The Forgotten Disaster: The Spanish Flu of 1918-1920

Guest: Laura Spinney, author, "Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How it Changed the World"

1918 saw a disease that killed more than each World War, and perhaps even more than both combined. How the world dealt with a pandemic 100 years ago and what we've learned since then. 

How Viruses Spread

Guest: Brian Poole, Associate Professor, Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Brigham Young University

Viruses have been with humanity for millennia. How do they work, and how can we combat them?