This episode is brought to you by Wondery in partnership with National Geographic in anticipation of their new series, The Hot Zone. The three-night limited series is inspired by true events surrounding the origins of the Ebola virus and its arrival on US soil in 1989.
One hundred years ago, the Spanish flu pandemic brought American society to the breaking ... Show More
May 2019
Sponsored | American Epidemics - Dark Days In Dallas | 2
<p>This episode is brought to you by Wondery in partnership with National Geographic in anticipation of their new series, <em>The Hot Zone</em>. In 2014, Ebola is tearing through Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, but the deadly disease hasn’t yet made landfall in the United State ... Show More
58m 48s
May 2019
Tulsa Race Massacre - The Promised Land | 1
<p>Between 1838 and 1890, thousands of African Americans moved to Oklahoma, brought there as Cherokee slaves or drawn there by the promise of free land. Black pioneers established towns where African Americans could govern themselves and thrive in community together, and in time, ... Show More
48m 32s
Mar 2020
The Deadliest Pandemic in Modern History
April 5, 1918. The first mention of a new influenza outbreak in Kansas appears in a public health report. That strain, later called the Spanish Flu, would go on to kill at least 50 million people worldwide. In a time before widespread global travel, how did this disease spread so ... Show More
21m 24s
Oct 2020
The Fight Against AIDS | The Epidemic Begins | S37-E1
<p>In the early 1980s, a mysterious new disease spread like wildfire through the gay communities of major U.S. cities. Before it even had a name, AIDS had already killed over half its victims. Public response was hampered by ignorance, fear, and homophobia. This is the story of t ... Show More
42m 23s
Jan 2024
Ep. 15 | The Philly Killer
Throughout the United States, the summer of 1976 is a celebration of two hundred years as a nation. That is, until attendees of a veterans’ conference in Philadelphia start dying of a frightening new disease. As the CDC scrambles to stop the outbreak, the country’s joy turns to t ... Show More
33m 44s
Oct 2020
Where Is This Pandemic Headed?
<p>The pandemic has killed more than one million people around the world, at least 210,000 in the United States alone. The illness has infiltrated the White House and infected the president.</p><p>Today, we offer an update on measures to fight the coronavirus and try to predict t ... Show More
25m 58s