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#381 COVIDCalls – 11.23.2021 – COVID in Japan w/Kyle Cleveland
#380 COVIDCalls – 11.22.2021 – Legal Responses to COVID-19
#379 COVIDCalls – 11.22.2021 – Pandemic Burnout w/Jenny Pickerill
#378 COVIDCalls – 11.18.2021 – Disability Research in the COVID Era + Montana Update
#377 COVIDCalls – 11.16.2021 – Pandemic Science and Indigenious Peoples w/Kim Tallbear
#376 COVIDCalls – 11.15.2021 – Chronic Illness and COVID w/Brianne Benness
#375 COVIDCalls – 11.10.2021 – 700,000 COVID Memorial Flags w/Suzanne Firstenberg
#374 COVIDCalls – 11.09.2021 – The History of Infectious Respiratory Diseases
#373 COVIDCalls – 11.08.2021 – Care Work in the Pandemic
#372 COVIDCalls – 11.04.2021 – COVID, India, and the R P Shah Memorial Trust against Covid 19 w/Dr. Vipul Shah
#371 COVIDCalls – 11.03.2021 – In Case of Emergency: How Technologies Mediate Crisis and Normalize Inequality w/Elizabeth Ellcessor
#370 COVIDCalls – 11.02.2021 – Long COVID w/Teresa Tindle Akintonwa & Lisa McCorkell
#369 COVIDCalls – 11.01.2021 – For Those We Lost w/founder Jennifer Sullivan
#368 COVIDCalls – 10.31.2021 – Toronto International Festival of Authors w/Katherine E.Brown & Laurian Farrell
#367 COVIDCalls – 10.29.2021 – The Politics of Public Health Intervention in Kenya w/Nanjala Nyabola
#366 COVIDCalls – 10.27.2021 – The Political Psychology of COVID-19
#361 COVIDCalls – 10.19.2021 – Public Health and COVID-19 w/Gregg Gonsalves
#360 COVIDCalls – 10.18.2021 – Photography in the Pandemic w/Virginia Hanusik
#359 COVIDCalls – 10.18.2021 – The Origins of COVID-19 w/Frederic Keck
#358 COVIDCalls – 10.14.2021 – Medical Scarcity and COVID-19
#357 COVIDCalls – 10.13.2021 – Researchers‘ Roundtable
#356 COVIDCalls – 10.13.2021 – Vaccination in South Korea
#355 COVIDCalls – 10.11.2021 – Sugar and Disease w/Guest Host Adia Benton and Amy Moran Thomas
#354 COVIDCalls – 10.07.2021 – Tracking COVID w/Technology in South Korea and China
#353 COVIDCalls – 10.06.2021 – Risk Communication and COVID-19, w/ Guest Host Esther Chernak
#352 COVIDCalls – 10.04.2021 – Mass Death as Everyday Life w/Mary Dudziak
#351 COVIDCalls – 10.04.2021 – Meet India‘s First Transgender Woman Leading a COVID Clinic, Dr. Aqsa Shaik
#350 COVIDCalls – 09.30.2021 – Disaster Research in COVID Times w/Dave Neal
#349 COVIDCalls – 09.30.2021 – Environmental History in COVID Times
#348 COVIDCalls – 09.29.2021 – COVID in North Korea
#347 COVIDCalls – 09.29.2021 – COVID in Jordan and India
#346 COVIDCalls – 09.28.2021 – Learning from Loss in COVID-19, with Guest Host Kristin Urquiza
#345 COVIDCalls – 09.23.2021 – Presidents and Pandemics
#344 COVIDCalls – 09.23.2021 – Anthropause w/Yiyun Kang
#343 COVIDCalls – 09.16.2021 – Young and Severely Affected by COVID
#342 COVIDCalls – 09.15.2021 – Crisis: A Term for These Times w/Rosalind Williams
#341 COVIDCalls – 09.14.2021 – COVID Memorials w/Guest Host Kristin Urquiza
#340 COVIDCalls – 09.13.2021 – The Anthro-Shift: Climate, Risk, and COVID-19
#339 COVIDCalls – 09.13.2021 – Doctors with Disabilities in the Fight against COVID
#338 COVIDCalls – 09.09.2021 – Classroom Teachers in the Pandemic
#337 COVIDCalls – 09.09.2021 – Disaster Memory in East Asia
#336 COVIDCalls – 09.08.2021 – Humanitarian Aid in the COVID-19 Era w/Peter Redfield
#335 COVIDCalls – 09.07.2021 – Special Guest Host Episode with Kristen Urquiza
#334 COVIDCalls – 09.06.2021 – Teaching Medieval History in the COVID Era
#333 COVIDCalls – 09.02.2021 – Disability Rights, Activism, and COVID w/Ashley Shew
#332 COVIDCalls – 09.01.2021 – Maternal and Child Health in the Pandemic w/Cecila Tomori
#331 COVIDCalls – 09.01.2021 – Breathing Communities in South Korea
#330 COVIDCalls – 08.31.2021 – Social Justice and Public Health in Louisana
#329 COVIDCalls – 08.26.2021 – Caring for the Dying: Coping with Death in the Age of COVID
#328 COVIDCalls – 08.25.2021 – Global Health in the Covid Era w/Adia Benton
#327 COVIDCalls – 08.24.2021 – Emergency Management Update
#326 COVIDCalls – 08.23.2021 – COVID, Vulnerability, and the Aftermath w/ Todd Meyers
#325 COVIDCalls – 08.23.2021 – COVID Research & the National Assembly Futures Institute of Korea
#324 COVIDCalls – 08.18.2021 – Poetry in the Pandemic w/Nisha Patel
#323 COVIDCalls – 08.17.2021 – Public Health Update w/Esther Chernak
#322 COVIDCalls – 08.17.2021 – Conspiracies and COVID
#321 COVIDCalls – 08.16.2021 – The Medical Ethics Surrounding COVID-19 w/Art Caplan
#320 COVIDCalls – 08.12.2021 – Medical Humanities, Literature, COVID-19 w/Guest Host Jacob-Steere Williams
#319 COVIDCalls – 08.11.2021 – South Africa, HIV/AIDS, and Epidemiology w/Guest Host Jacob Steere-Williams
#318 COVIDCalls – 08.10.2021 – Race, Epidemiology, and Race w/guest host Jacob Steere-Williams
#317 COVIDCalls – 08.09.2021 – COVID and the History of Epidemiology w/ Guest Host Jacob Steere-Williams
#316 COVIDCalls – 07.29.2021 – Air Quality & COVID-19, hosted by Kim Fortun and Katie Cox
#315 COVIDCalls – Biostatistics & Computational Biology in COVID-19, hosted by Kim Fortun
#314 COVIDCalls – 07.27.2021 – Converge & Disaster Research w/Lori Peek, hosted by Kim Fortun
#313 COVIDCalls – 07.26.2021 -The Texas Grid Failure and the Pandemic, hosted by Kim Fortun
#312 COVIDCalls – 07.20.2021 – LGBTQ Community Health w/ Co-Host Eleanor Mayes
#311 COVIDCalls – 07.15.2021 – COVID-19 in Australia
#310 COVIDCalls – 07.14.2021 – COVID-19 in Vietnam
#309 COVIDCalls – 07.13.2021 – Researchers Roundtable w/Tanya Corbin, Summer Merion, and Filip Vostel
#308 COVIDCalls – 07.12.2021 – Technology, the Environment, and COVID
#307 COVIDCalls – 07.08.2021 – Economic Consequences of the Pandemic
#306 COVIDCalls – 07.07.2021 – National Security & the Pandemic w/Sharon Weinberger
#305 COVIDCalls – 07.07.2021 – COVID-19 and Disability Justice in South Korea w/Hye-Young Jang
#304 COVIDCalls – 07.06.2021 – Year of the Nurse w/ Cassie Alexander
#303 COVIDCalls – 07.05.2021 – COVID-19 in India w/ Sonali Vaid
#302 COVIDCalls – 07.01.2021 – Covid-19 & the Medical Imagination
#301 COVIDCalls – 06.30.2021 – COVID and the LGBTQ Community w/co-host Eleanor Mayes
#300 COVIDCalls – 06.29.2021 – Controlling COVID-19 in South Korea w/special guest Kiheung Kim
#299 COVIDCalls – 06.28.2021 – Racial Justice and COVID-19 w/ Felicia Henry & Pastor Issac Scott
#298 COVIDCalls – 06.24.2021 – Science Writing and the Pandemic with Adam Roger
#297 COVIDCalls – 06.23.2021 – Pandemic Stress on the Healthcare Workforce
#296 COVIDCalls – 06.23.2021- COVID19 in India Update
#295 COVIDCalls – 06.22.2021 – Ideology & the Virus with Emma Green
#294 COVIDCalls – 06.22.2021 – Prisons, Labor, and the Pandemic
#293 COVIDCalls – 06.21.2021 – Environmental Justice & COVID Justice hosted by Felicia Henry
#292 COVIDCalls – 06.17.2021 – Bounding Biomedicine in the Pandemic w/Collen Derkatch
#291 COVIDCalls – 06.15.2021 – COVID Intensive Care in India
#290 COVIDCalls – 06.15.2021 – On Virality: Anti-Asian Hate in the Pandemic
#289 COVIDCalls – 06.14.2021 – Prisons and the Pandemic w/ Guest Host Felicia Henry
#288 COVIDCalls – 06.07.2021 – The Politics of Compassion: COVID-19 in China w/Bin Xu
#287 COVIDCalls – 06.03.2021 – Mother & Daughter Reflect on a Pandemic Year
#286 COVIDCalls – 06.02.2021 – Theatre and Performance in a Pandemic
#285 COVIDCalls – 05.31.2021 – The Life of a Pulmonary Doctor in the Pandemic
#284 COVIDCalls – 05.27.2021 – COVID Data in Authoritarian Regimes
#283 COVIDCalls – 05.26.2021 – Family Relationships in the Pandemic w/ Bob Huber
#282 COVIDCalls – 05.25.2021 -Vaccination Expert Roundtable
#281 COVIDCalls – 05.24.2021 – New Research: Children Losing Parents in the Pandemic
#280 COVIDCalls – 05.19.2021 – The Coronavirus Lost & Found Archive
#279 COVIDCalls – 05.18.2021 – Long Haul COVID
#278 COVIDCalls – 05.18.2021 – New COVID Testing Insights
#277 COVIDCalls – 05.17.2021 – Vaccination Culture
#276 COVIDCalls – 05.12.2021 – Soulful Computing in the Pandemic w/David Nuñez
#275 COVIDCalls – 05.12.2021 – COVID-19 in Zuni Pubelo
#274 COVIDCalls – 05.10.2021 – A Public Hospital in the Pandemic w/ Dr. Shereef Elnahal
#273 COVIDCalls – 05.06.2021 – Climate Change and the Pandemic w/ David Wallace-Wells
#272 COVIDCalls – 05.05.2021 – Vaccine Hesitancy Among Black Americans: History & Myth
#271 COVIDCalls – 05.04.2021 – Primary Immune Deficiency and COVID-19
#270 COVIDCalls – 05.04.2021 – CoronaLag: Time and the Virus with Malka Older
#269 COVIDCalls – 04.29.2021 – Honoring the Life and Work of Dennis Mileti w/Lori Peek & Amanda Ripley
#268 COVIDCalls – 04.28.2021 – Obituaries for the COVID era w/Dan Wakin
#267 COVIDCalls – 04.27.2021 – Obituaries for the COVID-Era w/Paige Cornwell
#266 COVIDCalls – 04.26.2021 – Obituraries for the COVID Era w/Chris Megerian
#265 COVIDCalls – 04.23.2021 – COVID and the Asian Diaspora
#264 COVIDCalls – 04.22.2021 – Poetry for the COVID Era
#263 COVIDCalls – 04.21.2021 – Disability Justice and COVID-19
#262 COVIDCalls – 04.20.2021 – COVID-19 Stress on Older Adults
#261 COVIDCalls – 04.19.2021 – Anti-Asian Racism in the Pandemic: New Research
#260 COVIDCalls – 04.15.2021 – Vaccination Research in the U.K.
