6 Podcasts About Medicine and Health Care
Three years before the Covid-19 pandemic forced us to develop at least a passing interest in epidemiology, this podcast began with the goal of putting a mainstream spin on the subject. Hosted by experts Erin Welsh (disease ecologist and epidemiologist) and Erin Allman (epidemiologist and family medicine doctor), the show delivers dense and potentially grim subject matter in an accessible and entertaining way. Episodes often focus on a specific disease, like the flu, the plague or monkeypox, typically kicking off with a real-life story from someone affected by the illness before delving into its history, biology and epidemiology (that is, how it spreads). In other weeks the focus might be a specific type of medication, like S.S.R.I. antidepressants, or a treatment like I.V.F. The Erins also spend a lot of time debunking myths and correcting the record on false claims, a mission which has only become more vital since the podcast’s launch in 2017.