14 Podcast Episodes
A Discussion about the book Vaccine Nation, America's Changing Relationship with Immunization, with author and medical historian Dr. Elena Conis
A Discussion about the book Vaccine Nation, America's Changing Relationship with Immunization, with author and medical historian Dr. Elena Conis
In this episode of Causes or Cures, Dr. Eeks chats with Dr. Elena Conis, author of the book Vaccine Nation, America's C... Read more
29 Jan 2023
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1hr 6mins
Episode 102 - DDT with Elena Conis
Episode 102 - DDT with Elena Conis
Elena Conis joins the Infectious Historians to discuss her recent book on the history of DDT and its use. The conversati... Read more
28 Jan 2023
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1hr 10mins
Science and Its Role in Public Life with Elena Conis
Science and Its Role in Public Life with Elena Conis
We grow up being educated on the power of science to explain the physical world. But Dr. Elena Conis offers a more comp... Read more
9 Aug 2022
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28mins
Elena Conis, "How to Sell a Poison: The Rise, Fall, and Toxic Return of DDT" (Bold Type Books, 2022)
Elena Conis, "How to Sell a Poison: The Rise, Fall, and Toxic Return of DDT" (Bold Type Books, 2022)
The story of DDT as you’ve never heard it before: a fresh look at the much-maligned chemical compound as a cautionary ta... Read more
13 Jul 2022
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48mins
Elena Conis, "How to Sell a Poison: The Rise, Fall, and Toxic Return of DDT" (Bold Type Books, 2022)
Elena Conis, "How to Sell a Poison: The Rise, Fall, and Toxic Return of DDT" (Bold Type Books, 2022)
The story of DDT as you’ve never heard it before: a fresh look at the much-maligned chemical compound as a cautionary ta... Read more
13 Jul 2022
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48mins
Episode 55. DDT: Elena Conis
Episode 55. DDT: Elena Conis
Many landmarks of environmental history share a connection with a single molecule: DDT. During and after the Second Worl... Read more
7 Jul 2022
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1hr 56mins
S1E65 / Vaccines and Motherly Love / Heather Simpson, Elena Conis, Rebecca Onion, Jonathan Berman
S1E65 / Vaccines and Motherly Love / Heather Simpson, Elena Conis, Rebecca Onion, Jonathan Berman
"We easily have never had as high a level of vaccination acceptance as we have now but we've asked a lot more of the pu... Read more
11 Mar 2021
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25mins
Elena Conis, Author of "Vaccine Nation"
Elena Conis, Author of "Vaccine Nation"
University of California at Berkeley historian of medicine Elena Conis talks about the development of the polio vaccine ... Read more
25 Jan 2021
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1hr 2mins
Elena Conis, "Vaccine Nation"
Elena Conis, "Vaccine Nation"
University of California at Berkeley historian of medicine Elena Conis talks about the development of the polio vaccine ... Read more
29 Jun 2020
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58mins
Elena Conis on COVID-19
Elena Conis on COVID-19
Elena Conis examines how we use history, especially of the polio epidemics, when we discuss the COVID-19 pandemic.Find t... Read more
4 Jun 2020
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14mins