Caustic Soda
316 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 459 ratingsThe Podcast of the weird, gross, & disturbing
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Fisticuffs
June 20, 2011 06:41 - 48.3 MBLisa Gemino joins the Caustic Soda crew to talk about "punchy kicky stuff". The one-inch punch, MMA, Houdini, Tinku, Krav-Maga, Panantukan, "buttons" and more! Music: "Ain't That A Kick In The Head" by Dean Martin Images Links Tactical Fighting Videos Movies Fight Club Toren: 8/10 Joe: 10/10 Kevin: 10/10 Grosse Pointe Blank Toren: 8/10 Joe: 8/10 Kevin: 9/10 Girl Fight Kevin: 6/10 Raging Bull Toren: 7/10 Joe: 10/10 Kevin: 10/10 Snatch Toren: 8/10 Joe: 9/10 Kevin: 7/10 Spider-Man T...
Followups IV
June 13, 2011 06:31 - 44.3 MBSagawa the cannibal, Bruno the bear, a slavery-based syphilis cure, Hitler's death, and LSD cults and SQUIIIIDSSS INNNNNNN SPAAAAAAAAACE! It's an entire episode full of caustic updates with special guest Johnstone Metzger! Music: Papa's In Bed With His Britches On by Cab Calloway. Links Bleek and the MetaFriends Go-Rilla in Mid-Afternoon of the Living Dead
Ted Bundy
June 06, 2011 08:40 - 52.2 MBAmerica's most well-known serial killer-rapist-necrophile is Caustic Soda's next Evil Man In History. Kevin, Toren, and Joe discuss Ted Bundy, the "sadistic sociopath who took pleasure from another human's pain and the control he had over his victims, to the point of death, and even after." Music: "Protein" by The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets
Slime
May 30, 2011 06:55 - 43.8 MBSnottites, star jelly, caca de luna, hagfish slime, marine mucilage, sneeze modellers, snail slime cream, and all things slimy! Our iRiff of "The Blob" is getting some last-minute polish. We'll have it up soon! Music: "The Thing" by Phil Harris Images Videos Hagfish and the Disgusting Slime - The funniest videos clips are here Movies Ghostbusters Toren: 10/10 Kevin: 8/10 Joe: 10/10 Ghostbusters 2 Toren: 7/10 Kevin: 5/10 Joe: 6/10 The Blob (1958) Toren: 4/10 Kevin: 2/10 Joe: 4/10 The ...
Funerals
May 23, 2011 07:12 - 46.9 MBCaustic Soda puts the fun in funeral! Guest Arinn Dembo joins us to talk neanderthal cave burials, cremains, martyriums, slave sacrifice, wife-burning, The Great Death Pit, viking ship burials, Tibetan sky burial, corpse demons, the soothing rite of fire and much more! Music: "My Grandfather's Clock" - Sons of the Pioneers Images Videos Six Feet Under Finale (SPOILERS!) Links Tibetan Sky Burial Movies Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan Toren: 9/10 Joe: 9/10 Kevin: 8/10 Harold and Maude Tor...
Tanks A Lot!
May 17, 2011 03:35 - 53.4 MBToren, Joe, and Kevin are joined by Kerberos Productions' Martin Cirulis to talk about landships,or "tanks". We'll hear about Britain's attempts to hide this new weapon from their enemy while simultaneously naming it, the best and worst tanks of World War II, and some of the weirdest, biggest, and coolest tanks ever designed. Sorry for the lateness folks, technical difficulties! Music: "My Tank" by The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets Images Links My Tank is Fight! book by Zack Parsons ...
Cults
May 09, 2011 17:24 - 46.1 MBJoe, Toren, and Kevin are joined by Rebecca Dart to talk about cults! We talk about Brother XII, who claimed to be the Egyptian god Osiris, Shoko Asahara and his sarin gas using cult "Aum Shinrikyo", The Order of the Solar Temple, Heaven's Gate and more weird groups of True Believers. Music: Cultists on Board by The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets Also: We've added another free ringtone to the Downloads page -- from last week's Leprosy episode it's our reaction to hearing about rats eating...
