George Saunders reads his short story "The Bohemians" at Housing Works Bookstore in New York City, from the book In Persuasion Nation. It is amazingly funny. Genius.
Author Steven Johnson discusses the most intense outbreak of cholera in Victorian London - and what it means to us today, from the way we understand cities, science, disease, and the modern world.
An Animated Introduction to The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic and How It Changed Cities, Science, and The Modern World by Steven Johnson