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Yale University's Dr. Nicholas Christakis explores what it means to live in a time of pandemic. He looks at historical epidemics and current medical and social research to help us understand the potential long-term impact COVID-19 will have on people and culture. 

Greek mythology holds that the arrows of plague Apollo shot down upon the Greeks led to great death and suffering. The plague that has brought death and pain over this past year was not brought by an angry god, but an infinitesimal virus that has wreaked global havoc and exposed the best and worst of human behavior. 

We spend an informative and insightful hour with Nicholas Christakis. 

GUEST:
Nicholas Christakis - A physician and sociologist; he directs the Human Nature Lab at Yale where he is the Sterling Professor of Social and Natural Science, and he's the author of Apollo's Arrow: The Profound and Enduring Impact of Coronavirus on the Way We Live

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Colin McEnroe and Cat Pastor contributed this show.

Yale University's Dr. Nicholas Christakis explores&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0895JC98F/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&amp;btkr=1">what it means to live in a time of pandemic</a>. He looks at historical epidemics and current medical and social research to help us understand the potential long-term impact COVID-19 will have on people and culture.&nbsp;
Greek mythology holds that the arrows of plague&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ancient.eu/apollo/">Apollo</a>&nbsp;shot down upon the Greeks led to great death and suffering. The plague that has brought death and pain over this past year was not brought by an angry god, but an infinitesimal virus that has wreaked global havoc and exposed the best and worst of human behavior.&nbsp;
We spend an informative and insightful hour with Nicholas Christakis.&nbsp;
GUEST:
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<li>Nicholas Christakis&nbsp;- A physician and sociologist; he directs the&nbsp;<a href="https://humannaturelab.net/">Human Nature Lab</a>&nbsp;at Yale where he is the Sterling Professor of Social and Natural Science, and he's the author of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0895JC98F/">Apollo's Arrow: The Profound and Enduring Impact of Coronavirus on the Way We Live</a></li>
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Colin McEnroe and Cat Pastor contributed this show.

The Colin McEnroe Show is public radio’s most eclectic, eccentric weekday program. The best way to understand us is through the subjects we tackle: Neanderthals, tambourines, handshakes, the Iliad, snacks, ringtones, punk rock, Occam’s razor, Rasputin, houseflies, zippers. Are you sensing a pattern? If so, you should probably be in treatment. On Fridays, we try to stop thinking about what kind of ringtones Neanderthals would want to have and convene a panel called The Nose for an informal roundtable about the week in culture.

<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/the-colin-mcenroe-show/about">The Colin McEnroe Show</a> is public radio’s most eclectic, eccentric weekday program. The best way to understand us is through the subjects we tackle: Neanderthals, tambourines, handshakes, the Iliad, snacks, ringtones, punk rock, Occam’s razor, Rasputin, houseflies, zippers. Are you sensing a pattern? If so, you should probably be in treatment. On Fridays, we try to stop thinking about what kind of ringtones Neanderthals would want to have and convene a panel called <a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/tags/the-nose">The Nose</a> for an informal roundtable about the week in culture.

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