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Ep135: “Wherefore a Pomegranate?” and other classics from the last ten years

Another sampler from ten years of Pomegranate archives, starting with a historic deep dive to explain why the podcast is named after a fruit by way of Henry VIII and the first of his six wives.

Ep106: The whiskey fix and the apple of Granada

Strange tales from archives of medical history.

Ep93: The rise and fall of mpox

In 2022 a sexually transmitted form of mpox virus made its way around the developed world but it had long been endemic in African countries. In this podcast we talk about the conditions that allowed new strains to evolve and the rapid community health response that reigned the global outbreak in.

Ep63: the WHO’s Biggest Test

During the COVID-19 crisis there has been some criticism of the World Health Organisation as to whether it declared a pandemic soon enough or covered up for China’s failings. In this podcast we examine the role and responsibilities it shares with its member states and where the straining points have been.