#440 - "I Know the Scientist" Plague Expert on What's REALLY Happening in Russia | Wendy Orent

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Wendy Orent is an anthropologist and science writer who specializes in plague, disease evolution & biological weapons. She is best known for her book 'Plague: The Mysterious Past and Terrifying Future of the World’s Most Dangerous Disease'.

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OUTLINE

00:00:00 - Russian scientist Igor Domaradski

00:10:14 - Types of plague

00:13:32 - First plague was described in the Bible

00:25:18 - Soviet bioweapons research & money

00:39:13 - Russian mad scientist & developing viral plague

00:46:51 - Chimera & antibiotic resistant plague

00:54:34 - Siberia Irkutsk plague outbreak

01:05:16 - US biodefense weapons program

01:11:05 - High security labs & ancient Athens outbreak

01:20:16 - Siege of Caffa & Black Plague

01:33:39 - Treating & abandoning plague victims

01:36:40 - Danger of polio virus

01:45:08 - Berenece Eddy

01:56:12 - Politicizing medicine

02:04:13 - HIV, rabies & ebola Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices