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Caustic Soda

316 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 459 ratings

The Podcast of the weird, gross, & disturbing

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Alzheimer’s Disease

April 20, 2015 21:05 - 1 hour - 71.6 MB

Dr. Rob joins Joe, Toren and Kevin to look at Alzheimer's Disease and dementia. We look at dementia through history, how shockingly recently we've understood that this is a disease at all, signs of Alzheimer's, fake bus stops, the "Dementia Village" of Hogewey, plus pop culture! Music: "Non Dementicar" by Nat King Cole Links Folding @ Home Dementia and Alzheimer's Care Hogewey Barkerville DeadAtNoon.com Living with Alzheimer's Part 1 Living With Alzheimer's Part 2 Images Videos h...

Fearsome Fish

April 13, 2015 08:24 - 1 hour - 63.3 MB

Gavin Pitts returns to discuss the Goonch catfish, needlefish, sailfish, swordfish, moray eel, pacu, barracuda, anglerfish, snakehead, stingrays and the not-so-dreaded candiru! Music: “Three Little Fishies” by Glenn Miller & His Orchestra Links Benthic Love Images Videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=727ISEi6Kyw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL7skjAt0e0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE1l28aynoo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXeu_FvRx3g http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2KnIpCNqdc

Heroin, Part 2

April 06, 2015 17:39 - 48 minutes - 44.5 MB

Our look at heroin continues with trafficking, the Golden Triangle, a public service announcement, the "North London Turk", GG Allin, plus a selection of pop culture including The Man with the Golden Arm, Trainspotting, The Barbarian Invasions, and more pop culture! Music: "Straighten Up And Fly Right" by Works Off Progress Images  

Heroin, Part 1

March 30, 2015 13:04 - 57 minutes - 53 MB

Kevin, Joe, and Toren take an extended look at the drug known as  junk, dope, smack, shot, shit, and h: Heroin. In part one we cover heroin's history, methods of use, lesser-known effects such as toxic leukoencephalopathy, and -- of course -- withdrawal. Music: "Yog Sothoth" by The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets Images  

Garbage

March 23, 2015 17:02 - 1 hour - 64.2 MB

Landfills, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, crap on Mount Everest, Smokey Mountain, garbage around the world and trashy history. Plus pop culture! Music: "I'm Waiting for the Junkman" by Ella Fitzgerald Images  

Turtles

March 16, 2015 22:53 - 1 hour - 77.6 MB

Mr. Dr. Greg joins Joe, Toren, and Kevin to discuss the shell out of turtles. We've got a pop quiz, information about neck-folding, butt-based breathing, Vietnam's great grandfather turtle, Discworld's Great A'Tuin, Gamera and the turtles of Pokemon. Though recorded before his passing, this flamethrower against the darkness is lovingly dedicated to Sir Terry Pratchett. Also: We've been nominated for the Podcast Awards in the "Science" category! Voting is on now. Do with this information what...

It Burns! It Burns! Caustic Updates

March 09, 2015 16:27 - 1 hour - 88.2 MB

Caustic Updates featuring Chris Woods from Horsetrack Hooligans! It's a grab bag of updates on past episodes, including body modification, art, plus a new Lesser of Two Evils! Music: "Looking on the Bright Side of Life" by Al Bowlly Links Teen artist proposes nude statue of Bill Cosby with Fat Albert in place of his genitals Images Images Too Gross To Display Thumbnails (you have been warned) Urethral Reroute 1 Urethral Reroute 2 Urethral Reroute 3 Penile Sub-incision Genit...

The Heart

March 02, 2015 21:40 - 1 hour - 62.9 MB

Dr. Rob Tarzwell is back with Joe, Toren, and Kevin to get to the heart of the matter of... the heart. We'll discuss its structure, a brief history of heart knowledge, look at early "pluggable" and "luggable" pacemakers, plus news from Syria and Heart Attack Grill and pop culture! Music: "Burrow Your Way To My Heart (Live)" by The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets Links One Minute Medical School Abu Sakkar: Syrian Rebel Cuts Out and Eats Soldier's Heart In Ghastly Propaganda Video Face-t...

