[caption id="attachment_383362" align="alignnone" width="524"] Jan van Grevenbroeck (1731-1807), Venetian doctor during the time of the plague. Pen, ink and watercolour on paper. Museo Correr, Venice.[/caption]

On today's show:

0:08 - Michael Willrich, professor of history at Brandeis University discusses his book Pox: An American History [1].

0:33 - David K. Randall (@dkrandall [2]), senior reporter at Reuters discusses his book Black Death at the Golden Gate: The Race to Save America from the Bubonic Plague [3].

1:08 - Gene Slater discusses his book Freedom to Discriminate: How Realtors Conspired to Segregate Housing and Divide America [4].

[1] https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/298913/pox-by-michael-willrich/

[2] https://twitter.com/dkrandall

[3] https://wwnorton.com/books/Black-Death-at-the-Golden-Gate/

[4] https://www.heydaybooks.com/catalog/freedom-to-discriminate/