Episode · Freakonomics Radio · 2025-01-10

Books mentioned on 617. Are You Really Allergic to Penicillin?

1 book · With Kimberly Blumenthal, Theresa MacPhail, Thomas Platts-Mills, Elena Resnick · Listen · Watch on YouTube

Like tens of millions of people, Stephen Dubner thought he had a penicillin allergy. Like the vast majority, he didn’t.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

  1. Allergic

    Theresa MacPhail · at 23:21

    Allergic by Theresa MacPhail is an informative exploration of our irritated bodies in a changing world that investigates the science and history behind the dramatic rise of allergies.

    Discussed
    “mcf recently published a book called allergic our irritated body in a changing world”
    Where to get it