ENCORE: Rhyming Though History - Dr. Susan Kent

from The Story Forge · host Lyle Smith

Susan Kingsley Kent is the author of The Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919: a brief history with documents. The 1918 Flu Pandemic is the only historical event we have that's remotely comparable to what's going on today during the COVID-19 crisis. Dr. Kent, a prolific author and professor at the University of Colorado gave us a truly global perspective on that moment in history and what elements of that story echo in today's. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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This episode first published back in April of 2020 when the COVID pandemic was brand new. We thought it would be helpful and informative to give it a listen again more than a year later. Author and historian Susan Kingsley Kent gives us a historical perspective on what's going on today by looking at the experience of the 1918 Influenza Pandemic that killed an estimated 50-100 million people worldwide.

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