Episode 1: War Fever
We talk about how typhus helped destroy Napoleon’s Grand Armee. You can listen to it online here. If you’d like learn more about Napoleon’s invasion of Russia, these books are a good place to start:...
View ArticleEpisode 2: The Bloom Boom
Find out how a flower virus fuelled the first economic bubble on record. For further reading, check out: Tulipmania: Money, Honor, and Knowledge in the Dutch Golden Age, by Anne Goldgar Tulipmania:...
View ArticleEpisode 3: Scarlet Letters
Learn about how the threat of disease made condoms mainstream. To learn more, check out: AIDS and Its Metaphors, by Susan Sontag Brief History of Syphilis, by M Tampa, I Sarbu, C Matei, V Benea, and...
View ArticleEpisode 4: Remus Lupin and the Perks of Being a Werewolf
In this episode, we talk about disease shaped the character of Remus Lupin– my favourite Harry Potter character– and the best-selling book series of all time. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban,...
View ArticleEpisode 5: Sick Chic
In this episode, we talk about how tuberculosis became a fad in Romantic era England. Winged Figure, by Abbott Handerson Thayer To learn more, check out: Catching Breath: The Making and Unmaking of...
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