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Today, Explained

The original anti-vaxxer

Today, Explained

Vox

News, Daily News, Politics

4.3 • 10.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2021

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

When a Swedish American pastor refused to get a smallpox vaccine in 1902, he ended up in the United States Supreme Court. The Atlantic’s new podcast The Experiment tells the story of Pastor Henning Jacobson. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Let's take a look at the experiment.

0:07.0

Today I'm Sean Ramos from But today we're bringing you the experiment.

0:10.5

The experiment is a new show from the Atlantic and WNYC.

0:15.4

And if you listen to today explained regularly, which you do, you'll hear a lot of great

0:21.5

journalism from the Atlantic on the show.

0:24.0

And even occasionally you've probably heard great journalism from WNYC on our show,

0:27.8

you've talked to innumerable journalists from the Atlantic and a few from WNYC on our show.

0:33.8

And they're both collaborating on a new show all about the ongoing experiment that is our

0:40.2

country, the United States.

0:41.8

Our attempt to find a more perfect union.

0:44.1

And this episode we're bringing you today is all about who you could call the original

0:49.3

anti-vaxxer.

0:51.3

He's a guy who didn't want to get the shot and ended up at the Supreme Court and sort

0:56.4

of changed our country.

0:58.4

And you're going to like the episode and you're going to want to find the experiment where

1:03.5

ever you listen to your podcasts and hit that follow button I'm told or that subscribe

1:09.3

button or whatever button continues to give you the free shows from the experiment.

1:16.4

Enjoy.

1:30.0

Hello, this is Robin.

1:32.4

Hi, is this the Swedish Lutheran church in Cambridge?

1:39.7

We haven't been that in a very long time, but yes, I'm the pastor of faith Lutheran

1:45.4

church.

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