Patient Zero
Episodes
Safe to Drink, Episode 1: You don’t know about this?
29 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Lyme AMA (Ask Me Anything)
21 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 so...
Patient Otzi
14 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The earliest known case of Lyme disease? Or the problem with correcting the record? Patient Zero is sponsored by Ben’s. Click here to learn more or...
Horses & Zebras
07 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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...
The Reservoir
03 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Society inadvertently engineers an epidemic. Scientists debate whether or not to engineer a solution. Learn more at patientzeropodcast.com Lea...
The Non-A Non-B
26 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
An ambiguous case with no easy answers. Another growing epidemic, and an ethics question that might help explain Lymeworld. To get access to bonus ep...
LYMErix
19 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In the late 90s you could get vaccinated against Lyme. Now you can't. What gives? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoice...
The Laser
12 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
When it feels like doctors have closed the door to establishment medicine, another set of doors open. These doors lead to dubious providers, and untes...
The Bell Curve
05 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 ep...
The Vector
29 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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-...
The Cluster
22 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 e...
The Triangle
15 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A mysterious illness plagues a Connecticut town. A brief introduction into “Lymeworld”. A lesson on the epidemiological triangle. Click hereto...
Introducing Patient Zero
18 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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...