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July 18, 2025 21 mins

In this thought-provoking episode of History Shorts, bestselling author John Green joins us, not to talk about fiction, but about the real-world epidemic that once shaped everything from art to architecture, medicine to morality. His new book, Everything Is Tuberculosis, traces how tuberculosis (TB) didn’t just ravage lungs, it infected our language, our culture, and our sense of beauty and tragedy. Together, we dive into how TB shaped the Romantic era, influenced urban design, gave us the sanatorium and the selfie, and why it became a metaphor for everything from genius to grief.

This is not just a conversation about a disease; it’s about how a centuries-long epidemic shaped who we are, how we think, and what we value.

 

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THIS WEEK'S COLLECTOR.COM ARTICLE SELECTION:

  1. Romanticizing Death: Art in the Age of Tuberculosis
  2. 4 Diseases that Impacted & Altered Human Existence
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