#259 COVIDCalls – 04.14.2021 – Coping with Disaster w/Jon Mooallem
#258 COVIDCalls – 04.13.2021 – Deep Histories of Disease in COVID-19 Era
#257 COVIDCalls – 04.09.2021 – COVID-19 & The History of Facemasks in East Asia
#255 COVIDCalls – 04.07.2021 – Mathematics and the Pandemic
#256 COVIDCalls – 04.07.2021 – Return to Cancer Alley and the Pandemic
#254 COVIDCalls – 04.06.2021 – On the Frontline: Follow up w/Dr. Peter Chin-Hong
#253 COVIDCalls – 04.05.2021 – Teletherapy and the Pandemic
#252 COVIDCalls – 04.02.2021 – One Year of Faces of COVID w/ Alex Goldenstein
#251 COVIDCalls – 04.01.2021 – Anabaptist Communities in the Pandemic Year
#250 COVIDCalls – 03.31.2021 – Emergency Management
#249 COVIDCalls – 03.30.2021- COVID-19 in Puerto Rico w/ Daniel Colon-Ramos
#248 COVIDCalls – 03.29.2021 – Congressional Calls: Nikema Williams (GA-5)
#247 COVIDCalls – 03.26.2021 – Historically Black Colleges: Universities and Public Health in Nashville
#246 COVIDCalls – 03.25.2021 – The COVID Crisis in Elder Care
#245 COVIDCalls – 03.24.2021 – Motherhood and Feminism in the Pandemic w/Lyz Lens
#244 COVIDCalls – 03.23.2021 – Astronomy, Big Science, and the Pandemic w/ Lucianne Walkowicz
#243 COVIDCalls – 03.22.2021 -Decolonizing COVID: Pandemics and Global History
#242 COVIDCalls – 03.19.2021 – The COVID Grief Multiplier
#241 COVIDCalls – 03.17.2021 – Pregnancy and Birth in Pandemic Times
#240 COVIDCalls – 03.16.2021 – One Year Anniversary Episode!
#239 COVIDCalls – 03.15.2021 – Cities and Suburbs in the Pandemic
#238 COVIDCalls 03.11.2021 – Poetry, Plastic Bags, and the Pandemic
#237 COVIDCalls – 03.10.2021 – COVID in West Virginia
#236 COVIDCalls – 03.09.2021 – Immigrants in COVID America
#235 COVIDCalls – 03.08.2021 – Fukishima and COVID-19: A Memorial Episode
#234 COVIDCalls – 03.05.2021 – COVID-19 in Portugal
#233 COVIDCalls – 03.04.2021 – Counting the Pandemic
#232 COVIDCalls – 03.03.2021 – The Pandemic and the History of Mutual Aid
#231 COVIDCalls – 03.02.2021 – Pandemic, Politics, & History with Kevin M. Kruse
#230 COVIDCalls – 03.01.2021 – Recovery, Disability, and Politics in the Pandemic
#229 COVIDCalls – 02.26.2021 – COVID-19, Disaster and, Mental Health in Turkey
#228 COVIDCalls – 02.25.2021 – Documenting the Pandemic
#227 COVIDCalls – 02.24.2021 – Bearing Witness: COVID-19 Oral History & the Public Good
#226 COVIDCalls – 02.23.2021 – The Infectious Historians: Podcasting the History of Medicine
#382 COVIDCalls – 11.23.2021 – New Doctors in the Pandemic
#225 COVIDCalls – 02.22.2021 – The History of Plague: New Perspectives
#224 COVIDCalls – 02.20.2021 – Libraries and Librarians in the Pandemic
#223 COVIDCalls – 02.18.2021 – Mutual Aid & the Auntie Sewing Squad
#222 COVIDCalls – 02.17.2021 – The Opioid Addiction Disaster & the Pandemic
#221 COVIDCalls – 02.16.2021 – The Lockdown Diaries
#219 COVIDCalls – 02.15.2021 – Inside the Virus Research Lab with Justin Meyer
#219 COVIDCalls – 02.12.2021 – Disinformation, Conspiracy, Pandemic w/ Kate Starbird
#218 COVIDCalls – 02.11.2021 – Behavioral Health, Addiction, and the Pandemic
#217 COVIDCalls – 02-10-2021 – Maternity Care in the Pandemic
#216 COVIDCalls – 02.05.2021 – Researching Healthcare During a Pandemic with Nicole Schroeder and Andrew Seaton
#215 COVIDCalls – 02.04.2021 – Biomedicine in the Archive with Joanna Radin & Robin Wolfe Scheffler
#214 COVIDCalls – 2.03.2021 – Research Libraries & COVID-19 with Lisa Browar & Patrick Spero
#213 COVIDCalls – 02.02.2021 – COVID-19 Vaccines, Law, and Society
#212 COVIDCalls – 01.29.2021 – Congressional Calls: Brendan Boyle (PA-2) + Media and the Pandemic
#211 COVIDCalls – 01.28.2021 – COVID-19 in the U.K. + Public Health Update w/ Esther Chernak
#210 COVIDCalls – 01.27.2021 – International Holocaust Remembrance Day
#209 COVIDCalls- 01.26.2021 – Historians’ Roundtable on COVID-19
#208 COVIDCalls – 01.25.2021 – The Pandemic and the History of Medicine
#207 COVIDCalls – 01.21.2021 – Trump, Biden, and the Path Ahead with Virginia Heffernan
#206 COVIDCalls – 01.20.2021 -Inauguration Day Memorial Episode
#205 COVIDCalls – 01.19.2021 – Y2K and COVID-19
#204 COVIDCalls – 01.18.2021 – Vaccines Past and Present
#203 COVIDCalls – 01.15.2021 – Congressional Calls: Jake Auchincloss (MA-4th District)
#202 COVIDCalls – 01.14.2021 -Congressional Calls: Senator Bob Casey (D-PA)
#201 COVIDCalls – 01.13.2021 – COVID-19 & Vaccination Issues
#200 COVIDCalls – 01.12.2021 – Congressional Call: Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA 6th District)
#199 COVIDCalls – 01.11.2021 – Political Crisis in a Pandemic w/ Julian Zelizer
#198 COVIDCalls – 01.08.2021 – The Law, Policy and Ethics of the COVID-19 Vaccine
#197 COVIDCalls – 01.08.2021 – The COVID-19 Vaccine w/ Peter Hotez
#196 COVIDCalls 1.05.2021 – The COVID-19 Vaccine
#195 COVIDCalls 1.04.2021 – Father and Son Discuss the Pandemic w/ Steve Knowles
#194 COVIDCalls 12.23.2020 – Stitching the Situation, Art in the Pandemic w/ Heather Schulte
#193 COVIDCalls 12.23.2020 – A Journalist Confronts 2020 with Ed Young
#192 COVIDCalls 12.21.2020 – A Food Writer Describes his COVID-19 Experience
#191 COVIDCalls 12.18.2020 – Fair Housing in the COVID-19 Pandemic
#190 COVIDCalls 12.17.2020 – Choreography in the Pandemic
#190 COVIDCalls 12.17.2020 – Choreography in the Pandemic
#189 COVIDCalls 12.16.2020 – Mental Health in the Pandemic with Asante Haughton
#188 COVIDCalls 12.15.2020 – The United States Military and the COVID-19 Pandemic
#187 COVIDCalls 12.14.2020 – The Navajo Nation in the Pandemic
#186 COVIDCalls 12.11.2020 -Understanding COVID-19 Testing
#185 COVIDCalls 12.10.2020 – COVID-19 and the National Aids Memorial
#184 COVIDCalls 12.09.2020 – Science Journalism in the Pandemic with Laura Helmuth
#183 COVIDCalls – 12.08.2020 – Scandinavia in the Pandemic
#182 COVIDCalls – 12.07.2020 – Weddings in the Time of COVID-19
#181 COVIDCalls 12.04.2020 – Cities, Metropolitan Governance, and COVID-19 + Ya Fav Trashman
#180 COVIDCalls 12.03.2020 – The Monument Lab and COVID-19
#179 COVIDCalls 12.02.2020 – COVID-19 in Rural America
#178 COVIDCalls 12.01.2020 – The COVID-19 Organizational Crisis in France
#177 COVIDCalls 11.30.2020 – Denial, Democracy, and Witnessing in the Age of COVID-19
#176 COVIDCalls 11.25.2020 – Memorial Episode
#175 COVIDCalls 11.24.2020 – COVID-19 and the Technology of Response in Asia
#174 COVIDCalls 11.20.2020 – Practices of Memory for COVID-19
#173 COVIDCalls 11.19.2020 – Poverty and the Long Term Pandemic Impact
#172 COVIDCalls 11.18.2020 – Friendship and Loss in the Age of COVID-19
#171 COVIDCalls 11.17.2020 – The COVID-19 Oral History, Memory, and Narrative Archive
#170 COVIDCalls 11.16.2020 – The Digital Divide and the Pandemic
#169 COVIDCalls 11.13.2020 – The Viral Art Project
#168 COVIDCalls 11.12.2020 – Faces of COVID
#167 COVIDCalls 11.11.2020 – The Stigma of COVID-19
#166 COVIDCalls 11.10.2020 – The Social Sciences in the Pandemic with Alondra Nelson
#165 COVIDCalls 11.09.2020 – Music Performance in the Pandemic
#164 COVIDCalls 11.06.2020 – Loss & Hope: The COVID-19 Election
#163 COVIDCalls 11.04.2020 – Election Recap!
#162 COVIDCalls 11.03. 2020 – Election Day 2020!
#161 COVIDCalls 11.02.2020 – Election Preview
#160 COVIDCalls 10.30.2020 – COVID-19 and the Postal Service
#159 COVIDCalls 10.29.2020 – Researchers Roundtable
#158 COVIDCalls 10.28.2020 – COVID-19 and the Digital Divide
#157 COVIDCalls 10.27.2020 – Life in Quarantine
#156 COVIDCalls 10.26.2020 – Journaling COVID-19
#155 COVIDCalls 10.23.2020 – High School Students and the Pandemic
#154 COVIDCalls 10.22.2020 – HIV/AIDS and COVID-19
#153 COVIDCalls 10.21.2020 – Data, the City, and the Pandemic
#152 COVIDCalls 10.20.2020 – Student Journalists Covering the Pandemic
#151 COVIDCalls 10.19.2020 – COVID-19, Food, and Agriculture
#150 COVIDCalls 10.16.2020 – Brothers and Sisters in the Pandemic
#149 COVIDCalls 10.15.2020 – Inside the Coronavirus Task Force w/ Olivia Troye
#148 COVIDCalls 10.14.2020 – Children, AIDS, and COVID-19
#147 COVIDCalls 10.13.2020 – How Do We Measure the Social Impact of COVID-19?
