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The Infectious Dose Podcast

@pathogenscribe.bsky.social
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PhD Virologist turned science writer. She/her. Fighting science misinformation with a podcast/blog. Infectiousdose.com My views are my own & do not represent any organization

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The Infectious Dose Podcast @pathogenscribe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
October has arrived. 💀 Which means the lights are going down at #InfectiousDose #MonthoftheMacabre returns with "The Collection" An infectious disease museum where the exhibits change, the rules don't quite hold...and maybe you shouldn't have come inside. Doors open Oct. 7
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The Infectious Dose Podcast @pathogenscribe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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The Infectious Dose Podcast @pathogenscribe.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
If this outbreak has you wondering how anthrax actually works... I have an episode for that. From spores that can persist in soil for decades and wildlife outbreaks like this, to human disease, vaccines, biological weapons & the 2001 letter attacks: 🎧 www.infectiousdose.com/post/episode...
An Infectious Dose Archive card with an illustration of anthrax bacterium and spores and a pen, vial and archive record card on a desk.
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The Infectious Dose Podcast @pathogenscribe.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Last night, WIDX Broadcasting Company went on the air. We recorded the main cast of The Devil of Hawthorn Mill last night, and I am ridiculously excited about how this is coming together. October 30. 📷 Until then, please stand by. #MonthoftheMacabre
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The Infectious Dose Podcast @pathogenscribe.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
A contaminated needle. Crabs from a toilet seat. Rat urine on a soda can. The best infectious-disease urban legends contain just enough real biology to sound true. Tuesday at midnight CST, Outbreak After Dark separates microbiology from folklore. 🔥
A french paper toilet seat cover
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The Infectious Dose Podcast @pathogenscribe.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Coming up on #InfectiousDose, we’re following the last light of a summer day into the woods. 🌙 The ecology on the trail, beyond the flashlight beam—and what changes when darkness falls. The final chapter of From Sunrise to Starlight drops midnight CST tomorrow night.
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The Infectious Dose Podcast @pathogenscribe.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
If you want to know what V. vulnificus actually does, why warm coastal water matters, who is most vulnerable, and why these infections can become devastating so quickly: I have an episode for that. 🎧 No Boat Big Enough: www.infectiousdose.com/post/no-boat...
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The Infectious Dose Podcast @pathogenscribe.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
July at #InfectiousDose was about the turning points in infectious disease history. From eradicating parasites...to military readiness...to the first vaccine...to the birth of modern infection prevention. Here's a look back at this month's stories. 🧵
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The Infectious Dose Podcast @pathogenscribe.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
My August series, From Sunrise to Starlight, begins this week with a morning swim at the lake, and a look at the microbes you're swimming with. From swimmer's itch and cyanobacteria to the still rare but expanding Naegleria fowleri. 🎧 New episode drops Tuesday at midnight CST.
Photo of morning by the lake in Fort Parker State park in TX.
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The Infectious Dose Podcast @pathogenscribe.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
A new survey found that uncertainty—not opposition—is biggest challenge when it comes to vaccines during pregnancy. I have an episode for that. I explain the current recommended vaccines and the evidence behind them. 🎧 www.infectiousdose.com/post/episode... 📰 medicalxpress.com/news/2026-07...
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The Infectious Dose Podcast @pathogenscribe.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Over the next few months, a small cast of volunteers and I will be recreating the sound of a 1930s radio broadcast—complete with live news bulletins, field reports, vintage-style sound design, and a mystery that unfolds one interruption at a time. I can't wait to share it. #MonthOfTheMacabre
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The Infectious Dose Podcast @pathogenscribe.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Charlie insisted I couldn't open a 1926 speakeasy without a proper menu. So here it is... 🍸 House Call 🥤 Temperance Alley 🥪 Bootleg Bites 🍰 Doctor's Orders Which one are you ordering first? #OutbreakAfterDark #Prohibition
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The Infectious Dose Podcast @pathogenscribe.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
What if one of medicine's greatest breakthroughs began with the realization that HCWs and hospitals were making people sick? The final chapter of my Turning Points series drops Tuesday night at midnight CST. 🏥 #InfectiousDose #Semmelweis
Front page of Semmelweis' Open Letter to all professors of obstetrics 1862 via Wikimedia Commons
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The Infectious Dose Podcast @pathogenscribe.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
🌧️It's pouring outside & it reminded me of my summer rain episode. If you love the rain, this one is for you. It's an immersive journey into a summer storm & the science behind one of nature's most beloved scents. 🎧 Here or wherever you get your podcasts www.infectiousdose.com/post/listeni...
The view out my backdoor during the storm happening when I made the post. It shows rain clinging to the screen, and the yard and gray sky beyond.
