episode 52 – Way Back Wenckebach

Episode 52 – Way Back Wenckebach

July 6, 2022July 26, 2022

Episode 51 – Replete with Kare

Episode 51 – Replete with Kare

June 22, 2022June 22, 2022

Episode 50 – Antibiotics on the brain

Episode 50 – Antibiotics on the brain

June 9, 2022June 10, 2022

Episode 49 – Curious Incidents in the Nighttime

Episode 49 – Curious Incidents in the Nighttime

May 25, 2022May 25, 2022

Episode 48 – Urine the Lung

Episode 48 – Urine the Lung

May 11, 2022May 11, 2022

Episode 47 – Something to Cry About

Episode 47 – Something to Cry About

April 27, 2022April 27, 2022

Episode 46 – The Man Who Purposefully Paralyzed Himself

Episode 46 – The Man Who Purposefully Paralyzed Himself

March 30, 2022March 30, 2022

Episode 45 – (Trans)locating the bacteria

Episode 45 – (Trans)locating the bacteria

March 16, 2022March 16, 2022

Episode 44 – Propofol, White Lightning

Episode 44 – Propofol, White Lightning

March 1, 2022March 2, 2022

Episode 43 – In Vivo Veritas

Episode 43 – In Vivo Veritas

February 16, 2022February 16, 2022

Episode 42 – A Solely Acral Rash

Episode 42 – A Solely Acral Rash

February 4, 2022February 4, 2022

Episode 41 – Of Antibiotics and Soap

Episode 41 – Of Antibiotics and Soap

January 19, 2022January 19, 2022

Episode 40 – Infectious Cancer Therapy

Episode 40 – Infectious Cancer Therapy

January 5, 2022January 6, 2022

Episode 39 – Neurons, Double-Crossed

Episode 39 – Neurons, Double-Crossed

December 8, 2021January 5, 2022

Episode 38 – Thanksgiving & The Food Coma

Episode 38 – Thanksgiving & The Food Coma

November 24, 2021November 24, 2021

Episode 37 – Breaking the Seal

Episode 37 – Breaking the Seal

November 10, 2021November 10, 2021

Episode 36 – The Mystery of Melanosis Coli

Episode 36 – The Mystery of Melanosis Coli

October 27, 2021October 27, 2021

Episode 35 – The curious laterality of catamenial pneumothorax

Episode 35 – The curious laterality of catamenial pneumothorax

October 13, 2021October 13, 2021

Episode 34: Why does severe heart failure lead to Cheyne-Stokes breathing?

Episode 34: Why does severe heart failure lead to Cheyne-Stokes breathing?

September 15, 2021September 15, 2021

Episode 33: How does Sinemet’s name provide insights into why it was developed and its mechanism of action?

Episode 33: How does Sinemet’s name provide insights into why it was developed and its mechanism of action?

September 1, 2021September 1, 2021

Episode 32: Why do eosinophils vanish from the blood after treatment with corticosteroids?

Episode 32: Why do eosinophils vanish from the blood after treatment with corticosteroids?

August 18, 2021August 18, 2021

Episode 31: Why does nephrotic syndrome cause edema?

Episode 31: Why does nephrotic syndrome cause edema?

August 4, 2021August 4, 2021

Episode 30: Why do some people taste soap when they eat cilantro?

Episode 30: Why do some people taste soap when they eat cilantro?

July 21, 2021July 21, 2021

Episode 29: Why is hyperoxia harmful?

Episode 29: Why is hyperoxia harmful?

July 7, 2021July 7, 2021

Episode 28: Why does a UTI “burn”?

Episode 28: Why does a UTI “burn”?

June 23, 2021June 23, 2021

Episode 27: Why can albuterol cause a lactic acidosis when given in high doses?

Episode 27: Why can albuterol cause a lactic acidosis when given in high doses?

June 9, 2021June 9, 2021

Episode 26: Why do we give calcium in hyperkalemia?

Episode 26: Why do we give calcium in hyperkalemia?

May 26, 2021May 26, 2021

Episode 25: Why can furosemide improve pulmonary edema from heart failure almost immediately?

Episode 25: Why can furosemide improve pulmonary edema from heart failure almost immediately?

May 12, 2021May 11, 2021

Episode 24: Why is fever beneficial?

Episode 24: Why is fever beneficial?

April 28, 2021April 28, 2021

Episode 23: Why does “bendopnea” occur?

Episode 23: Why does “bendopnea” occur?

April 14, 2021April 14, 2021

Episode 22: Why is cystic fibrosis one of the most common genetic diseases?

Episode 22: Why is cystic fibrosis one of the most common genetic diseases?

March 31, 2021March 30, 2021

Episode 21: Why do we feel cold when we have a fever?

Episode 21: Why do we feel cold when we have a fever?

March 17, 2021March 17, 2021

Episode 20: Why do myocardial infarctions cause ST elevation?

Episode 20: Why do myocardial infarctions cause ST elevation?

March 3, 2021March 3, 2021

Episode 19: (Why) does DIC cause shock?

Episode 19: (Why) does DIC cause shock?

February 17, 2021February 17, 2021

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