Blindspot
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.
Series Episodes
New podcast alert -- Kai Wright Recommends "Reconstruction"
Frederick Douglass was one of the few activists to see his goal achieved within his lifetime — the abolition of slavery. Kai Wright shares how Douglass discovered a new purpose after President Lincoln’s assassination: campaigning for a bold new Constitution.
50 mins
29 June Finished
What If I Could Have Grown Old With My Brother?
How one woman refused to accept the status quo and helped save the lives of thousands of people in her neighborhood.
39 mins
15 February 2024 Finished
Respectability Politics and the AIDS Crisis
Why it took the Black community so long to respond to the AIDS crisis.
47 mins
8 February 2024 Finished
'Women Don’t Get AIDS, They Just Die From It'
The story of how a group of women changed the very definition of AIDS.
44 mins
1 February 2024 Finished