Leprosy
May 02, 2011 15:56 - 43.4 MBMicrobiologist Jenna Capyk joins Joe, Toren, and Kevin to talk about Hansen's disease, also known as leprosy. What the heck is it? Does it cause your body parts to fall off? Are there any other animals that can get leprosy? What have we done in the past to keep lepers separate from society? All these questions and more are answered in this episode of Caustic Soda! News update: Since recording a study strongly suggests that leprosy can transfer from armadillos to humans. "Our research provide...
Jack The Ripper
April 25, 2011 07:28 - 46 MBToday Toren, Joe, and Kevin take a look at the most famous serial killer in history: London, England's very own Jack the Ripper. Music: Guy Lombardo "Annie Doesn't Live Here Anymore" Images Videos Links On the Trail of Jack the Ripper (tour) Movie Reviews From Hell Toren: 6/10 Kevin: 4/10 Joe: 4/10 Amazon Women on the Moon Toren: 7/10 Joe: 7/10 Time After Time Toren: 4/10 Joe: 6/10
Crocodilians
April 18, 2011 06:23 - 46.8 MBThe science and history of the biggest and baddest man-eating, death-rolling crocodiles and alligators. Plus how to survive a crocodile attack and "Lesser of Two Evils:" would you rather be attacked by a crocodile or have an iron bar shot through your head? Music: Fats Waller "Alligator Crawl" Images Links Fisherman's 'inseperable relationship' with crocodile. Videos
Mudslide
April 11, 2011 06:01 - 43.8 MBWatch out, mysophobes! History's worst mudslides, the world's largest mud volcano, and man-made lakes that failed epically, All this plus how to survive a mudslide plus "Lesser of Two Evils": would you rather be caught in a mudslide or have to eat a head made of frozen blood? Music: "Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall" by The Ink Spots with Ella Fitzgerald Images Videos Links Mud phobia pig gets its own boots FEMA: What to do BEFORE a mudslide FEMA: What to do DURING a mudslide FEMA:...
Hitler
April 04, 2011 06:49 - 46.6 MBHow did Hitler rise to power? Why did he hate the jews? What was the Night of Long Knives? Did Hitler invent blow-up dolls, fart during staff meetings and try to bring back Paganism? Who was the British soldier that refused to kill Hitler when he had the chance? Did der fuhrer's micro-managing lead to Germany losing the war? Where is Hitler's brain? Our well-read expert Chris "Green Ronin" Pramas guests to answer these burning questions. Gotterdammerung! Apologies for some minor technologica...
Followups / Year One Poll
March 28, 2011 09:39 - 46.6 MBHas it really been a year already? Kevin, Joe and Toren are joined by Australia's Steve Parker for a look back at our first year of podcasting. We'll see what your favorite episodes were, as well as the grossest, and hardest to get through and funniest bits as well as followups for Iraq War through Seven Deadly Sins. Music: Skullcrusher Mountain by Jonathan Coulton Images Videos Links Southern Stand Documenting Reality Guillotine Video (Warning: UGH) Necronomicox Captain Australia
Alcohol
March 21, 2011 17:06 - 42.8 MBDr. Rob Tarzwell guests. Dipsomania, alcohol poisoning, drunken war elephants, weird and disgusting potables from around the world, sherry enemas PLUS the Caustic Soda drinking game! Music: Images Videos Movies Arthur Joe: 6/10 Leaving Las Vegas Kevin: 9/10 Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Toren: 7/10 Joe: 5/10 Iron Man Toren: 5/10 Kevin: 9/10 Joe: 8/10 Strange Brew Toren: 6/10 Kevin: 6/10 Joe: 8/10 The Lost weekend Toren: 8/10 Days of Wine and Roses Toren: 7/10 Kevin: 8/10
Hoaxes
March 14, 2011 09:56 - 46.5 MBNOT A HOAX! Guest host Chris "Kerberos Productions" Stewart reveals the truth about Operation: Mincemeat and other WWII magic, Piltdown Man, Protocols of the Elders of Zion, The Cottingley Fairies, The Cardiff Giant, The War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast, Marie Toft's Bunny Babies and more. Music: "Whatchamacallit" by Esquivel Images Links Space Robot Bonanza on SomethingAwful Videos Movies Signs Toren: 3/10 Joe: 3/10 War of the Worlds 1953 Toren: 8/10 War of the Worlds 2005 Toren: 5...