Lightning

February 23, 2015 17:10 - 1 hour - 68 MB

Ball lightning, "dark lightning," petrified lightning, Lichtenberg figures, dramatic lightning strikes through history and how to avoid being struck by lightning. Plus pop culture! Music: "Ain't a Fit Night Out for Man Nor Beast" by Noble Sissle Charity O' The Week: Lightning Strike & Electric Shock Survivors International, Inc. Images Videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNJRPOltifI

The Brain

February 16, 2015 22:52 - 1 hour - 57.1 MB

Caustic Regular Dr. Rob Tarzwell joins Joe, Toren, and Kevin in the premiere episode of our new series: "Caustic Anatomy Class", this episode focusing on the master control of it all: the brain! We'll talk about the history of brain knowledge, an introduction to the brain's structure, brain-eating amoebas, the "creepy threesome", several people walking and talking without a large part of their brain, brain tapeworms, and The Man With Two Brains and a skull-full of pop culture! Music: "Scatte...

Love

February 09, 2015 19:17 - 1 hour - 65.1 MB

Just in time for Valentine's Day, Joe, Toren, and Kevin take a Caustic look at "love". We discuss the obsessive "limerence", Helen of Troy, Abelard & Heloise, Bosko & Admira, two horribly criminal plans to keep a lover In The News, plus Toren reads a portion of Larry Niven's Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex in the style of David Attenborough. Music: "Millionaire Girlfriend" by Jonathan Coulton Links Intro background music by longzijun Together In Death - TVTropes Man of Steel, Woman of Kl...

Rabies

February 02, 2015 17:12 - 1 hour - 69.4 MB

Rabies science and symptoms, old timey remedies, dog death squads in China, rabid whale speculation, the Milwaukee Protocol and Shitty Jobs: Louis Pasteur rabies vaccine lab assistant. Plus pop culture, a rabies pop quiz and what to do if you're bitten by a rabid animal. Music: "I'm Losing My Mind Over You" by Al Dexter Charity O' The Week: Global Alliance for Rabies Control Links Criminal Minds Round Table, "Rabid" Images Videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grDQCjs3WV4 http://www....

Hospiticide

January 26, 2015 23:45 - 1 hour - 78.5 MB

Kevin, Toren, and Joe continue our "Caustic Icide Guide" with "Hospiticide". We talk about the Glencoe Massacre, Gertrude Baniszewski, Sam Cook, Phil Spector, Dorothea Puente plus news and pop culture! Music: "At An Arabian House Party" by Raymond Scott Links Mafia/Werewolf game The Resistance Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap 62nd Year on Flickr Images    

Kids Who Kill

January 19, 2015 20:05 - 1 hour - 76.1 MB

The Kobe child murders, The Sasebo slashing, Eric Smith, the “Teacup Poisoner,” The Boston Boy Fiend, William York, Mary Bell, Amarjeet Sada, Carl Mahan, The Slender Man, and Jon Venables and Robert Thompson. Plus pop culture. Music: "Angels With Dirty Faces" by Cab Calloway (vocals June Richmond) Images Videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csko2e9m_dg

Belle Gunness

January 12, 2015 11:52 - 1 hour - 84.3 MB

Evil Dames in History continues as Kevin, Toren, and Joe look at "professional widow" Belle Gunness. Murder, insurance fraud, arson, evil glares, and... Guitar Hero? Music: "Diggin' Up The World (Acoustic)" by The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets Links Gunness Victim Photo Images  Videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOSaDbb9gaQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpPMearfG3o

Espionage

January 05, 2015 21:52 - 1 hour - 69.3 MB

Allan Newell returns once again to discuss Sarah Emma Edmonds, Klaus Fuchs, the Rosenbergs, honeypots, and the acoustic kitty. Also a pop quiz on spy terminology plus pop culture! Music: "Shhh, It's a Military Secret" by Glenn Miller Images  

Fandamonium 2014

December 29, 2014 19:23 - 1 hour - 61.2 MB

What do we do when we need a last-minute replacement show? A "Followups" episode created entirely from your suggestions and questions! In addition to new segments on Gaming, Stalin, Radiation, and Sports Injuries, we answer Soda Jerk questions, including early Caustic Soda history and the choosing of the name, plus "Fuck, Marry, Kill: The other hosts"! Pedant note: This counts as "Followups XVII"! Music: "Shhh..." by The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets Links Carl Sagan on Marijuana Bad...

