100: The Germ & Worm Century Episode!

About this episode

Drs. Paul Pottinger and Chris Sanford reflect on their experiences and insights from the first 100 episodes of the Germ & Worm podcast.

Wassaaaaaaap! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger & Chris Sanford talk about their journey over the first 100 episodes of Germ and Worm! Topics they will cover include: Why did we create this podcast in the first place? What advice would we share with someone thinking of starting their own podcast? What challenges have we faced during this process? What are our favorite questions from these first 800 we have answered? What about politics and travel health... how do we navigate that? What's next for Germ and Worm? We hope you enjoy this podcast! If so, please follow us on the socials @germ.and.worm, subscribe to our RSS feed and share with your friends! We would so appreciate your rating and review to help us grow our audience. And, please visit our website: germandworm.com where you can find all our content and send us your questions and travel health anecdotes. Or, just send us an email: germandworm@gmail.com . Our Disclaimer: The Germ and Worm Podcast is designed to inform, inspire, and entertain. However, this podcast does NOT establish a doctor-patient relationship, and it should NOT replace your conversation with a qualified healthcare professional…

People in this episode

Hosts: Dr. Paul Pottinger, Dr. Chris Sanford

Topics covered

• podcast journey
• travel medicine
• podcasting advice
• challenges in podcasting
• audience engagement
• politics and travel health
• future of the podcast

Keywords

• Germ & Worm
• travel medicine
• podcasting
• health
• audience growth
• politics
• challenges
• advice

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Washington, UW Medicine

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