Episodes

  • Ticked Off, Part 2: A Wildlife Biologist Battles Lyme Disease

    Ticked Off, Part 2: A Wildlife Biologist Battles Lyme Disease
    Apr 18 2023
    While bedridden with Lyme, Kelly Weintraub set the goal to hike the 2,650-mile Pacific Crest Trail. Could this wildlife biologist claw back her health?
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    42 mins
  • Ticked Off: A Wildlife Biologist Confronts Lyme Disease

    Ticked Off: A Wildlife Biologist Confronts Lyme Disease
    Mar 21 2023
    The most dangerous creature Kelly Weintraub ever came across was as small as a poppy seed. But its bite infected her with a ticking time bomb of chronic ailments.
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    37 mins
  • A Chimney Sweep’s Brush with Disaster—and Virtual Reality

    A Chimney Sweep’s Brush with Disaster—and Virtual Reality
    Feb 21 2023
    After a horrific fall from a roof, Bob Jester needed opioids to get through the day. Then he found something better: the pain-fighting power of VR.
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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • Trigeminal Neuralgia: A Musician Cranks Up the Heat on Facial Pain

    Trigeminal Neuralgia: A Musician Cranks Up the Heat on Facial Pain
    Jan 17 2023
    Can a do-it-yourself treatment involving capsaicin—a chemical in hot peppers—stop the agony of severe facial pain? Nashville singer-songwriter JP Ruggieri decided to find out.
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    1 hr and 18 mins
  • Trigeminal Neuralgia: A Scientist Cures Himself of Facial Pain

    Trigeminal Neuralgia: A Scientist Cures Himself of Facial Pain
    Dec 13 2022
    Tormented by severe facial pain, neurobiologist Hugh Spencer invented a nonsurgical way to relieve his trigeminal neuralgia. He found the remedy—capsaicin—inside a canister of pepper spray.
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    1 hr
  • Gunshot Wounds, Part 2: Aftermath of a Shooting

    Gunshot Wounds, Part 2: Aftermath of a Shooting
    Nov 15 2022
    After getting ambushed outside his home, gunshot survivor Jeff Droke confronts two major dilemmas: chronic pain and a faulty justice system.
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    53 mins
  • Gunshot Wounds: When Pain Takes Aim

    Gunshot Wounds: When Pain Takes Aim
    Oct 11 2022
    An ambush in suburbia. Eight shots. And a survivor who refused to be a victim.
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    46 mins
  • Painopolis Podcast New Season Coming Soon!

    Painopolis Podcast New Season Coming Soon!
    Oct 5 2022
    Stay tuned for a new season of Painopolis! It’s a podcast for people with chronic pain. And also for everybody else.
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    3 mins