Curses

Climate change, COVID-19 and the crumbling economy — the events of the last few years have many of us thinking we've been cursed. This thought process would have been completely acceptable in the ancient world, as punishment for whatever misdeeds we may have done as a species. In this episode of Poko Ponders, SaltWire host Sarah Poko talks to Tony Burke of York University about the history of curses, why we fear them and if they really work.