EPISODE · Jun 7, 2026 · 22 MIN
1347: What the Plague Built — Act 2
from Pulse: Origins
The Thing Itself: Where the plague actually came from (Kyrgyz cemeteries, 1338 tombstones, severe drought), why the Caffa catapult story is almost certainly fiction, and what we know — and don't know — about the pathogen: one mile per day overland, 24 by sea, doubling infected populations every 43 days, and possibly not even Yersinia pestis. New episodes every Sunday. Follow us on X @ThePulseSPN singularitypulse.news
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The Thing Itself: Where the plague actually came from (Kyrgyz cemeteries, 1338 tombstones, severe drought), why the Caffa catapult story is almost certainly fiction, and what we know — and don't know — about the pathogen: one mile per day overland, 24 by sea, doubling infected populations every 43 days, and possibly not even Yersinia pestis. New episodes every Sunday. Follow us on X @ThePulseSPN singularitypulse.news
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1347: What the Plague Built — Act 2
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