The Plaguecast Max Lydiatt

In this bonus episode of the Plaguecast, Max and Sam talk about why understanding the plague still matters, and why it still keeps scientists up at night.

In this bonus episode of the Plaguecast, Max and Sam take you down the scientific rabbit hole of why the Black Death plague was so much more deadly than strains of plague we observe today. This is one of the great questions of history and remains the quintessential mystery of plague.

The Spanish Flu by Max Lydiatt

On this episode of The Plaguecast, Max and Sam discuss the Black Death--the worst time in history to have been alive--and how it shaped the modern world.

On this debut episode of The Plaguecast, Max and Sam discuss the Plague of Justinian, a Bubonic Plague pandemic that nearly brought about the fall of the Roman Empire, and the parallels we can draw to our current historical moment.