5 Best Spanish Flu Podcasts

1. Lost Prologue

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The 1918 Spanish Flu killed more Americans during World War I than mustard gas or trench warfare, but there are no monuments or memorials dedicated to the victims of this pandemic. Lost Prologue, a four-part series, explores the history of the 1918 pandemic — its intimate connection to WW1, the ways Americans were inequitably impacted, and the science behind the world's deadliest pathogen. The people you'll hear from include prominent virologists, scientists, and historians who reconstruct this missing chapter of history and shed light on the current pandemic.MORE Host Margo Gray
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 65Instagram 145 Avg Length 18 min Format Short form Since Sep 2020 Get Email Contact Get access to full database of 2.7M podcastsCreate podcast lists, export in spreadsheet or CSV file with email contacts and start your podcast outreach in minutes.Sign Up for Free with Email Continue with Google

2. Radio Influenza

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Re-telling the events of 1918-19, as the deadly influenza rages across the globe. Subscribe for daily audio updates. An artwork by Jordan Baseman for Wellcome.
Producer/Network Jordan Baseman
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 19Twitter 180Instagram 175 Avg Length 2 min Format Bite size Get Email Contact

3. Pandemic on the Prairie

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A podcast about the intersection of public health, cultural history, and war in Kansas. School closures, mask mandates, infection waves, front line workers, debates over the disease's origin, disparities in health care access, quarantine fatigue. All of these descriptions could easily apply to both current times and a century ago. In the midst of the current Covid-19 pandemic, many have started looking back to the last global health catastrophe of this magnitude - the 1918 influenza pandemic, also known as the 'Spanish flu'...MORE Producer/Network Kara Heitz
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 9Facebook 372 Avg Length 29 min Format Medium form Since Oct 2020 Get Email Contact

4. A Study in Influenza

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A journey through the archives to learn more about the 1918 Flu Pandemic & more.
Producer/Network Ari McManus
Avg Length 7 min Format Bite size Since Mar 2021 Get Email Contact

5. The Spanish Influenza

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We will be comparing and contrasting the Spanish Influenza and COVID-19 in this podcast.
Producer/Network Claire
Avg Length 7 min Format Bite size Since Jan 2021 Get Email Contact