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Health & Wellness

How to get on Drug Story

Hosted by Thomas Goetz.

Should you pitch it?

Guest activity
Sometimes has guests
27% of recent episode titles look like interviews
Episode length
48 min
Median of recent episodes. That is the commitment you would be asking for.
Publishing
Dormant
15 episodes · last 2026-04-29
Language
English
The feed says "en" without a region, so the country is unknown.
Where it's from
Not established
No .uk domain and no region in the feed language. Apple reports the storefront, not the show, so we do not guess.
Reach
5
Percentile among shows you could realistically get on. Not a download count.
Check whether they charge. Some shows sell guest slots rather than booking them, and rates in some fields run to thousands. Nothing in a podcast feed reliably says so, so we do not claim either way. Ask before you write the pitch.
Worth a pitch. This show publishes its own contact, sits outside the national chart, is independently published, and its recent episodes show it books guests.

How this show compares to other health & wellness podcasts

It publishes less often than most Health & Wellness shows, so expect a longer lead time and fewer available slots.

Measured against every health & wellness podcast in the directory that has published in the last year.

This show Category average
Episodes featuring a guest 27% 20%
Episodes in the last 90 days 0 7
Typical episode length 48 min 36 min
Episodes published in total 15 99
Reach percentile 5 50

Reach is a percentile among shows you could realistically get booked on, built from chart history, longevity, activity and cadence. It is not a download figure. Nobody outside a show can see those.

What the show says about itself

Every episode of Drug Story uses one prescription drug to tell surprising, true tales about the business of disease and health. Hosted by award-winning science journalist Thomas Goetz, MPH, this podcast asks the big question: What happens when we use drugs to fix our big problems? www.drugstory.co

Recent episodes

Straight from the feed. The quickest way to judge whether your angle fits.

  1. Bonus Episode: Thomas talks with STAT
  2. On fluoride and tooth decay
  3. On ivermectin and parasites (and other things)
  4. On patent medicines (with Tim Harford)
  5. On medicine, with Dr. Eric Topol
  6. On Ambien and insomnia
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Common questions

Does Drug Story accept guests?

Sometimes has guests. Interviews appear alongside other formats. This is our reading of the show's recent episode titles, not a statement from the show itself.

How do I contact Drug Story?

Yes. Drug Story publishes a contact address in its own RSS feed, and it is the show's own inbox rather than a shared network desk. We hold it and release it to people on a plan. We never invent an address and never send a pitch on your behalf.

How often does Drug Story publish?

It has not published in a long time, so there is no current schedule. There are 15 episodes in the feed. Episodes run about 48 minutes.

Is Drug Story still active?

Yes. It has published within the last year.