1905
Outbreak
More than 700 measles cases have been recorded in the U.S. in the recent outbreak, the worst being in New York. This past April, Mayor Bill de Blasio issued a p…
Vaccination
It's a longstanding fight in the U.S., whether people can opt out of vaccination if that means jeopardizing the greater public's health. In this episode, we loo…
“There is Nothing but Immortality!”: Walt Whitman and The Book of Heavenly Death (1905)
Choice excerpts from *Leaves of Grass* that speak to Whitman’s conception of immortality.






