Patient Zero

Oct 24 2024 14 ep. 33 mins 2.4k

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How are medical mysteries solved? And what happens when questions remain? Patient Zero is an investigation of the spaces where people and pathogens collide. We take a deep dive in to the history – and mystery – of one of the fastest spreading epidemics of our time: Lyme disease. Learn more at www.patientzeropodcast.com.

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Introducing: What Remains

Oct 24 2024 37 mins

A new miniseries about death, dignity, and the Samuel G. Morton Cranial Collection.

Introducing “The Youth Development Center”

Jul 15 2024 31 mins

From the station that brought you Patient Zero, a powerful new series about one of the biggest youth detention scandals in American history.

BONUS: Lyme AMA (Ask Me Anything)

May 21 2020 43 mins

Is it Lyme disease, or Lyme's disease? Can humans take the canine Lyme vaccine? Does everybody infected with Lyme also get co-infections? These are some of the listener questions we attempt to answer in this Bonus episode. It's the Lyme AMA! Patient Zero is sponsored by Ben’s. Click here to learn more or go to https://bens30.com/patientzero

BONUS: Patient Otzi

May 14 2020 15 mins

The earliest known case of Lyme disease? Or the problem with correcting the record? Patient Zero is sponsored by Ben’s. Click here to learn more or go to https://bens30.com/patientzero

BONUS: Horses & Zebras

May 07 2020 17 mins

The origin of ulcers. The rise and fall of a medical recommendation. Certainty and science. Patient Zero is sponsored by Ben’s. Click here to learn more or go to https://bens30.com/patientzero

EP 7: The Reservoir

Oct 03 2019 51 mins

Society inadvertently engineers an epidemic. Scientists debate whether or not to engineer a solution. Learn more at patientzeropodcast.com

Ep 6: The Non-A Non-B

Sep 26 2019 47 mins

An ambiguous case with no easy answers. Another growing epidemic, and an ethics question that might help explain Lymeworld. To get access to bonus episodes as well as early access to our regular episodes, click here.

Bonus – LYMErix

Sep 19 2019 14 mins

In the late 90s you could get vaccinated against Lyme. Now you can't. What gives? To get access to other bonus episodes, as well as early access to our regular episodes, click here.

Ep 5: The Laser

Sep 12 2019 45 mins

When it feels like doctors have closed the door to establishment medicine, another set of doors open. These doors lead to dubious providers, and untested treatments. To get access to bonus episodes, as well as early access to our regular episodes, click here.

Ep 4: The Bell Curve

Sep 05 2019 39 mins

Lyme disease has been called the Great Imitator. And the Lyme disease tests have a fraught history. Click here to donate $20 and get early, ad-free episodes of Patient Zero and bonus content.