‘There Was So Little Information’: Polio Survivors Offer Pandemic Perspective
A fear of the unknown. The need to maintain an appropriate distance. An urgent desire to find a cure or vaccine. They're the hallmarks of the coronavirus pandemic, but they also characterized an earlier epidemic: when paralysis-causing polio ravaged the U.S. in the 1940s and '50s.
“Square Pegs, Round Holes ‘n’ Pigeonholes”
“Millie Malone Lill, the ‘Mark Twain of polio survivors,’ returns with her combination of mid-western charm and razor-sharp wit.. Join Millie in her native Iowa, on her trips through America and then into Canada, where’s she’s run off with a Canadian truck driver! It’s scooter versus eighteen-wheeler. . . and if you know Millie, you know who wins that race.”
By Richard L. Bruno
Remembering Jazz Legend Charlie Haden, Who Crafted His Voice in Bass (Podcast)
A feature from NPR’s “All Things Considered”