Around The Block
The official podcast of Block22, the unique living-learning community in Downtown Pittsburg, Kansas. Around the Block features the people and ideas that make Pittsburg a fun, strong place to live, work, and play. The podcast is hosted by Shawn Naccarato, chief strategy officer at Pittsburg State University, and Brett Dalton, director of social media marketing at Pittsburg State. Around the Block is an official production of Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, Kansas.
Around The Block
Still Ill
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Block22
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Season 1
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Episode 7
Let's go back in time to an age of social distancing, school closures, and global health fears.
Sound familiar?
A century before this current coronavirus pandemic, the world dealt with another major public health crisis.
Though it's known to history as the Spanish Flu, there are many reasons to believe the Pandemic of 1918 began right here in Kansas.
We discuss that and much more about the so-called Spanish Flu with our guest, Randy Roberts, historian and dean of library services at Pittsburg State University.