Black Plague: Putting Covid to Shame

We back!Hosts Jake and Nate return with the harrowing history of the Black Death, detailing its transmission, symptoms, and the societal upheaval it caused. They discuss how fleas rather than rats were primarily responsible for spreading the plague and recount personal stories and trivia, including a tragic diary entry from a nun. The episode also explores bizarre medieval remedies, the devastation across Europe, the weakening of the feudal system, and the long-term cultural and societal shifts provoked by the pandemic.