Acid Pop Podcast

The Mouth - 100th Episode Special!

This week we put our money where our mouths are as we discuss tongues longer than the bodies that hold them, exploding teeth, and the perils of swallowing molten lead. Also, we conduct our first on air experiment for our 100th episode! Thanks for sticking with us.

Sources:

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

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

http://common-phobias.com/Philema/phobia.htm

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

https://phobia.wikia.org/wiki/Laliophobia

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tongue-facts-health-info_n_5952850

https://www.ranker.com/list/human-mouth-facts/katherine-ripley

https://www.healthline.com/health/swallowing-tongue

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/neat-and-tidy-map-tastes-tongue-you-learned-school-all-wrong-180963407/

http://www.reptilesmagazine.com/Wild-Turtles-Tortoises/Chinese-Soft-Shell-Turtles-Expel-Urea-Via-Their-Mouths/

https://blog.nationalgeographic.org/2014/02/24/5-of-natures-weirdest-tongues-2/

https://www.earthtouchnews.com/wtf/wtf/green-woodpecker-tongues-are-so-long-they-wrap-around-their-skulls/

https://www.colgate.com/en-us/oral-health/basics/mouth-and-teeth-anatomy/types-of-abnormal-tongues-and-what-they-look-like

https://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/blogs/cellphones-are-silencing-bird-languages-remote-northern-turkey

https://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/diseases/6972/marcus-gunn-phenomenon

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

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3080583/

https://www.historyextra.com/period/victorian/medicine-history-cases-weird-sailor-exploding-teeth-doctor/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Hall_(lighthouse_keeper)

http://www.thomas-morris.uk/a-flaming-nuisance/

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20160301-the-gruesome-and-mysterious-case-of-exploding-teeth

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/girl-with-severe-nut-allergy-died-after-kissing-boyfriend-who-had-eaten-peanut-butter-sandwich-a7073501.html

https://www.cnn.com/2017/07/18/health/baby-dies-of-meningitis-from-herpes-virus/index.html

Jail Breaks

This week we talk about how someday, somehow, we'll be free. Join us as we discuss various techniques for flying the coop like becoming a master of yoga, whittling a toy gun out of wood, and calling the jail you're in, telling them your a judge, and ordering them to let you go.

Sources:

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/sep/06/steven-russell-elizabeth-day-jim-carrey

https://nowiknow.com/the-man-who-walked-out-of-prison-a-few-times/

https://soranews24.com/2012/09/25/korean-yoga-master-escapes-jail-by-squeezing-through-food-slot-in-cell/

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/choi-gap-bok-prison-escape_n_1919866

https://www.sentencingproject.org/criminal-justice-facts/

https://www.gq.com/story/florida-man-prison-break

http://mentalfloss.com/article/12794/50-prison-slang-words-make-you-sound-tough-guy

https://www.sentencingproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/US-Prison-Population-Trends-1999-2015.pdf

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/brazil/11397583/Mass-escape-from-Brazilian-prison-after-women-seduce-guards.html

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/brazil/11397583/Mass-escape-from-Brazilian-prison-after-women-seduce-guards.html

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_1962_Alcatraz_escape_attempt

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/dillinger-breaks-jail-wooden-pistol-1934-article-1.2548065

Operation Theaters

This week we get our hands dirty with 19th century operation theaters. Join us as we discuss how to amputate a limb in under 30 seconds, the practice of never cleaning anything, and the frustration of how often patients died after being cut apart with a rusty saw.

Sources:

https://www.drlindseyfitzharris.com/books/

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

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

https://spartacus-educational.com/U3Ahistory21.htm

https://listverse.com/2019/01/15/10-gruesome-and-shocking-facts-about-victorian-surgery/

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

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

https://www.healthline.com/health/septicemia#symptoms

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

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

https://www.woodlibrarymuseum.org/history-of-anesthesia/

Hotels

This week we talk about the perils of homes away from home. Join us as we discuss just how (un)clean hotel rooms are, why hotels are the number one choice of people committing suicide, and how to get banned from a hotel for life using only a pepperoni.

