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18 episodes
Language
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Tierah HinchliffeExplicit
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Date created
2023/01/28
Latest episode
2026/11/06
Average duration
48 min.
Release period
26 days
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A podcast that critiques the science of infectious diseases in pop culture. Full of memes, references, and a bit of swearing. Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, PocketCasts, and Youtube. tierahruinsthings.substack.com
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S3E3 - Syphilis
2026/11/06
Welcome to Tierah Ruins Things with Science, a podcast about infectious diseases in tv shows and movies, delivered in an accessible way for non-scientists. This is for entertainment only and is not to be confused with medical advice. Slight content warning as I swear a little bit.
This episode is about the space virus that infects the crew of the Enterprise and causes them to act like they're drunk, in episode Star Trek TNG S1E2 The Naked Now, and Star Trek TOS S1E4 The Naked Time. Discussion includes prions, polymers, the Polywater Gap, and my conclusions on what actually happened.
Here’s a link to sources and a transcript: https://www.tierahruinsthings.com/post/s1e1-star-trek-tng-the-naked-now
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Send in your show suggestions to [email protected]
Research, writing, recording, and editing done by Tierah Hinchliffe
Music written and provided by James Stratton-Crawley, who also helped with editing.
Links to his channels are here:
https://soundcloud.com/jscrawley
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2EymoLkbTY4m4vg6M97BWq
https://jscrawley.com/
This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tierahruinsthings.substack.com/subscribe
S3E2 - Gonorrhea
2026/10/01
Welcome to Tierah Ruins Things with Science, a podcast about infectious diseases in tv shows and movies, delivered in an accessible way for non-scientists. This is for entertainment only and is not to be confused with medical advice. Slight content warning as I swear a little bit.
This episode is about the space virus that infects the crew of the Enterprise and causes them to act like they're drunk, in episode Star Trek TNG S1E2 The Naked Now, and Star Trek TOS S1E4 The Naked Time. Discussion includes prions, polymers, the Polywater Gap, and my conclusions on what actually happened.
Here’s a link to sources and a transcript: https://www.tierahruinsthings.com/post/s1e1-star-trek-tng-the-naked-now
Follow me:
https://www.tierahruinsthings.com/
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https://www.tiktok.com/@tierahruinsthingspodcast
https://www.instagram.com/tierahruinsthingspodcast/
Send in your show suggestions to [email protected]
Research, writing, recording, and editing done by Tierah Hinchliffe
Music written and provided by James Stratton-Crawley, who also helped with editing.
Links to his channels are here:
https://soundcloud.com/jscrawley
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2EymoLkbTY4m4vg6M97BWq
https://jscrawley.com/
This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tierahruinsthings.substack.com/subscribe
S3E1 - Chlamydia
2026/09/01
Welcome to Tierah Ruins Things with Science, a podcast about infectious diseases in tv shows and movies, delivered in an accessible way for non-scientists. This is for entertainment only and is not to be confused with medical advice. Slight content warning as I swear a little bit.
This episode is about the space virus that infects the crew of the Enterprise and causes them to act like they're drunk, in episode Star Trek TNG S1E2 The Naked Now, and Star Trek TOS S1E4 The Naked Time. Discussion includes prions, polymers, the Polywater Gap, and my conclusions on what actually happened.
Here’s a link to sources and a transcript: https://www.tierahruinsthings.com/post/s1e1-star-trek-tng-the-naked-now
Follow me:
https://www.tierahruinsthings.com/
https://www.facebook.com/tierahruinsthingswithscience/
https://www.tiktok.com/@tierahruinsthingspodcast
https://www.instagram.com/tierahruinsthingspodcast/
Send in your show suggestions to [email protected]
Research, writing, recording, and editing done by Tierah Hinchliffe
Music written and provided by James Stratton-Crawley, who also helped with editing.
