Get Vaccinated, 1871 Sam's Shorts podcast

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This episode examines a Christmas letter Sam Clemens sent to his wife Olivia in 1871, full of good wishes for the season---and urging her to get her smallpox vaccination. Erin's guest on this episode is Kelly O'Donnell, lecturer in History at Yale University. Note: This episode contains discussion of child death.

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Music in this episode:

"Grace & Beauty Rag," composed by John Scott, recorded by Giorgio Di Campo for FreeSound Music http://freesoundmusic.eu https://youtube.com/freesoundmusic

Equilibrium I (cello version), by David Horowitz, CC NC 4

"Wistful Rain" by Ghostrifter Official | https://soundcloud.com/ghostrifter-official, Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported

"Wall Street Rag," composed by Scott Joplin, performed by Constantin Stephen, CC NC 4

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