Acid Pop Podcast

Chocolate

This week we indulge our sweet tooth talking about chocolate. Join us as we discuss everything that goes into the making of chocolate including bugs, child slavery, and a surprising number of people who drowned in it.

Sources:

https://nowtoronto.com/news/chocolate-child-labour-slavery-hersheys/

https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-americas/history-of-chocolate

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/a-brief-history-of-chocolate-21860917/

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/5782944/Man-dies-after-falling-into-vat-of-chocolate.html

https://www.newsweek.com/refugees-nearly-drown-vat-chocolate-318670

https://www.foxbusiness.com/features/the-worlds-most-expensive-chocolate-bar-is-now-685

https://www.popsci.com/chocolate-theobromine-toxic-amount/

https://www.nbcnews.com/healthmain/chocolate-allergies-linked-cockroach-parts-628784

https://winstonchurchill.org/resources/in-the-media/churchill-in-the-news/death-by-chocolate-plot-to-kill-churchill/

https://www.statista.com/statistics/819288/worldwide-chocolate-consumption-by-country/

https://summitdentalhealth.net/dark-chocolate-is-good-for-your-teeth/

https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/health/wellness/news/a36300/cough-cure-chocolate/

https://www.chocolatemonthclub.com/chocolate-glossary

https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2017/07/05/snorting-chocolate-is-now-apparently-a-thing-but-why-would-you-do-it/#29bdeb63f900

https://www.inverse.com/article/39406-legal-lean-coco-loko-chocolate-snuff-fda

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cocoa-childlabor/made-with-child-labor-major-chocolate-companies-flunk-scorecard-idUSKBN1WP34L

https://achnews.org/2019/06/19/hersheys-nestle-and-mars-are-still-using-child-labor-on-cocoa-farms/

https://www.organicauthority.com/buzz-news/5-chocolate-brands-child-labor

https://www.berkshirerecordoffice.org.uk/storage/app/media/pdfs/Christiana-Edmunds.pdf

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2002-07-25-0207250407-story.html

Sigmund Freud

This week we talk about Sigmund Freud, the abusive, drug-addicted father of psychology. Join us as we discuss drug overdoses, sexism, and hiding poop in pillows, all for the love and/or envy of penises.

Sources:

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/542405/facts-about-sigmund-freud

http://ww3.haverford.edu/psychology/ddavis/p109g/freudfem.html

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF02252359

https://www.simplypsychology.org/psyche.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electra_complex

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oedipus_complex

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanatos

https://www.sparknotes.com/biography/freud/terms/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preconscious

https://www.simplypsychology.org/psychosexual.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmund_Freud

https://www.verywellmind.com/how-sigmund-freud-viewed-women-2795859

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/freuds-patients-serial/201203/mathilde-schleicher-1862-1890

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmund_Freud

https://listverse.com/2015/08/26/10-fascinating-case-studies-from-sigmund-freuds-career/

Video Games

This week we get our game on talking about a subject close to all our hearts and how not to do it. Join us as we discuss dying from sitting down, dying from standing up, and dying from someone calling the police to come and shoot you because you beat them at a game.

Sources:

https://www.thegamer.com/15-people-who-have-died-playing-video-games/

https://www.looper.com/9331/video-games-ruined-peoples-lives/

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-20931304

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swatting

https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/14/us/swatting-sentence-casey-viner/index.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Thompson_(activist)#The_Howard_Stern_Show

https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/addiction/video-game-addiction#1

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-met-hacker-zachary-buchta-sentenced-20180327-story.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizard_Squad

https://www.zdnet.com/article/hacker-who-launched-ddos-attacks-on-sony-ea-and-steam-gets-27-months-in-prison/

https://www.fraghero.com/8-time-commited-over-video-games/

https://www.post-gazette.com/breaking/2008/03/14/Father-sentenced-for-killing-toddler-over-broken-Xbox/stories/200803140227

https://www.jacksonville.com/article/20110201/NEWS/801258147

Union Strikes

This week we learn about strength in numbers and how people united can make real change in the world. Alternatively, we'll talk about what happens when people try to do that. Join us as we discuss the consequences of being in a union including being shot at, set on fire, and having bombs dropped on them from planes.

