Behind the Lines
A bi-monthly podcast that features readings by prominent figures of the greatest war letters ever written. The podcast is hosted by Emmy-winning journalist Barbara Harrison who explores centuries of fascinating letters with New York Times bestselling author Andrew Carroll, who has made tracking down and tracing the history of our nation’s war letters his life’s work. Learn more about Behind the Lines at http://behindthelines.us/. Copyright © 2021 Barbara Harrison Media
Behind the Lines
Episode 2: Pandemic
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Barbara Harrison & Andrew Carroll
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This episode features letters written during and about the Spanish Flu pandemic in 1918 and 1919, especially as it affected World War I. (More American troops were killed in WWI by the disease than in combat.) The podcast ends with a powerful letter by a New York doctor from the current (2020) pandemic to show the parallels with the one that occurred a century ago.