Kari Nixon is a disease loving, well-read oddball with a contagious interest in contagion and a wonderful sense of humor. She also has some pretty amazing timing on the release of her first book “Kept from All Contagion:” Germ Theory, Disease, and the Dilemma of Human Contact. We discuss diseases through history, what literature, and how they have appeared in pop culture in the past. We talk about her favorite diseases and some truly horrifying fails in the history of science.Kari Nixon is a Victorian Scholar and Medical Humanities Scholar at Whitworth University in Spokane, WAFollow her at @HalfSickShadows  Read, Learn, and Support The Show:All support on Patreon goes to my team: https://www.patreon.com/shanemauss I have an overworked editor, assistant, and media person trying to help me crank out lots of extra episodes of infotainment during this crisis.Hunker down with an audiobook and support your local bookstore with Libro.fm. They're the first audiobook company to make it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through your local bookstore. Offer code: hereweare for 3 months for the price of one. https://libro.fm/redeem/HEREWEAREAnd there has never been a better time for lifelong learning with The Great Courses http://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/hereweareLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices