Fund Drive Special – Kyle Harper on The History of Civilization, Science, and the Coronavirus

KPFA - Letters and Politics

English - May 27, 2020 10:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 232 ratings
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Today we talk about how history can also teach us about the causes of the COVID-19 pandemic and its possible consequences.
Guest: Kyle Harper is professor of classics and letters and senior vice president and provost at the University of Oklahoma. He is the author of The Fate of Rome: Climate, Disease, and the End of an Empire. He is writing a new history of infectious disease.
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