622. Why Does Everyone Hate Rats?

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New York City’s mayor calls them “public enemy number one.” History books say they caused the Black Death — although recent scientific evidence disputes that claim. So is the rat a scapegoat? And what does our rat hatred say about us? (Part one of a three-part series.)

SOURCES:Bethany Brookshire • , author of Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains.Kathy Corradi • , director of rodent mitigation for New York City. Ed Glaeser • , professor of economics at Harvard University. Nils Stenseth • , professor of ecology and evolution at the University of Oslo.

RESOURCES: • " On Patrol With the Rat Czar, • " by Mark Chiusano (Intelligencer, • 2024). • " How Rats Took Over North America, • " by Allison Parshall (Scientific American, • 2024). • " Where Are the Rats in New York City, • " by Matt Yan (New York Times, • 2024). "Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains" • by Bethany Brookshire (2023). • " Human ectoparasites and the spread of plague in Europe during the Second Pandemic, • " by Nils Stenseth, Katharine Dean, Fabienne Krauer, Lars Walløe, Ole Christian Lingjærde, Barbara Bramanti, and Boris Schmid (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, • 2018).

EXTRAS: • " Freakonomics Radio Live: 'Jesus Could Have Been a Pigeon.' • " by Freakonomics Radio • (2018).


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