Public Health is Dead

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Episodes 14

Avg. Duration 53m

Activity Highly Active

Apple Rating ★ 4.8 (74)

Since Oct 2024

Latest Episode Apr 2026

Publishing Details

Schedule

Every 2 Months

Format

Episodic

Consistency

30%

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feeds.simplecast.com

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About This Podcast

Public Health is Dead is an award-winning public health advocacy show. It's a forward-thinking autopsy on how we've f*cked up in public health. How do we prepare for future pandemics while we're already in the thick of one? And how do we reinvent systems that place some of us closer to death? Through examining our past successes and failures, often through the lens of COVID, we plot a route out of apathy and denial towards health liberation for all. You'll hear unusual tales of how we've battled infectious disease throughout history and mind-stretching interviews with undaunted public health advocates today. This podcast is your anti-establishment field guide to surviving in the new age of pandemics — full of vision, hope, and a little punk rock attitude. Public Health is Dead is a eulogy for the field as we know it and a gathering of voices to map out where we go next. *** Public Health is Dead is a 2025 Signal Award-winning podcast for Best Education Podcast (Gold) and Best Science Podcast (Silver). It also won Gold at the W3 Awards in Science & Technology and was nominated in the 2025 International Women's Podcast Awards for "Moment of Factual Clarity" and 3x in the 2025 Canadian Podcast Awards for Outstanding Debut for a Series, Outstanding Science Series, and Outstanding Health & Wellness Series. *** Visit publichealthisdead.com for more information

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Recent Episodes

TIME for Pandemic Gaslighting

Apr 24, 2026 57m Bonus

This is a piece from the "pandemic-is-over-bro-just-trust-us" hall of fame. Daniella & MJ (host of "Everything is Public Health") deconstruct TIME magazine's "The COVID-19 Pandemic Will Be Over…

Legacies of Colonialism in Public Health

Apr 15, 2026 1h 8m

Public health has been used as a tool of empire for centuries. Keeping settlers healthy enough to maintain colonial control over land, resources, and capital is a part of public health’s history.…

PHMC - Everything is Tuberculosis

Jan 21, 2026 44m Bonus

Book report! What Daniella & MJ liked and didn't like about John Green's newest book, "Everything is Tuberculosis". Written in the age of COVID, does he address the thing TB is known for:…

SPECIAL: Beyond Baggy Blues—how to stop COVID in hospitals

Dec 25, 2025 41m

If you go into hospital, you shouldn’t have to worry about getting more sick. Many people get COVID, flu, and other airborne infections from being in hospital, even though it’s preventable. This is a…

Bad Press: How the media manufactures consent in the age of COVID

Nov 28, 2025 1h 15m

Most people get a lot of what they know about public health from what’s in the news. But what’s in the news—and the way it’s talked about—is not always clear or accurate. This episode tracks how the…

PHMC - Measles on the Backburner

Sep 03, 2025 1h 1m Bonus

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PHMC - Still Masking After All These Years

Jul 16, 2025 53m Bonus

This is Public Health Media Club—a chatty and critical exchange about public health in the media!Daniella (of "Public Health is Dead") & MJ (of "Everything is Public Health") do a crossover…

SPECIAL: "But My Therapist Said"—COVID-Informed Therapists Chat

Jun 28, 2025 1h 4m Bonus

Ever heard anyone say they can't care about COVID anymore because it's bad for their mental health? Or their therapist said people still masking have "COVID anxiety"?Well, here are three mental…

How to Stop an Epidemic: When SARS Came to the ER

May 21, 2025 58m

In March 2003, one SARS patient showed up in a Vancouver emergency room and another went to a Toronto emergency room. But two very different sequences of events unfolded.Dr. Lyne Filiatrault was…

Something's in the Air (The Airborne Transmission Error)

Mar 09, 2025 54m

How a mixup about airborne transmission led to one of the biggest public health errors in history. 5 years since the COVID pandemic began, public health has yet to clearly address it. A lot of…

An Air-Raising Experience at the Orpheum Theatre

Dec 22, 2024 30m

A field trip to the Orpheum Theatre in Vancouver to learn more about their ventilation system, built after the 1918 flu pandemic. Ladies and Gentlethems, the show you’ve all been waiting for, the…

Long COVID: The Experts Were Wrong with Dr. Ziyad Al-Aly and Hazie Thompson

Nov 29, 2024 1h 2m

Could you have Long COVID and not know it? Possibly, according to a leading Long COVID physician-epidemiologist who explains what the condition is and how it has impacted millions of people around…

Here Lies Public Health

Nov 29, 2024 22m

What is public health? A quick intro to the show, your host, and what to expect. Public health may be dead but we're not dead yet!***If you’ve always wanted more clarity about what public health is…

Introducing Public Health is Dead

Oct 24, 2024 2m Trailer

If you have a feeling something isn’t quite right in the world of disease control...If your kids are sick of being sick (and their teachers are too)...If your favourite artists keep cancelling their…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many episodes does Public Health is Dead have?

Public Health is Dead has published 14 episodes since October 2024, covering topics in Education, Health & Fitness.

Is Public Health is Dead still active?

Public Health is Dead is currently highly active with new episodes every 2 months. Average episode length is 53m.

How do I contact Public Health is Dead for sponsorship or guest appearances?