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The Audience of Survivors
Season 5 Episode 578
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GEORGE:
In this series we’ve treated plague as a character.
We’ve treated fear as a character.
We’ve treated rumor, policy, numbers—char…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Social Anxiety
Season 5 Episode 576
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After the Plague
Season 5 Episode 577
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WILL:
When the theatre reopened, the audience came in carrying private funerals.
They had lost parents, children, friends, patrons, riv…
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Trust and Betrayal
Season 5 Episode 576
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GEORGE:
Today: trust and betrayal—
why people cling to rumors, why institutions lose credibility,
and why truth-telling has to be humane…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
The Social Contract
Season 5 Episode 575
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GEORGE:
Today: the social contract.
Who bears the risk, who gets protected, who gets blamed, and who gets forgotten—
in plague-time Engl…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Numbers and Narratives
Season 5 Episode 574
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GEORGE:
Today: Bills of Mortality in plague London—
and COVID dashboards in our century.
How counting the dead can help a society tell t…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Cures, Quacks, and Miracles
Season 5 Episode 573
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GEORGE (quiet):
Now When people get scared, they don’t only ask, “What is happening?”
They ask, “What can I do?”
And if the honest answe…
7 months, 4 weeks ago
Shut Up, Shut In
Season 5 Episode 572
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GEORGE:
Today is Episode Three of our plague-and-COVID series:
Quarantine. Blame. Meaning.
Not the medicine—
the human weather.
GEORGE:
Qui…
7 months, 4 weeks ago
In a Time of Contagion
Season 5 Episode 571
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GEORGE:
This is Episode Two of our plague-and-COVID series.
Last time we met two invisible enemies and noticed how history doesn’t repe…
7 months, 4 weeks ago
The Air Has Teeth
Season 5 Episode 570
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Before we start, a rule for anyone joining us:
In my podcast, Shakespeare—the character—has the ability to look back from our present …
7 months, 4 weeks ago