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230: Forgotten Flu: America & the 1918 Pandemic
Podcast |
BackStory
Publisher |
BackStory
Panoply
Media Type |
audio
Podknife tags |
History
Society & Culture
Categories Via RSS |
Education
History
Publication Date |
Feb 02, 2018
Episode Duration |
00:45:06
The U.S. is in the grips of the worst flu season in nearly a decade, with hospitals full across the country. But it’s nothing compared to the flu season one hundred years ago, when a nationwide pandemic killed over half a million Americans. Brian, Nathan, and Joanne look back at the so-called “Spanish Flu,” how it affected the U.S., and why it’s often forgotten today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices (https://megaphone.fm/adchoices)
BackStory is a weekly public podcast hosted by U.S. historians Ed Ayers, Brian Balogh, Nathan Connolly and Joanne Freeman. We're based in Charlottesville, Va. at Virginia Humanities. There’s the history you had to learn, and the history you want to learn - that’s where BackStory comes in. Each week BackStory takes a topic that people are talking about and explores it through the lens of American history. Through stories, interviews, and conversations with our listeners, BackStory makes history engaging and fun.

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