{"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":"Special Episode: Alexandra Sifferlin & The Elusive Body","slug":"special-episode-alexandra-sifferlin-the-elusive-body","published_at":"2026-06-02T07:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-podcast-will-kill-you-226711/special-episode-alexandra-sifferlin-the-elusive-body","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-podcast-will-kill-you-226711","url":"https://omny.fm/shows/this-podcast-will-kill-you/draft-alexandra-sifferlin","audio_url":"https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/e0709a39-232b-4483-8e4f-b24c0111ae2c/6ee1fa69-ed84-464e-8d49-b44e018699df/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=64b4c224-562e-4b2f-9f31-b24c0111ae53","summary":"An accurate diagnosis can give us so much. It can give us a path forward. It can give us answers to long-standing questions. And it can give us much-needed hope. Yet many people around the world wait years to receive an accurate diagnosis, which can take a profound physical and emotional toll. What underlies these missed or incorrect diagnoses, and what can we do about it? In this week’s TPWKY book club episode, health journalist  Alexandra Sifferlin joins me to discuss The Elusive Body: Doctors, Patients, and the Diagnosis Crisis . Her compassionate and sweeping exploration of this topic takes readers across the US as she connects with patients, doctors, and researchers that are deeply impacted by the diagnosis crisis. While plumbing the depths of this pervasive issue, Sifferlin also encounters many people who have dedicated their careers to addressing the diagnosis crisis and bringing people the answers they need and deserve. Tune in for a fascinating conversation on a subject that has affected so many of us. 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":"An accurate diagnosis can give us so much. It can give us a path forward. It can give us answers to long-standing questions. And it can give us much-neede…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3075,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/this-podcast-will-kill-you-226711/episodes/special-episode-alexandra-sifferlin-the-elusive-body/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/special-episode-alexandra-sifferlin-the-elusive-body.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}