Summary: <p>With the an apparent second wave of COVID-19 in full force, the media are sounding the alarm on a deadly virus growing out of control. But during the Spanish Flu 100 years ago, the media downplayed the pandemic. On this week's show, a look at how the Spanish Flu vanished from our collective memory. Then, how Shakespeare, a British icon, became an American hero. </p> <p>1. John Barry [<a href="https://twitter.com/johnmbarry">@johnmbarry</a>], author of <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/books/the-great-influenza-the-story-of-the-deadliest-pandemic-in-history-revised/9780143036494">The Great Influenza</a></em>, on how America forgot about the pandemic of 1918. <a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/why-press-downplayed-1918-flu-on-the-media">Listen</a>.</p> <p>2. James Shapiro, author of <em><a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/562046/shakespeare-in-a-divided-america-by-james-shapiro/">Shakespeare in a Divided America</a></em>, on what the Brit's plays teach us about life in the US. <a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/on-the-media-how-shakespeare-became-american-hero-on-the-media?_=86a1fb03&content_type_id=24&object_id=1013080&token=462bd636daa1c244fad6bca60d164584">Listen</a>.</p> <p><em>Music:</em><em>Berceuse in D Flat Major, Op. 57 Chopin - Ivan Moravec</em><em>Crows of Homer - Gerry O'Beirne</em><em>The Dancing Master: Maiden Lane (John Playford) - The Broadside Band & Jeremy Barlow </em><em>John’s Book of Alleged Dances (John Adams) - Kronos Quartet</em><em>Fife Feature: Lowland’s Away (Roy Watrous) - Gregory S. Balvanz & The US Army Fife and Drum Corps </em><em>Ballad No. 2 in F, Op. 38 (Chopin) - Ivan Moravec</em><em>Little Rose is Gone/Billy in the Lowground - Jim TaylorCollection </em><em>Frail As a Breeze - Erik Friedlander</em><em>The De Lesseps' Dance - Shakespeare in Love Soundtrack</em><em>Kiss Me Kate Overture - Kiss Me Kate Soundtrack </em><em>Brush Up Your Shakespeare - Kiss Me Kate Soundtrack</em><em>Love & the Rehearsal - Shakespeare in Love Soundtrack</em><em>Harpsichord - Four Tet</em></p>
