Special Episode: Robert Alpert, Merle Eisenberg, Lee Mordechai & Diseased Cinema

This Podcast Will Kill You

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Health & Fitness, Science

4.8 • 17.7K Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Everyone’s got a favorite disease movie. What’s yours? Does it feature zombies like 28 Days Later (2002), or is it more grounded in reality, like Contagion (2011)? Does it end with a glimmer of hope or with a dose of despair? Who are the bad guys and who are the good guys? From the early days of disease movies like Panic in the Streets (1950) to more recent films like Little Joe (2019), these movies have provided endless entertainment, excitement, and opportunities to examine society itself.

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