Links to his channels are here:
https://soundcloud.com/jscrawley
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2EymoLkbTY4m4vg6M97BWq
https://jscrawley.com/
This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tierahruinsthings.substack.com/subscribe
S1 Bonus 2 - The Santa Clause
2026/05/24
Welcome to Tierah Ruins Things with Science, a podcast about infectious diseases in tv shows and movies, delivered in an accessible way for non-scientists. This is for entertainment only and is not to be confused with medical advice. Slight content warning as I swear a little bit.
This episode is about the classic holiday movie The Santa Clause, and the (made up) infectious disease that can make you turn into Santa.
Here’s a link to sources and a transcript.
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Send in your show suggestions to [email protected]
Research, writing, recording, and editing done by Tierah Hinchliffe
Music written and provided by James Stratton-Crawley, who also helped with editing.
Links to his channels are here:
https://www.electricskullmeat.com/
https://soundcloud.com/jscrawley
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2EymoLkbTY4m4vg6M97BWq
https://jscrawley.com/
This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tierahruinsthings.substack.com/subscribe
S1 BONUS - The Last of Us Extras
2026/05/24
Welcome to Tierah Ruins Things with Science, a podcast about infectious diseases in tv shows and movies, delivered in an accessible way for non-scientists. This is for entertainment only and is not to be confused with medical advice. Slight content warning as I swear a little bit.
This episode is a conversation I had with a friend of mine, Jeremy Nordstrom, who worked as a set dresser on The Last of Us Season 1. We talked about what his experiences were, how he got his job, some fun extras he put in, how he asked me for help in creating materials for the sets, some future projects he's working on, and a whole lot of other things.
Here’s a link to a couple photos we mention in the show.
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Send in your show suggestions to [email protected]
Research, writing, recording, and editing done by Tierah Hinchliffe
Music written and provided by James Stratton-Crawley, who also helped with editing.
Links to his channels are here:
https://soundcloud.com/jscrawley
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2EymoLkbTY4m4vg6M97BWq
https://jscrawley.com/
This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tierahruinsthings.substack.com/subscribe
S1E6 - The Last of Us
2026/05/24
Welcome to Tierah Ruins Things with Science, a podcast about infectious diseases in tv shows and movies, delivered in an accessible way for non-scientists. This is for entertainment only and is not to be confused with medical advice. Slight content warning as I swear a little bit.
This episode is about The Last of Us, cordyceps and ophiocordyceps, an explanation of taxonomy, how the fungus works, how I think it would have to mutate to infect humans, and how Ellie survived the fungus and bites.
Here’s a link to sources and a transcript.
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https://www.tiktok.com/@tierahruinsthingspodcast
https://www.instagram.com/tierahruinsthingspodcast/
Send in your show suggestions to [email protected]
Research, writing, recording, and editing done by Tierah Hinchliffe
Music written and provided by James Stratton-Crawley, who also helped with editing.
Links to his channels are here:
https://soundcloud.com/jscrawley
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2EymoLkbTY4m4vg6M97BWq
https://jscrawley.com/
This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tierahruinsthings.substack.com/subscribe
S1E5 - The Tomorrow War
2026/05/24
Welcome to Tierah Ruins Things with Science, a podcast about infectious diseases in tv shows and movies, delivered in an accessible way for non-scientists. This is for entertainment only and is not to be confused with medical advice. Slight content warning as I swear a little bit.
This episode is about The Tomorrow War, a futuristic movie with aliens, toxins, a few rather picky rants about little things, and lots of talk of venoms and poisons.
Here’s a link to sources and a transcript.
Follow me:
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https://www.instagram.com/tierahruinsthingspodcast/
Send in your show suggestions to [email protected]
Research, writing, recording, and editing done by Tierah Hinchliffe
Music written and provided by James Stratton-Crawley, who also helped with editing.
