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The Conspirators Podcast

Ep. 123 - The Spanish Lady

The Conspirators Podcast

The Conspirators Podcast

History, Society & Culture

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2020

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

In this special episode I tell you the story of the Spanish Flu outbreak of 1918, a pandemic unlike any other in human history. You'll hear what's known and still unknown about this mysterious epidemic, and I try to make sense of it all, and draw parallels with the strange situation we find ourselves living in today. Notes: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/influenza/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/ten-myths-about-1918-flu-pandemic-180967810/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/journal-plague-year-180965222/https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079LB96CJ/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/1918-flu-pandemic Music: Dexter Britain, "The Tea Party" https://dexterbritain.com Kevin MacLeod “Despair and Triumph", "Heartbreaking" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Kai Engel, "September", "October", "November", https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/ Alex Mason & The Minor Emotion, "Silent Park Inside Your Soul", "I Will Not Return", "Cry About Me", "No More Words", "Hope" https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Alex_Mason__The_Minor_Emotion Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.0

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0:33.2

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0:35.9

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0:39.6

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1:04.2

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1:06.6

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1:09.5

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1:10.8

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1:16.3

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