Dispatches From Dystopia

Dispatches From Dystopia

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Dispatches From Dystopia
Dispatches From Dystopia
Just Potatoes (Part 1)

Just Potatoes (Part 1)

How a real-world dystopia led to one of history's greatest human tragedies in the Irish Potato Famine

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Apr 26, 2021
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Just Potatoes (Part 1)
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Nature knows a thousand ways to kill a man.

Natural disasters, crop failures, and disease have always been major threats to human survival. But we humans are as stubborn, resilient, and innovative as our bodies are vulnerable. When calamity strikes, we have a knack for withstanding and overcoming—unless something besides nature stands in our way. The gr…

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