{"podcast":{"title":"This Podcast Will Kill You","slug":"this-podcast-will-kill-you-226711","podcast_index_feed_id":226711,"rss_url":"https://www.omnycontent.com/d/playlist/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/e0709a39-232b-4483-8e4f-b24c0111ae2c/64b4c224-562e-4b2f-9f31-b24c0111ae53/podcast.rss","website_url":"https://www.exactlyrightmedia.com/","image_url":"https://www.omnycontent.com/d/playlist/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/e0709a39-232b-4483-8e4f-b24c0111ae2c/64b4c224-562e-4b2f-9f31-b24c0111ae53/image.jpg?t=1738340415&size=Large","author":"Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts","episode_count":288,"summary":"This podcast might not actually kill you, but Erin Welsh and Erin Allmann Updyke cover so many things that can. In each episode, they tackle a different topic, teaching listeners about the biology, history, and epidemiology of a different disease or medical mystery. They do the scientific research, so you don’t have to. Since 2017, Erin and Erin have explored chronic and infectious diseases, medications, poisons, viruses, bacteria and scientific discoveries. They’ve researched public health subjects including plague, Zika, COVID-19, lupus, asbestos, endometriosis and more. Each episode is accompanied by a creative quarantini cocktail recipe and a non-alcoholic placeborita. Erin Welsh, Ph.D. is a co-host of the This Podcast Will Kill You. She is a disease ecologist and epidemiologist and works full-time as a science communicator through her work on the podcast. Erin Allmann Updyke, MD, Ph.D. is a co-host of This Podcast Will Kill You. She’s an epidemiologist and disease ecologist currently in the final stretch of her family medicine residency program. This Podcast Will Kill You is part of the Exactly Right podcast network that provides a platform for bold, creative voices to bring…","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-podcast-will-kill-you-226711"},"episode":{"title":"Ep 196 Health Myths: Fact or fiction?","slug":"ep-196-health-myths-fact-or-fiction","published_at":"2025-12-16T08:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-podcast-will-kill-you-226711/ep-196-health-myths-fact-or-fiction","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-podcast-will-kill-you-226711","url":"https://omny.fm/shows/this-podcast-will-kill-you/ep-196-health-myths-fact-or-fiction","audio_url":"https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/e0709a39-232b-4483-8e4f-b24c0111ae2c/0324cf95-8678-4d0b-a125-b3a70147ec93/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=64b4c224-562e-4b2f-9f31-b24c0111ae53","summary":"Did your grandma ever warn you against going out in the cold with wet hair because “you’ll catch your death”? Or have you ever tossed a few more carrots into your shopping basket in the hope that they’ll improve your vision? There are countless health myths about how to prevent or treat disease, what food will give you superhuman powers or turn your kid into a whirlwind of energy. But is there any truth to them? Let’s find out. In this episode, we review a handful of the most popular health myths, exploring their origins and scouring them for any scrap of truth. Tune in to learn whether these myths are fact, fiction, or somewhere in between! Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link:  https://bit.ly/3WwtIAu See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.","meta_description":"Did your grandma ever warn you against going out in the cold with wet hair because “you’ll catch your death”? Or have you ever tossed a…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3976,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/this-podcast-will-kill-you-226711/episodes/ep-196-health-myths-fact-or-fiction/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-podcast-will-kill-you-226711/ep-196-health-myths-fact-or-fiction.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}