Best 20 Medical History Podcasts in the US

A curated list of the best medical history podcasts to listen to. Each listing includes host, booking agent, and producer contact information to facilitate collaborations.

1. Travel Medicine Podcast

Travel Medicine Podcast
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A Medical show for non-medical people, about history, comedy, travel and all the ways we find medicine

Hosts

Joshua Dworetzky (Male), Dr. Santhosh Nadipuram (Male)

Producer/Network

Travel MDia

Email

****@gmail.com

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Apple Rating

5/5

Apple Review

(US) 17

Avg Length

52 mins
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2. Infectious Historians

Infectious Historians
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Covering infectious diseases through history from plague to COVID-19.

Hosts

Merle Eisenberg (Female), Lee Mordechai (Male)

Producer/Network

InfectiousHistorians

Email

****@okstate.edu

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Apple Rating

4.8/5

Apple Review

(US) 23

Avg Length

67 mins

3. Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine

Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine
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Join Dr. Sydnee McElroy and her husband Justin McElroy for a tour of all the dumb, bad, gross, weird and

Hosts

Dr. Sydnee McElroy (Female), Justin McElroy (Male)

Producer/Network

Maximum Fun

Email

****@mbmbam.com

Listener Type

Medical Students, History Enthusiast, Medical Professional

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Apple Rating

4.8/5

Apple Review

(US) 14609

Avg Length

42 mins

4. WarDocs - The Military Medicine Podcast

WarDocs - The Military Medicine Podcast
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Welcome to WarDocs! This is a podcast developed and hosted by 3 Army surgeons, Doug, Wayne and Kevin who all

Hosts

Doug Soderdahl (Male), Wayne Causey (Male), Kevin Kniery (Male)

Producer/Network

Doug Soderdahl, Wayne Causey, Kevin Kniery

Email

****@gmail.com

Listener Type

Medical Students, History Enthusiast

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Apple Rating

5/5

Apple Review

(US) 145

Avg Length

48 mins

5. New Books in Medicine

New Books in Medicine
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Interviews with Scholars of Medicine about their New BookSupport our show by becoming a premium member!

Host

Marshall Poe (Male)

Producer/Network

Marshall Poe

Email

****@gmail.com

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Apple Rating

4.8/5

Apple Review

(US) 17

Avg Length

54 mins

6. Behind the Walls of the World's Psychiatric Hospitals

Behind the Walls of the World's Psychiatric Hospitals
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This podcast examines the history of now-defunct or abandoned psychiatric hospitals. Listen every week to

Host

Dr. Sarah Gallup (Female)

Producer/Network

Dr. Sarah Gallup

Email

****@georgefox.edu

Listener Type

Mental Health Advocates, Psychologists, Mental Health Professionals

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Apple Rating

4.9/5

Apple Review

(US) 57

Avg Length

34 mins

7. Toxic History!

Toxic History!
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Toxic History! is a narrative medicine lecture series where medical experts tell you stories from the history

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Apple Rating

5/5

Apple Review

(US) 7

Avg Length

23 mins

8. This Podcast Will Kill You

This Podcast Will Kill You
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This podcast might not actually kill you, but Erin Welsh and Erin Allmann Updyke cover so many things that

Hosts

Erin Welsh (Female), Erin Allmann Updyke (Female)

Producer/Network

Exactly Right

Email

****@gmail.com

Listener Type

Medical Students, Science Enthusiasts

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Apple Rating

4.8/5

Apple Review

(US) 16327

Avg Length

69 mins

9. EPIDEMIC with Dr. Celine Gounder

EPIDEMIC with Dr. Celine Gounder
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Eradicating Smallpox: The Heroes that Wiped out a 3,000-Year-Old VirusOne of humanity's greatest triumphs is

Host

Dr. Celine Gounder (Female)

Producer/Network

KFF Health News and JUST HUMAN PRODUCTIONS

Email

****@justhumanproductions.org

Listener Type

Policy Makers, Historians

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Apple Rating

4.6/5

Apple Review

(US) 1007

Avg Length

20 mins

10. Legends of Surgery

Legends of Surgery
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This podcast takes an entertaining and informative approach to telling the stories of the people and events

Host

Tyler Rouse (Male)

Email

****@gmail.com

Listener Type

History Buffs, Healthcare Professionals, Medical Students

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Apple Rating

4.7/5

Apple Review

(US) 248

Avg Length

25 mins

11. From Skirts To Scrubs

From Skirts To Scrubs
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Join OBGYN resident physicians, Charlotte Thill (she/her) and Alesha Kotian (she/her), as they navigate what

Hosts

Alesha Kotian (Female), Charlotte Thill (Female)

Email

****@gmail.com

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Apple Rating

5/5

Apple Review

(US) 26

Avg Length

40 mins

12. Defunct Doctors Podcast

Defunct Doctors Podcast
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Defunct Doctors is a podcast about rare, curious, and intriguing medicine. Every week, Dr. Lynne Kramer and

Email

****@gmail.com

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Apple Rating

5/5

Apple Review

(US) 16

Avg Length

43 mins

13. History of Health

History of Health
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Stories of health breakthroughs and the people who made them. Host, Connor Sexton, has studied public health

Producer/Network

Connor Sexton

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Apple Rating

5/5

Apple Review

(US) 13

Avg Length

30 mins

14. Hysterical Medicine

Hysterical Medicine
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Hysterical Medicine explores the occasionally funny, often strange, and outrageously misogynistic history of

Producer/Network

Dr Joe-la DeWitt

Email

****@gmail.com

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Apple Rating

5/5

Apple Review

(US) 4

Avg Length

71 mins

15. Conversations About Mental Health History

Conversations About Mental Health History
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This podcast will dive into the history of mental health, including asylums, treatments, etc.

Estimated listeners

Location

United States

Apple Rating

4.9/5

Apple Review

(US) 7

Avg Length

22 mins