I'm Ben Sawyer and this is the road to now.

Today, friends, we have an all new episode for you. It is fascinating. Our guest is

Catherine Alvarius, her book Necropolis, Disease Power and Capitalism in the Cotton

Kingdom looks at the history of

19th century New Orleans through the lens of yellow fever. If you were interested in the history of

New Orleans, the history of infectious disease, the history of slavery, the history of the

United States, from any of these angles, there is a lot here.

And there's also, I think, some wise discussion here on how looking back on past outbreaks

can help us understand ourselves better when we find ourselves in the middle of them.

So hopefully, a little reflection time in this episode here.

Before we go on, just a couple of things,

don't forget, the next road to now live is coming up May 29th in Washington, D.C. at the Hamilton Live. There's a link for tickets in the episode description right here. We're so pumped

about this show. More details are coming soon,

but it's all set, and this is going to be a blast. So we hope you can make it out there. Again,

that's May 29th in Washington, D.C. Patrons, you guys keep the show going. We hope to see some of you

guys out there at the live show in D.C. But if not, we know you're there because you keep the show going. Thank you so much.

If you want to join up and help support the show, that's patreon.com slash the road to now.

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