The impact of the pandemic has been especially striking in the USA. Moreover, it seems like the entire country is experiencing not one but three simultaneous viruses: COVID-19 comes along with a flare-up of endemic racism, which in turn relies upon viral images and memes circulating both on- and offline to thrive. The Three Plagues takes an in-depth look at these ongoing upheavals. In three hour-long episodes, program host Adam Kleinman and invited guests will trace various “etiologies” of this triplicate affliction, drawing upon the collective experience of several months of lockdowns, protests, and their related viral images and stories.

Zooming out, the second episode considers the geopolitical and cultural complexities of the Latinx community in the current moment of racial tension with art historian Kerry Doran, artist Lulo Demarco, and poet, essayist, and artist manuel arturo abreu.

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https://www.paranoia-tv.com/en/program/content/369