Or industrial farming what do you make of the origin of coronavirus. Well you know i obviously personally havent studied the transmission of viruses from animals to people as socalled zoonotic diseases but ive read an awful lot about it its very clear that most new diseases in people today have spilled over from bacteria or in this case of iris from animals sometimes it goes from a reservoir speeds to another animal which ystem the intermediate host and from that down im allowed to people and we brought this on ourselves because of our terrible disrespect of the Natural World and animals and so you know we take wild animals we kill them eat them we trafficked them we send them to meet markets in asia well marked animal meat markets in asia and meat the bush meat trade animals also meat markets in africa and we breathe down Domestic Animals billions of them in terrible cruel. You know conditions and all of this terrible conditions in the meat markets and our factory farms are creating a
Problem until and selling eating chimpanzees into different parts of africa sassed that again from another wild wild animal market in china then again from probably camels in the middle east and then being simple epidemics began from our factory farms in the avatars and all these terrible unhygienic conditions one of the new films that are out from national geographic. Called james the 1st of their 2 once called hope talks about you when youre in goma in tanzania and the tragedy when polio hits the Small Community of a chimpanzees you are investigating in and made the whole of the world realize that humans were the only not the only species to have consciousness arguably just tell me about when a pandemic hit that camp. Well it was it was really only the worst time in my life because we never knew which chimpanzee would come in dragging an arm or a neck and then some of them would just disappear and it was it was absolutely heartbreaking and it began in a nearby town. And bizarrely the
City and disaster art that emerged from the 1930s dust bowl. So, today we are discussing the Pulitzer Prizewinning book polio an american story. You all received questions i posted. Im really interested in this topic because i also teach a seminar on the 1950s, and thats when so much of this book takes place. I think just looking at polio really reveals so many different issues that affected that decade. Before starting, though, i just wanted to mention one thing in light of what we were talking about in terms of dust bowl art, i was reading the new york review of books and there is a review of a novel that goody guthrie wrote, a novel called house of earth. It doesnt get a very good review but he gets attention. The introduction was by Douglas Brinkley and johnny depp, so i think theyre trying to sell copies by having a superstar on the cover. I divided the discussion in four major themes. I thought the most interesting were looking at philanthropy, medical research, scientists and th
Looks at responses to disasters in American History with an emphasis on research and writing. Over the semester weve examined various disasters from different perspectives. First of all, the psychological and physical problems at jamestown. Responses to fires, hurricanes, and epidemics in colonial america. Famine suffered by the donner party and route to california. Irish immigrants fleeing the potato famine and the ability to create new lives in this country. Disaster tourism. The johnstown flood of 1889. The impact of the triangle shirt waist factory fire in new york city and disaster art that emerged from the 1930s dust bowl. So, today we are discussing the Pulitzer Prizewinning book polio an american story. You all received questions i posted. Im really interested in this topic because i also teach a seminar on the 1950s, and thats when so much of this book takes place. I think just looking at polio really reveals so many different issues that affected that decade. Before starting,
A world 1st but many scientists around the globe express alarm fearing future corners have been caught. Those are your headlines and i will be back in about an hour with another look at them this is our 2 international story. Ive after a time to know what youre going on the ground the team and i will be back with a brand new season starting september the 5th but until that well be showing you some of your favorite shows of this past season stay safe coming up in this episode its always had a strange connection with animals i connect with people with well with animals at small mind to mind one of the worlds most famous conservationists jane goodall tells. On the ground the finger wagging at china from elites wont stop the Global Industrial farming practices and environmental destruction that may cause the next pandemic oliseh more coming up on todays going underground but 1st to a scientist who has transformed our definition of humanity itself while leaders like Boris Johnson and donald