NewsPandemics Past
There’s been a lot of coverage about the challenges of distributing the Covid-19 vaccine. How do we get it to distant areas? How do we use a whole vial before it expires? What about the special refrigerators needed to keep it cold enough? But these problems seem minor compared to the very first vaccine distribution in the early 1800s. Historian Allyson Poska shares the story of 29 orphan boys who crossed the Atlantic Ocean as live incubators for the smallpox vaccine and what lessons we can learn from this early campaign.
NewsLondon Fog, LA Smog
Almost overnight, things that had not been crimes became criminalized in a new Victorian era.
NewsAAPI Summer Reading Book List
Our July 10th, 2021 episode is filled with incredible recommendations for books written by Asian American and Pacific Islander writers. Listen here and check out the full list below! Minor …
NewsREPLAY: Giving Birth While Black
Black women are three and a half times more likely to die in childbirth than white women.
NewsPlanned Destruction
Have you ever noticed that some neighborhoods are always much hotter than others?