Hunting Spiders

December 23, 2014 02:47 - 1 hour - 55.8 MB

Our micro-series on spiders concludes with a look at the goliath bird eater, the funnelweb, the vampire spider, spider traumatic insemination and various tarantulas. Also news and pop culture - all with guespert Gavin Pitts! Music: "Stop, Look and Listen" by Syd Dale Images  

Web Building Spiders

December 15, 2014 09:09 - 1 hour - 75.2 MB

Gavin "They're Not Insects They're Arachnids" Pitts joins us in studio for our epic micro-series on spiders. First up: the weird and wonderful world of web-building spiders, including the brown recluse and black widow. Plus news, pop culture and a spider pop quiz! Music: "Slipstream" by Syd Dale Images Videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coUd6d3j_6g http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQABY9H1h1Y http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AGU6vtJLR8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb66JQl40mM

Lesser of Two Evils Live at the Northwest Podcast Festival

December 08, 2014 08:26 - 1 hour - 75.8 MB

On October 4th, 2014, because you demanded it, Toren, Joe and Kevin appeared live at the Northwest Podcast Festival with four hilarious friends to choose between two horrible fates. Barbara Kozicki and Ian Boothby take on Harmful Supersitions vs Acid Ian Boothby and Fatima Dhowre choose between Urban Fires and Film Fatale Fatima Dhowre and Emmet Hall discuss Toxicity vs Whales Music: "Hookworm (Live)" by The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets If you enjoyed this special Lesser of Two Evil...

Followups XVI

December 01, 2014 10:52 - 1 hour - 69.8 MB

Sneaky Dragon's David Dedrick assists as we talk about a great grandmother brawl, a hoarder in Connecticut, a Spaniard who attacks his family after having a dream about ostriches, a testicular cancer survivor who pushes a giant ball around the US, and a bunch of horse stuff. Also, which is the Lesser of Two Evils? Killing your loved ones while asleep or being drawn and quartered? Music: "Someone's Rocking My Dreamboat" by Artie Shaw with Paula Kelly Links Sneaky Dragon Mr Ballsy Images

Pregnancy & Childbirth, Part 2 of 2

November 24, 2014 09:03 - 1 hour - 62.2 MB

We continue our look at pregnancy and childbirth by looking at puerperal fever, how to perform an emergency birth, birth risks in history, the invention of forceps, "Twilight Sleep", weird birthing aids, plus news and pop culture! Music: "Why Was I Born" by Billie Holiday Images Videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsHCqrrU-Gk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZ7b4spjXhw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUdZbRttXMY  

Pregnancy & Childbirth, Part 1 of 2

November 17, 2014 20:34 - 1 hour - 67.7 MB

In the most terrifying topic we've covered yet, Dr. Jenna Moccia (and her own special silent guest!) joins Kevin, Joe, and Toren to look at child bed fever, c-sections, morning sickness, eclampsia, and all the other weird and gross stuff that comes from making (and having) babies! Music: "Womb With A View" by Jonathan Coulton Links RateYourTrimester.com Images

Tigers

November 10, 2014 08:44 - 1 hour - 68.7 MB

Poaching, tiger attacks, escaped tigers, killing tigers to show off wealth, as well as tigers in pop culture. Also "Myth or Fiction? Tiger parts in quackery" and how to survive a tiger attack. Music: "Tiger Rag" by The Mills Brothers Charity of the week: Big Cat Rescue Links The True Story of a Man-Eating Tiger's 'Vengeance' Tinder  Guys With Tigers Images WARNING: Gore - Boy's arm after being attacked by tiger, MORE GORE Videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ml-5NMCkyWQ http://www...

Freezing

November 03, 2014 08:35 - 1 hour - 72 MB

Cryobiologist Dr. Katie Marshall joins Joe, Kevin, and Toren to talk about the horrible side of turning water into ice.  We cover nucleation, amorphous ice, flash-freezing humans, paradoxical undressing and terminal burrowing, promession burial, cryonics, Nazi freezing experiments, plus news and pop culture! Music: "Make It Gross" by Sasja Smolders (formerly Sasja Vice) (Lyrics Joe Fulgham, Music by BassBeastJD) Links Dr. Katie Marshall at UBC Images Videos http://www.youtube.com/watch...

