The disease podcast for a diseased world! Hosts: Brett Bayles (a professor) & Andy Pupa (not a professor) gleefully explore the weird and wacky world of diseases on a changing planet.
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Signup to Generate a PitchThe disease podcast for a diseased world! Hosts: Brett Bayles (a professor) & Andy Pupa (not a professor) gleefully explore the weird and wacky world of diseases on a changing planet.
Recent episodes include "Measles Mania" (23 September 2026, 83 minutes), "RFK Jr.'s Tylenol Files" (29 September 2025, 98 minutes), and "Polio Part 2: Managing Misinformation" (1 January 2025, 36 minutes).
Viral Load publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 66 minutes across 81 episodes.
Booking probability for Viral Load is 32%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Viral Load requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Viral Load's contact route on record: public web form.
The strongest fits for Viral Load are Health & Wellness Services. Viral Load has a science audience.
Viral Load is a science podcast with 81 episodes published.
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Episode #80
Send us Fan Mail On this episode of Viral load the guys get back to business unpacking what our lovely Home Health Secretary has been up to since we last spoke and what effect it's having on our healthcare system...
Episode #79
<p>Send us a text</p><p>In this episode, Dr. Brett (PhD, Epidemiology) and Andy break down the viral claim by President Trump and RFK Jr. that Tylenol during pregnancy causes autism.</p><p>They cut through the...
Episode #78
<p>Send us a text</p><p>In this episode, we tackle the dangers of celebrity-driven vaccine misinformation, focusing on figures like Alicia Silverstone, who may still be Clueless. We also explore the continued influence...
Episode #77
<p>Send us a text</p><p>In this episode, we explore the concerning potential for the return of polio, a disease that once terrified the world before vaccines brought it to the brink of eradication. What's behind the...
Episode #76
<p>Send us a text</p><p>Australia's got a reputation for dangerous creatures, but Hendra takes it to a whole new level. This week, we dive into the bat-sh*t crazy world of the Hendra virus—an outbreak that started in...
Episode #74
<p>Send us a text</p><p>In this episode, we venture boldly into the unsettling future of American healthcare as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. steps into the most controversial cabinet role of the new administration: Secretary...
Episode #74
<p>Send us a text</p><p>Dive into the mystery of Disease X, the hypothetical pathogen poised to trigger the next global pandemic. Amidst a sea of conspiracy theories, from government cover-ups and the New World Order to...
Episode #73
<p>Send us a text</p><p>Delve into the complex origins of HIV in our latest episode, unraveling the web of misinformation surrounding this global health crisis. Join us as we uncover the truth behind the virus...
Episode #72
<p>Send us a text</p><p>Dive into the ominous with some of the world's weirdest diseases. An is it finally the year of the Bird Flu? In this Viral Particle or Mini-sode. Uncover the eerie stories behind 5 peculiar...
Episode #71
<p>Send us a text</p><p>Is it a system that creates a world where Instagram models and regular folks become indistinguishable . A revolutionary solution to blank page syndrome ? An epic tale of an artificial boy's quest...
Episode #70
<p>Send us a text</p><p>This week the guys jump back to a topic that started it all in 2019 (episode 1). We're talking zombie viruses and melting permafrost. What are scientists finding beneath the thawing ground...
Episode #69
<p>Send us a text</p><p>Is Putin puttin' something in the water supply? Is Zelensky secretly an an evil mastermind using monster mosquitos to squash the Russian Regime? Is the U.S. funding bio labs in the Ukraine to...
Episode #68
<p>Send us a text</p><p>A fungal infection turning the entire human race into mushroom headed zombies...of course the guys from Viral Load are all in. On this episode Brett and Andy take a look at the fungal series that...
Episode #67
<p>Send us a text</p><p>While we may not have a Delorean or a magic crystal ball; Brett is a doctor of epidemiology, an astronomy aficionado and now perhaps able to see into the future (Brett-stradamus )? After 2 years...
Episode #66
<p>Send us a text</p><p>This week the guys take you on a trip down the rat hole. They discuss the incredibly accurate TB sniffing rats and how humans began domesticating animals for our benefit. So sit back relax and...
Episode #65
<p>Send us a text</p><p>What's that? The holidays are just around the corner. Well Brett and Andy have got just the topic for discussion around the ol' dinner table. This week the guys dive into the deep end of the...
Episode #64
<p>Send us a text</p><p>Same old new years resolutions and brand new set of terrifying disease predictions. This episode is a viral particle or mini-sode where Brett and Andy each choose a story and the other one has no...
Episode #63
<p>Send us a text</p><p>It's finally arrived the long awaited sequel to our foray into fecal fodder. Do you or someone you love have gastrointestinal distress? or did you simply eat bad street meat at 1 am that sent you...
Episode #62
<p>Send us a text</p><p>Wandering through the fecal fodder of 2022 has at times felt like a flummoxing failure. The good news is on this episode of Viral Load we show you the upside of your downtown business and how it...
Episode #61
<p>Send us a text</p><p>Planning to hit up your local rave? You may want to hold off on dropping the beat until you listen to this week's episode. We discuss the emergence of monkeypox in non endemic areas and why...
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Batgirl, Clueless
gastrointestinal surgeon, Royal Free Hospital
candidate for director of Health and Human Services, Department of Health and Human Services
26th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, United States Department of Health and Human Services
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