Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer - Season 1

Set in the context of the COVID-19 crisis, this series explores the lessons learned from previous global pandemics — including smallpox, cholera, the Spanish flu and others — and reveals how scientists, doctors, self-experimenters and activists launched a public health revolution, saving millions of lives, fundamentally changing how we think about illness and ultimately paving the way for modern medicine.

• S1 E1 - Vaccines

• S1 E2 - Medical Drugs

• S1 E3 - Data

• S1 E4 - Behavior