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Ep 224 Snake Oil: The Great American Fraud

10/13/2026 • 57 min

Come one, come all to learn of the miraculous news we’re buzzing to share with you at this limited time, low price offer. If you’ve been troubled by aches and pains, sores and sneezes, look no further than this very special episode - good for whatever ails you. Brimming with historical detail and outlandish claims, we’re marching through the wild west of patent … Play episode

Special Episode: Robert Kolker & The Vanishing Family
Ep 223 ALS: Unraveling the mystery
Ep 222 Vitamin K: Calling the shots
Special Episode: Dr. Alanna Skuse & The Surgeon, The Midwife, The Quack
Ep 221 Electroconvulsive Therapy Part 2: A current conversation
Ep 220 Electroconvulsive Therapy Part 1: A charged history
Special Episode: Clayton Page Aldern & The Weight of Nature
Ep 219 The Brown Recluse: Fearsome foe or slandered spider?
Special Episode: Deborah Cohen & Bad Influence
Ep 218 The Lowdown on Statins
Ep 217 The High Stakes of Cholesterol
Ep 216 Cyclospora: Explosive Diarrhea Everywhere
Special Episode: Alev Scott & Cash Cow
Ep 215 The Hidden Depths of Earwax
Ep 214 Boogers: Digging for treasure
Special Episode: Dr. Carl Elliott & The Occasional Human Sacrifice
Ep 213 Burns Part 2: It’s like sci-fi but real
Ep 212 Burns Part 1: The first million or so years
Special Episode: Alexandra Sifferlin & The Elusive Body
Ep 211 Motion Sickness: It comes in waves
Ep 210 Histoplasmosis: Bats, birds, and budding yeast
Special Episode: Dr. Olivia Weisser & The Dreaded Pox
Ep 209 Dietary Guidelines Part 2: Why is there protein in everything?
Ep 208 Dietary Guidelines Part 1: Who’s behind these guidelines?
Special Episode: Adam Kucharski & Proof
Ep 207 Tear Gas: How can a chemical weapon be “humane”?
Ep 206 Oropouche Virus: More than a smidge worrisome
Ep 205 Cancer Part 4: Where do things stand today?
Ep 204 Cancer Part 3: How do we treat it?
Special Episode: Lawrence Ingrassia & A Fatal Inheritance
Ep 203 Cancer Part 2: Why does it happen?
Ep 202 Cancer Part 1: What is it?
Special Episode: Jon Adams and Edmund Ramsden & Rat City
Ep 201 Poop Part 2: Flushed away
Ep 200 Poop Part 1: How the sausage gets made
Special Episode: Nicola Twilley & Frostbite
Ep 199 Sleep Part 2: Predictably unpredictable
Ep 198 Sleep Part 1: Sleeping with one eye open
Special Episode: Daniel Stone & American Poison
Ep 197 Detox: Enemas for everyone
From the Vault - Endometriosis: Menstrual Backwash (Ep 88)
From the Vault - Hepatitis B: Hepatiti, Take 2 (Ep 89)
Ep 196 Health Myths: Fact or fiction?
Special Episode: Dr. Homer Venters & Outbreak Behind Bars
Ep 195 Salt Part 2: The Substance
Ep 194 Salt Part 1: The Seasoning
Special Episode: Gabriel Weston & Alive
Ep 193 Necrotizing Fasciitis: A strange beast
Ep 192 New World Screwworm: Oh-oh here they come

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