Sources:

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

http://common-phobias.com/xenodochio/tips.htm

https://djaunter.com/hotel-industry-terms/

https://www.express.co.uk/travel/articles/867394/hotel-secret-phrases-revealed

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/nishiyama-onsen-keiunkan

https://www.lonelyplanet.com/news/2017/10/27/inside-worlds-most-expensive-hotel-suite/

http://physicsbuzz.physicscentral.com/2015/09/one-winning-move.html

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

https://bestlifeonline.com/hotel-room-secrets/

https://lithub.com/the-ripple-effect-of-death-in-a-hotel/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17087636

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

http://www.the13thfloor.tv/2016/03/24/real-corpse-found-in-mattress-more-than-once/

https://www.local10.com/news/weird-news/guest-unknowlingly-sleeps-in-hotel-with-dead-body-under-bed

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-bawdy-under-the-bed/

https://www.thrillist.com/travel/nation/how-to-tell-if-someone-died-in-your-hotel-room

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

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/03/20/spy-cameras-secretly-live-streamed-hotel-guests-subscribers-then-police-caught/?utm_term=.f9ab922b9296

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/04/04/599363657/canadian-hotel-forgives-guest-17-years-after-flock-of-seagulls-trashed-his-room

Mistaken Identities

This week we talk about the dangers of being too sure of yourself. Join us as we discuss cases of mistaken identity that were embarrassing, life altering, or fatal. Mostly fatal.

Sources:

https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/29/us/mistaken-identity-hospital-bronx-trnd/index.html

https://kdvr.com/2018/10/16/3-denver-police-officers-cleared-in-deadly-shooting-related-to-escaped-inmate-from-denver-health/

http://swordandscale.com/a-deadly-case-of-mistaken-identity/

https://fox40.com/2018/07/18/12-indicted-for-death-of-teen-in-case-of-mistaken-identity/

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1989-10-20-8910203021-story.html

http://www.ipsnews.net/2011/11/nigeria-a-deadly-case-of-mistaken-identity/

https://fox43.com/2019/07/05/chicago-families-sue-after-a-case-of-mistaken-identity-allowed-a-man-to-be-taken-off-life-support/

https://fox8.com/2013/07/01/road-rage-becomes-deadly-case-of-mistaken-identity/

https://defenders.org/newsroom/settlement-reached-protecting-worlds-only-wild-red-wolves-deadly-mistaken-identity-five

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

Emperor Nero

This week we talk about Emperor man-child Nero. Join us as we discuss all the things Nero did while ignoring his responsibilities, such as writing bad poetry and reciting it poorly, pretending to win the Olympics, marrying a former slave come eunuch (on his orders), and raping underage children whilst dressed as a lion.

Sources:

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

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

https://www.factinate.com/people/42-scandalous-facts-nero-romes-infamous-emperor/

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

http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Cassius_Dio/62*.html

Warrior Queens

This episode we continue our series of queens with our flavor of the week, warriors. Join us as we discuss tower 5 ft tall Amazons, how to piss off psychotic Frenchmen, and why first impressions are so important.

Sources:

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/10/141029-amazons-scythians-hunger-games-herodotus-ice-princess-tattoo-cannabis/

https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/women-american-revolution

https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/female-soldiers-civil-war

https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/1993/spring/women-in-the-civil-war-1.html

https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/queen-nzinga-1583-1663/

https://allthatsinteresting.com/queen-nzinga-mbande

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/portuguese-slave-traders-were-no-match-for-angolan-queen-nzinga-mbandi

https://www.rejectedprincesses.com/princesses/boudica

https://www.ancient.eu/article/97/boudicca-queen-of-the-iceni-scourge-of-rome/

https://www.rejectedprincesses.com/princesses/sarraounia

https://medium.com/@tommycm/the-horror-of-the-voulet-chanoine-mission-2950bd2dcbc0

Porn!

This week things get intimate. Or at least appear to. Join us as we explore the pitfalls of an industry based on sex in a sex shaming culture. We'll discuss wages (few), benefits (none), deaths ( a few), and STIs (a lot).

Sources:

https://fortune.com/2016/02/05/this-is-what-its-really-like-to-work-in-porn/

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/jul/02/gail-dines-pornography

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/scary-effects-pornography-21st-centurys-accute-addiction-rewiring/

https://fightthenewdrug.org/fourth-porn-industry-death-in-six-months/

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/deaths-of-despair-are-rising-among-adult-film-actresses-2018-01-24

https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/many-porn-stars-viewed-online-are-actually-dead-and-buried...their-work-kil

