Help! Make it Make Sense with Dr. Toni and Dr. Aimee

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Episodes 50

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Apple Rating ★ 4.8 (18)

Since Apr 2022

Latest Episode Feb 2026

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Do you get overwhelmed by science? Does it mystify or scare you? Have you ever wondered if scientists are normal people and why they use so much freakin’ jargon when they talk? You’re not alone! In this podcast, you’ll enter the world of science through conversations between two friends who happen to be a med peds doctor (internist and pediatrician) and an immunology professor. They will talk through the most recent and crazy headlines and help you separate the nuggets of truth from the B. S.!Relax, pop in your ear buds, and listen to conversations about science that will surprise, delight, and inform you.Dr. Aimee Bernard is a PhD in immunology with expertise in science communication, community science outreach, and medical education. Dr. Toni Eyssallenne is an MD, PhD double boarded in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics with expertise in global and public health, health equity, and medical education. Both have been actively working in their fields for over 15 years and are dedicated to improving access and understanding to population level questions about science and medicine.

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Recent Episodes

S5E1 Compassionate Science Communication with Liz Marnik

Feb 09, 2026 55m

Send a textWe are checking back in to speak with the extraordinary Dr. Liz Marnik who discusses her journey into science communication coming from a background where skepticism for vaccines and…

S4E6 The Power of Showing Up with Your Local Epidemiologist Dr. Katelyn Jetelina

Jun 19, 2025 41m

Send a textGreat conversation with the one and only Dr. Katelyn Jetelina, AKA Your Local Epidemiologist, about the power of showing up, the experience with members of the Make America Healthy Again…

S4E5 Finding new ways to impact science communication with Ed Nirenberg

Jun 08, 2025 52m

Send a textToday we chat with Edward Nirenberg, an immunology science communicator who found his calling working with vaccine hesitant parents on facebook and expanding his reach through a blog on…

S4E4 How we fight back with Dr. Jim Alwine

Apr 16, 2025 25m

Send a textToday we sit down with Dr. James Alwine who is a virologist, a professor emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania, a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and…

S4E3 Social Media as a tool for advocacy with The Vaccine Mom

Mar 30, 2025 51m

Send a textToday we have a very special guest, Taryn Chapman also known as "The Vaccine Mom" on instagram, to talk about the power of social media as an advocacy tool. She has a master’s in…

S4E2 Boiling the Ocean of Health Equity and Delivery with Dr. Torian Easterling!!

Mar 23, 2025 53m

Send a textWe sit down today with Dr. Torian Easterling to talk about the challenges of working in health equity and care delivery for the most vulnerable in these uncertain times, the importance of…

S4E1 Defending Public Health with Dr. Gregg Gonsalves

Feb 09, 2025 45m

Send a textWe are here today with Dr. Gregg Gonsalves to discuss ways forward to defend public health. Dr. Gonsalves is an epidemiologist focused on substance use and infectious diseases. He is also…

S3E9 Buckle up Buttercup!! 2025 loading....

Dec 31, 2024 36m

Send a textWe are back to wrap up the year after an accidental hiatus!! We wanted to stop by before the end of the year to discuss what our work looks like in the near future under leadership…

S3E8 Don't shake us down for antibiotics!!! Its allergy season

May 11, 2024 1h 5m

Send a textDr. Toni and Dr. Aimee yuck it up about allergies after getting tons of questions that were really great! We discuss why allergies exist, how annoying they are, why antibiotics dont…

S3E7 Dr. Aimee's Career Journey

Mar 23, 2024 53m

Send a textYay we get a chance to talk to Dr. Aimee about her career journey! She hilariously explains why she decided not to be a doctor, Dr. Toni is still laughing.She takes us through how she…

S3E6 Dr Toni's Career Journey

Mar 10, 2024 1h 3m

Send a textDue to some requests, we are dedicating the next two podcasts to our career journeys and Dr. Toni goes first.Shout out to Dr. Toni's mom who got her a subscription to some animal cards as…

S3E5 DNA integration and vaccines: WHY IT CANNOT HAPPEN!!!!

Feb 21, 2024 49m

Send a textPrompted by an advisory from a person in power in the south, Dr. Aimee and Dr. Toni chat about how that is literally not possible while we catch up since we hadn't talked in awhile.We…

S3E4 Its the remix! Measles Wipes the Hard Drive

Jan 21, 2024 1h 2m

Send a textSpurred by an outbreak in Philadelphia December 2023 and continuing into 2024 with some pockets of infection in Colorado we wanted to re-release our previous podcast on measles for those…

S3E3 Collective trauma and choices during the holidays

Dec 10, 2023 58m

Send a textToday we have two amazing leaders in mental health discussing the issues of holiday anxiety after experiencing the collective trauma of Covid and other global and local tragedies. Do we…

S3E2 HPV--Its about myths and body parts!! With Dr. Pooja Mehta

Nov 06, 2023 1h 1m

Send a textWe have the distinct pleasure of sitting down and chatting with the esteemed Dr. Pooja Mehta.Pooja K. Mehta, MD, MSHP, is a board-certified practicing obstetrician gynecologist, and head…

S3E1 Risk tolerance and using your tools...whatcha gonna do??

Sep 17, 2023 47m

Send a textKicking off season 3 with updates on covid vaccinations (we only need one now yay!!) and what to do with masks.What is your risk tolerance? What is the timing of this new shot? Why did…

The remix! 1 dose, 2 doses, ....87 doses??!!

Aug 13, 2023 1h 3m

Send a textWe bring back these episodes originally released in April 2022 about extra doses and the confusion of using the word booster. We talk about getting certain terms in the graveyard of…

S2E18 Whats up with all these freaking colds??

Jul 18, 2023 40m

Send a textPrompted by a question Dr. Aimee received this podcast tries to explain why we have so many colds and what the difference is between the mild symptoms of a cold and something more serious…

S2E17 The infodemic of misinformation, disinformation and conspiracy theories

Jun 06, 2023 1h 1m

Send a textMeet Evan "the bioethicist" Thornburg, an expert on misinformation, disinformation, and conspiracy theories, who has found notoriety on Tik Tok, sits down with us to talk about health…

S2E16 Tapping into our littles, our spidey sense and turning up our love meter with Kathy Rivera

May 23, 2023 59m

Send a textTrigger warning: Discussion includes suicide and substance useLate mother's day edition!How can you tell if your child is depressed? Anxious? How do we manage our fears about getting "it"…

Frequently Asked Questions

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Help! Make it Make Sense with Dr. Toni and Dr. Aimee has published 50 episodes since April 2022, covering topics in Education, Health & Fitness.

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