Links to his channels are here:
https://soundcloud.com/jscrawley
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2EymoLkbTY4m4vg6M97BWq
https://jscrawley.com/
This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tierahruinsthings.substack.com/subscribe
S1E4 - Black Death
2026/05/24
Welcome to Tierah Ruins Things with Science, a podcast about infectious diseases in tv shows and movies, delivered in an accessible way for non-scientists. This is for entertainment only and is not to be confused with medical advice. Slight content warning as I swear a little bit.
This episode is about the 2010 movie Black Death, which means I talk about the Bubonic Plague, the first incident of biological warfare, and whether or not there are any species of English moss that might have medicinal properties.
Here’s a link to sources and a transcript.
Follow me:
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Send in your show suggestions to [email protected]
Research, writing, recording, and editing done by Tierah Hinchliffe
Music written and provided by James Stratton-Crawley, who also helped with editing.
Links to his channels are here:
https://soundcloud.com/jscrawley
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2EymoLkbTY4m4vg6M97BWq
https://jscrawley.com/
This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tierahruinsthings.substack.com/subscribe
S1E3 - The Rock
2026/05/24
Welcome to Tierah Ruins Things with Science, a podcast about infectious diseases in tv shows and movies, delivered in an accessible way for non-scientists. This is for entertainment only and is not to be confused with medical advice. Slight content warning as I swear a little bit.
This episode is about the classic 1996 movie The Rock, nerve gases, a documentary called Inside Porton Down, and a fun digression into V for Vendetta.
Here’s a link to sources and a transcript.
Follow me:
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https://www.instagram.com/tierahruinsthingspodcast/
Send in your show suggestions to [email protected]
Research, writing, recording, and editing done by Tierah Hinchliffe
Music written and provided by James Stratton-Crawley, who also helped with editing.
Links to his channels are here:
https://soundcloud.com/jscrawley
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2EymoLkbTY4m4vg6M97BWq
https://jscrawley.com/
This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tierahruinsthings.substack.com/subscribe
S1E2 - Venom
2026/05/24
Welcome to Tierah Ruins Things with Science, a podcast about infectious diseases in tv shows and movies, delivered in an accessible way for non-scientists. This is for entertainment only and is not to be confused with medical advice. Slight content warning as I swear a little bit.
This episode is about the Marvel movie Venom, parasites and mutualistic organisms, and what I think Venom is (since we know he's NOT a parasite!).
Here’s a link to sources and a transcript.
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Send in your show suggestions to [email protected]
Research, writing, recording, and editing done by Tierah Hinchliffe
Music written and provided by James Stratton-Crawley, who also helped with editing.
Links to his channels are here:
https://soundcloud.com/jscrawley
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2EymoLkbTY4m4vg6M97BWq
https://jscrawley.com/
This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tierahruinsthings.substack.com/subscribe
S1E1 - Star Trek TNG The Naked Now
2026/05/24
Welcome to Tierah Ruins Things with Science, a podcast about infectious diseases in tv shows and movies, delivered in an accessible way for non-scientists. This is for entertainment only and is not to be confused with medical advice. Slight content warning as I swear a little bit.
This episode is about the space virus that infects the crew of the Enterprise and causes them to act like they're drunk, in episode Star Trek TNG S1E2 The Naked Now, and Star Trek TOS S1E4 The Naked Time. Discussion includes prions, polymers, the Polywater Gap, and my conclusions on what actually happened.
Here’s a link to sources and a transcript: https://www.tierahruinsthings.com/post/s1e1-star-trek-tng-the-naked-now
Follow me:
https://www.tierahruinsthings.com/
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https://www.tiktok.com/@tierahruinsthingspodcast
https://www.instagram.com/tierahruinsthingspodcast/
Send in your show suggestions to [email protected]
Research, writing, recording, and editing done by Tierah Hinchliffe
Music written and provided by James Stratton-Crawley, who also helped with editing.
