Episode 4: July 26 - August 1 - a podcast by NBC12

In this episode of How We Got Here - the mother of modern medicine, born in Virginia. The ethical seesaw surrounding Henrietta Lacks, and how her story changed medical discoveries for generations. Plus, meet the Gray Ghost of the Confederacy. The mystique of John Mosby during the Civil War, and how his own views changed after the Confederacy fell. And we’ll take you inside the ‘room where it happened.’ How two Virginians and a New Yorker moved the U.S. capital. Finally, hundreds were killed in an explosive instant outside of Petersburg after the Union decided to tunnel underneath their rebel foes.

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