Sources:

https://www.etymonline.com/word/union

https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=strike

https://aflcio.org/formaunion/collective-voice

https://anh.com/the-cost-of-unions/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strikebreaker

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrip

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinkerton_(detective_agency)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin%E2%80%93Felts_Detective_Agency

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Railroad_Strike_of_1877

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newsboys%27_strike_of_1899

https://www.intermountainhistories.org/items/show/219

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/17329/eight-strikes-turned-ugly-or-inspired-keanu-reeves-movies

https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/archive/march-of-the-mill-children/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_labor_laws_in_the_United_States

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludlow_Massacre

http://libcom.org/history/1912-lena-massacre

https://www.history.com/news/americas-largest-labor-uprising-the-battle-of-blair-mountain

Extreme Heat

It's getting hot in here, so leave on all your clothes. This week we talk about how close some people have come to cooking themselves. Join us as we discuss people who drank the blood of bats, sprayed themselves with caustic fire extinguishers, and couldn't commit suicide because their blood was too thick.

Sources:

https://injuryfacts.nsc.org/motor-vehicle/motor-vehicle-safety-issues/hotcars/

https://injuryfacts.nsc.org/motor-vehicle/motor-vehicle-safety-issues/hotcars/

https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/beauty/skincare/a22086376/sunburn-myths-amaging-your-skin/

https://www.columbusdirect.com/content/ten-facts-about-sunburn-you-need-to-be-aware-of/

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/5219540.stm

https://blogs.mprnews.org/newscut/2012/07/_as_this_is/

https://www.polarhide.com/HeatPproductivity_NASA.pdf

https://www.desertusa.com/desert-activity/desert-survival-tips.html

https://marathondessables.co.uk/race-overview/

https://www.asgmag.com/features/we-went-through-hell/

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-30046426

https://scienceblogs.com/principles/2010/07/28/when-should-you-open-your-car

Fermentation

This week we're bubbling with excitement (or is that CO2?) to talk about fermentation. Join us as we discuss drowning in ketchup, accidentally drinking a gallon of of vinegar, and being washed away in a tidal wave of beer.

Sources:

https://www.etymonline.com/word/ferment

https://www.lhf.org/2014/03/beyond-sauerkraut-a-brief-history-of-fermented-foods/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fermented_foods

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zymology

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCOBY

https://soranews24.com/2013/04/06/we-try-beer-made-with-coffee-from-an-elephants-butt/

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/11/world/asia/india-toxic-alcohol.html

https://listverse.com/2018/12/18/10-unusual-stories-involving-drunk-animals/

https://www.inlander.com/spokane/a-disabled-woman-died-from-drinking-vinegar-given-to-her-by-an-aacres-spokane-employee-but-the-state-wont-name-whos-responsible/Content?oid=18191439

https://www.brewsnews.com.au/2010/02/03/death-by-beer/

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/death-by-ketchup

https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/The-London-Beer-Flood-of-1814/

https://www.thespiritsbusiness.com/2015/07/fatal-distillery-explosion-due-to-still-pressure/

https://nypost.com/2018/07/16/barback-says-he-was-blinded-by-exploding-beer-bottle-in-lawsuit/

https://www.theexpertinstitute.com/exploding-beer-bottles-and-cans-a-new-wave-of-product-liability-litigation/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2019/10/24/he-was-acting-drunk-swore-he-was-sober-turns-out-his-stomach-was-brewing-its-own-beer/

https://listverse.com/2019/02/22/10-people-who-died-on-the-toilet-that-arent-elvis/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_Jing_of_Qin

Bad Forensics

This week we take a hard look at the evidence before deciding that it's all useless. Join us as we discuss the incredible fallibility of fingerprints, hair, and bite marks.

