Cabin Fever

In this episode, Niki, Neil, and Natalia discuss the history of “cabin fever.”

Here are some links and references mentioned during this week’s show:

• As social distancing becomes the new norm for many Americans, so too does the stress and anxiety of being cooped up, also known as “cabin fever.” Natalia mentioned Jonathan Zimmerman’s Chronicle of Higher Education article about online learning. Neil referred to historian Jeanne Boydston’s classic book, Home and Work: Household, Wages, and the Ideology of Labor. Niki discussed Daniel Pollack-Pelzner’s Atlantic article, “Shakespeare Wrote His Best Works During a Plague.”

In our regular closing feature, What’s Making History:

• Natalia discussed Robert Snow’s new book Disney’s Land: Walt Disney and the Invention of the Park that Changed the World.
• Neil commented on Sapna Maheshwari’s New York Times article, “American Teenagers Are Declaring ‘Virginity Rocks’.”
• Niki shared the Canadian Broadcasting Service’s podcast, “Uncover: Satanic Panic.”