Witches and Witchcraft

October 27, 2014 10:47 - 1 hour - 59.2 MB

Witch dunking, familiars, the witches' cradle, burning at the stake, the Wiccan code of ethics, familiars, African witch camps and witchcraft accusations in the modern world. Plus pop culture! Music: "Ding Dong the Witch is Dead" by Glenn Miller (1939) Charity: ActionAid Links Warning: Graphic Images - Witch Burning in New Guinea Images  

Gaming

October 20, 2014 21:37 - 1 hour - 78.6 MB

Joe, Kevin, and Toren are joined by Critical Hit Show Dungeon Master Eric Fell to look at the caustic side of games and gaming! We discuss "Senet", the 5000 year old Egyptian board game, the anti-Dungeons & Dragons group "BADD", "The Book of Erotic Fantasy", chess-playing serial killer Alexander Pichushkin, and both the most offensive video game ("Ethnic Cleansing") and role-playing game (F.A.T.A.L.) we could find. We also look at this #GamerGate thing, and top it off with select gaming-relat...

Evil Duos: The Borgias, Part 2 of 2

October 13, 2014 10:40 - 51 minutes - 47.3 MB

Continuing with the Borgias we discuss cantarella poison and the fall and death of the Borgias. Also, which is the lesser of two evils: being poisoned by Alexander or stabbed and strangled by Cesare? Plus pop culture. Part 2 of 2. Music: "Daddy's Little Boy" by The Mills Brothers Images Videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRzrP9dOC6M#t=641 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcE8xJkK6t4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV5CSJ-10NQ

Evil Duos: The Borgias, Part 1 of 2

October 06, 2014 10:02 - 48 minutes - 44.5 MB

How evil were Rodrigo and Cesare Borgia? Hear that and more on this 15th Century Holy Father and cruel son as Kevin, Toren, and Joe continue the Evil Duos in History series of Caustic Soda ! Part 1 of 2. Update: Hey, check out the new Caustic Soda Podcast Wiki! It needs help with content! Music: "Who's Sorry Now?" by The Rhythmakers Images  

Fratricide

September 29, 2014 08:02 - 1 hour - 86.4 MB

Brother kills brother in the next episode in our "Icide-Guide": Fratricide! Kevin, Joe, and Toren cover Ashoka, the Ottoman Empire, fratricidal animals, the myth of Osiris, Cain and Abel, Medea, Hodur, Richard III, and A History of Violence. Music: "Cain and Abel" by Louis Armstrong Images Videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SO1WccH2_YM

Aliens

September 22, 2014 23:04 - 1 hour - 79 MB

Fraser Cain from Astronomy Cast helps us discuss the Drake Equation and Fermi Paradox, close encounters, alien abduction insurance, the feasibility of several kinds of alien invasions and aliens in the news. Music: "It Conquered the World" by Sheldon Allman Links Universe Today Universe Today's YouTube Channel AstronomyCast Images  

Harmful Superstitions

September 15, 2014 11:12 - 1 hour - 75.8 MB

Toren, Joe, and Kevin talk about the psychology of superstition, harmful superstitions around the world, the unlucky numbers 13 and 4, sati, albino body-harvesting superstition, and more! Music: "I'm Making Believe" by Ella Fitzgerald and The Ink Spots Images  

Chemical Warfare, Part 2 of 2

September 08, 2014 14:17 - 57 minutes - 52.5 MB

The Mustard Disaster at Bari, VX, atropine poisoning, The Dugway Sarin Incident, the Halabja Massacre, the Ghouta chemical attack, and the dew of death -- lewisite contamination cleanup in Spring Valley. With Allan Newell. Music: "There's Something in the Air" by Shep Fields (vocals Bob Goday) Links Nerve Agent Treatment Images  

Chemical Warfare, Part 1 of 2

September 01, 2014 15:10 - 47 minutes - 43.9 MB

Emergency responder and history buff Allan Newell and the guys talk about the types and reasons for chemical warfare, chemical weapons in history including soul-hunting gas, quicklime, hellebore roots, chlorine and phosgene gas. Plus what to do when you've been tear-gassed. Part 1 of 2. Music: "Mustard Gas" by The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets Images  

