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Seg. 1: COVID-19 Myths & Facts | Seg. 2: Truman's Crisis Leadership | Seg. 3: Pandemic Gardening
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Seg. 1: COVID-19 Myths & Facts | Seg. 2: Truman's Crisis Leadership | Seg. 3: Pandemic Gardening
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57 minutes
Released:
Apr 7, 2020
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Podcast episode
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Segment 1: What we know about COVID-19, and what we don't A lot is unknown about the novel coronavirus currently circulating the globe, giving rise to myths about how it spreads, how to keep it from spreading and how to reduce one's chances of getting infected. We asked an infectious disease specialist to clear up some common misconceptions. Dr. Mary Anne Jackson , professor and interim dean of the UMKC School of Medicine Segment 2, beginning at 16:05: Former President Harry Truman seems to be having a modern-day "moment." The first four months of Truman’s administration saw the Nazi surrender, the liberation of concentration camps, the controversial decision to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the end of World War II. Can his leadership skills through that turmoil teach us something about navigating times of crisis? A. J. Baime , journalist and author of " The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World " Segment 3, beginning at 32:00: Cooped-up
Released:
Apr 7, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (20)
Seg. 1: Sen. Roy Blunt | Seg. 2: Mayor Quinton Lucas | Seg. 3: Coronavirus Unemployed Q&A: Segment 1: What Washington lawmakers are working on in response to the spread of COVID-19. The federal response to the spread of coronavirus had "a clunky start," said Missouri's senior U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt . Since then federal decision-makers have enabled by Central Standard