Hey everyone and welcome to talk Nurdy. Today is Monday, October 12th, 2020 and I'm the host of the show Kara Santa Maria.

And before we dive into this week's episode, I want to thank those of you who make Talk Nurdy possible week after week, especially those who visit Patreon.com slash Talk Nurdy and pledge your support.

This week's top patrons include Michael Goshé, Mary Niva,

Christopher Pitts, June Sappara, Pasqualee Gilati, Urika Hagman, Dutas Infinitas, Charles Payet, Brian Holden, Pedro M Rosario Barbosa, Daniel Lang, David

J. E. Smith, Robert Christ, and Elise Christie.

Thank you all so freaking much.

You guys are amazing.

Also, remember, you can visit the TalkNurdy store

at TalkNurdy merch.com,

and you can, I don't know, grab a a t shirt or like a hoodie if it's

starting to get cold out where you live you can grab a mug or some other cool

stuff some of it has killer's face on it, other stuff says talk dirty.

There's even one with my license plate on it, which is a little bit weird, but I have a vanity

license plate, yes, it's shameful and embarrassing but also really fun. All right, I am really

excited about this week's episode. I think it's a super important topic and also the author

of this book is just so talented and it's a book you guys all want to get your hands on.

So this week I have a conversation with David K Randall.

He is a reporter, a senior reporter at Reuters, and he's written three books.

His most recent is now in paperback form.

It's called Black Death at the Golden Gate, The Race to save America from the Bubonic plague.

So important, weirdly, also very timely, so without any further ado.

Here he is David K Randall.

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