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Now & Then

The Weeds: How the 1918 Flu Pandemic Ended

Now & Then

Vox Media Podcast Network

News, Society & Culture, History, News Commentary

4.93.7K Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Heather and Joanne are off this week, so we’re showcasing an episode from another Vox Media Podcast Network show: “How the 1918 Flu Pandemic Ended,” from The Weeds. Hosts Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews often explore the roots of our current political issues, from healthcare, to immigration, to housing.   In this installment, originally aired in January, host and Senior Vox Correspondent Dylan Matthews talks with historian John Barry, who wrote an authoritative account of the 1918 flu pandemic, “The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic.” Heather and Joanne will be back next Tuesday for the first installment in a new three-episode series about free speech, censorship, and so-called “cancel culture.”  In the meantime, enjoy this episode of the Weeds podcast. And if you like it, you can find more episodes of the Weeds at vox.com/the-weeds, or by searching for “The Weeds” in your favorite podcast app.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

I think that the holidays feel like frozen noses. I love walking with the dog for long periods of time.

0:10.0

Hopefully it's snowing and you've got to wrap up warm. So I think a frozen nose is a sweaty armpit

0:15.0

because your wrapped up so warm but then you're climbing hamps and heath and you get to the top

0:20.0

and you're like, and then you can see the breath but then your nose is still freezing to touch.

0:25.0

Join in every sip with red carp's now back at Starbucks.

0:45.0

Celebrate Italy not qualifying for the football with spicy Italian flavors.

0:49.0

The ultimate spicy sausage. Topped with endo, a sausage more fiery than a disappointed Italian fan.

0:56.0

Subject to availability.

1:03.0

Hey folks, it's Heather.

1:05.0

Joanna and I are taking this week off to prepare for a three-part series on free speech,

1:11.0

censorship and so-called cancel culture that will begin next Tuesday.

1:17.0

We're featuring instead an episode of The Weeds.

1:20.0

Another Vox Media podcast network show that isn't afraid to dig into the details on the policy that shapes our lives.

1:27.0

Hosts, Darlin and Dylan Matthews often explore the roots of our current political issues,

1:34.0

from health care, to immigration, to housing.

1:37.0

This installment originally aired in January and in it, host and senior Vox correspondent Dylan Matthews

1:44.0

talks with historian John Barry, who wrote an authoritative account of the 1918 flu pandemic,

1:50.0

the Great Influenza, the story of the deadliest pandemic.

1:55.0

We hope you'll learn something new about citizenship, public health and resilience from the fabulous team over at The Weeds,

2:03.0

definitely timely.

2:04.0

We'll see you next week.

2:14.0

Hello and welcome to another episode of The Weeds.

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