Thinking Sideways: The Spanish Flu

Shattered Souls

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🗓️ 26 September 2013

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

The 1918 flu pandemic, known as the Spanish Flu, killed 50-100 million people world wide, somewhere between 3%-5% of the worlds population at the time. What made this flu strain so deadly, how did it spread so fast, and where did this strain come from? In this extended show we dive deep into the possible origins, behaviors, and potential causes of this flu pandemic.

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0:00.0	Hey guys, Steve here. You are listening to one of our original 26 episodes. If you've
0:05.9	listened to any of our new episodes, you're going to notice that we're sounding a little
0:09.6	different in these ones.
0:10.6	Yeah.
0:11.6	There's a reason for that.
0:12.6	There is.
0:13.6	They've been remastered.
0:14.6	They have been remastered.
0:15.6	Because they had a really annoying hum.
0:17.6	Yeah, I mean, a huge thanks to listener James for doing almost all of the legwork on
0:22.4	this thing.
0:23.4	Yes.
0:24.4	You'll also notice if you had listened to what we're calling the last 26 episodes before
0:28.0	and you're re-listening now, the music and sound effects are gone.
0:31.8	Yes.
0:32.8	We've gone back to straight audio.
0:34.2	So, be warned.
0:35.2	We sound a little different today than we do in what you're about to listen to.
0:38.8	Yeah.
0:39.8	Enjoy.
0:40.8	Bye.
0:41.8	Bye.
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