How are medical mysteries solved? And what happens when questions remain? Patient Zero is an investigation of the spaces where people and pathogens collide. We take a deep dive in to the history – and mystery – of one of the fastest spreading epidemics of our time: Lyme disease. Learn more at www.patientzeropodcast.com.
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Signup to Generate a PitchHow are medical mysteries solved? And what happens when questions remain? Patient Zero is an investigation of the spaces where people and pathogens collide. We take a deep dive in to the history, and mystery, of one of the fastest spreading epidemics of our time: Lyme disease.
Patient Zero is hosted by NHPR. The show has published 13 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Introducing “Bear Brook: A Private Matter”" (22 October 2026, 27 minutes), "Safe to Drink, Episode 1: You don’t know about this?" (29 January 2026, 34 minutes), and "Introducing: What Remains" (24 October 2024, 37 minutes).
Patient Zero publishes roughly every few months, with episodes averaging 35 minutes across 13 episodes.
Booking probability for Patient Zero is 19%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Patient Zero requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Patient Zero's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for Patient Zero are Health & Wellness Services. Patient Zero has a science audience.
NHPR hosts Patient Zero, a science podcast with 13 episodes published.
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Today, we're sharing the season three premiere of Bear Brook, the critically acclaimed true crime podcast from New Hampshire Public Radio's Pulitzer Prize-nominated Document team. Bear Brook returns with A Private...
<p>A New Hampshire town finds out its water has been contaminated by a chemical. The most basic question — whether the water is safe to drink — doesn’t have a clear answer. Nobody seems to know much about this so-called...
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<p>Introducing “What Remains,” a special series from NHPR’s Outside/In. A classroom display of human skulls sparks a reckoning at the Penn Museum in Philadelphia. A movement grows to “abolish the collection.” The Penn...
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<p>Introducing the newest series from NHPR’s award-winning Document team: “The Youth Development Center.” New Hampshire has sent its most troubled kids to the same juvenile detention center for more than a century. It's...
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<p>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...
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<p>The earliest known case of Lyme disease? Or the problem with correcting the<br> record?</p> <p>Patient Zero is sponsored by Ben’s. Click here to learn more or go to https://bens30.com/patientzero</p> <p> </p><p>Learn...
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<p>The origin of ulcers. The rise and fall of a medical recommendation.<br> Certainty and science.</p> <p>Patient Zero is sponsored by Ben’s. Click here to learn more or go to https://bens30.com/patientzero</p> <p>...
Episode #8
<p>Society inadvertently engineers an epidemic. Scientists debate whether or not to engineer a solution.</p> <p> </p> <p> Learn more at patientzeropodcast.com</p> <p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...
Episode #7
<p>An ambiguous case with no easy answers. Another growing epidemic, and an ethics question that might help explain Lymeworld.</p> <p>To get access to bonus episodes as well as early access to our regular episodes...
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<p>In the late 90s you could get vaccinated against Lyme. Now you can't. What gives?</p><p> </p><p> </p> <p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices</p>
Episode #5
<p>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.</p> <p>To get access to bonus episodes, as well as...
Episode #4
<p>Lyme disease has been called the Great Imitator. And the Lyme disease tests have a fraught history.</p> <p>Click hereto donate $20 and get early, ad-free episodes of Patient Zero and bonus content. </p> <p>...
Episode #3
<p>A perfect carrier of disease. A race underneath your skin. The part we know, before we get to the parts we don't.</p> <p>Click hereto donate $20 and get ad-free episodes of Patient Zero a week early and bonus...
Episode #2
<p>A meditation on the pace of science. An investigation in fits and starts. The beginning of a controversy.</p> <p>Click hereto donate $20 and get ad-free episodes of Patient Zero a week early and bonus content.</p>...
Episode #1
<p> A mysterious illness plagues a Connecticut town. A brief introduction into “Lymeworld”. A lesson on the epidemiological triangle.</p> <p>Click hereto donate $20 and get ad-free episodes of Patient Zero a week early...
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<p>A first look at Patient Zero, a new podcast from New Hampshire Public Radio.</p> <p>Hosted by Taylor Quimby. Theme by Ty Gibbons.</p> <p> </p> <p> First episode drops mid-August. Find more at...
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