Matt Sabatello and Rich Johannesen

Tick Boot Camp

Tick Boot Camp is a Lyme disease and tick-borne illness podcast featuring interviews with leading doctors, researchers, scientists, patients, advocates, and experts. Explore Lyme disease symptoms, testing, diagnosis, treatment, recovery, chronic Lyme disease, coinfections, PANS/PANDAS, MCAS, neurological symptoms, emerging research, and the latest advances in tick-borne disease care. Through expert education and powerful patient stories, Tick Boot Camp provides hope, validation, practical information, and a community for people navigating Lyme disease and complex chronic illness.

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12 September 2026

Episode 579: Phage Therapy for Lyme Disease? Dr. David Jernigan Explains INPT & Bacteriophages

What if some of the most powerful tools for controlling chronic bacterial infections are already living inside the human body?In this episode of the Tick Boot Camp Podcast, hosts Matt Sabatello and Rich Johannesen sit down with Dr. David A. Jernigan, DNM, DC, founder of the Biologix Center for Optimum Health, for a deep exploration of Lyme disease, bacteriophages, chronic infection, biological...

05 September 2026

Episode 578: From a Missed Bullseye Rash to Lyme Recovery: My Lyme Success Story | Hannah Green

What happens when a young woman who grew up surrounded by horses and the outdoors develops a mysterious red ring after spending a summer working at a horse camp in West Virginia—but no one recognizes the possibility of Lyme disease?In this episode of the Tick Boot Camp Podcast, we sit down with Hannah Green, a Lyme disease survivor, advocate, and author from England whose international Lyme...

29 August 2026

Episode 577: Brain Fog & Lyme Disease – How Dr. Jacqueline Becker Is Advancing Cognitive Recovery

What happens when Lyme disease affects the brain?Why do so many people with Lyme disease struggle with brain fog, memory problems, difficulty concentrating, and mental fatigue—even after treatment? And how can researchers better understand, measure, and treat these persistent cognitive symptoms?In this episode of the Tick Boot Camp Podcast, we sit down with Dr. Jacqueline Becker, clinical...

22 August 2026

Episode 576: Can AI Transform Lyme Disease Care? Carter & Payton Bradsky of LymeLess

What if the experiences of thousands—or eventually millions—of Lyme disease patients could help the next patient find answers faster?In this episode of the Tick Boot Camp Podcast, we sit down with siblings Carter Bradsky and Payton Bradsky, co-founders of LymeLess Health, to explore their family's extraordinary Lyme disease journey and the technology they're building to help other patients...

15 August 2026

Episode 575: Dr. Casey Kelley Instagram Live: Lyme Disease Research, Treatment Advances, and Why Clinical Experience Matters

In this special Tick Boot Camp Instagram Live, Dr. Casey Kelley returns to discuss the latest developments in Lyme disease diagnosis, treatment, clinician education, and research. Drawing on both her personal recovery journey and years of treating complex chronic illness, Dr. Kelley explains why Lyme disease requires individualized care, why more Lyme-literate clinicians are urgently needed, and...

08 August 2026

Episode 574: Healing Lyme Disease Naturally Through Nervous System Regulation, Frequency Medicine & Faith | Dr. Meagan Bonnot

What if the biggest obstacle to healing Lyme disease isn't just the infection—but the body's inability to feel safe enough to recover?In this inspiring episode of the Tick Boot Camp Podcast, Dr. Meagan Bonnot shares her remarkable journey from being a chronically ill patient with debilitating symptoms to becoming a naturopathic doctor dedicated to helping others recover from complex chronic...

01 August 2026

Episode 573: From Hypervigilance to Healing — Ben Ahrens on Neuroplasticity and Recovering from Chronic Lyme Disease

At Amy Kurtz's But You Look Fine book launch and signing event in New York City, Tick Boot Camp co-founder Matt Sabatello caught up with former guest Ben Ahrens, founder of Re-Origin, for an insightful conversation about neuroplasticity, hypervigilance, chronic Lyme disease recovery, and the emerging science connecting the brain, nervous system, and chronic illness.Since his first appearance on...

25 July 2026

Episode 572: Born with Lyme Disease — How American Ninja Warrior Talan Yorn Turned Adversity into Purpose

What if the greatest obstacle you ever faced became the very thing that inspired thousands of others?In this inspiring episode of the Tick Boot Camp Podcast, Matt Sabatello sits down with Talan Yorn, an 18-year-old American Ninja Warrior competitor, Lyme disease advocate, public speaker, author, and founder of Lyme Ninja. Born with congenital Lyme disease, Talan has never known life without...

11 July 2026

Episode 570: Medical Trauma Brain, Emotional Healing After Lyme Disease & Reclaiming Life Beyond Chronic Illness | Amy Kurtz

What happens after Lyme disease treatment ends—but you still don't feel like yourself?In this powerful in-person Tick Boot Camp studio interview, bestselling author, certified health coach, and Lyme disease advocate Amy Kurtz returns to discuss her groundbreaking new book, But You Look Fine: Trapped in the Hell Between Sick and Well and How To Break Free.Following the overwhelming response to her...

04 July 2026

Episode 569: Air Force Major Trent Vonich on Lyme Disease, Military Service, and Finding a New Mission

What happens when an active-duty Air Force officer, elite athlete, and aspiring astronaut suddenly finds his health slipping away—and no one can explain why?In this episode of the Tick Boot Camp Podcast, we sit down with Major Trent Vonich, a United States Air Force officer whose relentless pursuit of answers led him through years of unexplained symptoms, medical uncertainty, and ultimately a...