#146 COVIDCalls 10.12.2020 – Small Business and COVID-19
#145 COVIDCalls 10.9.2020 – Week of Mourning Memorial episode
#144 COVIDCalls 10.8.2020 – COVID-19 in the Pyrocene with Stephen Pyne
#143 COVIDCalls 10.7.2020 – Writing Cultural History in a Pandemic
#142 COVIDCalls 10.6.2020 – Comedy in the COVID-19 Era w/ Kurt Braunohler
#141 COVIDCalls 10.5.2020 – The Pandemic in the Anthropocene
#140 COVIDCalls 10.2.2020 – What Would a Just COVID-19 Recovery Look Like?
#139 COVIDCalls 10.1.2020 – Latinos and the COVID-19 Pandemic in the USA
#138 COVIDCalls 9.30.2020 – Food Insecurity in Bangladesh During COVID-19
#137 COVIDCalls 9.29.2020 – The Pandemic and the Patient’s Experience of Illness
#136 COVIDCalls 9.28.2020 – COVID-19 Diplomacy and Disaster w/ Ilan Kelman
#135 COVIDCalls 9.25.2020 – Racial Justice, Public Health, and COVID-19 in Philadelphia
#134 COVIDCalls 9.24.2020 – Marked By COVID w/ Kristin Urquiza
#133 COVIDCalls 9.23.2020 – Teaching COVID-19: Disaster Pedagogy in Real Time
#132 COVIDCalls 9.22.2020 – Medical Education in the Pandemic
#131 COVIDCalls 9.21.2020 – Counting the Dead
#130 COVIDCALLS 9.18.2020 – The Pandemic, Public Health, and the Courts
#129 COVIDCalls 9.17.2020 – Fire and Public Health in the Age of COVID
#128 COVIDCalls 9.16.2020 – Visualizing Disaster w/ Alex Wellerstein
#127 COVIDCalls 9.15.2020 – Physicians and COVID-19 – A View from Dallas
#126 COVIDCalls 9.14.2020 – Wildfire and COVID-19
#125 COVIDCalls 9.11.2020 – Investigating the Disaster – 9/11 AND COVID-19 w/ Glenn Corbett
#124 COVIDCalls 9.10.2020 – Thinking Historically about COVID-19 w/ Jacob Remes and Andy Horowitz
#123 COVIDCalls 9.9.2020 – The COVID-19 Vaccine w/ Emily Brunson and Monica Schoch-Spana
#122 COVIDCalls 9.8.2020- Public Health History & COVID-19 with Graham Mooney and Christos Lynteris
#121 COVIDCalls 9.7.2020 – Labor Day & COVID-19 w/ Terrill Haigler @_yafavtrashman
#120 COVIDCalls 9.4.2020 – Teaching COVID-19
#119 COVIDCalls 9.3.2020 COVID-19 in Air & Water
#118 COVIDCalls 9.2.2020 – Authoritarianism in the COVID-19 Era
#117 COVIDCalls 9.1.2020 – The COVID-19 School Year – Sports
#116 COVIDCalls 8.31.2020 – The COVID-19 School Year – The K-12 Return to School
#115 COVIDCalls 8.28.2020 – COVID-19 & the GOP Convention.
#114 COVIDCalls 8.27.2020 – The COVID-19 School Year – The Return to Campus
#113 COVIDCalls 8.26.2020 – The COVID-19 School Year – Special Education
#112 COVIDCalls 8.25.2020 – Fires and Hurricanes in Pandemic Times w/ Jennifer Lazo and Kaitlin Bain
#111 COVIDCalls 8.24.2020 – The COVID-19 School Year – Student Perspectives
#110 COVIDCALLS 8.21.2020 – The Democratic Convention & the Pandemic
#109 COVIDCalls 8.20.2020 – The Great Influenza of 1918 & COVID-19 w/ John Barry
#108 COVIDCalls 8.19.2020 – Family in the Time of COVID-19
#107 COVIDCalls 8.18.2020 – Public Health Update+COVID-19 in Italy Update
#106 COVIDCalls 8.17.2020 – Field Science in the Pandemic w/ Ken Lacovara & Isabel Behncke Izquierdo
#105 COVIDCalls 8.14.2020 Asian-Americans & COVID-19
#104 COVIDCalls 8.13.2020 Epidemiology, Ethics, & the Pandemic
#104 COVIDCalls 8.13.2020 Epidemiology, Ethics, & the Pandemic
#103 COVIDCalls – 8.12.2020 COVID-19 in Cancer Alley
#102 COVIDCalls 8.11.2020 COVID-19 in Haiti
#101 COVIDCalls 8.10.2020 – COVID-19 & the Nuclear Age w/ Robert Jay Lifton
#100 COVIDCalls 8.7.2020 – 100th Episode w/ Kim Fortun & Laurie Garrett
#99 COVIDCalls 8.6.2020 – Hiroshima 75 and COVID-19 w/ Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent, Kate Brown, & Kyoko Sato
#98 COVIDCalls 8.5.2020- COVID-19 and Hurricane Evacuation
#97 COVIDCalls 8.4.2020 COVID-19 and the Future of Democracy
#96 COVIDCalls 8.3.2020- COVID-19, Disinformation, & Conspiracy Theories w/ Kate Starbird
#95 COVIDCalls 7.31.2020 – Decolonization and the Pandemic
#94 COVIDCalls 7.30.2020- Social Sciences in the Pandemic w/ Alexa Dietrich
#93 COVIDCalls 7.29.2020- Pandemic Communication Ecologies
#92 COVIDCalls 7.27.2020- COVID-19 and Homelessness
#90 COVIDCalls 7.24.2020 – COVID-19, Disasters, & Infrastructure
#89 COVIDCalls 7.23.2020 – Disaster STS Researchers’ Roundtable w/ Tim Schutz, Prerna Srigyan, Maka Suarez, and Pedro de la Torre III
#88 COVIDCalls 7.22.2020- Mapping the Pandemic w/ Yanni Loukissas and Jer Thorp
#87 COVIDCalls 7.21.2020 – Data, Politics, & COVID-19
#86 COVIDCalls 7.18.2020 – COVID-19 in the UK w/ Jose Torero
#85 COVIDCalls 7.17.2020 – The Pandemic and Economic Hardship
Good afternoon and welcome to the 50- the 85th of the COVIDCalls, a daily discussion of the COVID-19 pandemic with a diverse collection of disaster experts. My name is Scott Gabriel Knowles. I'm a historian of disasters at Drexel University in Philadelphia. Today I...
#84 COVIDCalls 7.16.2020- How Do We Talk about Disasters?
Good afternoon, everyone and welcome to the 84th of the COVIDCalls. This is a daily discussion of the COVID-19 pandemic with a diverse collection of disaster experts. My name is Scott Gabriel Knowles. I'm a historian of disasters at Drexel University in Philadelphia....
#83 COVIDCalls 7.15.2020 – Racial Justice & Disaster Research: The Bill Anderson Fund Session II
Good afternoon and welcome to the 83rd of the COVIDCalls. This is a daily discussion of the COVID-19 pandemic with a diverse collection of disaster experts. My name is Scott Gabriel Knowles. I'm a historian of disasters at Drexel University in Philadelphia. Today, I'm...
#82 COVIDCalls 7.14.2020 – Bridging the Gap from Disaster Research to Practice
Good afternoon and welcome to the 82nd of the COVIDCalls. This is a daily discussion of the COVID-19 pandemic with a diverse collection of disaster experts. My name is Scott Gabriel Knowles, I'm a historian of disasters at Drexel University in Philadelphia. Today, my...
#81 COVIDCalls 7.13.2020- Public Health Update + The Hazards Workshop
Good afternoon and welcome to the 82nd of the COVIDCalls. This is a daily discussion of the COVID-19 pandemic with a diverse collection of disaster experts. My name is Scott Gabriel Knowles, I'm a historian of disasters at Drexel University in Philadelphia. Today, my...
#80 COVIDCalls 7.10.2020 – COVID-19 in Sweden
Good afternoon and welcome to the 80th of the COVIDCalls. This is a daily discussion of the COVID-19 pandemic with a diverse collection of disaster experts. My name is Scott Gabriel Knowles. I'm a historian of disasters at Drexel University in Philadelphia. Today we...
#79 COVIDCalls 7.9.2020 – Fiction in the Pandemic w/ Daniel Jose Older and Malka Older
All right, so we're live. But we'll just give people a couple of minutes to find us here, just starting a couple minutes early. Can we tweet out the link? Yeah, between you both, you command a very devoted social media presence. That's great. We both talk a lotta...
#78 COVIDCalls 7.1.2020 – Children and the COVID-19 Pandemic w/ Alice Fothergill & Lori Peek
Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to the 78th of the COVIDCalls. This is a daily discussion of the COVID-19 pandemic with a diverse collection of disaster experts. My name is Scott Gabriel Knowles. I'm a historian of disasters at Drexel University in Philadelphia....
#77 COVIDCalls 6.30.2020 – Academy of Natural Science Part V – Museums in a Pandemic w/ Scott Cooper & Julian Siggers
Good afternoon and welcome to the 77th of the COVID calls. This is a daily discussion of the COVID-19 pandemic with a diverse collection of disaster experts. My name is Scott Gabriel Knowles. I'm a historian of disasters at Drexel University in Philadelphia. Today we...
#76 COVIDCalls 6.29.2020 – The Search for a COVID-19 Vaccine w/ Paul Offit
Good afternoon everyone and welcome to the 76th of the COVID calls. This is a daily discussion of the covid 19 pandemic with a diverse collection of disaster experts. My name is Scott Gabriel Knowles. I'm a historian of Disasters at Drexel University in Philadelphia....
#75 COVIDCalls 6.26.2020- Brazil & COVID-19 – Rosanna Dent and Gilberto Hochman
#74 COVIDCalls 6.25.2020 – Pandemics in History: Premodern Pandemics
Good afternoon everyone and welcome to the 73rd of the COVIDCalls. This is a daily discussion of the COVID-19 pandemic with a diverse collection of disaster experts. My name is Scott Gabriel Knowles. I'm a historian of disasters at Drexel University in Philadelphia....
#73 COVIDCalls 6.24.2020 – Taiko for the Pandemic: Musical Performance & Discussion w/ Marco Lienhard
Good afternoon and welcome to the 73rd of the COVID calls. This is a daily discussion of the COVID-19 pandemic with a diverse collection of disaster experts. My name is Scott Gabriel Knowles. I'm a historian of disasters at Drexel University in Philadelphia. Today we...
#72 COVIDCalls 6.23.2020 – Academy of Natural Sciences Part IV – Environmental Justice
Good afternoon everyone and welcome to the 72nd of the COVIDCalls. This is a daily discussion of the COVID-19 pandemic with a diverse collection of disaster experts. My name is Scott Gabriel moles. I'm a historian of disasters at Drexel University in Philadelphia....
#71 COVIDCalls 6.22.2020 – City Planning & Architecture for the Pandemic w/ Roberto Moris
Good afternoon and welcome to the 71st of the COVIDCalls. This is a daily discussion of the COVID-19 pandemic with a diverse collection of disaster experts. My name is Scott Gabriel Knowles. I'm a historian of disasters at Drexel University in Philadelphia. Today we...
