26 episodes

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.

Blindspot The HISTORY® Channel and WNYC Studios

    • History
    • 4.4 • 574 Ratings

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.

    Mourning in America

    Mourning in America

    The dawn of HIV and AIDS.

    • 35 min
    If I Didn't Have HIV, I Wouldn't Have Met You

    If I Didn't Have HIV, I Wouldn't Have Met You

    Stories from Harlem Hospital’s pediatric AIDS ward.

    • 39 min
    'Women Don’t Get AIDS, They Just Die From It'

    '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 min
    Respectability Politics and the AIDS Crisis

    Respectability Politics and the AIDS Crisis

    Why it took the Black community so long to respond to the AIDS crisis.

    • 47 min
    What If I Could Have Grown Old With My Brother?

    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 min
    There Was Love Here

    There Was Love Here

    The challenge of living and aging with HIV.

    • 38 min

Customer Reviews

4.4 out of 5
574 Ratings

574 Ratings

Ky.ll.e ,

A Must Listen

“What if there’d never been an HIV epidemic?”

Wow. As someone who has a decent understanding of the history of HIV/AIDS this podcast was refreshing. Amplifying the voices of women and QTPOC folx, this podcast provides a critical counter narrative. Exceptionally well done.

kayliemichele ,

Wow!

Such an amazing podcast. Thank you for Sharing and educating so many of us.

psychpepe ,

Thank you

Very impactful series would love to see you explore other blind spots. I realized listening to the series that I have wounds that have not healed living and caring for pts who had no one else to do so. This could have been easily in Miami where the same set of circumstances occurred in pediatrics, the black and brown communities as well as our gay population.

Thank you

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