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319: Overcoming An Outbreak: How San Francisco Survived the Plague

319: Overcoming An Outbreak: How San Francisco Survived the Plague

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319: Overcoming An Outbreak: How San Francisco Survived the Plague

FromBackStory

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Length:
24 minutes
Released:
Apr 9, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In this special bonus episode, Ed talks with David K. Randall, author of Black Death at the Golden Gate: The Race to Save America from the Bubonic Plague. David tells Ed about how Dr. Rupert Blue defied conventions to get an outbreak of the plague under control in San Francisco during the early 20th century. It’s a story that can offer us some important lessons as we wrestle with our own public health crisis today.  
 
Music:



Chainlink Melody by Podington Bear

Going Forward, Looking Back by Podington Bear

Winter Walk by Podington Bear

Massive by Podington Bear

Pounded Piano by Podington Bear

Light Touch by Podington Bear

Image: Screenshot of headline on page 5 of the Oroville Daily Register, Oroville, California, Wednesday, November 27, 1907. Source: Newspapers.com
Released:
Apr 9, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

BackStory is a weekly public podcast hosted by U.S. historians Ed Ayers, Brian Balogh, Nathan Connolly and Joanne Freeman. We're based in Charlottesville, Va. at Virginia Humanities. There’s the history you had to learn, and the history you want to learn - that’s where BackStory comes in. Each week BackStory takes a topic that people are talking about and explores it through the lens of American history. Through stories, interviews, and conversations with our listeners, BackStory makes history engaging and fun.