How to convince enough Americans to take a COVID vaccine so that the country can reach herd immunity. Plus, how a new voting conspiracy is taking hold on the right.

The origins of an idea. (Not a slogan.)

Why the Spanish Flu vanished from collective memory, and how Shakespeare became an American hero.

From the bubonic plague to Ebola to COVID-19: learning about ourselves through the epidemics we've faced.

Gnosticism can help us understand the pseudo-intellectualism on the right.

Why so many new rules contradict what science tells us about the virus. Plus, a former White House photographer reflects on covering presidents in the pre-Trump era. 

Rewatching "Contagion" in a pandemic. 

Post-election denialism, the pivot to Parler, the Trump-era assault on public data, and reflections from a former conservative journalist.

A few caveats to the good news.