#70 COVIDCalls 6.19.2020 – The Legacy of the Tulsa Massacre & COVID-19 w/ Hannibal B. Johnson
Good afternoon and welcome to the 70th of the COVIDCalls. This is a daily discussion of the covid 19 pandemic with a diverse collection of disaster experts. My name is Scott Gabriel Knowles. I'm a historian of disasters at Drexel University in Philadelphia. Today we...
#69 COVID Calls 6.18.2020 The George Floyd Protests and COVID-19
Good afternoon everyone and welcome to the 69th of the COVID Calls. This is a daily discussion of the Covid-19 pandemic with a diverse collection of disaster experts. My name is Scott Gabriel Knowles. I'm a historian of disasters at Drexel University in Philadelphia....
#68 COVIDCalls 6.17.2020 – Racial Justice & Disaster Research: The Bill Anderson Fund Session I
Welcome to the 68th of the COVID Calls. This is a daily discussion of the Covid-19 pandemic with a diverse collection of disaster experts. My name is Scott Gabriel Knowles. I'm a historian of disasters at Drexel University in Philadelphia. Today, we have a discussion...
#67 COVIDCalls 6.16.2020 – Academy of Natural Sciences Episode III: COVID-19 & Water Quality
Good afternoon everyone and welcome to the 67th of the COVID calls. This is a daily discussion of the COVID-19 pandemic with a diverse collection of disaster experts. My name is Scott Gabriel Knowles. I'm a historian of disasters at Drexel University in Philadelphia....
#66 COVIDCalls 6.15.2020- Race, Justice, and Emergency Management
Good afternoon everyone and welcome to the 66th of the COVID Calls. This is a daily discussion of the COVID-19 pandemic with a diverse collection of disaster experts. My name is Scott Gabriel Knowles. I'm a historian of disasters at Drexel University in Philadelphia....
#65 COVIDCalls 6.12.2020 – COVID-19 & Race and the Hospital/Health Crisis
#64 COVIDCalls 6.11.2020 – Incarcerated Populations in the COVID-19 Pandemic
Good afternoon and welcome to the 64th of the COVID Calls. This is a daily discussion of the COVID-19 pandemic with a diverse collection of disaster experts. My name is Scott Gabriel Knowles. I'm a historian of disasters at Drexel University in Philadelphia. Today we...
#63 COVIDCalls 6.10.2020 – Researchers’ Roundtable
Good afternoon everyone and welcome to the 63rd of the COVID Calls. This is a daily discussion of the COVID-19 pandemic with a diverse collection of disaster experts. My name is Scott Gabriel Knowles. I'm a historian of disasters at Drexel University in Philadelphia....
#62 COVIDCalls 6.9.2020 – Academy of Natural Sciences Episode II: Maintaining the Collection
My name is Scott Gabriel Knowles. I'm a historian of disasters at Drexel University in Philadelphia. Today we have the second of our Academy of Natural Sciences COVID calls, and today we talk about the collections of this amazing institution and how they fared in this...
#61 COVIDCalls 6.8.2020 – A Pandemic in the Anthropocene w/ Dipesh Chakrabarty
Good afternoon everyone and welcome to the 61st of the COVID Calls. This is a daily discussion of the COVID19 pandemic with a diverse collection of disaster experts. My name is Scott Gabriel Knowles. I'm a historian of disasters at Drexel University in Philadelphia....
#60 COVIDCalls 6.5.2020 – COVID-19 and the Tech Economy
Good afternoon everyone and welcome to the 60th of the COVIDCalls. This is a daily discussion of the COVID-19 pandemic with a diverse collection of disaster experts. My name is Scott Gabriel Knowles. I'm a historian of disasters at Drexel University in Philadelphia....
#59 COVIDCalls 6.4.2020 – Emergency Management & Disaster Governance
Good afternoon everyone and welcome to the 59th of the COVIDCalls. This is a daily discussion of the COVID-19 pandemic with a diverse collection of disaster experts. My name is Scott Gabriel Knowles. I'm a historian of disasters at Drexel University in Philadelphia....
#58 COVIDCalls 6.3.2020 – The Pandemic & Wildfire
Good afternoon everyone and welcome to the 58th of the COVIDCalls. This is a daily discussion of the COVID-19 pandemic with a diverse collection of disaster experts. My name is Scott Gabriel Knowles. I'm a historian of disasters at Drexel University in Philadelphia....
#57 COVIDCalls 6.2.2020 – Academy of Natural Sciences Episode I: Biodiversity in the Pandemic
Good afternoon everyone and welcome to the 57th of the COVIDCalls. This is a daily discussion of the COVID-19 pandemic with a diverse collection of disaster experts. My name is Scott Gabriel Knowles. I'm a historian of disasters at Drexel University in Philadelphia....
#56 COVIDCalls 6.1.2020 – Mutual Aid in Compound Disasters
Good afternoon everyone and welcome to the 56th of the COVIDCalls. This is a daily discussion of the COVID-19 pandemic with a diverse collection of disaster experts. My name is Scott Gabriel Knowles. I'm a historian of disasters at Drexel University in Philadelphia....
#55 COVIDCalls 5.29.2020 – Two Pandemics: Racism & COVID-19 + Chile Update
Welcome everyone, to the 55th of the COVIDCalls. This is a daily discussion of the COVID-19 pandemic with a diverse collection of disaster experts. My name is Scott Gabriel Knowles. I'm a historian of disasters at Drexel University in Philadelphia. Today we have what...
#54 COVIDCalls 5.28.2020 – Public Health Update + Disaster Research with Tricia Wachtendorf
Good afternoon and welcome to the 54th of the COVIDCalls. This is a daily discussion of the COVID-19 pandemic with a diverse collection of disaster experts. My name is Scott Gabriel Knowles. I'm a historian of disasters at Drexel University in Philadelphia. Today, we...
#53 COVIDCalls 5.27.2020 – Graduating in a Pandemic Year
I'd like to welcome everyone to the 53rd of the COVIDCalls. This is a daily discussion of the COVID-19 pandemic with a diverse collection of disaster experts. My name is Scott Gabriel Knowles. I'm a historian of disasters at Drexel University in Philadelphia. Today we...
#52 COVIDCalls 5.26.2020 – High School Students in the Pandemic: Philadelphia
Good afternoon everyone and welcome to the 52nd of the COVIDCalls. This is a daily discussion of the COVID-19 pandemic with a diverse collection of disaster experts. My name is Scott Gabriel Knowles. I'm a historian of disasters at Drexel University in Philadelphia....
#51 COVIDCalls 5.25.2020 – State Violence, Discrimination, and Humanitarian Aid in the Pandemic
Good afternoon everyone, and welcome to the 51st of the COVIDCalls. This is a daily discussion of the COVID-19 pandemic with a diverse collection of disaster experts. My name is Scott Gabriel Knowles. I'm a historian of disasters at Drexel University in Philadelphia....
#50 COVIDCalls 5.22.2020 – Lungs, Breathing, & COVID-19
Good afternoon everyone and welcome to the 50th of the COVIDCalls. This is a daily discussion of the COVID-19 pandemic with a diverse collection of disaster experts. My name is Scott Gabriel Knowles. I'm a historian of disasters at Drexel University in Philadelphia. I...
#49 COVIDCalls 5.21.2020 – COVID-19 in Singapore with Sulfikar Amir
Good afternoon and welcome to the 49th of the COVIDCalls. This is a daily discussion of the COVID-19 pandemic with a diverse collection of disaster experts. My name is Scott Gabriel Knowles. I'm a historian of disasters at Drexel University in Philadelphia. Today we...
#48 COVIDCalls 5.20.2020 – Climate Change & COVID-19
Good afternoon everyone and welcome to the 48th of the COVIDCalls. This is a daily discussion of the COVID-19 pandemic with a diverse collection of disaster experts. My name is Scott Gabriel Knowles. I'm a historian of disasters at Drexel University in Philadelphia....
#47 COVIDCalls 5.19.2020 – Maintaining Dignity for the Dead During COVID-19
Good afternoon and welcome to the 47th of the COVID Calls. This is a daily discussion of the COVID-19 pandemic with a diverse collection of disaster experts. My name is Scott Gabriel Knowles. I'm a historian of disasters at Drexel University in Philadelphia. Today we...
#46 COVIDCalls 5.18.2020 – Information Infrastructures in Disaster
Good afternoon, everyone and welcome to the 46th of the COVIDCalls. This is a daily discussion of the COVID-19 pandemic with a diverse collection of disaster experts. These calls are held every weekday at 5pm Eastern time. My name is Scott Knowles. I'm a historian of...
#45 COVIDCalls 5.15.2020 – Race & Face Masking in COVID-19
Welcome everyone to the 45th of the COVID Calls a daily discussion of the COVID-19 pandemic with a diverse collection of disaster experts. These calls are held every weekday at 5pm Eastern time. My name is Scott Knowles. I'm a historian of disasters at Drexel...
#44 COVIDCalls 5.14.2020 – COVID-29 in Jefferson County, Texas
Good afternoon, everyone and welcome to the 44th of the COVID Calls. This is a daily discussion of the COVID-19 pandemic with a diverse collection of disaster experts. These calls are held every weekday at 5pm Eastern time. My name is Scott Knowles. I'm a historian of...
#43 COVIDCalls 5.13.2020 – Pandemics in History V
Welcome to the 43rd of the COVID Calls. This is a daily discussion of the COVID-19 pandemic with a diverse collection of disaster experts. These calls are held every weekday at 5pm Eastern time. My name is Scott Knowles. I'm a historian of disasters at Drexel...
#42 COVIDCalls 5.12.2020 – Researcher’s Roundtable
Good afternoon, everyone and welcome to the 42nd of the COVID Calls. This is a daily discussion of the COVID-19 pandemic with a diverse collection of disaster experts. These calls are held every weekday at 5pm Eastern time. My name is Scott Knowles. I'm a historian of...
#41 COVIDCalls 5.11.2020 – COVID-19 in the Context of Pandemic History and Recovery – York, PA
All right. Welcome, everyone. Thanks for joining us for COVID-19 in cont-- in the context of pandemic history and recovery, co-hosted by the York County History Center and the York County Economic Alliance. My name is Silas Chamberlain. I'm Vice President of economic...
#40 COVIDCalls 5.8.2020 – Disinformation, Misinformation, Consipiracy, & COVID
How can public health officials use social media to communicate important messages about COVID-19 to the public amidst rampant misinformation and disinformation? What causes certain messages about risk to break through online while others get lost in the noise?
Dr. Jeanette Sutton, an associate professor in the Department of Communication and the Director of the Risk and Disaster Communication Center at the University of Kentucky, and Dr. Joan Donovan, the Research Director at the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, both discuss misinformation, disinformation, and social media during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Dr. Sutton talks about her research early on in the development of social media and how risk communicators have come to use these platforms. In particular she talks about the difficulty of public health authorities and other officials to break through the algorithm to reach the public. Dr. Donovan talks about how her research studying media disinformation and bad actors intersects with Coronavirus misinformation and disinformation online. She emphasizes the need for social media companies to be proactive in curation and engage with independent researchers to identify potential manipulation. They both discuss the potential of future response and research of social media and disinformation as it relates to COVID-19 and other disasters.
In this episode the obituary of Krist Guzman of Bolingbrook, IL is read in remembrance of her life.
For further reading:
“Risk Communication and Social Media” in Risk Conundrums: Solving Unsolvable Problems
“Social-Media Companies Must Flatten the Curve of Misinformation”
“Republicans Want Twitter to Ban Chinese Communist Party Accounts. That’s a Dangerous Idea.”