Hate Crimes

August 25, 2014 11:49 - 1 hour - 63 MB

The science of hate in the human brain, 9/11 revenge killings, racial, homophobic and transphobic hate crimes, as well as the Museum of Tolerance. Also American History X, Boys Don't Cry, Milk and the X-Men. Caustic Soda apologizes for the misgendering of Brandon Teena in our Boys Don't Cry segment. Though accidental we agree was problematic, and Joe has digitally altered the file to use his proper pronouns. Note that we have left in a section that quotes his murderers' own words misgenderin...

Followups XV

August 18, 2014 23:24 - 1 hour - 77.7 MB

Soda Jerk Prime 2014 Cameron Potter, who claimed the "Jonestown Massacre" level of our Season 5 Fundraiser (be a guest on the show) joins Kevin, Joe, and Toren to discuss a range of topics including Tornadoes, Oklahoma, Fisticuffs (and Apes!), rat slaver, oral myiasis, Cam's personal cancer story and the ABCs of skin cancer. Plus, more dangerous homeopathy, toxicity and SURPRISE TARANTULAS. Note: Due to a technical glitch we had to re-record the first 20 minutes over Skype, so Cameron's soun...

The Other Senses

August 11, 2014 07:47 - 1 hour - 70.1 MB

Proprioception, interoceptors, equilibrium & vertigo, gravitropism, thermoreception in pit vipers and jewel beetles, electroreception in sharks and platypus, magnetoreception, phantom limbs, and synesthesia. Pop culture too! Music: "The Hell Raisers" by Syd Dale Links Ian's Story Images Videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPqPv2SKYUE

Sight, Part 2 of 2

August 04, 2014 08:13 - 46 minutes - 42.3 MB

Joe, Toren, and Kevin conclude "sight" with historical vision-correction quackery, news, blind movie reviews, porn for the blind, and a look at a pop culture! Music: "I'm Beginning To See The Light" by Ella Fitzgerald Links Blind Film Critic Porn for the Blind Images Videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_83MEuLoz9Y http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLtok0VgVck http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJgKC6sQyMo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1IY6plQKGI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_ILDFp...

Sight, Part 1 of 2

July 28, 2014 11:19 - 55 minutes - 51.3 MB

Joe, Kevin, and Toren take a look at looking, including how vision works, and the "supervision" of tetrachromacy. Then the amazing eyes of the animal kingdom, including giant squid and the mantis shrimp, plus the full-body "eye" of the Ophiocoma Wendtii, visual defects like floaters, non-24-hour-sleep-wake-disorder, surfer's eye, and Charles Bonnet Syndrome. Music: "I Just Can't See For Looking" by Nat King Cole Images Videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ze8VVtBgK7A http://www.youtube....

Touch, Part 2 of 2

July 21, 2014 08:35 - 53 minutes - 49 MB

Hugs! Also, tickle torture, the "death touch," touch in plants, Temple Grandin and the squeeze machine, the effects of ciguatera poisoning, news and pop culture. Part 2 of 2 Music: "That Old Feeling" by Guy Lombardo & His Orchestra Images  Videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D5o3PYcJoM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8UKDzVmzt8

Touch, Part 1 of 2

July 14, 2014 08:24 - 49 minutes - 45.3 MB

The 'Senses' series continues with tactile perception, aka touch. In part one we discuss tactile disorders, sensory illusions and haptics. Part 1 of 2. Music: "Feelin' No Pain" by Red Nichols Images  

Smell

July 07, 2014 20:02 - 1 hour - 84 MB

Dr. Nina Quiskamp joins Toren, Joe, and Kevin as our Five(ish) Senses series continues with "Smell"! We'll talk about how plants can detect scents, smell in the animal kingdom, how our noses work,  various smelling dysfunctions and how one influenced Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream, the smell of starvation and the stink of outer-space! Also, awful smells, landmine-sniffing rats, cancer-sniffing dogs and pop culture! Music: "Robot Stink" by The Invasives Images  

Hearing

June 30, 2014 18:19 - 1 hour - 73.3 MB

Joe, Toren, and Kevin continue the Five(ish) Senses series this week with Hearing. We'll cover how our bodies take in and process sound waves, the various causes of hearing loss, Hyperacusis, hearing in the animal kingdom, the Greater Wax Moth, Krakatoa, and noise pollution. Then it's on to the history of hearing aids, news, and pop culture! Music: "Sounds of Tindalos" by The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets Images Videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeTriGTENoc http://www.youtube.com/...

