HIV and AIDS changed the United States and the world. In this series, we reveal untold stories from the defining years of the epidemic, and we’ll consider: How could some of the pain have been avoided? Most crucial of all, what lessons can we still learn from it today? Blindspot is a co-production of The HISTORYⓇ Channel and WNYC Studios.
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 26 | Founded | 3 years ago |
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In this final episode, we turn to people living with HIV today — longtime survivors of a plague who, despite their pain, frustrations and desires to just be done with it, realize they can’t be done with it. These are people like Kia LaBeija, an artis... more
In 1985, doctors at a methadone clinic in the South Bronx made the harrowing discovery: 50 percent of its patients had HIV. Three years later, in the same neighborhood, a pair of epidemiologists estimated that as many as one in five young men were po... more
By 1986, almost 40 percent of people diagnosed with AIDS in the United States were either Black or Latino. As the full contours of the crisis became apparent, a group of Black gay men began to organize in cities across the country, demanding attentio... more
From the very earliest days of the epidemic, women got infected with HIV and died from AIDS — just like men. But from the earliest days, this undeniable fact was largely ignored — by the public, the government and even the medical establishment. The ... more
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Such an amazing podcast. Thank you for Sharing and educating so many of us.
Apple Podcasts5kayliemichele
United States2 months ago - Thank you
Very impactful series would love to see you explore other blind spots. I realized listening to the series that I have wounds that have not healed living and caring for pts who had no one else to do so. This could have been easily in Miami where the same set of circumstances occurred in pediatrics, the black and brown communities as well as our gay population. more
Apple Podcasts5psychpepeUnited States3 months ago - Amazingly informative and insightful
Seldom-told stories that are totally relevant to the fight for women’s health and social justice everywhere. I can’t believe I didn’t know half of this stuff and I lived through the 90s as an adult. Essential listening for anyone with a brain.
Apple Podcasts5nyalathotep
New Zealand3 months ago - GRATITUDE…
I am so personally appreciative of this series on the AIDS Epidemic. I thank you for telling these stories and honoring so many lost souls! MORE BLINDSPOT PLEASE!! 🙏🏽
Apple Podcasts5Marco y FlacaUnited States3 months ago I'm not ashamed to admit that I used to believe some of the conspiracy theories regarding what led to the 9/11 attacks. The sequence of events covered in season one of Blindspot helped to close a lot of gaps in how I understood this part of our history. While I was years past the point of discarding those old, caustic ideas, this show served as a reminder that the truth is rarely as bombastic and exciting as we want it to be. The true causes of great harms is often banal. And in this case, burea... more
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