#39 COVIDCalls 5.7.2020 – COVID & Climate Action
Is the COVID-19 pandemic a preview of the type of disruptions that will come with the climate crisis? How are cities responding to and preparing for climate change related threats in a way that promotes environmental justice?
Daniel Zarrilli, the Chief Climate Policy Advisor for the New York City Office of the Mayor, discusses how New York City is preparing for the climate crisis and working towards environmental justice. Zarrilli discusses his experience with Hurricane Sandy and how it put him on the path to dealing with climate change in municipal government. He also talks about the OneNYC 2050 long-term strategic plan for climate change as well as the C40 Cities network that connects cities around the globe to respond to the climate crisis. Zarrilli argues that the pandemic is an opportunity to move in a different direction on climate by investing in clean energy and infrastructure, fixing democracy, and helping city residents live healthier lives. He also discusses how students and young people can get involved in the response to climate change.
In this episode the obituary of Henry Grimes of New York City, NY is read in remembrance of his life.
For further reading:
“On #EarthDay50, The Answer to Two Existential Crises is Staring Us in the Face”
“Air pollution falls by unprecedented levels in major global cities during coronavirus lockdowns”
#38 COVIDCalls 5.6.2020 – COVID & the Apocalyptic w/ Chuck Strozier
How does the COVID-19 pandemic evoke fears of the apocalypse and what is the psychology of apocalyptic thinking in the United States? How does COVID-19 fit into the history of apocalyptic visions and narratives from the Book of Revelation to nuclear holocaust?
Dr. Chuck Strozier, a practicing psychoanalyst and professor emeritus of History at John Jay College, discusses COVID-19 and its connection to the history of the apocalypse, apocalyptic fears, and apocalyptic thinking in the United States. Dr. Strozier talks about the resonances between nuclear radiation and the coronavirus as invisible threats of death. He also offers his analysis of the Trumpist mindset and the reactions of the President and his followers to the pandemic. Dr. Strozier discusses historical analogues for the pandemic and COVID-19 survivors, emphasizing the long process of mourning and the ultimate resilience of the human spirit.
In this episode the obituary of Guillermo Frestan of New York City, NY is read in remembrance of his life.
For further reading:
Apocalypse: On the Psychology of Fundamentalism in America
The Fundamentalist Mindset: Psychological Perspectives on Religion, Violence, and History
#37 COVIDCalls 5.5.2020 – Public Health Update + Disaster Research In the Age of COVID
What are the challenges and opportunities COVID-19 presents for disaster researchers? What are the central problems with emergency management in the United States? What is the state of the pandemic in Philadelphia in early May 2020?
Dr. Esther Chernak, professor at the Drexel University School of Public Health, rejoins to update listeners on the state of COVID-19 in Philadelphia and Pennsylvania as of May 5, 2020, focusing particularly on the data of the pandemic and how it affects modeling. Dr. James Kendra, Professor at the Biden School of Public Policy and Administration and co-director of the Disaster Research Center at the University of Delaware, discusses how COVID-19 has impacted disaster research, what it has revealed about our political economy, and how emergency managers have responded. Dr. Kendra discusses the familiar and unfamiliar aspects of the pandemic and how it has affected the fieldwork of disaster researchers as they work from home. He also discusses the fragmented system of disaster management in the United States and the consequences of its discontinuous structure. He also talks about the crisis of legitimacy faced by higher education and how academics can explain their value in this moment.
In this episode the obituary of Daniel and Valerie Zane of Haverford, PA is read in remembrance of their lives.
For further reading:
“As Trump Pushes Reopen, Government Sees Virus Toll Nearly Doubling”
American Dunkirk: The Waterborne Evacuation in Manhattan on 9/11
“Before Outbreak, a Cascade of Warnings Went Unheeded”
“States Made it Harder to Get Jobless Benefits. Now That’s Hard to Undo.”
#36 COVIDCalls 5.4.2020 – The Maintainers of the World During a Pandemic
Who do we rely on to keep the world running during the COVID-10 pandemic? What makes a worker “essential” during a pandemic, and is there really a difference between essential work during a pandemic and during normal times?
Dr. Andrew Russell, the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at State University of New York Polytechnic Institute, and Dr. Lee Vinsel, an assistant professor of history at Virginia Tech, both discuss what makes work and workers “essential” in the pandemic. Dr. Russell and Dr. Vinsel both talk about their research on maintainers, maintenance work, and the long history of assigning low status to workers who help our world run. Dr. Lee discusses how the idea of essential work relates to maintenance and how the pandemic makes essential work visible. Dr. Russell discusses how the pandemic has also been a stress test for our infrastructure ranging from supply chains, food production, and even the internet. They both discuss how prizing innovation, “genius” inventors, and disruption obfuscates the work that is required to maintain our world.
In this episode Host Scott Knowles begins the reading of an obituary of someone who died of COVID-19. The obituary of Paul Cary of Colorado Springs, CO is read in remembrance of his life.
For further reading:
The Innovation Delusion: How Our Obsession with the New Has Disrupted the Work that Matters Most
#35 COVIDCalls 5.1.2020 – Labor, Gender, and Essential Work
Dr. Eileen Boris, Hull Professor of Feminist Studies at University of California – Santa Barbara, Dr. Silvia Federici, a professor at Hofstra University, and Juliana Feliciano Reyes, a journalist for the the Philadelphia Inquirer, all discuss the intersections of labor, gender, and a pandemic that has forced many workers into new forms of precarity. Dr. Boris and Dr. Federici both talk about working from home during the pandemic, both for people who have been thrust into remote work and those who were already doing work at home and reproductive work, like mothers and domestic workers. Reyes discusses her recent labor reporting that examines new forms of worker precarity and organized resistance brought about by the pandemic in Philadelphia. They all talk about the simultaneous valorization and devaluation of “essential work” during the pandemic and talk about how we could move towards a more just valuation of work and human life.
For further reading:
“When the Home Is a Worklplace”
Patriarchy of the Wage: Notes on Marx, Gender, and Feminism
“The Coronavirus Shines Light on a Dark Side of Subcontracting”
#34 COVIDCalls 4.30.2020 – COVID-19, Disaster Governance, and Federalism
How has COVID-19 revealed and exacerbated fundamental disagreements over federalism in the United States that have been brewing for 230 years? Why does disaster reveal the broken linkages between different layers of government?
Dr. Don Kettl, the Sid Richardson Professor at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at University of Texas-Austin, discusses the impact of federalism on disaster governance in the United States and how this dynamic has played out during the pandemic as of April 2020. Dr. Kettl gives a broad stroke history of American federalism from the founding to the present day, showing the problems presented by federalism are still unresolved. He also talks about the surprising correlation between state lockdown policies and ACA Medicaid Expansion, revealing the larger systemic differences between states. Dr. Kettl talks about why he sees the current configuration as unsustainable and discusses a path forward for the government after the pandemic ends.
For further reading:
“New Jersey reports 460 coronavirus deaths, highest single-day death toll”
#33 COVIDCalls 4.29.2020 – The Pandemic’s Impact on Immigrant Communities
How is the COVID-19 pandemic affecting immigrant communities in the United States? How are those in the Trump administration and in the immigration restrictionist movement broadly using the emergency to further their policy goals?
Dr. Carly Goodman, a visiting assistant professor of Modern American History at Lasalle University, and Camille Mackler, the Executive Director at Immigrant Advocates Response Collaborative, both discuss the legal, health, and economic challenges immigrants face due to the pandemic and the Trump administration. Dr. Goodman discusses how the immigration restrictionist movement is using the pandemic to further restrict legal immigration. She also talks about the longer bipartisan history of hardline immigration policy in the US, and how the U.S. often plays a role in creating conditions that cause people to migrate. Mackler talks about the risk of infection at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities and the difficulties of conducting immgration court during the pandemic. Dr. Goodman stresses the importance of historian voices to help us understand this moment. Mackler highlights the need for activism, volunteerism, and everyday acts of solidarity to help the immigrant communities in the United States.
For further reading:
“President Trump’s Immigration Suspension Has Nothing to do with Coronavirus”
“The poultry industry recruited them. Now ICE raids are devastating their communities.”
#32 COVIDCalls 4.28.2020 – COVID-19 and Mental Health with Maiken Scott
With 57,812 confirmed COVID related deaths in the United States as of recording, how will we cope with the amount of death brought about in such a short time by COVID-19? How do we cope with trauma when our usual social connections and interactions are restricted?
Maiken Scott, a Health and Science reporter for WHYY Philadelphia and host of The Pulse a weekly Health and Science show, discusses covering mental health in the COVID-19 pandemic. Scott makes comparisons to other moments of collective trauma while pointing out the unique aspects of trauma associated with COVID-19, like loneliness brought about by social distancing measures. She also discusses the positives and negatives of the shift of mental health services to online spaces. She discusses the use of history during this moment, not as a collection of easy lessons, but as a way to put events into perspective. Scott also discusses the impact of the pandemic on journalism, which was already facing loses to revenue and local news outlets.
For further reading:
“U.S. Coronavirus Deaths Now Surpass Fatalities in the Vietnam War”
“Who wants to hear an audio tour about a disgusting Philly epidemic? 10,000 visitors, that’s who”
#31 COVIDCalls 4.27.2020 – Pandemics in History IV
How can we see past monolithic depictions of nations and understand the underlying differences within national borders that are shaped by demographics, geography, and historical experiences? What can we learn from the Great Sea Islands Storm of 1893 and a bubonic plague outbreak in the 19th century about how local politics and racial animus can shape responses to disaster?
Dr. Caroline Grego, an assistant professor at the Queens University of Charlotte, and Dr. Tiago Saraiva, an associate professor of History at Drexel University, both discuss the links between disaster histories, the histories of racialized politics, and our current experience with COVID-19. Dr. Grego talks about her research on the Great Sea Islands Storm of 1893, how White Supremacists used the hurricane to disrupt Black political power in Jim Crow South Carolina. She also discusses how worries about epidemic disease in the wake of the hurricane connects to racial disparities in COVID-19 deaths in the United States. Dr. Saraiva talks about his own research on the 19th-century bubonic plague outbreak that spread from mainland China, highlighting the politics of covering up epidemics in various cities, the rise of the laboratory, and the politics of race around the plague that affected Chinese-Americans. He also discusses the connections between global capitalism, food production, and the history of pandemics.
For further reading:
“COVID-19 Reveals a Long History of Health Inequities affecting African Americans”
“Why Coronavirus is Killing African-Americans More Than Others”
Fascist Pigs: Technoscientific Organisms and the History of Fascism
#30 COVIDCalls 4.24.2020 – The Trump Pandemic with Virginia Heffernan
What explains President Donald Trump’s disastrous response to COVID-19 and can he politically survive the pandemic? What do Trump and his vices say about our society and why can’t we look away?
Virginia Heffernan, a journalist for the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Political and more, discusses President Donald Trump, his White House’s response to the pandemic, and the effect it might have on his re-election campaign. Heffernan also questions what Trump, and our inability to ignore him, says about our present era. Heffernan talks about how Governors like Andrew Cuomo of New York and Gavin Newsome of California, as well as collections of states are trying to counter Trump’s ineptitude and chart their own paths in the pandemic. She also discusses the power the “canon of plague literature” has for helping us cope with the COVID-19 Pandemic.
For further reading:
“What Donald Trump Doesn’t Get About Disasters”
“Is COVID-19 Donald Trump’s Hurricane Katrina?”