Blizzard
March 07, 2011 06:43 - 44.2 MBThe worst blizzards in history including The Storm of the Century, The Cleveland Superbomb, the Schoolhouse Blizzard of 1888, and The Great Die Up, Also, how to survive a blizzard plus some Iron Man villain. Music: Leroy Anderson "Mah-Na Mah-Na" Images Videos Chicago Blizzard Time Lapse. Movies The Day After Tomorrow Toren: 5/10 Joe: 3/10 Whiteout Toren: 5/10 John Carpenter's The Thing Toren: 9/10 Kevin: 8/10 The Thing From Another World: Toren: 7/10 Joe: 7/10 The Shining Toren: 8/1...
Dinosaurs
February 28, 2011 20:22 - 46 MBWhat were the biggest, baddest and weirdest dinosaurs? Did killer algae take them out? What's the deal with brontosaurus? Was T-Rex a cannibal? Who fought in the 'bone wars?' What kind of car does Predator X eat? Answers to these questions may or may not appear in the "Dinosaur" episode of Caustic Soda. Plus early paleontological blunders! Music: "Downtown (in the Cenozoic)" by The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets (Yes, the Cenozoic marked the end of the dinosaurs. Deal with it.) Images Mo...
Killer Robots
February 21, 2011 20:50 - 49.7 MBCaustic Soda, robot fighters! We pit our powerful podcasting techniques against robotic threats like the biomass consuming EATR, firearm-wielding TALON and SWORDS, the frighteningly named Multiple Kill Vehicle and iRobot's "Warrior" model. Also: Robots hitting people FOR SCIENCE, quadrocopters, The Terminator, Cylons, replicants, Westworld and many more robotic threats! Music: Big Robot Dinosaur by The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets This episode sponsored by Delta Green: Denied to the Ene...
Slavery
February 14, 2011 07:40 - 48.1 MBSlavery is alive and well in today's world, and the CS crew pulls no punches. Slaves regaining their freedom in Aztec society, British slaves on the Barbary Coast, Somaly Mam's escape from Cambodia, forced child labour on African cocoa farms, and of course a look at the Atlantic slave trade & slave ships. Also, a quick timeline of emancipation throughout the world. Music: "Slave Ship" by The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets Images Links http://www.afesip.org/ http://www.somaly.org/donat...
Blood
February 07, 2011 06:15 - 49.7 MBGuest Dr. Rob Tarzwell talks bloodletting, transfusions gone wrong, toxic shock, hemophilia, ebola, polycythemia, lymphoma and other blood disorders. Also, frozen heads made of blood and the Zero G Period! Music: "Heartaches" Ted Weems Images Videos Movies Carrie Kevin: 7/10 Toren: 7/10 Blade Kevin: 8/10 Toren: 6/10 Joe: 7/10 The Shining Kevin: 10/10 Toren: 8/10 Joe: 8/10 The Abominable Dr Phibes Kevin: 1/10 Toren: 4/10
Followups II
January 31, 2011 07:17 - 48.4 MBThe Darkest of the Hillside Thickets' guitarist Warren BANKS! joins the crew to do another round of follow-ups and listener mail, including: Japanese cannibal checks himself out of mental institution; parasitological museum (a hot date spot); poisoning at a Chinese funeral; exploding hydrogen bombs in the Van Allen belt; an Aztec sword; the man with an iron bar in his head; using chickens to test airplane structural integrity; the Ika-Tako (squid/octopus) virus; honour killings in Turkey; gra...
