We were honored to have the opportunity to interview Kris Newby, the courageous author of “Bitten: The Secret History of Lyme Disease and Biological Warfare.”

Brand new information on the source of “mystery” illnesses that started appearing in the US in the 1960s.

After a visit to Massachusetts, science writer Californian Kris Newby and her husband were struck down with a debilitating disease. Ten different doctors and thousands of dollars later and none of them had a clue – so they told her if was “all in your head.”

Kris Newby, author of Bitten, walks through the origins of Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses, stemming from federal programs to employ them as biological weapons abroad, with Governor Jesse Ventura .

My guest for this episode is Kris Newby. Kris Newby is an award-winning science writer at Stanford University and the senior producer of the Lyme disease documentary, Under Our Skin, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and was a 2010 Oscar semifinalist.