Host: Darryl S. Chutka, M.D. [@chutkaMD]
Guest: Zelalem Temesgen, M.D.
It’s thought that a variant of tuberculosis originated in East Africa around 3 million years ago with the current strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis dating back at least 20,000 years. Although easily spread from one person to another, not everyone infected develops active disease. The m ... Show More
Apr 2025
Special Episode: John Green & Everything Is Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis, or consumption as it was once known, might conjure up images of huge sanitoriums or writers and artists from the late 1800s (Moulin Rouge, anyone?). But this deadly disease is far from an illness of the past. In many parts of the world, tuberculosis remains an insid ... Show More
56m 46s
Jun 2024
Andrew McDowell, "Breathless: Tuberculosis, Inequality, and Care in Rural India" (Stanford UP, 2024)
Each year in India more than two million people fall sick with tuberculosis (TB), an infectious, airborne, and potentially deadly lung disease. The country accounts for almost 30 percent of all TB cases worldwide and well above a third of global deaths from it. Because TB’s preva ... Show More
1h 27m
Oct 2025
The Truth About Germs & Health with Dr Andrew Kaufman
This week on The Wellness Way we have guest Dr Andrew Kaufman, a psychiatrist, molecular biologist and researcher known for challenging the foundations of modern medicine. In this conversation, we explore the origins of illness through the lens of terrain theory. The idea that it ... Show More
1h 6m
May 2025
Your Brain On... Lyme Disease
A tiny bite from a tiny tick can trigger a complex disease which speaks to some huge problems with our healthcare system. In this episode, we explain the biology, controversy, and cultural blind spots around Lyme disease, a condition that reflects much more than just a bacterial ... Show More
50m 20s
Sep 2021
#069 COVID Vaccine Myths, Questions, and Rumors with Rhonda Patrick and Roger Seheult
In this nearly 2.5-hour episode, Dr. Rhonda Patrick and Dr. Roger Seheult and Kyle Allred of MedCram make a thoughtful, merit-based, and truly comprehensive discussion of COVID-19 vaccination. In addition to being a co-founder of MedCram Medical Lectures, Dr. Roger Seheult is, as ... Show More
2h 30m