A perfect carrier of disease. A race underneath your skin. The part we know, before we get to the parts we don't.Click hereto donate $20 and get ad-free episodes of Patient Zero a week early and bonus content.

Ep 2: The Cluster

Aug 22nd, 2019 51m 30s

A meditation on the pace of science. An investigation in fits and starts. The beginning of a controversy.Click hereto donate $20 and get ad-free episodes of Patient Zero a week early and bonus content.

Ep 1: The Triangle

2 Aug 15th, 2019 41m 7s

A mysterious illness plagues a Connecticut town. A brief introduction into “Lymeworld”. A lesson on the epidemiological triangle.Click hereto donate $20 and get ad-free episodes of Patient Zero a week early and bonus content.

BONUS: Lyme AMA (Ask Me Anything)

May 21st, 2020 43m 56s

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!Pa

BONUS: Patient Otzi

May 14th, 2020 15m 39s

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

BONUS: Horses & Zebras

1 May 7th, 2020 17m 32s

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 3rd, 2019 51m 58s

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 26th, 2019 47m 54s

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, clickhere.

Bonus – LYMErix

Sep 19th, 2019 14m 34s

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

1 Sep 12th, 2019 45m 7s

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 episod

Ep 4: The Bell Curve

Sep 5th, 2019 39m 34s

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

Introducing Patient Zero

Jul 18th, 2019 3m 14s

A first look at Patient Zero, a new podcast from New Hampshire Public Radio.Hosted by Taylor Quimby. Theme by Ty Gibbons.First episode drops mid-August. Find more at patientzeropodcast.com