SMNTY Classics: How We Beat Polio But Not the Mythmaking Around Jonas Salk (Part 1)

SMNTY Classics: How We Beat Polio But Not the Mythmaking Around Jonas Salk (Part 1)

In this episode of Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff, Margaret Killjoy and Anney talk about vaccines and complicated historical characters.

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