“Mitch McConnell’s Bankruptcy Campaign Makes Zero Sense on Any Level”
#29 COVIDCalls 4.23.2020 – Pandemics in History III: Philadelphia
What can public officials and public health experts learn from a series of yellow fever epidemics in the 1790s and other historical epidemics? What factor has race played in emergency management and infectious disease in American history?
Dr. David Barnes, a professor of public health and the history of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, and Dr. Michael Yudell, Vice Dean and Professor at College of Health Solutions at Arizona State University and former chair of the Department of Community Health and Prevention at Drexel University, both discuss historical analogues for the COVID-19 pandemic in American History. In particular Dr. Barnes and Dr. Yudell discusses Philadelphia’s Yellow Fever epidemic of 1793, its subsequent resurgence, and the similarities to today’s pandemic. Dr. Barnes talks about the contentious politics and practice of quarantine in 1790’s Philadelphia and its parallels into debates over lockdown measures. Dr. Yudell explains the deeper histories that cause harmful effects of disease to map onto social inequalities. Both also discuss the tension between research and activism in advocating for changes in public health policies.
For further reading:
The Making of a Social Disease: Tuberculosis in Nineteenth-Century France
Race Unmasked: Biology and Race in the Twentieth Century
#28 COVIDCalls 4.22.2020 – Public Health Update + COVID & the Law
How much legal power does the U.S. federal government have to regulate states during pandemic? How are various issues related to the pandemic, from shelter-in-place orders, state specific quarantines, limits on religious gatherings, and deportations being litigated? How is Philadelphia dealing with the pandemic in late-April 2020?
Dr. Esther Chernak, professor at the Drexel University School of Public Health, rejoins to provide an update on the state of the pandemic in Philadelphia and the local public health response as of late-April, 2020. In particular Dr. Chernak discusses the vulnerability of elderly in nursing homes, the continued inadequacy of testing, asymptomatic transmission, and various reopening plans. Then, Professor Kathy Bergin, adjunct professor of law at Cornell Law School and member of the steering committee for Project Blueprint, discusses the emerging field of disaster law and legal issues surrounding COVID-19 in America. In addition Professor Bergin talks about her work in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. She breaks down some of the recent legal filings and cases related to COVID-19. Professor Bergin also discusses the constitutional limitations on federal and state powers when it comes to pandemic response.
For further reading:
Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti
“Missouri Sues China, Commuist Party Over The Coronavirus Pandemic”
“Kansas Supreme Court Upholds Governors Order Limiting the Size of Easter Services”
#27 COVIDCalls 4.21.2020 – What Should We Learn from COVID-19 with Kathleen Tierney
What are the long term effects of disaster on society? What were the lessons of 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina and to what extent were they heeded?
Dr. Kathleen Tierney, Professor Emerita of Sociology and former director of the Natural Hazard Center at University of Colorado-Boulder, discusses how her long career in disaster research informs her view of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a wide ranging discussion Dr. Tierney talks about how disasters are a “never-ending kaleidoscope” of societal issues, and how vulnerability has social roots. She also talks about the capacity for prosocial response to disaster and how the current neoliberal political economy limits resilience. Dr. Tierney also argues that good disaster planning will require a paradigm shift in how we understand vulnerability.
For further reading:
The Social Roots of Risk: Producing Disasters, Promoting Resilience
“The ‘Mother of All Rorschachs’: Katrina Recovery in New Orleans”
A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster
“Disaster as war: Militarism and the social construction of disaster in New Orleans”
#26 COVIDCalls 4.20.2020 – Governance & Disaster: COVID-19
How will COVID-19 shape the way the American government operates? Where were the points of governmental failure when it came to the American policy response to COVID and how can the U.S. adjust its policy and politics to deal with future hazards better?
Dr. Rob DeLeo, an associate professor of public policy and global studies at Bentley University, Dr. Thomas Birkland, a professor of public policy at North Carolina State University, and Dr. Kristin Taylor, an associate professor of political science at Wayne University, all discuss governance and policy before, during, and after disasters. Dr. Birkland discusses whether the COVID-19 can be understood as a “focusing event,” in terms of its effects on U.S. policy or if we should use indicator-driven policy as the model for understanding the response. All the researchers debate the extent to which federalism has worked or did not work as intended in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic and the role federal, state, and local governments have in disaster preparedness and response. Dr. DeLeo and Dr. Taylor both discuss new joint research on voter preference around disaster preparedness as well as the structural issues that lead to chronic underinvestment in disaster preparedness. All comment on how COVID-19 might affect the presidential election and how politicians might adjust their agendas to meet the moment.
For further reading:
Lessons of Disaster: Policy Change after Catastrophic Events
After Disaster: Agenda Setting of Public Policy and Focusing Events
Anticipatory Policymaking: When Government Acts To Prevent Problems and Why It Is So Difficult
Agendas, Alternatives, and Public Policies
“The White House Has Erected a Blockade Stopping States and Hospitals From Getting Coronavirus PPE”
Disasters and Democracy: The Politics of Extreme Natural Events
#25 COVIDCalls 4.17.2020 – COVID & Environmental Justice in Louisiana II
How does COVID-19 overlap and intertwine with the deeper histories of Louisiana, and how can we understand these connections? What effect will COVID-19 have on long-term efforts for racial and environmental justice in Louisiana?
Karen Gadbois, the co-founder of The Lens, Dr. Andy Horowitz, an assistant professor of History at Tulane University, and Dr. Beverly Wright, an environmental justice scholar/advocate and executive director at the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice (DSCEJ), all discuss how COVID-19 connects to long-term histories in Louisiana like racism, economic inequality, pollution, and even patterns of sociability. All talk about the resonances they see in the COVID-19 Pandemic and Hurricane Katrina, as well as the ways in which these two disasters have compounded in Louisiana. All emphasize the need to grapple with these entangled history at the same time, despite the difficulty. Drawing on their experience with Katrina, Dr. Wright and Gadbois also discuss how activists, organizers, and journalists can sustain themselves economically, physically, and emotionally in the months and years ahead.
For further reading:
Race, Place and the Environment after Hurricane Katrina
#24 COVIDCalls 4.16.2020 – COVID & Environmental Justice in Louisiana I
How are the racial injustice of slavery and environmental injustice of petrochemical plants compounding to impact the health effects of COVID-19 in southern Louisiana? How are communities, especially communities of color, responding to a high COVID death rate amidst the continuing legacies of racial and environmental injustice?
Dr. Joy Banner, the Director of Media and Marketing at Whitney Plantation, Sophie Kasakove, a freelance reporter based in New Orleans, and Ashley Rogers, the Executive Director of Whitney Plantation and doctoral student at Louisiana State University, discuss the state of the pandemic in St. John the Baptist Parish and how past and present injustices are exacerbating the effects of COVID-19. Dr. Banner and Rogers discuss the long history of extractive logic that connects the economies of sugar plantations and petrochemical plants in southern Louisiana and how that has affected Black Americans in the region. Dr. Banner and Rogers also talk about their work on Whitney Plantation and how the site presents the perspective of enslaved people. Kasakove talks about her reporting on the effects of pollution from petrochemical plants on nearby residents and how pollution links to underlying conditions like asthma that can make people vulnerable to COVID-19. She also talks about how communities affected by the petrochemical industry have organized and engaged in activism in response to pollution and further development.
For further reading:
‘Cancer Alley’ Has Some of the Highest Coronavirus Death Rates in the Country
Concerned Citizens of St. John
“New Research Links Air Pollution to Higher Coronavirus Death Rates”
#23 COVIDCalls 4.15.2020 – Disaster Plans & Disaster Realities with Lee Clarke
What level of risk will we choose to accept and how do we come to accept it? Is that choice rational or irrational? How do organizations plan for worst case scenarios and to what extent are those plans works of fiction?
Dr. Lee Clarke, a professor of sociology at Rutgers University, discusses his research on risk, organizations, disaster plans, and elite panic in connection with COVID-19. Dr. Lee talks about “worst case” events like Hurricane Katrina or COVID-19 and how they stretch the imagination of those witnessing them. He also talks about the difference between “probabilistic” and “possibilitistic” thinking and how these categories help us understand seemingly irrational choices. He also discusses how disaster plans and models are “fantasy” documents, and discusses the dangers of early COVID-19 models being inaccurate. Dr. Lee also discusses the inherent interdisciplinary nature of disaster research and the problems COVID-19 will pose to doing further disaster research.
For further reading:
Mission Improbable: Using Fantasy Documents to Tame Disaster
Worst Cases: Terror and Catastrophe in the Popular Imagination
#22 COVIDCalls 4.14.2020 – Disaster Victims & Memorials
What is the future of COVID-19 memory? Will there be a memorial to remember the lives lost and honor the heroes during the COVID-19 Pandemic? What would memorials to COVID-19 look like, and what role will the politics of the pandemic play in them?
Dr. Jay Aronson, professor of science, technology, and society in the department of history and founder for the Center of Human Rights Science at Carnegie Mellon University, and Dr. Adia Benton an associate professor of anthropology at Northwestern University, discuss how memorialization factors into their work on 9/11 and HIV in Sierra Leone (respectively), and possible futures of COVID-19 memorialization. Dr. Benton talks about her work on Sierra Leone and the memory politics of AIDS, Civil War, and Ebola. Dr. Aronson talks about the debates surrounding memorializing 9/11 at ground zero. They both talk about how international, regional, and local politics can overlap in memory spaces and how survivors and bereaved families can feel left out of the memorial process. They also discuss how the fractured politics of the pandemic might affect the form and message of COVID-19 commemorations.
For further reading:
HIV Exceptionalism: Development through Disease in Sierra Leone
Memories of the Slave Trade: Ritual and the Historical Imagination in Sierra Leone
Who Owns the Dead?: The Science and Politics of Death at Ground Zero
#21 COVIDCalls 4.13.2020 – Public Health Update + Risk, Climate, & the Pandemic
How can we effectively communicate about the risk of compound disasters during the continuing pandemic as the United States also enters hurricane, storm, and wildfire season? What is the state of the pandemic in Philadelphia?
Dr. Esther Chernak, professor at the Drexel University School of Public Health, rejoins to update listeners on the state of COVID-19 cases, testing capacity, mitigation measures, and the stress on the healthcare system in Philadelphia as of April 13, 2020. Dr. Howard Kunreuther, James G. Dinan Professor Emeritus of Decision Sciences and Public Policy and co-director of the Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, also discusses the importance of communicating catastrophic risk. Dr. Kunreuther talks about the difficulties of communicating about the risk of low probability/high consequence events like COVID-19 and the opportunity the pandemic provides to get people to pay attention to similar global risks. In particular, he explains the ways exponential curves, myopia, simplification and more can hinder risk perception and communication. He connects COVID-19 to other global risks like climate change and examines how we face similar challenges in responding to these disasters. He advocates for better leadership as one vital tool for facing the future and for young researchers to “take advantage of the disaster” as a chance to make changes.
For further reading:
“At Least 29 Are Killed as Tornadoes and Severe Weather Strike Southern States”
“What the Coronavirus Curve Teaches Us About Climate Change”
#20 COVIDCalls 4.10.2020 – Pandemics in History II
What can history teach us that prepares us for COVID 19? What are the issues with asking historians to provide us with concrete advice from imperfect and incomplete historical examples?
