Explore every episode of the podcast Tierah Ruins Things With Science
| Title | Pub. Date | Duration | |
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| S3E1 - Chlamydia | 01 Sep 2026 | 01:02:18 | |
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 tierahruinsthings@gmail.com 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
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| S1 Bonus 2 - The Santa Clause | 24 May 2026 | 00:31:30 | |
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. 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 tierahruinsthings@gmail.com 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
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| S1 BONUS - The Last of Us Extras | 24 May 2026 | 00:48:11 | |
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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| S1E6 - The Last of Us | 24 May 2026 | 00:31:44 | |
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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| S1E5 - The Tomorrow War | 24 May 2026 | 00:29:40 | |
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.
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| S1E4 - Black Death | 24 May 2026 | 00:42:07 | |
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.
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| S1E3 - The Rock | 24 May 2026 | 00:25:59 | |
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.
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| S1E2 - Venom | 24 May 2026 | 00:20:33 | |
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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| S1E1 - Star Trek TNG The Naked Now | 24 May 2026 | 00:24:58 | |
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 tierahruinsthings@gmail.com 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
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 | |||
| Booster Shot #9 | 16 May 2026 | 00:24:34 | |
Welcome to a Tierah Ruins Things with Science Booster Shot, a new exclusive bonus series for paid Substack and Patreon subscribers. Every couple of weeks in between regular seasons, I’ll be posting shorter bonus episodes with even more content of me critiquing science and talking about movies and stuff. 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 lungworm which is ever-so-briefly mentioned in Star Trek (2009). 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/booster-shot-9-show-notes Follow me: https://patreon.com/tierahruinsthings https://www.facebook.com/tierahruinsthingswithscience/ https://www.tiktok.com/@tierahruinsthingswithsci https://www.instagram.com/tierahruinsthingspodcast/ https://bsky.app/profile/tierahruinsthings.bsky.social Send in your show suggestions to tierahruinsthings@gmail.com Research, writing, recording, and editing done by Tierah Hinchliffe. Thank you to I Effigy for the 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 | |||
| S2E6 - Tombstone | 22 Nov 2025 | 01:15:52 | |
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: https://patreon.com/tierahruinsthings https://www.facebook.com/tierahruinsthingswithscience/ https://www.tiktok.com/@tierahruinsthingswithsci https://www.instagram.com/tierahruinsthingspodcast/ https://bsky.app/profile/tierahruinsthings.bsky.social Send in your show suggestions to tierahruinsthings@gmail.com 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 | 21 Nov 2025 | 00:58:33 | |
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: https://patreon.com/tierahruinsthings https://www.facebook.com/tierahruinsthingswithscience/ https://www.tiktok.com/@tierahruinsthingswithsci https://www.instagram.com/tierahruinsthingspodcast/ https://bsky.app/profile/tierahruinsthings.bsky.social Send in your show suggestions to tierahruinsthings@gmail.com 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 | 20 Nov 2025 | 00:53:19 | |
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 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: https://patreon.com/tierahruinsthings https://www.facebook.com/tierahruinsthingswithscience/ https://www.tiktok.com/@tierahruinsthingswithsci https://www.instagram.com/tierahruinsthingspodcast/ https://bsky.app/profile/tierahruinsthings.bsky.social Send in your show suggestions to tierahruinsthings@gmail.com 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 | 19 Nov 2025 | 01:07:09 | |
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: https://patreon.com/tierahruinsthings https://www.facebook.com/tierahruinsthingswithscience/ https://www.tiktok.com/@tierahruinsthingswithsci https://www.instagram.com/tierahruinsthingspodcast/ https://bsky.app/profile/tierahruinsthings.bsky.social Send in your show suggestions to tierahruinsthings@gmail.com 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 | |||
| S2E2 - Downton Abbey S2E8 | 18 Nov 2025 | 00:48:03 | |
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 1918 Influenza as shown on Downton Abbey, S2E8. 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://tierahruinsthings.substack.com/p/s2e2-downton-abbey-s2e8 Follow me: https://patreon.com/tierahruinsthings https://www.facebook.com/tierahruinsthingswithscience/ https://www.tiktok.com/@tierahruinsthingswithsci https://www.instagram.com/tierahruinsthingspodcast/ https://bsky.app/profile/tierahruinsthings.bsky.social Send in your show suggestions to tierahruinsthings@gmail.com 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 | |||
| S2E1 - Little House on the Prairie and Outlander | 17 Nov 2025 | 00:55:20 | |
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 Typhus shown on Little House on the Prairie S1E18, and Typhoid Fever shown in Outlander, S3E9&10 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://tierahruinsthings.substack.com/p/s2e1-little-house-on-the-prairie Follow me: https://www.facebook.com/tierahruinsthingswithscience/ https://www.tiktok.com/@tierahruinsthingswithsci https://www.instagram.com/tierahruinsthingspodcast/ https://patreon.com/tierahruinsthings https://bsky.app/profile/tierahruinsthings.bsky.social Send in your show suggestions to tierahruinsthings@gmail.com 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 | |||
| Season 2 Trailer | 16 Nov 2025 | 00:02:10 | |
Season 2 starts dropping in your feed tomorrow, Nov 17! 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. Follow me: https://patreon.com/tierahruinsthings https://www.facebook.com/tierahruinsthingswithscience/ https://www.tiktok.com/@tierahruinsthingswithsci https://www.instagram.com/tierahruinsthingspodcast/ https://bsky.app/profile/tierahruinsthings.bsky.social Send in your show suggestions to tierahruinsthings@gmail.com 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 | |||