This podcast is about the disease smallpox that has devastated the globe for millions of years, how it was "destroyed", how to prevent getting infected, and where it is now.

First-person diaries, sound portraits, and hidden chapters of history from Peabody Award-winning producer Joe Richman and the Radio Diaries team. From teenagers to octogenarians, prisoners to prison guards, bra saleswomen to lighthouse keepers. The extraordinary stories of ordinary life. Radio Diaries is a proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX. Learn more at radiotopia.fm

Covering infectious diseases through history from plague to COVID-19.

About Pandemics, Epidemics, Outbreaks, Viruses, and Other Pathogens in History

Unique Perspectives on Disaster and Emergency Preparedness

Eradicating Smallpox: The Heroes that Wiped out a 3,000-Year-Old Virus One of humanity’s greatest triumphs is the eradication of smallpox. This new eight-episode docuseries, “Eradicating Smallpox,” explores this remarkable feat and uncovers striking parallels and contrasts to recent history in the shadows of the covid-19 pandemic. Host Céline Gounder brings decades of experience working on HIV in Brazil and South Africa, Ebola during the outbreak in New Guinea, and covid-19 in New York City ...

In Birmingham in 1978, a deadly strain of smallpox escaped from a lab causing death and leaving the city in fear and to this day no-one knows how it happened - but podcast series The Lonely Death of Janet Parker has unearthed some startling new answers.Storyteller: Andy Richards, Audio Producer: Lucy Ryan, Executive Producer: Sam Coley, Narrator: Dermot O'Sullivan, Voice Actors: Dave Hill, Peter Smith, Gregory Leadbetter.

Dr. Ruby is a Medical Economist, Healthcare Researcher & Pharmaceutical Development Expert. Dr. Ruby has written numerous protocols and informed consent documents. She also has 20 years of experience in regulatory processes for drug approval processes with the FDA, and worked on the human research studies to launch some of the most famous compounds in the world in depression, anxiety, Alzheimer’s disease, opioid addiction, epilepsy, autism, cardiopulmonary diseases, diabetes & kidney disease ...

Surprising stories from the history of science told by Naomi Alderman and Philip Ball.

The Anthropocene is the current geological age, in which human activity has profoundly shaped the planet and its biodiversity. On The Anthropocene Reviewed, #1 New York Times bestselling author John Green (The Fault in Our Stars, Turtles All the Way Down) reviews different facets of the human-centered planet on a five-star scale. WNYC Studios is a listener-supported producer of other leading podcasts including On the Media, Snap Judgment, Death, Sex & Money, Nancy and Here’s the Thing with A ...

Hey! Here at Explore Your Roots we aim to tell stories about our ancestors and family members in order to inspire others to learn more about their own family!

The Indian Ocean World Podcast seeks to educate and inform its listeners on topics concerning the relationship between humans and the environment throughout the history of the Indian Ocean World — a macro-region affected by the seasonal monsoon weather system, from China to Southeast and South Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. Based out of the Indian Ocean World Centre, a research centre affiliated with McGill University’s Department of History and Classical Studies, under the direction of ...

An attempt to tell forgotten stories about the intersection between disease and politics. Deep dives into political decisions and personal experiences of people all around the world, that may have been neglected due to time and volume.

A podcast where we connect historical events with current headlines by looking at letters, memoirs, speeches, song and even poetry of the people living in those times. If you have any ideas for topics, reach out on social media (@mischieftales) or email us at mischieftales@gmail.com Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mischieftales/support

Steven Harris describes technology affecting us today and tomorrow as well as problems and preparedness for what comes next.

Incubation is a podcast that traces the history of humanity through viruses. In the show’s second season, host Jacob Goldstein takes us behind the scenes of virus science in interviews with leading researchers, doctors, and historians. It’s a journey full of discovery, heartbreak, heroic nerds and lucky breaks. Humans are locked in an evolutionary contest with the world of viruses, and these stories show us how vaccines and new technologies are changing the game. Incubation drops weekly on T ...

Jane Austen is one of my all-time favourite authors and I love the Georgian Period in British History, so I've decided to share my passion with you all and talk to you about different subjects surrounding Jane Austen. The episodes will be weekly (hopefully, I have a health issue so it might not always be exact) and they will break down into a few different categories:A History of England by a Partial, Prejudiced and Ignorant Historian. (General Georgian\Regency history)A. Lady (Jane's Life)T ...