Links to his channels are here:
https://soundcloud.com/jscrawley
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2EymoLkbTY4m4vg6M97BWq
https://jscrawley.com/
This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tierahruinsthings.substack.com/subscribe
S2E6 - Tombstone
2025/11/22
Welcome to Tierah Ruins Things with Science, a podcast about infectious diseases in tv shows and movies, delivered in an accessible way for non-scientists. This is for entertainment only and is not to be confused with medical advice. Slight content warning as I swear a little bit.
This episode is about the 1993 movie Tombstone. I talk about a few other things, too, including Les Mis and Moulin Rouge.
All sound clips used are property of the copyright owner used under fair use policy and no infringement is intended
Here’s a link to sources and a transcript: https://open.substack.com/pub/tierahruinsthings/p/s2e6-tombstone
Follow me:
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https://bsky.app/profile/tierahruinsthings.bsky.social
Send in your show suggestions to [email protected]
Research, writing, recording, and editing done by Tierah Hinchliffe.
Thank you to I Effigy for this season’s theme song, you can follow them on Spotify here.
This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tierahruinsthings.substack.com/subscribe
S2E5 - Winterhawk
2025/11/21
Welcome to Tierah Ruins Things with Science, a podcast about infectious diseases in tv shows and movies, delivered in an accessible way for non-scientists. This is for entertainment only and is not to be confused with medical advice. Slight content warning as I swear a little bit.
This episode is about the 1975 movie Winterhawk, and I mention a few other tv show episodes, too, like ER, House, and Deadwood.
All sound clips used are property of the copyright owner used under fair use policy and no infringement is intended
Here’s a link to sources and a transcript: https://open.substack.com/pub/tierahruinsthings/p/s2e5-winterhawk
Follow me:
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https://bsky.app/profile/tierahruinsthings.bsky.social
Send in your show suggestions to [email protected]
Research, writing, recording, and editing done by Tierah Hinchliffe.
Thank you to I Effigy for this season’s theme song, you can follow them on Spotify here.
This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tierahruinsthings.substack.com/subscribe
S2E4 - Warm Springs
2025/11/20
Welcome to Tierah Ruins Things with Science, a podcast about infectious diseases in tv shows and movies, delivered in an accessible way for non-scientists. This is for entertainment only and is not to be confused with medical advice. Slight content warning as I swear a little bit.
This episode is about the 2005 TV movie Warm Springs.
All sound clips used are property of the copyright owner used under fair use policy and no infringement is intended
Here’s a link to sources and a transcript: https://open.substack.com/pub/tierahruinsthings/p/s2e4-warm-springs
Follow me:
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https://bsky.app/profile/tierahruinsthings.bsky.social
Send in your show suggestions to [email protected]
Research, writing, recording, and editing done by Tierah Hinchliffe.
Thank you to I Effigy for this season’s theme song, you can follow them on Spotify here.
This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tierahruinsthings.substack.com/subscribe
S2E3 - Philadelphia
2025/11/19
Welcome to Tierah Ruins Things with Science, a podcast about infectious diseases in tv shows and movies, delivered in an accessible way for non-scientists. This is for entertainment only and is not to be confused with medical advice. Slight content warning as I swear a little bit.
This episode is about the 1994 movie Philadelphia.
*CORRECTION: At one point in this episode I say that by 1994, HIV had become the leading cause of death for ALL Americans, and this is not correct. The stat that in 1994 it was the leading cause of death for MEN aged 25 - 44 is correct.
All sound clips used are property of the copyright owner used under fair use policy and no infringement is intended
Here’s a link to sources and a transcript: https://open.substack.com/pub/tierahruinsthings/p/s2e3-philadelphia
Follow me:
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https://www.facebook.com/tierahruinsthingswithscience/
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https://www.instagram.com/tierahruinsthingspodcast/
https://bsky.app/profile/tierahruinsthings.bsky.social
Send in your show suggestions to [email protected]
Research, writing, recording, and editing done by Tierah Hinchliffe.
Thank you to I Effigy for this season’s theme song, you can follow them on Spotify here.
This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tierahruinsthings.substack.com/subscribe
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