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Everything Is Tuberculosis by John Green: Honest Review, Fact Check and Is It Worth Reading?

Everything Is Tuberculosis is John Green's nonfiction book about the world's deadliest infectious disease. Hailey gives a spoiler-free review, fact checks the key numbers against the latest World Health Organization report, weighs the fairest criticisms, and shares content notes and similar books. Content note: the death of children and graphic illness are discussed.

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Books mentioned in this episode
Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder
Illness as Metaphor by Susan Sontag
Phantom Plague by Vidya Krishnan
The Remedy by Thomas Goetz
Epidemics and Society by Frank M. Snowden

Chapters
0:00 Cold Open
0:25 Welcome
0:59 The Review
10:44 More From The Book
11:44 Outro

Scores, the full written review and the videos

Narrated by Hailey, the Book Explained host voice (AI-generated with Kokoro TTS).

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"Fresh Air" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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