Julia Engelschalt, a doctoral candidate in history at Bielefeld University, and Dr. Jacob Remes, a professor of history at New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study and Director of the Initiative for Critical Disaster Studies, both discuss how their own work on historical disasters informs their understanding of COVID-19. In particular Engelschalt and Dr. Remes both talk about how their work intersects with the history of public health in 20th century America. They both discuss what an archive of COVID-19 might look like in the future, the challenges historians will face when accessing information from this time, and how inequality will affect what stories are available to historians. They both speculate on how historians of the future will periodize COVID-19 and when the pandemic will be considered “over.”
For further reading:
Disaster Citizenship: Survivors, Solidarity, and Power in the Progessive Era
Seismic City: An Environmental History of San Francisco’s 1906 Earthquake
Sympathetic State: Disaster Relief and the Origins of the American Welfare State
#19 COVIDCalls 4.9.2020 – Disaster Research in a Time of Crisis with Lori Peek
How does the backlash against Asian Americans, especially those of Chinese descent, during COVID-19 parallel backlashes against other minority groups that followed events like 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina? What is the role of researchers during disaster events like COVID-19?
Dr. Lori Peek, professor of sociology and Director of the Natural Hazard Center at University of Colorado-Boulder, discusses patterns of post-disaster backlash violence and the importance of funding transdisciplinary disaster research. Dr. Peek talks about her work on anti-Muslim backlash following 9/11 and it it relates to current anti-Asian violence, the difficulty of researching backlash violence, and how to balance psychological and historical explanations for backlash responses to disasters. She also discusses the history, mission, and ongoing work of the Natural Hazard Center. Dr. Peek argues that the pandemic could be a pivotal moment for social science research on disasters, encouraging the funding of new work and the rediscovery of existing work.
For further reading:
Behind the Backlash: Muslim Americans after 9/11
“The Continuing Significance of Race: Antiblack Discrimination in Public Spaces”
Lessons of Disaster: Policy Change after Catastrophic Events
#18 COVIDCalls 4.8.2020 – Emergency Management Update & COVID-19 and Crime
What role do the police have in public health crises? How have crime patterns shifted in the wake of shelter-in place orders? What is the state of the pandemic from the point of view of emergency managers in early April 2020?
Dr. Samantha Montano, assistant professor in Emergency Management at Massachusetts Maritime Academy (formerly University of Nebraska-Omaha), rejoins to discuss the lack of a coordinated response to the pandemic, the frustration felt by emergency managers, and the mixed messages from the federal government as of April 2020. Dr. Robert J. Kane, professor and head of the Department of Criminology and Justice Studies at Drexel University, discusses how the pandemic intersects with crime and policing. Dr. Kane discusses the difficulties of collecting crime data in the early pandemic and the rise of crimes within the household (such as domestic violence) during shelter-in-place orders. Dr. Kane also explains the role of the Police in enforcing public health measures, as well as the potential roles they could play in the pandemic outside of a traditional enforcement rubric. He talks about the ways in which police in America are in danger from the virus, but also how police practices themselves can hinder public health efforts.
On this episode musicians Adam Schlesinger, Ellis Marsalis Jr., John “Bucky” Pizzarelli, and John Prine are remembered after passing from COVID-19.
For further reading:
“New York Police Fight Coronavirus in Department as 1 in 5 Go Out Sick”
#17 COVIDCalls 4.7.2020 – Disaster, Resilience, & Data
What are the social factors that shape people’s understanding of disaster? What ties communities together and helps them remain strong, cope, and recover? What are the data that help us understand how people support each other during crisis?
Dr. Daniel P. Aldrich, full professor of political science and Director of the Security and Resilience Studies Program at Northeastern University and Dr. Robert Soden, assistant professor of computer science at University of Toronto (formerly a postdoctoral researcher at Columbia University), each discuss their work on social capital and crisis informatics, respectively. Dr. Aldrich defines social capital as the ties that bind us to other people, argues that these ties are one of our most important resources in a disaster, and explains how physical distancing mitigations during COVID-19 might affect them. Dr. Soden discusses the reemergence of mutual aid during the pandemic, how mutual aid groups are using technology, and mutual aid point of departure for crisis informatics research. Both bring in their research on past disasters in places like Haiti, Nepal, and Japan to contextualize grassroots and policy responses to COVID-19. Together they see the pandemic as a pivotal moment that could shift awareness of Climate Change and bring people into the field of disaster studies.
For further reading:
Building Resilience: Social Capital in Post-Disaster Recovery
#16 COVIDCalls 4.6.2020 – Disaster Researchers’ Roundtable
How is the disaster of COVID-19 impacting how early career disaster researchers are approaching their own research? How will academia in general react to the crisis and how will that affect graduate students and early career researchers?
Dr. Nnenia Campbell, a research associate at the Natural Hazards Center of University of Colorado-Boulder, Dr. Ryan Hagen, a postdoctoral scholar in Sociology at Columbia University, Dr. Yeonsil Kang, a visiting assistant professor in History at Drexel University Zachary Loeb, a PhD Candidate in History and Sociology of Science at University of Pennsylvania, and Valerie Marlowe, Assistant Director of Archives and Collections at the Disaster Research Center of University of Delaware, all rising disaster researchers discuss how COVID-19 has affected their ongoing work. The roundtable talks about how disaster researchers and academics can prove their value beyond the classroom. The researchers discuss how academic work can be applied, communicated, and used to raise awareness. They also talk about the ethics and practicalities of doing research while the COVID-19 crisis is ongoing.
For further reading:
The Monster at Our Door: The Global Threat of Avian Flu
#15.2 Part Two: COVIDCalls 4.3.2020 – Pandemic Politics w/ Julian Zelizer + Pandemic Perspectives: South Korea
Part One:
With the 2020 presidential primary season underway in the United States, how might the pandemic affect the presidential election later in the year and the longer trajectory of American politics?
Dr. Julian Zelizer, a professor of History and Public Affairs at Princeton University and CNN contributor, discusses the politics of COVID-19 during a presidential election year in the United States. Dr. Zelizer evaluates the Trump administration’s pandemic response and its possible political ramifications. He also discusses the still unsettled Democratic primary and the challenges the virus poses to campaigning, messaging, and voting. Talking from a historical perspective Dr. Zelizer discusses how the pandemic may change the presidency and what effect, if any, COVID-19 may have on partisan polarization.
For further reading:
“How to protect the 2020 elections from the coronavirus crisis”
Part Two:
What accounts for the starkly different pictures of the pandemic in various nations and what can we learn from the example of South Korea? How was South Korea able to respond and, as of April 2, 2021, report only 174 deaths due to COVID-19?
Dr. Seung-sik Hwang, a professor of epidemiology at Seoul National University, and Dr. Chihyung Jeon, an associate professor and department head at the Graduate School of Science and Technology Policy at the Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), both discuss South Korea’s comparative success in responding to COVID-19 and the lessons it offers the United States. Together they discuss the success of the testing and contract tracing regime in South Korea, particularly around the case of “Patient 31” in the city of Daegu. Also discussed is how the experience of the Sewol Ferry disaster in 2014 and MERS Outbreak in 2015 in South Korea affected the government’s response to COVID-19. Ultimately Dr. Hwang emphasizes the importance of testing and contract tracing for preserving the healthcare system in a given country. Dr. Jeon also explains the inseparability of science and politics and the need to think about their relationship wisely during a crisis.
For further reading:
“What We Can Learn from the Korean Response to COVID-19”
“How a South Korean church helped fuel the spread of the coronavirus”
#15.1 Part One: COVIDCalls 4.3.2020 – Pandemic Politics w/ Julian Zelizer + Pandemic Perspectives: South Korea
Good afternoon, everyone and welcome to the 15th of the COVID calls. This is a daily discussion of the COVID-19 pandemic with a diverse collection of disaster experts. These calls are held every weekday at 5pm Eastern Time. Today's a special COVID calls, which is...
#14 COVIDCalls 4.2.2020 – Care, Grieving, Parents, & Children in the Pandemic
How is ageism influencing debates over whether or not to “re-open” the nation amidst rising infections and economic fall out? What does caring for the elderly during the pandemic look like during the early pandemic? How is COVID-19 affecting how and what we communicate with those closest to us?
Bernadette McBride, a registered nurse practitioner specializing in geriatric family practice and owner of Legacy Management and Tranquility Life Care, Dr. Sara McBride a Mendenhall Fellow at the US Geological Survey, and Dr. Yvonne Michael, associate professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at the Drexel Dornsife School of Public Health, discuss intergenerational dynamics in the pandemic and the effect of COVID-19 on the eldery. The group discusses the particular challenges facing the eldery during COVID-19 and the tension between the dangers of social isolation and the need to social-distance to prevent infections in vulnerable populations, like those in nursing homes. Dr. McBride talks about the difficulty of disaster communication and public trust during a time when the facts on the ground are changing quickly, especially in diverse populations. The conversation ranges from the population level, discussing the elderly as a vulnerable population, to the personal level, where the experts talk about the conversations they’ve been having with their friends, family, and coworkers about how to prepare for the potential effects of COVID-19.
For further reading:
#13 COVIDCalls 4.1.2020 – The World Health Organization and COVID-19 with Andrew Lakoff
How has global pandemic preparedness evolved over the years, and what is the World Health Organization’s (WHO) role in managing outbreaks of infectious disease? What were the impacts of 9/11, anthrax, and Hurricane Katrina on American systems of emergency preparedness?
Dr. Andrew Lakoff, a professor of sociology at University of South California, an expert on globalization, the history of the human sciences, contemporary social theory, and risk society, discusses the historical contexts of the WHO and American governmental agencies like Health and Human Services (HHS) and Federal Emergency Management Association (FEMA). Dr. Lakoff discusses the tension in the WHO between focusing on assisting countries with non-communicable diseases and responding to emerging new diseases. He talks about COVID-19 fits into the longer history of international health regulations. Dr. Lakoff also gets into the weeds of U.S. emergency response and inter-agency cooperation in response to infectious diseases.
For further reading:
Unprepared: Global Health in a Time of Emergency
The Government of Emergency: Vital Systems, Expertise, and the Politics of Security
“Coronavirus Pandemic ‘Is a Call to Action,’ U.N. Secretary General Says”
“From Crisis to Emergency: The Shifting Logic of Preparedness”
#12 COVIDCalls 3.31.2020 – COVID-19 in Rural America + The Defense Production Act
Does rural America have the infrastructure and supplies to navigate through this pandemic?
Lois Parshley, a freelance investigative journalist then based at University of Alaska, Fairbanks, and Dr. Peter Shulman, an associate professor of history at Case Western Reserve University, discuss the challenges COVID-19 presents for rural communities and how the Defense Production Act can play a role in allocating vital resources during the current surge. Parshley draws on her reporting in Alaska to talk about hospital capacity in rural areas, the ways rural Americans are vulnerable to COVID-19, and the politics of the pandemic in rural areas and red states. Dr. Shulman makes the argument for President Trump to utilize the Defense Production Act (DPA), explains the history of past national mobilizations, and contextualizes the DPA in the contemporary integrated global economy. Both discussions touch on the national implications of COVID-19, despite the disparate effects on localities across the United States.
For further reading:
“The coronavirus may hit rural America later — and harder”
“What happens when a city’s hospital closes ‘without warning’ during a pandemic”
“President Trump must act immediately to protect doctors and nurses from Covid-19”
#11 COVIDCalls 3.30.2020 – Pandemics in History I
Is there such a thing as an unprecedented moment? What is new about the COVD-19 pandemic and what aspects have echoes in the past? What lessons do the histories of past epidemics, even those that occurred centuries ago, have to offer our present?