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

https://www.addictioncenter.com/community/signs-of-porn-addiction/

https://www.therecoveryvillage.com/process-addiction/porn-addiction/#gref

https://www.healthline.com/health/pornography-addiction#signs-to-watch-for

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

https://www.bustle.com/p/how-much-porn-the-world-watched-in-2016-on-pornhub-because-its-pretty-impressive-29119

https://fightthenewdrug.org/by-the-numbers-see-how-many-people-are-watching-porn-today/

https://filthy.media/how-to-become-a-female-porn-star

https://www.askmen.com/money/how_to_400/436_how_to.html

https://www.redbled.com/dead-pornstars/

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

https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/the-james-deen-porn-scandal-is-so-much-worse-than-whats-being-reported

https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-porns-women-are-taking-their-power-back-im-in-control?ref=scroll

https://www.cnbc.com/2016/01/20/porns-dirtiest-secret-what-everyone-gets-paid.html

https://talkabout.makelovenotporn.tv/2016/09/09/the-women-taking-back-the-porn-industry-and-moving-sextech-from-boardrooms-to-bedrooms-wired/

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/porn-star-bill-bailey-dead-14090706

https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/what-killing-our-porn-stars-11700152

https://theporndude.com/blog/list-of-famous-dead-porn-stars/

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

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

Chlorine

This week we clean up our act with the wonder element, chlorine! Join us as we discuss it's amazing abilities like knocking people out, turning the fluids in your lungs to acid, and "curing" autism.

Sources:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2016/sep/16/chlorine-the-gas-of-war-crimes

https://www.brighthubengineering.com/structural-engineering/77511-water-chlorination-history-the-mid-1800s-through-the-early-1900s/

https://www.thoughtco.com/facts-about-bleach-606150

https://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/what-if/what-if-drink-bleach.htm

https://learn.compactappliance.com/cleaning-with-bleach/

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/fake-science-led-mom-fee-bleach-her-autistic-sons-police-n1017256

https://asatonline.org/for-parents/becoming-a-savvy-consumer/is-there-science-behind-that-bleach-therapy/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/18/bleach-miracle-cure-uganda-us-pastor-robert-baldwin-sam-little

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/23/british-man-arrested-on-suspicions-of-giving-bleach-based-cure-to-ugandans

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/dec/21/kent-police-receive-complaint-over-bogus-bleach-based-autism-cure

https://genesis2church.ch/our-church

https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/voices-of-the-first-world-war-gas-attack-at-ypres

https://chemicalweapons.cenmag.org/first-hand-accounts-of-the-first-chlorine-gas-attack/

https://www.aikenstandard.com/news/remembering-the-graniteville-train-wreck-years-later/article_0630ef46-f24e-11e7-9446-334352f2c84b.html

https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/home/cleaning/tips/a32773/cleaning-products-never-mix/

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article9252647.html

https://www.kfvs12.com/story/37334259/couple-tried-to-clear-drain-in-grand-tower-il-created-deadly-poisonous-gas/

Magic!

Listen and be amazed as these men of mystery make their very lives disappear! Death defying stunts are impressive, but sometimes people aren't as defiant as they think they are. Join us as we discuss how magic can go wrong such as catching bullets, dodging cars, smashing paper bags with nails inside, and oppressing superstitious peoples.

Sources:

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

https://www.etymonline.com/word/hocus-pocus

http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-abr1.htm

https://www.fearof.net/fear-magic-phobia-rhabdophobia/

https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/magician-nick-britt-jumps-through-hoops-to-secure-permit-for-pet-rabbit/news-story/10a79ea7f97a65031626a66d045e5b67

http://archive.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2009/11/01/when_the_cia_tried_its_hand_at_magic/?page=1

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Copperfield_(illusionist)

https://people.com/celebrity/david-copperfield-robbed-at-gunpoint/

http://mentalfloss.com/article/28590/6-magicians-who-died-while-performing-bullet-catch

http://mentalfloss.com/article/67005/7-magic-tricks-went-horribly-wrong

https://www.magictricks.com/black-herman.html

http://magiciansmag.com/magician/magic-tricks-that-went-wrong/

https://www.grunge.com/85630/magic-tricks-went-terribly-wrong/

https://www.coursehero.com/file/p3tlmjh/The-press-covered-the-tragedy-in-great-detail-and-a-statement-was-released-on/

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/04/horror-moment-tv-host-is-impaled-by-nail-in-failed-magic-trick/

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6913036.stm

https://www.ranker.com/list/deadly-magician-acts/elle-tharp

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Eug%C3%A8ne_Robert-Houdin