# An Evening with Simon Schama and Atul Gawande

Writer, surgeon and public health leader Atul Gawande joined writer and public intellectual Simon Schama to discuss Schama's latest book, "Foreign Bodies: Pandemics, Vaccines and the Health of Nations." The conversation explored the complex and surprising history of pandemics in the 18th and 19th centuries and its relevance to our current struggles with COVID-19 today.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2023
- By: Library Of Congress
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2025661568/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/loc/2025661568?play=1)