Dr. Cindy Ermus, a history professor at University of Texas-San Antonio, and Dr. Christienna Fryar, a lecturer in Black British history at Goldsmiths University of London, discuss how their own work on the Great Plague of Provence in 1720 and the Jamaican cholera epidemic of the mid-1800s (respectively) informs their understanding of COVID-19’s place in the longer trajectory of history. Both Dr. Ermus and Dr. Fryar talk about how aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic, like debates over prioritizing economic or public health, wishful thinking about disease by elites, and resistance to quarantine measures, have precedents in eighteenth century France and nineteenth century Jamaica. They also discuss the history of scapegoating marginalized and minority populations during epidemic outbreaks. As historians Dr. Ermus and Dr. Fryar also discuss the challenges COVID-19 and the mitigation efforts meant to combat it present for historical researchers.
For further reading:
The Measure of Empire: Crisis and Responsibility in Postemancipation Jamaica
“The danger of prioritizing politics and economics during the coronavirus outbreak”
#10 COVIDCalls 3.27.2020 – Disaster & Disability
Why were tools of accessibility, like video conferencing and live transcription, only embraced by institutions in response to COVID-19, despite being denied to disabled people pre-pandemic? What can disability studies add to our understanding of COVID-19 and society’s response to the pandemic?
Dr. Aimi Hamraie an assistant professor of Medicine, Health, & Society and American Studies at Vanderbilt University and Dr. Amy Slaton, a professor of History at Drexel University, discuss how disaster, and COVID-19 in particular, reveals how society routinely devalues disabled people. Both experts in disability studies, Slaton and Hamraie discuss how extractive capitalism creates violent systems of value, to what extent disabled people are included in disaster planning, and the tradition of mutual aid in disabled communities. They explore what the pandemic means as a moment of great danger but also possibility for disabled people, disability justice, and disability studies.
For further reading:
#9 COVIDCalls 3.26.2020 – Pandemic Perspectives: Italy
What can the United States learn from Italy’s disaster management performance in the first wave, and what are the cracks that lie in Italy and the United States’ systems? What are the historical analogs we can use to understand various aspects of the pandemic?
Dr. Giacomo Parrinello, an assistant professor at the Paris Institute of Political Studies, and Dr. Luisa Cortesi, a Postdoctoral Fellow at Cornell University (now assistant professor at Erasmus University), and Paolo Cavaliere, a Ph.D. student at the University of Delaware and volunteer with the Italian Red Cross, all join to discuss the state of the Pandemic in Italy in late March 2020, with particular focus on the hard hit area of Bergamo, in the Lombardy region. Each discusses how the Italian response compares to the American response and the structural issues behind the problems in both countries. A wide-ranging conversation topics include: the role of media in shaping the narrative of the pandemic, the relationship between the EU and national governments in Europe, the issue of public trust and expertise, and possible historical analogs for patterns of grief and mourning coming out of the pandemic.
For further reading:
“We Take the Dead From Morning Till Night”
“Italy’s coronavirus death toll feeds fear of what lies ahead in Europe and the U.S.”
#8 COVIDCalls 3.25.2020 – Tests, Treatments, & Vaccines with Adam Rogers
What is the timeline of the virus up to late March 2020, and what might the timeline to “normalcy” look like? What are the most promising treatments and what are their historical precedents?
Adam Rogers, a science journalist at WIRED Magazine, discusses the science and possibilities of serological testing to improve understanding and surveillance of the virus. Rogers explains the potentials of treatments derived from the blood of COVID-19 survivors, such as serum, convalescent plasma, and monoclonal antibodies. In addition, he helps us understand a rough timeline of the virus as of late March 2020, from its discovery in China in late 2019, to the creation of the first diagnostic tests in the U.S. and forward to the possibility of rapid diagnostic testing, therapeutics, and even vaccines. Rogers also discusses Silicon Valley, the re-emergent “cult of the inventor,” and the role tech can and can’t play in the pandemic.
For further reading:
#7 COVIDCalls 3.24.2020 – Disaster, Science, & Journalism with Andy Revkin
What are the challenges for journalists to report accurate information when there is a disconnect between science and politics? How do news consumers become discerning about the information they trust in the internet age?
Andrew Revkin, a path-breaking environmental journalist and founding director of the Initiative on Communication Innovation and Impact at Columbia University’s Earth Institute, discusses the role of journalists during the COVID-19 pandemic as well as how mitigation measures and virtual connectivity are reshaping the possibilities of journalism. Revkin discusses how the make-up and leadership of newsrooms can lead to everything being seen through the lens of politics, and how that is affecting the coverage of COVID-19. He also talks about founding the Initiative on Communication Innovation and Impact at The Earth Institute, and the importance of communication and social science on the subject of climate change. Revkin talks about the roles journalists and academics can play during disasters as well as the importance of autoethnography during the pandemic and beyond.
For further reading:
“The Press and the Pandemic: Tips from Pulitzer Winner Laurie Garrett”
#6 COVIDCalls 3.23.2020 – Pandemic Perspectives: Chile, Germany, European Union
What is the timeline of the virus up to late March 2020, and what might the timeline to “normalcy” look like? What are the most promising treatments and what are their historical precedents?
Adam Rogers, a science journalist at WIRED Magazine, discusses the science and possibilities of serological testing to improve understanding and surveillance of the virus. Rogers explains the potentials of treatments derived from the blood of COVID-19 survivors, such as serum, convalescent plasma, and monoclonal antibodies. In addition, he helps us understand a rough timeline of the virus as of late March 2020, from its discovery in China in late 2019, to the creation of the first diagnostic tests in the U.S. and forward to the possibility of rapid diagnostic testing, therapeutics, and even vaccines. Rogers also discusses Silicon Valley, the re-emergent “cult of the inventor,” and the role tech can and can’t play in the pandemic.
For further reading:
#5 COVIDCalls 3.20.2020 – National Disaster: Emergency Management in a Pandemic
What does it mean that COVID-19 was declared a disaster/emergency by multiple levels of government across the United States? How does the structure of emergency governance affect emergency managers responding to the pandemic?
Dr. Samantha Montano, an assistant professor in Emergency Management at Massachusetts Maritime Academy (formerly University of Nebraska-Omaha), and Dr. Patrick S. Roberts, an associate professor at Virginia Tech University’s Center for Public Administration & Policy both discuss how government agencies in the United States respond to emergencies and the unprecedented nature of COVID-19 in terms of the field of Emergency Management. Both experts on American systems of Emergency Management, Dr. Montano and Dr. Roberts talk about the current state of emergency management and disaster governance in the U.S. and its historical roots in the “Civil Defense” approach of the Cold War era. They explain some of the basics of emergency management in the U.S., like the Stafford Act, and how emergency governance is being enacted in response to COVID-19. In addition to this important context Dr. Montano and Dr. Roberts both weigh in on the challenges facing government officials and emergency managers as well as illuminate what is inhibiting effective coordination and disaster response in late March 2020.
For further reading:
#4 COVIDCalls 3.19.2020 – Public Health Update: Philadelphia
When should have COVID-19 testing started in the United States and what were the barriers to testing access in the early days of the Pandemic? What did testing look like on the ground in Philadelphia, PA during this time?
Dr. Esther Chernak, professor at the Drexel University School of Public Health and director of the Center for Public Health Readiness and Communication at Drexel University, discusses various Public Health responses to COVID-19 at the international, national, and local level. In particular Dr. Chernak discusses how the American CDC has reacted to community spread in the U.S., how that response compares to countries like those in China and South Korea, and what efforts she is working on in the Philadelphia area. Dr. Chernak also talks about the ebb and flow of public health funding in Post-9/11 America, stigma associated with diseases like HIV and COVID-19, and what she thinks we can expect of the COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking from her experience and expertise in March 2020, Dr. Chernak argues that the pandemic will likely expose flaws in the American healthcare system and that disparities in health outcomes will likely hew along socio-economic, rather than just regional, lines.
For further reading:
Report of the WHO-China Joint Mission on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
“China’s cases of COVID-19 are Finally declining. A WHO expert explains why.”
#3 COVIDCalls 3.18.2020 – Evacuation & Shelter Decision-Making & Coping with Pets
What are the psychological factors behind how individuals and organizations make evacuation/sheltering decisions during disasters? How are pets a source of comfort and resilience?
Dr. Sarah DeYoung, an expert on applied social and community psychology and core faculty member at the Disaster Research Center at University of Delaware, discusses the connections between evacuations/shelter in place orders, decision making, and various types of vulnerability. Dr. DeYoung stresses the importance of agreement among public officials for building trust in authority during a disaster and the damage open disagreement among authorities can do to public confidence. DeYoung delves into the factors, like neoliberalism and privatization, that have eroded the capacity of and public trust in the American government disaster response. Dr. DeYoung also shares insights from her research on how pet ownership affects how people respond to disasters and her worries about a possible increase of animal surrenders during the pandemic.
For Further Reading:
“The Pets of Hurricane Matthew: Evacuation and Sheltering with Companion Animals”
“The Effect of Mass Evacuation on Infant Feeding: The Case of the 2016 Fort McMurray Wildfire”
Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging
“The Popular Culture of Disaster: Exploring a New Dimension of Disaster Research”
#2 COVIDCalls 3.17.2020 – Journalism & Social Science in the Pandemic with Robinson Meyer & Kim Fortun
How can we understand disaster amidst the unknowns in the beginning of a crisis? How do journalists and academics approach information, disorganization, and uncertainty to further understanding during disaster events.
Robinson Meyer, a staff writer for the Atlantic covering technology and climate change, and Dr. Kim Fortun, an anthropologist at University of California – Irvine and expert on environmental risk and disaster, discuss the difficulties of reporting on COVID Testing early in the pandemic, what that reporting reveals about the state of governmental response, and how the knowledge of academic researchers can help us approach the uncertainties of the early pandemic. Meyer begins by talking about problems with COVID testing in March 2020 as well as the disparities in test data availability from public health departments across the United States. Dr. Fortun continues by reflecting on the varying time scales researchers of disaster inhabit, from rapid response to long-term analysis, and how analogies from her work on risk informs her assessment of COVID-19. Meyer and Fortun find common ground between academics and journalists and their use of “middle theories” to understand the ongoing crisis.
*SPECIAL NOTE: Robinson Meyer requests that listeners not quote his statements from this recording without his permission.
For further reading:
“The Strongest Evidence Yet That America Is Botching Coronavirus Testing”
The COVID Tracking Project at The Atlantic
Advocacy after Bhophal: Environmentalism, Disaster, New Global Orders
#1 COVIDCalls 3.16.2020 – The First Episode: Public Health & COVID-19 in the USA
How should public health systems in the U.S. respond to COVID-19, and what lessons can we draw from the past and for the future?
Dr. Gigi Kwik Gronvall, a Senior Scholar at the John Hopkins Center for Health Security, joins to discuss the early national response to COVID-19 in the U.S. An expert on synthetic biology and biosecurity, Dr. Gronvall draws on her experience advising the Department of Defense to discuss how the response to COVID-19 compares to earlier responses to SARS and Ebola. Dr. Gronvall stresses the importance of learning from earlier epidemics as well as the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak to develop more effective responses to future disease outbreaks.
For further reading:
Synthetic Biology: Safety, Security, and Promise
Event 201: A Global Pandemic Exercise
Pale Horse, Pale Rider