This is such an important (and of course terrifying) video. We often teach about abstract concepts such as the state, power, freedom and rights. But here, here they are real, colliding, brutal.
I have so much respect for my fellow US academics right now.

🎙️ New podcast episode: Tune in to our third installment of #FulbrightConversations to hear a captivating transatlantic discussion about #pandemics between Global Challenges Teaching Awardees Jessie Dubreuil and Jonathan Kennedy.

Listen here: fulbright.org.uk/our-community/…

To mark the publication of the Norwegian translation of PATHOGENESIS / PATOGENESE, I discussed some of the key themes from the book with the brilliant Dag O Hessen and inimitable Wolfgang Wee Uncut youtu.be/Q6wzPUVoRzk

'Disturbing reports continue to emerge about mass graves in Gaza in which Palestinian victims were reportedly stripped naked with their hands tied, prompting renewed concerns about possible war crimes.' --A new UN statement news.un.org/en/story/2024/…

Ironic...Contracted a cold while travelling in Ireland and read half this remarkable book by Jonathan Kennedy in one sitting. (Bought the day before at a very special bookstore in Galway called CharlieByrne'sBooks). A new look at history!!!!

A guided tour of how microbes have humbled and shaped humans over the centuries

By ⁦Jonathan Kennedy⁩

Just finished Pathogenesis by Jonathan Kennedy, pretty good book!

Humans did not make history - we played host. Jonathan Kennedy's brilliant book, Pathogenesis, is out today in paperback. Discover how germs made history and much, much more!🥚🦠

The paperback of PATHOGENESIS by Jonathan Kennedy is out this week! Can't wait to see it in the shops.

Got the chance to chat with Jonathan Kennedy about his book #Pathogenesis for #TheMorbidlyCuriousBookClub — such a treat, thanks again!

open.spotify.com/episode/5HVkie…

Why don’t humans lay eggs?

How did the Black Death lead to the birth of capitalism?

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PATHOGENESIS: A HISTORY of the WORLD in EIGHT PLAGUES (audiobook) by Jonathan Kennedy

Compelling argument that disease has had a profound impact on world history by just telling a history of Europe from the days of cavemen up until now.

5/5 stars.

dwdsreviews.blogspot.com/2023/10/pathog…

Cover of today’s New York Times:

“Smoldering Gaza Becomes A Graveyard for Children.”

The little boy pictured is kissing his dead baby sister goodbye. Nearly his entire family were killed by Israeli strikes.

A stain on humanity.

#ceasefireinGazaNOW

I just finished this book (via audiobook) and it was wonderful! Thank you Jonathan Kennedy for reading the entire 9 hours of it! Thank you also to my wife who has had to hear random pathogen facts for the last 10 days!

Every few years I read a book that makes me think. This was one of them. How have diseases shaped our world? By Jonathan Kennedy

Jonathan Kennedy Just read it ! Lay person here but it was fabulous enlightening fascinating and inspirational even though the world is in such a mess . I’m about to lend it to my animal scientist daughter . Thank you 💚💚💚😷😷😷

Pathogenesis: How Germs Made History: Tuesday lecture with Jonathan Kennedy. 6 February at 8:00pm. Book via the HLSI website. Free to members

Jonathan Kennedy’s ‘Pathogenesis’ took the science world by storm, and was a Times Science Book of the Year, a Sunday Times Science Book of the Year and a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week!

'Pathogenesis'
by Jonathan Kennedy

How germs made history 🦠

published by Torva Books
edited by the fabuluous Alex Christofi

available to buy online and in shop Coles Books

read a sample of the book by clicking here ⤵️
jellybooks.com/cloud_reader/e…

Hey David McWilliams, you’ve got to get Jonathan Kennedy on your podcast- his book Pathogenesis is an incredible insight on how germs shaped history and the world’s economy.