{"podcast":{"title":"The Dissenter","slug":"the-dissenter-1161217","podcast_index_feed_id":1161217,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/822ba20/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.thedissenter.net/","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded/1264936/1264936-1545566388129-6694711205af.jpg","author":"Ricardo Lopes","episode_count":1272,"summary":"My name is Ricardo Lopes, and I’m from Portugal. Thank you for visiting my podcast. Over the past few years, I have conducted and released more than 900 interviews and talks with experts and academics from a variety of areas and disciplines, ranging from the Arts and Philosophy to the Social Sciences and Biology. You will certainly find a subject of your interest covered here. New interviews are released on Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-14T08:18:50.276160+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dissenter-1161217"},"episode":{"title":"#1237 Timothy Winegard - The Mosquito: A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator","slug":"1237-timothy-winegard-the-mosquito-a-human-history-of-our-deadliest-predator","published_at":"2026-04-06T18:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dissenter-1161217/1237-timothy-winegard-the-mosquito-a-human-history-of-our-deadliest-predator","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dissenter-1161217","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thedissenter/episodes/1237-Timothy-Winegard---The-Mosquito-A-Human-History-of-Our-Deadliest-Predator-e3cug8a","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/822ba20/podcast/play/113245898/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-11-29%2F53685e07-fa04-121e-20c7-779e857ead92.m4a","summary":"******Support the channel****** Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedissenter PayPal: paypal.me/thedissenter PayPal Subscription 1 Dollar: https://tinyurl.com/yb3acuuy PayPal Subscription 3 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/ybn6bg9l PayPal Subscription 5 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/ycmr9gpz PayPal Subscription 10 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/y9r3fc9m PayPal Subscription 20 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/y95uvkao ******Follow me on****** Website: https://www.thedissenter.net/ The Dissenter Goodreads list: https://shorturl.at/7BMoB Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedissenteryt/ Twitter: https://x.com/TheDissenterYT This show is sponsored by Enlites, Learning & Development done differently. Check the website here: http://enlites.com/ Dr. Timothy Winegard is Associate Professor of History at Colorado Mesa University. Dr. Winegard teaches classes in the fields of Military History, Indigenous Studies, Global Civilizations, and North American History. Dr. Winegard is a New York Times bestselling author of six books, including The Mosquito: A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator. In this episode, we focus on The Mosquito. We discuss what the mosquito is, how it evolved, and how it transmits disease. We talk about its economic impact. We then go through historic periods and events and how they were impacted by the mosquito, including Ancient Greece, the Roman Empire, the crusades, the Mongol Empire, the colonization of the Americas and Africa, the American civil war, and World War II. Finally, we discuss the impact of the mosquito in contemporary society. -- A HUGE THANK YOU TO MY PATRONS/SUPPORTERS: PER HELGE LARSEN, BERNARDO SEIXAS, ADAM KESSEL, MATTHEW WHITINGBIRD, ARNAUD WOLFF, TIM HOLLOSY, HENRIK AHLENIUS, ROBERT WINDHAGER, RUI INACIO, ZOOP, MARCO NEVES, COLIN HOLBROO…","meta_description":"******Support the channel****** Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedissenter PayPal: paypal.me/thedissenter PayPal Subscription 1 Dollar: https://tinyurl…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3889,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-dissenter-1161217/episodes/1237-timothy-winegard-the-mosquito-a-human-history-of-our-deadliest-predator/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dissenter-1161217/1237-timothy-winegard-the-mosquito-a-human-history-of-our-deadliest-predator.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}