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The Infectious Dose Podcast @pathogenscribe.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
🦠 New episode drops tomorrow! For thousands of years, smallpox was one of our deadliest enemies. Tomorrow night at midnight CST, discover the bold experiment—and the science—that changed medicine forever. #InfectiousDose #MedicalHistory #Vaccines #PublicHealth
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The Infectious Dose Podcast @pathogenscribe.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
What do smallpox, Panama Canal, COVID on aircraft carrier, & modern military training base have in common? They're part of the story of how armies learned to fight an invisible enemy & in one case decided not to. New #InfectiousDose tomorrow night midnight CST. GW image credit Peale 1776
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The Infectious Dose Podcast @pathogenscribe.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Fourth of July reminder: ✔️ Mayo isn't always the villain. ✔️ Fireworks don't belong in your trunk. ✔️ Thermometers save cookouts. ✔️ Greg still shouldn't be in charge of transporting the potato salad. More questionable life advice in Grill, Thrill & Kill. www.infectiousdose.com/post/grill-t...
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The Infectious Dose Podcast @pathogenscribe.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Last 4th of July I turned food poisoning & fireworks into a comedy special that somehow ends with a poem dedicated to American scientists. I wish that ending was less relevant now. If you missed it, this is the perfect time. 🎙️ Grill, Thrill & Kill link: www.infectiousdose.com/post/grill-t...
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The Infectious Dose Podcast @pathogenscribe.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Coming up on #InfectiousDose Tuesday night midnight CST: A parasite we defeated once before. A public health victory most people never learned about. And a reminder that prevention only stays invisible when the systems behind it keep working. #Screwworm
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The Infectious Dose Podcast @pathogenscribe.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
June’s Summer Rain series is almost complete. Before we talk about mosquitoes tomorrow night, I wanted to spend some time with the rain itself. If you’ve ever stood outside before a storm arrived just to breathe it in, this one’s for you. 🌧️
Picture looking through my back door screen to my backyard during a storm…with raindrops on the screen, a patio umbrella in the foreground and patio furniture under the umbrella and the small yard beyond.
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The Infectious Dose Podcast @pathogenscribe.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Coming Tues midnight CST on #InfectiousDose #OutbreakAfterDark returns for a humid Gulf Coast summer night by the fire.🦟 Recipes ⬇️ if you'd like to listen along with a drink & a snack: 🥃 Night Hum 🍑 Wheal & Fizz 🍢 Grilled Proboscides 🍫 Afterbite See you by the fire.
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The Infectious Dose Podcast @pathogenscribe.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Gypsy helped me record this week's #InfectiousDose episode—an immersive exploration of the smell of summer rain—under the patio umbrella during a storm. Episode drops Tuesday night at midnight CST. #SummerRain #Petrichor #Bliss
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The Infectious Dose Podcast @pathogenscribe.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
The next #InfectiousDose episode is a little different. As part of the June series, Stories of Summer Rain, we're exploring one of the most recognizable scents in nature. Part microbiology. Part memory. Part summer rain. ⛈️ Storm breaks Tuesday night at midnight CST.
Rainclouds and a curtain of rain moving across a valley with farmlands and wheat fields.
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The Infectious Dose Podcast @pathogenscribe.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Most allergies happen within minutes. This one might wait until you're asleep. Next on #InfectiousDose, we're unraveling one of the strangest medical mysteries of the last two decades—and it starts with a tick bite. Drops Tuesday at midnight CST. wisconsin-ticks.russell.wisc.edu/wisconsin-ti...
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The Infectious Dose Podcast @pathogenscribe.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
I learned a lot about post-storm health risks after Hurricane Ike left our Galveston home under floodwater. The wind gets the headlines. The week after changes lives. Floodwater. Wound infections. Mold. Mosquitoes. Rodents. Contaminated food and water.🧵
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The Infectious Dose Podcast @pathogenscribe.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
NOW LIVE 🔥 The new #OutbreakAfterDark tells the true story of the first criminal case where forensic virology helped secure a conviction. This one starts like true crime. And ends somewhere much stranger. Evidence and Aftermath menu recipes:
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The Infectious Dose Podcast @pathogenscribe.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Many are looking at the current Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak curve and concluding “this must be airborne now.” There is no good evidence for that. This most likely reflects delayed detection + surveillance catch-up, not a sudden change in Ebola transmission dynamics. 🧵
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The Infectious Dose Podcast @pathogenscribe.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
If you’ve been reading it already, I’d genuinely love to know: What kinds of ideas or sections stay with you most after you finish an issue? And if you haven't, you can subscribe here: infectiousdose.com/field-notes Either way, let me know what you're interested in.
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The Infectious Dose Podcast @pathogenscribe.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
What a nice comment on today's episode. I love that it's helpful. Listen or read here: www.infectiousdose.com/post/hantavi...
Screenshot of comment with 5 stars that says, "Excellent article. I particularly appreciated the "precision and care in the wording", clearly shaped by the expertise of a brilliant virologist. I’ll be sharing it widely. Thank you."
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The Infectious Dose Podcast @pathogenscribe.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Tonight at midnight, the grossest infection treatments you’ve ever heard of. You’ll want snacks for this one. Salty, sweet, and drinks (cocktail + mocktail) to make it all a little easier to swallow. #InfectiousDose #OutbreakAfterDark
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The Infectious Dose Podcast @pathogenscribe.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
This week, #InfectiousDose brings you a new #OutbreakAfterDark: This time on the worst (& grossest) infection treatments in history. With a menu that’s significantly safer & cocktails you’ll actually want. Tuesday at midnight (CST)
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The Infectious Dose Podcast @pathogenscribe.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Post a pic you took, no context, bring zen to this hellscape of a timeline.
