Alexandra Lord's guest appearances

Alexandra Lord

PreserveCast

The Sunday Magazine

College of Public Health Events

Emily Dickinson

David Sedaris

Danielle Evans

Seamus Blackley

Bill Richardson

Toni Morrison

Sara Seager

Sanjay Gupta

Richard Bell

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Dan Wells

Naomi Klein

Robert Harris

Ian Rankin

Michael Moss

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COVID-19 has changed all of our lives. It is a defining moment for this generation – and for American history – which means that the Smithsonian has made it a priority for collecting and interpreting for future generations. How we will remember this moment is something as a historian I’ve often thought about – and a reason I wanted to sit down with an expert at the Smithsonian who is focused on that very question. On this week’s PreserveCast, we’re sitting down with Dr. Alexandra Lord, the Chair of the Chair Division of Medicine and Science at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History to discuss how that institution is working to capture this moment in history. Dr. Alexandra Lord is an accomplished historian of medicine and health and is a leader in the effort to document COVID – a perfect guest as we approach the two-year anniversary of the onset of the pandemic.More About Our GuestAlexandra Lord is chair of the Division of Medicine and Science at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. In this role, she oversees a division with over 100,000 objects, ranging from a Revolutionary War surgical kit to Bill Nye’s lab coat, and seeks to promote a better understanding of the history of medicine and science. As a historian, Lord’s research interests include public health history, how diseases related to women and children have been understood, and the intersections between cultural taboos and medicine. Previously, she was branch chief of the National Park Service, supervising the national preservation program, and a historian in the US Public Health Service. Learn more at: https://americanhistory.si.edu/profile/1185 Learn more about the Smithsonian’s COVID collection at: https://www.si.edu/object/collecting-covid-19-pandemic-perspectives%3Ayt_RSv2RMrofMY 

COVID-19 has changed all of our lives. It is a defining moment for this generation – and for American history – which means that the Smithsonian has made it a priority for collecting and interpreting for future generations. How we will remember this moment is something as a historian I’ve often thought about – and a reason I wanted to sit down with an expert at the Smithsonian who is focused on that very question. On this week’s PreserveCast, we’re sitting down with Dr. Alexandra Lord, the Chair of the Chair Division of Medicine and Science at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History to discuss how that institution is working to capture this moment in history. Dr. Alexandra Lord is an accomplished historian of medicine and health and is a leader in the effort to document COVID – a perfect guest as we approach the two-year anniversary of the onset of the pandemic.More About Our Guest Alexandra Lord is chair of the Division of Medicine and Science at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. In this role, she oversees a division with over 100,000 objects, ranging from a Revolutionary War surgical kit to Bill Nye’s lab coat, and seeks to promote a better understanding of the history of medicine and science. As a historian, Lord’s research interests include public health history, how diseases related to women and children have been understood, and the intersections between cultural taboos and medicine. Previously, she was branch chief of the National Park Service, supervising the national preservation program, and a historian in the US Public Health Service. Learn more at: <a href="https://americanhistory.si.edu/profile/1185" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://americanhistory.si.edu/profile/1185</a> Learn more about the Smithsonian’s COVID collection at: <a href="https://www.si.edu/object/collecting-covid-19-pandemic-perspectives:yt_RSv2RMrofMY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.si.edu/object/collecting-covid-19-pandemic-perspectives%3Ayt_RSv2RMrofMY</a>

Collecting & Preserving the Story of COVID with Dr. Alexandra Lord

Eula Biss

Beatriz Colomina

Kennedy Wong

This week on The Sunday Magazine with guest host David Common:• Smithsonian Institution curator Alexandra Lord on collecting COVID-19 stories• Stephanie Elliott on her Very 2020 year • Kennedy Wong on migration to and from Hong KongPlus, we revisit conversations from 2020 with regular host Piya Chattopadhyay: • Writer Eula Biss on immunity and vaccination skepticism• Beatriz Colomina on why beds have also become workspacesFind more at cbc.ca/Sunday

This week on The Sunday Magazine with guest host David Common: • Smithsonian Institution curator Alexandra Lord on collecting COVID-19 stories • Stephanie Elliott on her Very 2020 year • Kennedy Wong on migration to and from Hong Kong Plus, we revisit conversations from 2020 with regular host Piya Chattopadhyay: • Writer Eula Biss on immunity and vaccination skepticism • Beatriz Colomina on why beds have also become workspaces Find more at <a href="http://cbc.ca/Sunday" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">cbc.ca/Sunday</a>

Curator Alexandra Lord on collecting COVID-19 stories, Kennedy Wong on migration to and from Hong Kong, Writer Eula Biss on immunity, Beatriz Colomina on why beds have also become workspaces