Why we chose this episode
How a story about the beginning of an outbreak becomes a story about how we assign blame. Radiolab at its most patient and least sensational.
Listen for this question
Who gets blamed when nobody is at fault?
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Who it’s for: Anyone who has watched a complicated event get flattened into one name.
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One sitting, with the lights low.
After the episode
Trace one thing you were told back to who first said it.
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