If you follow American football, you’ve probably heard of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) and the risk of concussions. It’s no surprise that football is dangerous, but I was curious as to how much of a “crisis” the concussion crisis is. When did it start? How did we learn about it?

0:00​ Storytime
1:45​ Antiquity
2:23​ Part 1: Asylums and Mental Institution Research
5:23​ Part 2: The World Wars and Boxing
11:07​ Part 3: American Football's Original Concussion Crisis
16:08​ Part 4: CTE and the Modern Crisis
19:35​ Part 5: The Future
21:35​ Part 6: Is Football Bad?

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