Sources:

https://www.innocenceproject.org/dna-exonerations-in-the-united-states/

https://time.com/wrongly-convicted/

https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=5159

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/FBI-Admits-Pseudoscientific-Hair-Analysis-Used-in-Hundreds-of-Cases-180955070/

https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.safeta.org/resource/resmgr/imported/GLOSSARY%20OF%20FORENSIC%20TERMS.pdf

https://strangeremains.com/2016/01/16/a-13th-century-guide-to-forensic-anthropology/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2015/04/21/a-brief-history-of-forensics/

https://theintercept.com/2016/09/07/white-house-report-concludes-that-bite-mark-analysis-is-junk-science/

https://phys.org/news/2016-04-hair-analysis-flawed-forensic-technique.html

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/apr/21/fbi-jail-hair-mass-disaster-false-conviction

https://californiainnocenceproject.org/issues-we-face/bite-mark-evidence/

https://theconversation.com/fingerprinting-to-solve-crimes-not-as-robust-as-you-think-85534

https://www.nature.com/news/2010/100317/full/464344a.html

US Presidents Day

It's Presidents' Day in the US, so we decided to talk about what strange people some of our past Presidents have been. Join us as we discuss White House quiet time, marrying a woman who the man had practically raised, and of course, assassinations.

Sources:

https://www.etymonline.com/word/president

https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/education/three-branches/three-branches-of-government

https://www.businessinsider.com/10-interesting-facts-about-the-us-presidency-2012-10

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Buchanan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_United_States_who_died_in_office

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Harrison

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Gardiner_Tyler

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_affiliations_of_presidents_of_the_United_States

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Cleveland

https://theweek.com/articles/611976/true-origin-stories-11-memorable-presidential-words

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushism

https://www.cheatsheet.com/culture/these-are-the-american-presidents-who-were-actually-weird-people-and-how-donald-trump-compares.html/

https://www.grunge.com/11730/u-s-presidents-pretty-weird-people/

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/the-most-vulgar-american-president-ever-it-sure-as-isnt-donald-trump

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_John_F._Kennedy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_William_McKinley

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_presidential_assassination_attempts_and_plots

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_James_A._Garfield

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/49694/45-odd-facts-about-us-presidents

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/39157420/ns/politics/t/nixon-plot-against-newspaper-columnist-detailed/#.Xi_ToMhKiiM

Samurai

This week we test our honor talking about Samurai. Join us as we discuss head collecting, bowel eviscerating, and how to win a duel by being late.

Sources:

https://allabout-japan.com/en/article/5818/

https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2127.html

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samurai

https://www.swordsoftheeast.com/samurai-sword-fighting-styles.aspx

https://www.martialartswords.com/blogs/articles/what-swords-did-japanese-samurai-warriors-use

https://listverse.com/2012/07/04/top-10-fascinating-samurai/

https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-famous-people/amazing-story-yasuke-forgotten-african-samurai-007554

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seppuku

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushido

https://blackbeltmag.com/techniques/martial-arts-weapons/samurai-facts-vs-samurai-myths-and-legends-2

http://www.atarimania.com/index.html

https://medium.com/@nasreldeenaboutaleb/samurai-head-viewing-ceremonies-c3cb98dc1de9

http://www.nihonto-yoroi.com/2017/12/20/head-collectors/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomoe_Gozen

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasuke

The Cold

This week things get icy as we discuss some of the coldest places and events on Earth. Join us as we discuss 15 in snowflakes, killing cold people by warming them up, and how to properly defrost a frozen baby.

Sources:

https://fortune.com/2018/01/17/coldest-places-in-the-world/

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/oymyakon-arctic-circle

https://www.cntraveler.com/story/this-is-the-coldest-permanently-inhabited-place-on-earth

https://www.livescience.com/31880-countdown-10-worst-blizzards.html

https://devastatingdisasters.com/iran-blizzard-1972/

https://travel.nine.com.au/destinations/aomori-japan-world-snowiest-city-travel/7abbc5ba-6193-4a57-a642-fe5d462e1e86

https://www.lakesuperiorstreams.org/understanding/iceterms.html

https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/9781118663950.app1

https://www.publichealthpost.org/research/counting-cold-related-deaths-new-york-city/

https://www.outsideonline.com/2152131/freezing-death#close

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/inuktitut-words-for-snow-and-ice

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/theyre-not-human-how-19th-century-inuit-coped-with-a-real-life-invasion-of-the-walking-dead

https://www.buzzworthy.com/monks-raise-body-temperature/

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/great-blizzard-of-88-hits-east-coast

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/lost-in-the-cold-21-years-ago-a-miraculous-story-of-survival-1.2244706/comments-7.611540