Peste: Pandemics and Epidemics in History

Have you ever wondered what the point was of getting a vaccine? Did you maybe take this a little further than necessary? Well, then join a bunch of people from history who behaved just like you did, and strap in for another episode of Peste: The History of Pandemics and Epidemics.Email me at pestehistory@gmail.com!

Ever wonder what it would be like to have half your friends die and also believe this had something to do with how smelly the river was? Wonder no more! This episode focuses on the Black Death, the largest recorded pandemic in human history.I forgot to write down the sources for this episode, but guess what! You can email me now:pestehistory@gmail.com

The 1918 influenza pandemic, or as it became known, the Spanish flu, was a deadly outbreak that killed millions of people over the span of just a few short years. The aim of this episode is to talk about some of the possible ways the influenza came about, how it was handled and what our obsession with its origins impact our ability to talk about it today.Some of the sources used for this podcast include:Barry, John M. The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History. New York: Viking, 2004.Byrne, Joseph Patrick. Encyclopedia of Pestilence, Pandemics and Plagues. Westport, Conneticut: Greenwood Press, 2008.Iezzoni, Lynette. Influenza 1918: The Worst Epidemic in American History. New York: TV Books, 1999.