Seven Deadly Sins: Lust
January 24, 2011 05:11 - 45.8 MBThe Caustic Soda crew talks about vagina dentata, cross-species mating attempts in the animal kingdom, Captain America with a burrito in his pants, the difference between men and womens' sex drives, how many viagra it takes to kill a Moscow man, and the African penis trap. Note: Toren mentioned an episode of The Stranger's Savage Love podcast in which they talked about monogamy & plunger penis. The guest on that episode (#210) was author of "Sex At Dawn", Christopher Ryan PhD. Here's a link:...
Art
January 17, 2011 06:00 - 47 MBSupreme artist of the omniverse Chris Woods joins the crew to talk about murderabilia, Honore Fragonard's flayed dancing babies, art as torture, Theodore Gericault's severed heads, huge turd catastrophes, and macabre artists like Goya, Fuselli, HR Giger and Beksinski. Plus - was Jack the Ripper established artist Walter Sickert?
Bonus Content – Body Worlds Book Contest Winner Announcement
January 16, 2011 18:15 - 4.21 MBToren, Joe, and Kevin give a few shoutouts to the fans that entered our Body Worlds Book Contest and then make the draw to see who the lucky winner is! Congratulations to Will Anderson from Wyoming! Your Body Worlds book is on its way!
Seven Deadly Sins: Envy
January 10, 2011 03:12 - 41.5 MBThe science of schadenfreude! The Texas-Cheerleader-Murdering-Mom! Tonya Harding! Drug-induced fatal car accidents! All this plus exploding breast implants! In our 6th episode on the seven deadly sins, Caustic Soda looks at the green-eyed monster: Envy! Music: Fred Astaire "Putting on the Ritz" Images Videos Movie Reviews Se7en Toren: 8/10 Kevin: 8/10 Joe: 8/10 Blade Runner Toren: 8/10 Kevin: 9/10 Joe: 10/10
Crime Scene Investigation
January 03, 2011 05:29 - 49.1 MBAuthor Don Debrandt gives his expert testimony on Crime Scene Investigation techniques such as body farms, anthropometry, dactyloscopy, entomology, and the ever-exciting forensic accounting division "Questionable Documents". Music: "It Must Be Swell to be Laying Out Dead" by Alex Bartha's Hotel Traymore Orchestra This podcast sponsored by ToyHutt.com. Images Videos Movies Silence of the Lambs Toren: 8/10 Joe: 9/10 Kevin: 8/10 Star Wars: A New Hope Toren: 9/10 Joe: 9/10 Kevin: 9/10 Catc...
Seven Deadly Sins: Wrath
December 27, 2010 20:41 - 56 minutes - 51.7 MBIn our fifth (and extra-explicit) installment of The Seven Deadly Sins, we discuss road rage (and "Carma"), catharsis, destructotherapy, "going postal," the true story of the Count of Monte Cristo, the Hulk, Christian Bale and other purveyors of WRATH! Music: "Uuugh!" by Xavier Cugat Images Videos American Psycho Links Cracked.com Road rage stories from you - our listeners: Chaz L I used to get horrilbe road rage years ago. I'd do the typical stuff like pull up beside a person, give...
A Very Caustic Christmas
December 20, 2010 07:23 - 51.3 MBWas the star of Bethlehem a supernova? What raunchy pagan festivals did Christianity co-opt for Jesus' birthday? How many butchered children did Saint Nick resurrect, and who was St Nick's demonic sidekick? Is Santa Claus just Odin One-Eye rebranded? Also, tragic reindeer death! Watch out deipnophobes - it's the Christmas episode of Caustic Soda! Music: John Kirby & His Orchestra "Bounce of the Sugar Plum Fairies" Images Videos Movies Bad Santa The Nightmare Before Christmas Toren: 9/10...
