Tierah Ruins Things With Science
A podcast that critiques the science of infectious diseases in pop culture. Full of memes, references, and a bit of swearing. Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, PocketCasts, and Youtube. tierahruinsthings.substack.com
Episodes
Welcome to Tierah Ruins Things with Science, a podcast about infectious diseases in tv shows and movies, delivered in an accessible way for non-scientists. This is for entertainment only and is not to be confused with medical advice. Slight content warning as I swear a little bit.
This episode is about the classic holiday movie The Santa Clause, and the (made up) infectious disease that can make you turn into Santa.
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Welcome to Tierah Ruins Things with Science, a podcast about infectious diseases in tv shows and movies, delivered in an accessible way for non-scientists. This is for entertainment only and is not to be confused with medical advice. Slight content warning as I swear a little bit.
This episode is a conversation I had with a friend of mine, Jeremy Nordstrom, who worked as a set dresser on The Last of Us Season 1. We talked...
Welcome to Tierah Ruins Things with Science, a podcast about infectious diseases in tv shows and movies, delivered in an accessible way for non-scientists. This is for entertainment only and is not to be confused with medical advice. Slight content warning as I swear a little bit.
This episode is about The Last of Us, cordyceps and ophiocordyceps, an explanation of taxonomy, how the fungus works, how I think it would have...
Welcome to Tierah Ruins Things with Science, a podcast about infectious diseases in tv shows and movies, delivered in an accessible way for non-scientists. This is for entertainment only and is not to be confused with medical advice. Slight content warning as I swear a little bit.
This episode is about The Tomorrow War, a futuristic movie with aliens, toxins, a few rather picky rants about little things, and lots of talk ...
Welcome to Tierah Ruins Things with Science, a podcast about infectious diseases in tv shows and movies, delivered in an accessible way for non-scientists. This is for entertainment only and is not to be confused with medical advice. Slight content warning as I swear a little bit.
This episode is about the 2010 movie Black Death, which means I talk about the Bubonic Plague, the first incident of biological warfare, and wh...
Welcome to Tierah Ruins Things with Science, a podcast about infectious diseases in tv shows and movies, delivered in an accessible way for non-scientists. This is for entertainment only and is not to be confused with medical advice. Slight content warning as I swear a little bit.
This episode is about the classic 1996 movie The Rock, nerve gases, a documentary called Inside Porton Down, and a fun digression into V for Ve...
Welcome to Tierah Ruins Things with Science, a podcast about infectious diseases in tv shows and movies, delivered in an accessible way for non-scientists. This is for entertainment only and is not to be confused with medical advice. Slight content warning as I swear a little bit.
This episode is about the Marvel movie Venom, parasites and mutualistic organisms, and what I think Venom is (since we know he's NOT a parasite...
Welcome to Tierah Ruins Things with Science, a podcast about infectious diseases in tv shows and movies, delivered in an accessible way for non-scientists. This is for entertainment only and is not to be confused with medical advice. Slight content warning as I swear a little bit.
This episode is about the space virus that infects the crew of the Enterprise and causes them to act like they're drunk, in episode Star Trek TNG S1E...
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Music written and provided by James Stratton-Crawley. Find him on Spotify or at jscrawley.com
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