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Next Question with Katie Couric

What can a movie about a pandemic teach us about the real thing?

Next Question with Katie Couric

Katie Couric Media

News, Health, Society & Culture, Commentary, Documentary,, Health & Fitness

4.44.7K Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2020

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

In these unprecedented times, when tensions, anxieties and fears about the coronavirus are high, many people are finding comfort in a surprising source: Steven Soderbergh’s 2011 thriller “Contagion.” It’s about a mysterious and highly contagious virus that crosses continents, causes city-wide lockdowns, throws government protocols into chaos, upends daily life, and instills an almost universal state of dread across the globe. Sound familiar? Katie talks with “Contagion” screenwriter Scott Burns and one of the lead consultants on the film, Dr. Ian Lipkin, the John Snow Professor of Epidemiology at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, about why the movie is having such a moment, how they managed to create something so prescient, and ways our own pandemic nightmare might end. The pair also touch on their latest collaboration: With help from the original “Contagion” cast, Scott Burns and the Mailman School of Public Health have created PSAs to help spread the word about social distancing, hand washing, and other life-saving measures in the age of COVID-19. You can check those out at ControlTheContagion.org and spread the word on social media with #ControlTheContagion. Sign up for Katie Couric's morning newsletter, Wake-Up Call, at KatieCouric.com.

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0:00.0

Picture Miami. Picture its beaches. Picture three radio journalists assassinated in cold blood.

0:09.2

This is silenced, the radio murders.

0:12.4

You left the body there for reason. It was the calling card. It's like the mafia used to do.

0:17.2

The mastermind has never been caught. To find him, we had to go deep into a world of drugs and darkness.

0:24.4

And there were these hints of a much bigger conspiracy.

0:30.8

I'm Osvalotian. Listen to silence. The radio matters. On the iHot Radio app, Apple podcasts.

0:37.5

Or whatever you get your podcasts.

0:40.4

The one you feed is a podcast that explores how you can support your mental health.

0:44.8

I'm your host, Eric Zimmer, and through insightful interviews with psychologists,

0:48.8

spiritual teachers, researchers, and more, we share the stories that help you feel less alone in

0:54.0

your struggles. We offer practical ways to support your mental health even in difficult times,

0:59.6

and we teach you how to live with more joy and less anxiety.

1:03.2

Learn what good mental health can mean for you, especially now during mental health awareness month.

1:08.7

Listen to the one you feed on the iHot Radio app, Apple podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

1:15.2

Hello, this is Brett Goldstein. I'm a comedian and actor, writer, director, and swimmer,

1:19.2

and I love films. Come join me on my podcast, Films To Be Bared With.

1:22.8

Where I invite a special guest over, I tell them they've died,

1:25.6

then I get them to discuss their life through the films that meant the most to them.

1:28.7

What films scared them the most, what made them cry the most, etc.

1:32.1

At the end, they pick a film to go and neck off in the take to heaven,

1:35.2

life, death, and movies.

1:37.0

Listen to Films To Be Bared With with Brett Goldstein on Will Farrell's big money

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