18 Episodes

  1. The Viral Universe Inside Us

    Published: 12/5/2024
  2. Measles: The Cancer Killer?

    Published: 11/26/2024
  3. Mosquitoes, Viruses and the History of the World

    Published: 11/21/2024
  4. HIV: Racing to Identify a Killer

    Published: 11/14/2024
  5. Shingles: The Mystery of Pain

    Published: 11/7/2024
  6. Epstein-Barr Virus: The Fog of Discovery

    Published: 10/31/2024
  7. Ebola: Preventing the Next Pandemic

    Published: 10/24/2024
  8. Rabies: When Monsters are Real

    Published: 10/17/2024
  9. Introducing Incubation Season 2

    Published: 10/10/2024
  10. Phages: Bacteria’s Worst Nightmare

    Published: 10/26/2023
  11. Herpes: Symptoms and Stigma

    Published: 10/19/2023
  12. HPV: Unpacking Papilloma

    Published: 10/12/2023
  13. Influenza: In the Wild

    Published: 10/5/2023
  14. The Common Cold: A Viral Mystery

    Published: 9/28/2023
  15. RSV: The Quest for a New Vaccine

    Published: 9/21/2023
  16. Polio: The Last Mile

    Published: 9/14/2023
  17. Smallpox: Gone but Not Forgotten

    Published: 9/7/2023
  18. Introducing: Incubation

    Published: 8/31/2023

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Incubation is a show about how viruses attack people – and how people fight back. This season, we talk to a scientist who fought the spread of Ebola while risking his life. We learn how a ubiquitous virus causes cancer and multiple sclerosis. And we hear how a mosquito-borne virus helped defend an empire. Stories of discovery, heartbreak, and heroic nerds drop weekly on Thursdays starting October 17th.