Wandering Blerds Podcast

Wandering Blerds will present you with a series of minisodes focused on the last large pandemic, the 1918 " Spanish" Influenza. Being Blerds and nerds we're pretty sure you're already familiar with many of the facts associated with the influenza pandemic of 1918. Our aim is not to increase your viral load so to speak but to share with you some facts you may not know. We're going to discuss that prevailing theory of the virus' genesis; track it around the globe; discuss the public health response and some points of interest that are in a few of the towns most devastated by that flu so you can visit when we're up and moving around traveling the planet again. We want to reassure you that we will get through this crisis together.

Special thanks to our Hero Producer, Lance “Solo” John, Editor Extraordinaire, Cheyenne Finch and, Meke Brown, the glue that keeps us all together.

Be sure to visit our Blerd Store and get your very own Wandering Blerds face mask to keep yourself pandemic protected. 

For more 1918 Pandemic facts, faces, and places visit us on Pinterest, Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram.  If you have any questions about the episode, gorge yourself on the glut of information we’ve geeked up for your cerebral consumption on our social media sites.

Special thanks to our Hero Producer, Lance “Solo” John, Editor Extraordinaire, Cheyenne Finch and, Meke Brown, the glue that keeps us all together.

For more 1918 Pandemic facts, faces, and places visit us on Pinterest, Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram.  If you have any questions about the episode, gorge yourself on the glut of information we’ve geeked up for your cerebral consumption on our social media sites.

Join Wandering Blerds as we travel to the Great Divide and explore the C³, Cool Colorful Colorado. We plumb the depths of Pagosa Springs wading through it’s healing waters to discover this sulfur-rich “Mother Spring” of the nomadic Ute people. Stretch out over 4 corners and find out why this state is so square. We’ll wind our way up the Trail of Ancients National Scenic Byway to the zenith of the state, Denver, the Mile High City. 

Daphne Rice - Allen, Chair of the Black American West Museum & Heritage Center, gives Wandering Blerds valuable insight into the origins of historic Five Points in East Denver. Nicknamed “The Harlem of the West”, Five Points was the physical and spiritual home to several communities of color. From 1899 - 1970, Five Points was the focal point of civic and professional life for Black Denverites. The vanguard of African American performers, intelligentsia and entrepreneurs came to or passed through this historic Denver neighborhood.

Rossonian Hotel, date unknown. Courtesy of Denver Public Library, Western History Department, Clarence F. Holmes Collection

Madame C.J. Walker, Courtesy of the Library of Congress

Dr. Justina Ford, Public Domain Photo

Ready to plan your trip to the Mile-High City yet? Before you get in your wagon and go to Colorado check out these links:

Trek the Trail of Ancients

Have a Soak in Pagosa Springs

Swing By The Southern Ute Reservation

Don’t forget your Fry Bread

Wander by the house where the state flag was designed (Please don’t knock on the door and ask to go inside real live people live in there. Visit this link instead for a virtual tour.)

Check In - With Dr. Justina Ford

For those of you who haven’t had your fill of Colorado facts, faces and desirable places here, visit us at Pinterest, Twitter, Facebook or Instagram.  You can gorge yourself on the glut of supplemental information we’ve geeked up for your cerebral consumption on our social media sites.