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The Healthiest City: A Preview
In the winter of 1918, the city of Milwaukee faced a crisis almost exactly like our own. A highly contagious and deadly virus found its way to the city. This disease was the great influenza pandemic of 1918 and 1919; and like the coronavirus pandemic today it completely upended life in our city.
What might we learn about our own moment by looking to the past? What can the history of Milwaukee's other pandemic teach us about navigating our own crisis?
From the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's Department of History and the Milwaukee County Historical Society comes a new podcast about our city and its pandemics. And it's called The Healthiest City.
The Healthiest City is a production of UWM's Department of History, in partnership with the Milwaukee County Historical Society. It is produced by Chris Cantwell and the students in his "History and New Media."
The music in this trailer is "Summit" by the Blue Dot Sessions.
In the winter of 1918, the city of Milwaukee faced a crisis almost exactly like our own. A highly contagious and deadly virus found its way to the city. This disease was the great influenza pandemic of 1918 and 1919; and like the coronavirus pandemic today it completely upended life in our city.
What might we learn about our own moment by looking to the past? What can the history of Milwaukee's other pandemic teach us about navigating our own crisis?
From the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's Department of History and the Milwaukee County Historical Society comes a new podcast about our city and its pandemics. And it's called The Healthiest City.
The Healthiest City is a production of UWM's Department of History, in partnership with the Milwaukee County Historical Society. It is produced by Chris Cantwell and the students in his "History and New Media."
The music in this trailer is "Summit" by the Blue Dot Sessions.