Aaron Tracy
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
What Kugler did that I think was so unique.
He's the writer-director.
From iHeart Podcast, Saigon.
I should stop talking so much.
One city, a divided country, and the war that tore America apart.
Saigon, starring Kelly Marie Tran and Rob Benedict.
Listen to Saigon on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Olivia is Dahl and Neil's firstborn.
It's now November 1962, a little less than two years after Theo's accident.
The family has left New York and is living in England now.
Olivia comes home with a note from the headmistress of her elementary school, warning of a measles outbreak.
She's seven years old.
Dahl and Neil's first thought, of course, is about Theo.
After what he's been through, they can't risk him getting the virus under any circumstances.
Vaccines against the disease are still pretty uncommon in this era, and doses are in limited supply.
But pulling some strings, Neil is able to obtain the vaccine for Theo, which means Olivia, who's perfectly healthy, doesn't get any protection.
And of course, Olivia contracts measles.
It doesn't seem like a terrible case at first.
But here's Dahl on what happens next.