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From the masters of storytelling-meets-science and co-authors of Quackery, Patient Zero tells the long and fascinating history of disease outbreaks—how they start, how they spread, the science that lets us understand them, and how we race to destroy them before they destroy us. Written in the...

"With meticulous detective work, Timothy Egan shines a light on one of the most sinister chapters in American history—how a viciously racist movement, led by a murderous conman, rose to power in the early twentieth century. A Fever in the Heartland is compelling, powerful, and profoundly...

Form Follows Fever is the first in-depth account of the turbulent early years of settlement and growth of colonial Hong Kong across the 1840s. During this period, the island gained a terrible reputation as a diseased and deadly location. Malaria, then perceived as a mysterious vapour or miasma, intermittently carried off settlers by the hundreds. Various attempts to arrest its effects acted as a catalyst, reconfiguring both the city’s physical and political landscape, though not necessarily for the better.

A "marvelous" (Sports Illustrated) portrait of the three men whose lives were forever changed by WWI-era Boston and the Spanish flu: baseball star Babe Ruth, symphony conductor Karl Muck, and Harvard law student Charles Whittlesey. In the fall of 1918, a fever gripped Boston. The streets emptied...

Ignác Semmelweis is remembered for the now-commonplace notion that doctors must wash their hands before examining patients. In mid-19th century Vienna, however, this was a subversive idea. With deaths from childbed fever exploding, Semmelweis discovered that doctors themselves were spreading the disease. While his simple reforms worked immediately - childbed fever in Vienna all but disappeared - they brought down upon Semmelweis the wrath of the establishment, and led to his tragic end.

Bob Cornuke is a real-life Indiana Jones, searching for evidence of biblical events and artifacts. In this book, he tells the story of his search for the remains of Noah's ark. Using investigative skills learned during his years as a police officer, Bob investigates all the clues, from ancient Scriptures to modern day eyewitness accounts. His quest to learn the truth about Noah's ark leads him from his safe home in the foothills of Colorado to the dangerous mountain ranges in Turkey and Iran.

In the rip-roaring, true saga of the Comstock Lode, Dennis Drabelle skillfully brings to life silver-mining in the late-nineteenth-century American West. The immense wealth extracted from the Lode spurred the growth of San Francisco, and Virginia City, the hell-raising town that sprang up above the mines, was the inspiration for the TV series Bonanza.

The Fever Folk Project hosted by RJ Peeyush – a show that promises to explore the history of folk music in India - Roots se Rooh tak - its influences on our lives and Indian cinema. This is a Fever FM production, brought to you by HT Smartcast.

Get ready for all things spooky! Haunted castles, cemeteries, and people being pestered by our not-so-friendly ghosts and creatures. If it's scary, paranormal, and spooky we will talk about it.

One of the biggest radio dramas of recent times - Fever FM goes back in time to the life and times of arguably India's greatest freedom fighter - Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. In the form of 10 min 80 episodes in all), 'Netaji - Shey Aajo Jibito', starts with Bose's Presidency College Days, till the time of his mysterious disappearance. A strong cast with some of the top names from the Bengali Film Industry including the Late Soumitra Chatterjee, and Rupa Ganguli as the narrator, convinces us that the legacy of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose is very much alive, and still within our heart - Netaji,...

For those who have grown up playing gully cricket, who have bet on every run, wicket, ball that helped their favourite players and teams crack records, RJ Roshan brings to you a podcast that'll take you down the memory lane to iconic moments in cricket! How? Well, that's a numbers game. So, listen in, revisit the sport that almost each one of us has at least once called home. This is a Fever FM production, brought to you by HT Smartcast.

The Hindu religion is full of symbolic practices, each of which has profound and scientific reasoning. In this podcast, we learn the relevance of everyday practices, through an innocent conversation between a father and son. This is a Fever FM production, brought to you by HT Smartcast.

In this podcast, life coach Sharat offers a fresh perspective of life with a blend of spirituality. Tune in for some pearls of wisdom and motivational stories packaged in a new age style. This is a Fever FM production, brought to you by HT Smartcast.

In this podcast, RJ Sharat celebrates the unsung heroes who bring a huge difference to our lives. Tune in for a weekly dose of positivity. This is a Fever FM production, brought to you by HT Smartcast.