Segment 1: 100 years since the 1918 epidemic, but we still battle influenza.
Historians are still debating how many people died from the flu pandemic in 1918, at least 2,000 Kansas Citians included. We talk about the politics and protocols of treating the flu in the past and learn how to best prevent the spread of the flu this season.
- Susan Sykes-Berry, retired nurse and librarian, UMKC Health Sciences Library
- Dana Hawkinson, infectious disease specialist, University of Kansas Health System
Segment 2, beginning at 26:38: The many uses of liquid crystals.
Did you know that all your flat-screen devices, smartphone, TV, and laptop, are made possible by liquid crystals? We talk with an historian about the story behind The TVs of Tomorrow and how we came to rely on that technology.
- Benjamin Gross, vice president for research and scholarship, Linda Hall Library
