Instant Genius | 2 April 2023 | 0h 29m | Listen Later 
| 
Podcasts | Spotify
Interview with Jonathan Kennedy about his book Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues. Discusses the effect that infections by viruses, bacteria and other microorganisms have had on evolution and history, the close links between disease and colonialism, how infection shaped the migration of humans out of Africa, and what we can all learn from the covid pandemic.
Tag: Plague
Kyle Harper on Plagues and Covid
The Dishcast with Andrew Sullivan | 2 December 2022 | 1h 31m | Listen Later | Podcasts | Spotify
Interview with Kyle Harper about his book Plagues upon the Earth: Disease and the Course of Human History. Discusses the role of the bubonic plague in the fall of the Roman Empire, the Black Death, flagellants and anti-Semitism, the plague in 17C London, the Spanish flu, the AIDS crisis, Thucydides, and the uprising over China’s covid policy.
The Plague Cycle
Slate Money | 6 March 2021 | 1h 03m | Listen Later | iTunes
Interview with Charles Kenny about his book The Plague Cycle: The Unending War Between Humanity and Infectious Disease. Backgrounds that, counter to Malthus, human population has historically been limited by disease, rather than famine. Also discusses vaccine distribution, and how the covid-19 pandemic is affecting the global economy long term.
How to Listen
To listen to an individual episode:
- Press
to play an episode instantly from this page - Click Listen Later to save to your personalised podcast feed at Listen Notes.
- Click Podcasts to play an episode in the Apple Podcast app
- Click Spotify to play in Spotify
To receive all episodes:
- Subscribe to the following RSS feed in your podcast app
https://www.listennotes.com/l/facbf
3920f064ab19867553215748d46/rss/ - Or follow the Spotify playlist.