The Spanish Flu - The Great Pandemic of 1918

History Dweebs - A look at True Crime, Murders, Serial Killers and the Darkside of History

Tim Scott

Comedy Interviews, Comedy

4 • 619 Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2015

⏱️ 38 minutes

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The Influenza pandemic of 1918 infected 500 million people across the world, including remote Pacific islands and the Arctic, and killed 50 to 100 million of them—three to five percent of the world's population—making it one of the deadliest natural disasters in human history,

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0:00.0	Hi, a little bird, its name wasenza, I open the window, an influenza.
0:07.0	Hi, everyone, this is Tim and welcome to History Dewebes. And the topic of our podcast today is the pandemic of 1918. And as always, I'm joined by my co-host, the lovely blue-haired beauty, Brandy.
0:42.6	How are you today, Brandy?
0:43.8	I'm good, Tim.
0:44.6	How are you?
0:45.2	I'm outstanding.
0:46.3	Excellent.
0:47.6	And as always, we're joined by the very distinguished and honorable Colonel Charles
0:54.9	Beauregard
0:56.3	Hawke Waters
0:58.0	the third, affectionately known
1:00.2	as the Southern gentleman. How are you
1:02.2	today, Colonel? I'm quite well
1:04.0	today, Timit. Thank you for asking.
1:05.7	And now, Colonel, we understand you have some very
1:07.8	exciting news to an exciting
1:10.7	announcement to make. Well, it's, it is big
1:13.7	news to me. This is not, this is not something I wanted to do. I had different plans for my life,
1:19.3	for my career, but after discussing it with my family, it seems that America needs me to me.
1:27.1	Well, yeah, we all need you, Colonel.
1:29.7	So I am announcing my candidacy for president.
1:33.5	Oh, Christ, did a four-man bobsled.
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