{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Flatbush + Main: Cholera in Brooklyn","description":"This episode was originally published on&amp;nbsp;September 28, 2018.   In Episode 29 of Brooklyn Historical Society\u2019s podcast Flatbush + Main, host Zaheer Ali and guest-host Erin Wuebker, fellow BHS historian, discuss the impact of cholera on Brooklyn, which led to the illness and death of thousands of residents in the 19th century. Zaheer and Erin consider how epidemics of cholera were both symptoms of the city\u2019s tremendous growth and change&amp;nbsp;in this era, and catalysts for Brooklyn to develop basic infrastructure we associate with a modern city.  &amp;nbsp;  &amp;nbsp; ","author_name":"BKLYN Community Audio","author_url":"https:\/\/www.bklynlibrary.org\/podcasts\/community-content","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/38621450\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/194326335"}