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Plague - January 26, 1979
Sci-Fi 5
English - January 26, 2022 08:00 - 5 minutes - 5.65 MB - ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsTV & Film Society & Culture literature entertainment film history sciencefiction Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Fast-spreading contagious diseases aren't just for the nightly news! In 1979, the Canadian movie "Plague" predicted, with eery accuracy, how we'd react to a global pandemic. That was just one of many fictional takes that hit too close to reality.
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Written by Johnny Kolasinski
Hosted by Jessica Lynn Verdi
Music by Devin Curry