Taste, Part 2 of 2

June 23, 2014 09:35 - 56 minutes - 52 MB

Our Five(ish) Senses series continues with the second part of "Taste". Kevin, Joe, and Toren look at taste in the animal kingdom, the dangers of bitter orange, miracle fruit, vomit fruit, Scientist/Taster Carl Wilhelm Sheele , what happened to French wine, breast milk ice cream and pop culture! Note: The mentioned bonus content will appear mid-week! Music: "There Ain't No Sweet Man (That's Worth the Salt of My Tears)" by Bix Beiderbecke & Bing Crosby Images Videos http://www.youtube.com/...

Taste, Part 1

June 16, 2014 10:08 - 55 minutes - 51 MB

In the first of our multi-part series on the senses, Kevin, Toren, and Joe look at umami, Scoville Heat Units and the world's hottest peppers, Burning Mouth Syndrome, supertasters, plus the effect of vision on taste and the weirdness that is phenylthiocarbamide! Music: "If I Knew You Were Comin' Id've Baked A Cake" by Eileen Barton Images  

Mass Hysteria

June 09, 2014 10:54 - 1 hour - 55.7 MB

Toren, Joe, and Kevin are back with a look at the "collective delusions of threats", or mass hysteria, including the June Bug Epidemic, Tanganyika laughter epidemic, The West Bank fainting epidemic, The Dancing Plague, the Mad Gasser of Mattoon, plus news and a brief pop culture! Music: "Blackout" by The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets Images

Nuclear Accidents, Part 2 of 2

June 02, 2014 07:58 - 51 minutes - 47.7 MB

Nuclear Accidents continues with Three Mile Island, the Kyshtym Disaster, the Fernald Feed contamination, the SL-1 meltdown, the Soviet sub K-431 refueling disaster, the Zaragoza radiotherapy accident, Chernobyl and Fukushima, plus news and pop culture. Part 2 of 2 with special guespert Bob Apthorpe Music: "Crawl Out Through the Fallout" by Sheldon Allman Links Echo Class II Submarine Images  

Nuclear Accidents, Part 1 of 2

May 26, 2014 10:21 - 58 minutes - 53.9 MB

Bob Apthorpe, nuclear engineer, defense waste cleanup & severe accident analyst, joins us to talk about nuclear meltdowns and other accidents involving radioactivity. We discuss scavenged radioactive materials recycled for building, the NRX Incident, the Windscale Disaster, as well as the crashed Soviet nuclear-powered satellite Kosmos 954 and Operation: Morning Light Music: "Radioactive Mama" by Sheldon Allman Images Videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZ4vtUzG6sQ

Suicide

May 19, 2014 10:51 - 2 hours - 119 MB

TRIGGER WARNING:  Some of the images and videos below are GRAPHIC, and of course the episode deals with suicide entirely. Dr. Rob joins Kevin, Toren, and Joe to talk about the act of taking your own life: suicide. We'll discuss the Werther effect, suicide statistics, methods and their consequences, Cato the Minor's intestinal fortitude, seppuku, Budd Dwyer's on-air suicide, Dr. Kevorkian's "Thanatron", the "Deliverance Machine", plus news and pop culture. Music: "Gloomy Sunday" by Billie Ho...

Diving Accidents, Part 2

May 12, 2014 09:39 - 43 minutes - 39.6 MB

Jonathan Martin and the guys discuss diver's squeeze, the death of David Shaw, the "Diver's Cemetery," the Byford Dolphin diving bell accident, plus news and pop culture. Part 2 of 2. Music: "Stop and Breathe" by The Invasives. Buy their new album "Robot Stink" on iTunes or  http://invasives.bandcamp.com/ Images Videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRC5R1jRO58 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mF4iFJ-G74o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V21qpZ2Y9IA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mF4iFJ-G74o ...