JB Shreve
JB Shreve is the author of "How the World Ends: Understanding the Growing Chaos." He has been the host of the End of History podcast since 2012. He has degrees in International Relations and Middle East Studies. His other books include the Intelligence Brief Series. Regular posts and updates from JB Shreve are available at www.theendofhistory.net
Last week I mentioned in one of the daily updates at the End of History how a high ranking official at the United Nations warned we are beginning to see the onset of “pandemic famines.” These are famines brought about by the pandemic’s disruption of food and/or aid to...
This week's Intelligence Brief was too big for our normal text version of the Intelligence Brief. Terrell Spencer joins JB Shreve for a special intelligence brief podcast episode to discuss what's going on in Belarus.
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The massive explosion that rocked Beirut, Lebanon, on Tuesday has the world’s attention focused on the tiny country. Before the explosion, however, Lebanon was already struggling under a massive weight of crises. Survivors say the blast is the perfect illustration of the political negligence and leadership that is drawing...
This week's Intelligence Brief looks at the facts, history, and reality of President Trump's decision to deploy federal forces in Portland.
Each week JB Shreve & the End of History provides an Intelligence Brief related to a hot topic (or something that should be a hot topic) in the news....
Plagued: Humanity’s History with Disease, Outbreaks, and Pandemics – Podcast Series – Part 7
We take for granted the giant leap humanity took over the course of the 20th century when it comes to healthcare and quality of life. In 1900 the average life expectancy was 48 years. Thirty percent of all...
This timeline of the World Health Organization and its history helps shine a light on the organization's purpose and achievements. I referenced this timeline in the recent podcast episode Eradicating Disease part of our ongoing podcast series Plagued: Humanity's History with Disease, Outbreaks, and Pandemics.
1851 – The...
Polio is an ancient disease but in the 20th-century, few plagues better captured the American spirit than polio did.
Plagued: Humanity’s History with Disease, Outbreaks, and Pandemics – Podcast Series - Part 6
This is part 6 in our series on the history of disease, outbreak, and pandemics podcast series. We...
The Great Influenza, Spanish Flu, of 1918
Plagued: Humanity’s History with Disease, Outbreaks, and Pandemics –
Podcast Series - Part 5
It is called the Spanish Flu, the Great Influenza, and the Great Flu Pandemic of 1918. It was the greatest pandemic of the 20th century. The Spanish Flu pandemic overlapped...
This is a two-part episode in the series and it discusses living and dying before medical science came of age in human history.
Plagued: Humanity’s History with Disease, Outbreaks, and Pandemics
Podcast Series - Part 3
In parts 3 and 4 of JB Shreve & the End of History’s podcast series...
The Black Death
Plagued: Humanity’s History with Disease, Outbreaks, and Pandemics
Podcast Series - Part 2
The Black Death spread across the eastern hemisphere in the middle of the 14th century. It killed an estimated 50 million people in Europe. Sixty percent of Europe’s population was wiped away by the plague...