{"podcast":{"title":"CrashCourse","slug":"crashcourse-8026346","podcast_index_feed_id":8026346,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/crashcourse","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/38c08426-a6bd-11f1-91f8-6b6a1069d5d0/image/9eab713ede6dcfbffb186db0005b9dae.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"CrashCourse","episode_count":637,"summary":"At Crash Course, we believe that high-quality educational videos should be available to everyone for free! Subscribe for weekly videos from our current courses! The Crash Course team has produced more than 60 courses on a wide variety of subjects, ranging from the humanities to sciences and so much more! We also recently teamed up with Arizona State University to bring you more courses on the Study Hall channel.Links:Support us on Patreon!: http://patreon.com/crashcourseInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/crashcourseBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thecrashcourse.bsky.socialTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@crashcourseFacebook: http://www.facebook.com/YouTubeCrashCourse","last_synced_at":"2026-09-22T12:17:13.000428+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crashcourse-8026346"},"episode":{"title":"The Deadliest Infectious Disease of All Time | Crash Course Lecture","slug":"the-deadliest-infectious-disease-of-all-time-crash-course-lecture","published_at":"2026-09-21T17:24:32+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crashcourse-8026346/the-deadliest-infectious-disease-of-all-time-crash-course-lecture","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crashcourse-8026346","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/HD6520797290.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/HD6520797290.mp3","summary":"Tuberculosis is often thought of as an old-timey disease, but in reality, it continues to kill over a million and a half people per year, despite its known cure. How did we get here, to a world where decades of work toward a cure stalled in its dissemination around the globe? And how can understanding the history of TB point us toward a different future? If you’ve been following author and TB-hater John Green in any way for the last year or so, this video is the deep dive you’ve been waiting for…TB Fighters: You can learn more about the TB Fighters Community at https://tbfighters.org This lecture was produced thanks to the generosity of the Crash Course audience, including those who fund us on Patreon, who’ve purchased Crash Course coins, and who share Crash Course with others. Your support lets us experiment with new formats, cover lesser-known topics, and go deeper than we ever have before. Thank you! Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1C8jRj6cE50pnoDyLQVGYhCWyazHz4vC-TC_KXC6tnak/edit#heading=h.4kgrhaj5zouiChapters:The Deadliest Infectious Disease of All Time 00:00Tuberculosis is Weird 3:36\"Man Got to Tell Himself He Understand\" 7:05The Allure of Consumption 14:46The White Man's Plague 21:07Treatments and the Cure 27:29Where the Drugs Are Not 34:06A Fundamental Mistrust 36:48The World We Choose 45:34The surprising history - and current dilemma - of TB***Crash Course is on Patreon! You can support us directly by signing up at http://www.patreon.com/crashcourseThanks to the following patrons for their generous monthly contributions that help keep Crash Course free for everyone forever:Leah H., David Fanska, Andrew Woods, Sean Saunders, DL Singfield, Ken Davidian, Stephen Akuffo, Toni Miles, Steve Segreto, Kyle & Katherine Callahan, Laurel Stevens, Burt Humburg…","meta_description":"Tuberculosis is often thought of as an old-timey disease, but in reality, it continues to kill over a million and a half people per year, despite its know…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3431,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/crashcourse-8026346/episodes/the-deadliest-infectious-disease-of-all-time-crash-course-lecture/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crashcourse-8026346/the-deadliest-infectious-disease-of-all-time-crash-course-lecture.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}