Episode 112 - AIDS

In this episode we delve into one of modern histories deadliest diseases AIDS.   The AIDS epidemic swept through the United States and the world at large in the 1980’s and 90’s, devastating the communities of queer people and drug users.

Here to help us understand the history of AIDS is Professor Jonathon Engel from Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health in Manhattan. Professor Engel is the author of The Epidemic: A Global History of AIDS