Seven Deadly Sins: Pride
December 13, 2010 08:17 - 43.6 MBCaustic Soda is PROUD to present our newest installment on the Seven Deadly Sins: Pride. We discuss body dysmorphic disorder, comorbidity,cankles, foot binding, stiletto heels & Morton's neuroma, botched plastic surgery, liposuction death, and the Fonz vs The Situation. Music: "In an 18th Century Drawing Room" Raymond Scott This episode is brought to you by Jett's Toy Hutt! Images Lesser of Two Evils: Attacked by a Grizzly bear, or have "foot binding" performed on your feet? What would yo...
Bears
December 06, 2010 05:33 - 52.3 MBBears! Polar bears, grizzly bears, brown bears, black bears, panda bears and yes, we even talk about poohs! You'll hear about bears eating faces, butchering families, and guarding marijuana grow-ops. So they're not all bad. Music: "When yuba plays the rhumba on the tuba" - Spike Jones Images Videos Polar Bear Zoo Attack
Seven Deadly Sins – Sloth
November 29, 2010 03:32 - 42.9 MBThaasophobics, never fear! We did a lot of work looking at sloth (and sloths!), idleness, apathy, avolition, aboulia and laziness! The result is here for your enjoyment and disgust. Music: Lazy River by Louis Prima Less of Two Evils: Sloth vs. Gluttony. Which way would you rather die: By eating yourself to death or by doing nothing but playing video games until you died? Tell us in the comments! Videos The Best of Black Books (embedding disabled, sorry) Links Extreme Examples of Lazine...
Explosions
November 22, 2010 19:54 - 48.8 MBToday we talk about explosions. High and low, big and... well, mostly big. Frightening, deadly and completely uncontrolled! Music: Kablam by The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets Images Videos The Rock Kevin: 7/10 Joe: 6/10 Toren: 5/10 Die Hard Kevin: 9/10 Joe: 9/10 Toren: 7/10 The Siege Joe: 5/10 Star Wars Kevin: 9/10 Joe: 8/10 Toren: 9/10 Transformers Kevin: 7/10 Joe: 5/10 but enjoyable anyway. Toren: 7/10
Seven Deadly Sins – Greed
November 15, 2010 18:57 - 44.5 MBChris "Sword of the Stars" Stewart joins us to discuss the fourth circle of Hell, Marcu Licinius Crassus' realty schemes, El Dorado, war profiteering, Ponzi schemes, Ford & the nazis, Uncle Scrooge and the poor little rich boy. I'd write a bigger introduction, but these letters are MINE ALL MINE! Today on Caustic Soda: Greed! Music: "With Plenty of Money and You" - The Ink Spots Images Movies Meet John Doe (NOT Mr Deeds Goes to Town) Toren: 7/10 Mr. Deeds Goes to Town Toren: 6/10 Tradi...
Deformity
November 08, 2010 04:36 - 46.1 MBKerberos Productions' Chris "Stewie" Stewart joins us to talk about physical deformities. Ribeiroia, sirenomelia, and a whole bunch of other complicated and disturbing words are discussed! Music: Gooble-Gobble from Tod Browning's Freaks. Images Links Lake Athabasca Deformed Fish Movies X-Men Toren: 7/10 Kevin: 9/10 Joe: 8/10 The Elephant Man Toren: 7/10 Mask Kevin: 6/10 Joe: 7/10 Total Recall Toren: 6/10 Kevin: 8/10 Joe: 7/10 Stewie: 6/10 Tod Browning's Freaks Kevin: 7/10 The Hunc...
Seven Deadly Sins – Gluttony
November 02, 2010 07:47 - 48.5 MBPart one of our seven part series on the Seven Deadly Sins: GLUTTONY! With special guest Chris "Stewie" Stewart. How do you cook a cockatrice? What is hyalophagia? Do some animals eat until they explode? Who was 'The King Who Ate Himself to Death?' Plus more competitive eating records. Sorry this episode went up late -- we were gorging on Halloween candy! Music: Andrews Sisters "Too Fat Polka" LINKS Critical Hit Comics Kerberos Productions MOVIES Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me T...
