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Fiasco: The AIDS Crisis

By: Leon Neyfakh, Andrew Parsons, Sam Graham-Felsen, Madeline Kaplan, Ula Kulpa, Prologue Projects
Narrated by: Leon Neyfakh
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  • Summary

  • From the co-creators of Slow Burn, Fiasco is a narrative podcast that transports listeners into the day-to-day reality of America’s most pivotal historical events. 

    Using original interviews with dozens of key players, host Leon Neyfakh brings to life the forgotten twists and turns of the past while shedding light on the present day. The new season of Fiasco goes deep on the AIDS epidemic in America, with a special focus on the early years of the crisis, when a diagnosis was tantamount to a death sentence. The eight-part series looks at the mystery and missteps around identifying and treating a new, contagious disease, and what it took to get the public - and the government - to care.
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    Feb 22 2022

    From the co-creators of Slow Burn, Fiasco is a narrative podcast that transports listeners into the day-to-day reality of America’s most pivotal historical events. 

    Using original interviews with dozens of key players, host Leon Neyfakh brings to life the forgotten twists and turns of the past while shedding light on the present day. The new season of Fiasco goes deep on the AIDS epidemic in America, with a special focus on the early years of the crisis, when a diagnosis was tantamount to a death sentence. The eight-part series looks at the mystery and missteps around identifying and treating a new, contagious disease, and what it took to get the public - and the government - to care.
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  • Episode 1: Gay Plague

    Episode 1: Gay Plague
    Mar 24 2022

    How doctors and scientists responded to the arrival of a strange and terrifying new disease.

    You can find a list of books, articles, and documentaries we used in our research at bit.ly/fiascopod
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  • Episode 2: How to Have Sex in an Epidemic

    Episode 2: How to Have Sex in an Epidemic
    Mar 31 2022

    As the AIDS crisis worsens, gay men in New York City improvise a response, forming alliances and drawing battle lines.

    You can find a list of books, articles, and documentaries we used in our research at bit.ly/fiascopod
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exceptional

Leon Neyfakh and the team have made an extraordinary podcast. What a timely show and powerfully told story.

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Tragic and informative

I found this so worth the listen, I was a young teenager in early 80s so missed most of this so found it fascinating, tragic ,horrific ,heartbreaking, and infuriating in equal measures

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wonderful series

a thought-provoking yet gentle, reminding us how social stigma is a powerful enemy in promoting health.

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Gutted this is final episode!

One of the best podcasts I’ve heard; riveting & even though I thought I knew a lot of AIDS history, I still learnt a lot. Particularly poignant in this time of Covid.

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If you lived through it.,

it is amazing. The invoked memories of fears, questions, biases and friends gone far too soon. You ask yourself how the world might be different if they had lived. A most worthy listen.

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Great listen

An informative and well put together podcast looking at recent history. I wasn't old enough at the time to understand all that was going so this has really filled in the gaps. It has a wide variety of voices and sources drawn together to tell the story. A great listen.

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We Must Not Forget

I was at the periphery of this epidemic that became a pandemic. I was indifferent until a few friends were wrapped and taken by AIDS. I didn't know much until recently.

This powerfully researched and packed podcast educated me concisely. I am thankful for taking the time to listen open minded and to accept that we must not forget.

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A really powerful and well-told documentary

I had actually learned quite a lot about this topic before but still found a lot of new information in this podcast, and the information I did know was told in a unique enough way for it to really add something new to the existing content. It's really well told and I love the way each episode does a deep dive on a particular area or aspect of the crisis, rather than a straight narrative approach.

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Riveting

A beautifully crafted podcast. These episodes are an important testament and tribute to the activists, scientists, victims and survivors.

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Best

Wow, this is the best podcast I've listened to. I knew very little about the aids crisis, but throughout these poignant and thought-provoking episodes, I got a glimpse into the harrowing disease.
You hear in real time from medical professionals, scientists, activists, politicians and from the victims and survivors. It's beautifully put together, and an emotive listen that everyone should hear.

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