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The Infectious Dose Podcast @pathogenscribe.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Each week, after I finish an episode, there’s always at least one idea I can’t let go of. Not the headline. Not the story. Something underneath it. So I started a short, free weekly newsletter to follow that thread a little further. It’s called Field Notes. #InfectiousDose
Logo of Field Notes the Infectiou Dose Newsletter. BAckground looks like a page of an old weathered notebook with the words, "Field Notes" scrawled across the front. The infectious Dose logo is below that and between them is a tagline, "What stayed with me after the episode"
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The Infectious Dose Podcast @pathogenscribe.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
This episode also introduces Field Notes, my new, free, weekly newsletter for listeners who want to continue the conversation around an episode. It’s where I go into one idea a little more, track what I’m watching, what’s starting to shift, & what might matter next.
Logo for Field Notes, the new newsletter from infectious Dose. it looks like a page from an old journal with the infectious dose lolgo at the bottom and the words Field notes scrawled across the page.
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The Infectious Dose Podcast @pathogenscribe.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
There are moments...late, when everything’s quiet and I'm recording or editing... and I think about my listeners and how the #InfectiousDose podcast evolves and grows... What a year. 🙏 The anniversary episode Tuesday at midnight (CST)
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The Infectious Dose Podcast @pathogenscribe.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Well there we have it. It's official. "It was awesome!" Yay! Never know how something will land and this one was a risk...thrilled at least someone loved my immersive BSL4 walkthrough. Check it out! www.infectiousdose.com/post/inside-...
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The Infectious Dose Podcast @pathogenscribe.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
You’re about to walk into a BSL-4 lab. Not a tour. Not an explanation. An experience. You’ll suit up. Step inside. Let's go. Tomorrow night. Midnight CST. 🎧New Episode Drops. #InfectiousDose #BSL4
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The Infectious Dose Podcast @pathogenscribe.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
The fire’s almost lit. We’re stepping into the world of plague doctors...Tues Midnight CST If you want the full experience: 🥃 Mix The Miasma 🌿 Pour The Beaked Apothecary 🥖 Bake the hand pies 🍎 Finish with pomander cakes Then press play. We’ll meet you after dark. #InfectiousDose #OutbreakAfterDark
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The Infectious Dose Podcast @pathogenscribe.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
New #OutbreakAfterDark Drops Tues midnight CST: Boots on stone. A red cross on your door. And a figure in black arrives. 🕯️ Plague Doctors The Bell. The Beak. The Mark. Science, Myth, and the System Behind the Mask. #InfectiousDose
Image of a plague Doctor. Paul Fürst, engraving (coloured), c. 1656, of a plague doctor of Marseilles (introduced as 'Dr Beaky of Rome').
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The Infectious Dose Podcast @pathogenscribe.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
And Wakefield was exposed…exposed by science journalism using the system that made the error.
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The Infectious Dose Podcast @pathogenscribe.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
A fraudulent paper didn’t create a global belief on its own. The system helped it spread.
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The Infectious Dose Podcast @pathogenscribe.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
I updated my Wakefield episode. Not the facts—the explanation.
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The Infectious Dose Podcast @pathogenscribe.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Listener feedback like this always makes my day. Again, a big thank you to @mark-ungrin.bsky.social for a great conversation!
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The Infectious Dose Podcast @pathogenscribe.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
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The Infectious Dose Podcast @pathogenscribe.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Love isn’t always what it seems. Sometimes it’s hijacked by microbes. 🐭 Mice flirting w/ cats 🐜 Ants climbing to their doom 🦠 Viruses rewriting profiles Tomorrow night, Midnight CST. 🔥 Recipes attached. Make your own & join us! #InfectiousDose #OutbreakAfterDark
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The Infectious Dose Podcast @pathogenscribe.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Sharing the menu early in case anyone wants to cook along. 🕷️🔥 Outbreak After Dark drops at midnight CST. #InfectiousDose
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The Infectious Dose Podcast @pathogenscribe.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Eight legs. Endless fear. Most “spider bites” aren’t bites at all. A new Outbreak After Dark episode crawls in tomorrow night at midnight CST. 🕷️ #InfectiousDose #OutbreakAfterDark
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The Infectious Dose Podcast @pathogenscribe.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
My interview with @AstroTerry drops tonight at midnight CST. Hey Texas, y'all don't want to miss this one. #InfectiousDose #PublicHealth #Science infectiousdose.com
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The Infectious Dose Podcast @pathogenscribe.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
🚀An astronaut’s perspective. 🦠A virologist’s lens. One conversation about why science has to be part of policy decisions. New episode drops Tuesday at midnight CST. #InfectiousDose #TerryVirts
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The Infectious Dose Podcast @pathogenscribe.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
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