Caustic Soda at Bodyworlds
October 25, 2010 10:32 - 37.2 MBRecorded on-location at the Telus World of Science Bodyworlds exhibit, Caustic Soda takes a look at the fascinating, gruesome world of the human body. A big thanks to Pam Saunders for not only organizing our visit but leading us through and answering all our dumbass questions! Music: Your Feet's Too Big by The Ink Spots This episode is brought to you by ToyHutt.com! Time is running out to use discount code: CAUSTIC at checkout! Want to see more of what we're talking about in this podcast? ...
Sex (Part 2)
October 18, 2010 08:14 - 44.8 MBCinema Sewer's Robin Bougie is still with us as we talk about penile plethismograph, 3 day coke-caused priapism, tubgirl, Lemon Party and concrete enemas! Bonus content - watch our Caustic Soda Podcast 2 Girls 1 Cup Reaction Video! Music: The Five O'Clock Whistle (Duke Ellington) Links Tubgirl (NOT WORK SAFE / NOT MIND SAFE) LemonParty (NOT WORK SAFE) Caustic Soda Podcast 2 Girls 1 Cup Reaction Video (from L-R: Kevin, Toren, Joe, Robin) Watch 2 Girls 1 Cup -- (WORST ANYTHING EVER) Ma...
Sex (Part 1)
October 12, 2010 07:47 - 34.7 MBRobin Bougie joins Kevin, Toren, and Joe for a special sexy (and therefore EXPLICIT) episode. What are phimosis and paraphimosis? How about penis fencing and docking? How do you get pandas in the mood? How the heck can porcupines mate with all those quills in the way? Find out all that and more! Sorry for the late post, we took Canadian Thanksgiving off! Music: "Just A Gigolo" by Louis Prima Events Don't forget Caustic Soda will be at Telus World of Science on October 16th, 2010! The wee...
Decapitation
October 04, 2010 07:48 - 42.5 MBIs there life after decapitation? Can chickens really live without a head? After listening to this week's "Decapitation" episode please blink your eyes three times to tell us you're still conscious! Events Hey everyone near Vancouver (or those willing to travel): Caustic Soda will be live at Bodyworlds at Vancouver's Science World on October 16th. Join us! While you're attending fun sciencey events in Vancouver, come on by Vancouver SkeptiCamp on October 23, 2010! We'll be there too, thoug...
Follow-Ups
September 27, 2010 08:15 - 39.8 MBWhat is toxoplasmosis? Who is the 'Tyrant Leech King?" How much memory in an isopod? Does Hercules fight with his thighs? Are MacDonaldland characters endorsing a life of crime? How many Philistine foreskins did Saul want David to collect in exchange for his daughter's hand? Will Lovely Lara's listener mail be cut? These questions and many more from our listeners - PLUS secrets of the velvet belly lantern shark - in our first "callbacks and follow-ups" episode! Music: "The Typewriter" by Ler...
Fecal Matters
September 20, 2010 05:42 - 44.8 MBWarning: This podcast is full of shit! Drop the kids off at the pool, lay some brown carpet, make some trouser chili, take a load off your mind, put Number Two in command of the bridge, relax and enjoy! Hey, you don't mind if I keep the images to a minimum, right? We all know what we're talking about. Nobody needs to see it. Just imagine your own Count Dooku is pictured up here and let's just move on, shall we? Music: Powerhouse by Raymond Scott Videos Links Toren's blog post about poop...
Earthquake
September 13, 2010 16:47 - 45.6 MBDon't panic, get under a nearby load-bearing doorway and cover your head -- it's time for earthquakes on Caustic Soda! Music: Theme to an Earthquake by The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets. Today's episode is brought to you by ToyHutt.com. Listen to Caustic Soda for a special discount code! Images Videos MOVIES: "Earthquake" Toren: 4/10 "Superman" Toren: 6/10 Kevin: 7/10 "Escape from LA" Kevin: 3/10
Iraq War
September 06, 2010 03:58 - 44.1 MBPack up your MREs, grab your weapon and kiss your best girl or boy goodbye -- Caustic Soda is heading to war! Special guest Jordan Pratt joins us from the Speedway Squad podcast and The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets to add some knowledge and to handsome up Caustic Soda a few notches. Music: "Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition" - Kay Kyser & his orchestra Images Links Internet Movie Firearm Database Pride of Baghdad Videos MOVIE REVIEWS JARHEAD Jordan: 9/10 Toren: 7/10 Joe: 5/...
