# S2 Ep.053: Diseases pt. 1

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Podcast: [Chubstep](https://stenobird.com/podcast/chubstep-4530)
Published: 2026-06-14T18:43:00+00:00
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## Resource

Will there be a part 2? TBD but there are so many wild diseases out there that this probably isn't the last time Chubstep's Steed and Jrad cover the topic. First the guys discuss the delay in releasing this episode, when hospital staff isn't prepared for standard scenarios, Steed's memorial day trip to Chicago with bleeding ears and a leaky air mattress. The guys then cover people convinced they're already dead, the dancing plague, the laughing epidemic in 'Tanzania News', the forgotten living statues that awoke after 40 years in the 1960's, and when ancient treatments like blood letting and maggots in wounds make sense.

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