Apes!
August 30, 2010 17:42 - 44.7 MBGet your filthy ears on us you damn dirty listeners! It's time for Caustic Soda's APES episode! Song: Abba Dabba Dabba Honeymoon by Hoagy Carmichael Images Videos
Self Surgery
August 23, 2010 03:28 - 34.1 MBWhat do you do if you're the only doctor on a Soviet Antarctic expedition and your appendix starts acting up? If you're not a wuss, you operate on yourself like Leonid Rogozov! If you're a Caustic Soda host, you cry in a corner until it explodes and you die painfully. This episode you'll hear about a great many people of great will and their amazing self-surgeries! Song: Dem Dry Bones by the Delta Rhythm Boys Videos Movie Reviews DIE HARD Toren: 7/10 Joe: 8/10 Kevin: 8/10 THE TERMINATOR...
Killing Spree
August 16, 2010 17:03 - 41.1 MBCaustic Soda's talking about killing sprees and we're not gonna stop! It's a killing spree spree! Today you'll hear about the 'yellow son of a bitch' who inspired Natural Born Killers, grenades in China, the oddly dressed rich idiot who killed 35 people, a guy who killed 21 people with an ax and more wonderful, uplifting, life-affirming stories! Music: I'll be glad (When you're dead) - Louis Prima Movie Reviews Natural Born Killers Toren: 6/10 Kevin: 4/10 Joe: 5/10 The Fisher King Toren: ...
Buried Alive
August 09, 2010 03:49 - 42.6 MB"I've done far worse than kill you. I've hurt you. And I wish to go on... hurting you. I shall leave you as you left me, as you left her. Marooned for all eternity, in the center of a dead planet... buried alive. Buried alive." - Khan Noonien Singh As "buried alive" goes, James Kirk had it pretty good - lots of space, food, and oxygen. Today on Caustic Soda we'll take a look at the far more gruesome examples of being... (whispers over the communicator) buried alive. Music: "Diggin' Up the W...
Tentacles
August 02, 2010 17:00 - 44.9 MBCephalopods! Today the Caustic Soda crew takes a look at octopuses, squid, cuttlefish and all their tentacular, ink-spewing, camouflaging glory! Images Links Legging it: Evasive octopus who has been allowed to look for love Video MOVIE REVIEWS 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA Toren: 5/10 Kevin: 7/10 IT CAME FROM BENEATH THE SEA Toren: 5/10 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST Toren: 6/10 Kevin: 5/10 Joe: 6/10 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END Toren: 7/10 Joe: 5/10 CALAMARI...
Air Disasters!
July 26, 2010 07:23 - 41.6 MBCaustic Soda's going down in flames with our latest episode - Air Disasters! Special guest Lucas Black joins us all the way from the UK via the magic of the Interwebs (and Skype and our engineer Mike). We look at some of the world's worst aviation disasters, from the Hindenberg to 9/11 to the horrible Sknyliv airshow disaster in Ukraine. We had a few technical difficulties while recording this episode so please excuse the glitches and odd sounds you may hear, as well as some fairly obvious e...
Psycho Therapy
July 19, 2010 08:59 - 39.7 MBToday on Caustic Soda your hosts Kevin, Joe, and Toren are joined once again by Dr. Rob. We discuss the gruesome, horrible "treatments" from the past and present. Lobotomies, electro-convulsive therapy, beatings and trepanning -- there's a long history of disgusting, painful and dangerous methods and we cover them all! This episode's musical interlude is "Mairzy Doats" performed by Jo Stafford & The Pied Pipers Links BC Eugenics Drapetomania Nellie Bly's "Ten Days in a Madhouse" Bedlam...