Acid Pop Podcast

Excorcism

This week we raise our hands up so that we might chase the evil spirits from our bodies! Join us as we discuss starving demons out, burning demons out, and how to tell if your child has a demon in them. Or if they're going through puberty. Definitely one of the two.

Sources:

https://m.ranker.com/list/creepy-exorcisms-with-disastrous-results/juliet-bennett-rylah?page=2

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/12/catholic-exorcisms-on-the-rise/573943/

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/mar/06/exorcists-catholic-evangelical-church-child-abuse-new-inquisition

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

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/30/vatican-to-hold-exorcist-training-course-after-rise-in-possessions-exorcism-priests

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-25032305

https://catholicherald.co.uk/magazine/driving-out-the-devil-whats-behind-the-exorcism-boom/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/nicaragua_exorcism_vilma_trujillo_murder

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

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-04-02-me-44575-story,amp.html

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

https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayer.php?p=683

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

The Aztecs

This week we talk about the culture that may have been more obsessed with blood than any other. Join us as we discuss blood letting, mock wars with real consequences, and starting fires in people's chests where their heart used to be.

Sources:

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

http://www.localhistories.org/population.html

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

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

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

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

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

https://www.lolwot.com/20-interesting-facts-about-aztecs-you-probaby-didnt-know/

https://www.factinate.com/people/28-facts-aztecs-civilization/

http://www.mythencyclopedia.com/Ar-Be/Aztec-Mythology.html

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

http://www.aztec-history.com/aztec-ball-game.html

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

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

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

Antimony

This week we talk about an element that's periodic symbol should be an eject button. Join us as we discuss this otherwise boring metal that can make vomit shoot out your mouth, poop shoot out your butt, or if you're really lucky, your soul shoot out your body.

Sources:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33572516-quackery

https://www.chemicool.com/elements/antimony.html

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

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

https://www.chemicool.com/elements/antimony.html

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/elements/features/2010/blogging_the_periodic_table/antimonyit_might_have_killed_mozart.html

Artificial Intelligence

This week we talk about how it's easy to win when you just keep changing the rules. Join us as we discuss all the things computers have learned to do that have failed to impress us such as beating us at chess, predicting our deaths, being very very racist.

Sources:

https://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/7-creepy-things-robots-have-already-done-that-shocked-their-makers.html

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/03/190327142032.htm

https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2017/aug/08/rise-of-the-racist-robots-how-ai-is-learning-all-our-worst-impulses

https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/15/18267365/boeing-737-max-8-crash-autopilot-automation

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jul/01/tesla-driver-killed-autopilot-self-driving-car-harry-potter

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-45809919

https://www.wired.com/story/machines-taught-by-photos-learn-a-sexist-view-of-women/

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/604087/the-dark-secret-at-the-heart-of-ai/

http://aiweirdness.com/post/160776374467/new-paint-colors-invented-by-neural-network

https://www.answerrocket.com/artificial-intelligence-is-a-moving-target/

http://fortune.com/2019/01/10/automation-replace-jobs/

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-14841018

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jun/09/what-is-the-alan-turing-test

https://curiosity.com/topics/moravecs-paradox-is-why-the-easy-stuff-is-hardest-for-artificial-intelligence-curiosity/

https://www.livescience.com/65087-ai-premature-death-prediction.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watson_(computer)

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/609048/the-seven-deadly-sins-of-ai-predictions/

https://qz.com/1340990/microsofts-politically-correct-chat-bot-is-even-worse-than-its-racist-one/

Methamphetamines

This week we learn about how you can have too much of a good thing. Join us as we discuss exploding labs, the perils of dry mouth, and feeling so much joy you can never have another moment of happiness.

Sources:

https://www.therecoveryvillage.com/meth-addiction/what-does-crystal-meth-do-to-you/#gref

https://www.drugfreeworld.org/drugfacts/crystalmeth/the-deadly-effects-of-meth.html

https://www.therecoveryvillage.com/meth-addiction/crystal-meth-addiction-stories/#gref

https://drugabuse.com/methamphetamine/history-statistics/

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/13/us/meth-crystal-drug.html

https://www.rehabs.com/explore/neighborhood-drug-dens/

https://www.narconon.org/blog/5-ways-meth-destroys-your-body.html

https://www.harrishousestl.org/7-ways-crystal-meth-will-ruin-life/

https://www.northpointwashington.com/blog/scary-truth-meth-mind-body-time/

https://legalbeagle.com/8267078-telltale-signs-people-making-meth.html

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/meth-and-opioid-use-during-pregnancy-are-way-up_n_5bfec254e4b027a61a256262

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/02/20/meth-worth-12-7-million-found-frozen-strawberries-mexico/2931988002/

http://www.fox13news.com/news/local-news/hcso-meth-operation-run-by-grandmother-grandsons-busted-in-plant-city

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/syphilis-meth-opioid-women-babies_b_5c759430e4b085a530bd9a7b

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime-and-courts/2019/04/16/polk-county-jail-woman-with-meth-debra-ann-sly-des-moines-crime-drugs/3480965002/

https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/crime/2019/01/17/meth-drug-bust-ozarks-missouri-dea-what-happened/2330487002/

https://www.ranker.com/list/famous-meth-addicts/celebrity-lists

https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/research-reports/methamphetamine/what-treatments-are-effective-methamphetamine-abusers

https://www.vox.com/first-person/2016/12/1/13779148/meth-drug-addiction-help

Squatters

Hello to you and your little friend behind you there. This week we're talking about people who were real close to their neighbors. Real close. Join us as we discuss how people have found others living in their homes ranging from drug addicts to stalkers to murderers.

Sources:

https://www.etymonline.com/word/squat?ref=etymonline_crossreference#etymonline_v_21934

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

https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/adverse-possession-trespassers-become-owners-46934.html

https://www.bankrate.com/finance/real-estate/squatters-true-tales-1.aspx#slide=7

http://www.timescall.com/longmont-local-news/ci_26954388/man-wall-at-longmont-marshalls-had-climbed-roof

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/may/31/japan

https://thisiscriminal.com/episode-71-a-bump-in-the-night-7-21-2017/

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/09/15/south-carolina-woman-attic/

https://heavy.com/news/2019/02/andrew-swofford/

https://listverse.com/2015/03/31/10-creepy-stories-of-intruders-hiding-in-peoples-homes/

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2006/jun/21/20060621-105004-8395r/

https://www.ranker.com/list/theodore-coneys-facts/jacob-shelton

Unethical Medical Experiments

There may be no cost too great for good science, but what about bad science? Join us as we discuss some of America's questionable experiments such as spraying San Francisco with a bacteria to see what happened, watching black people die of syphilis, and injecting prisoners with pesticides because they had the pesticide and syringes lying around.

Sources:

https://www.history.com/news/the-father-of-modern-gynecology-performed-shocking-experiments-on-slaves

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Sea-Spray

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

https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1998-07-21-1998202099-story.html

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/06/tuskegee-study-medical-distrust-research/487439/

https://www.cdc.gov/tuskegee/timeline.htm

https://www.infoplease.com/us/race-population/tuskegee-syphilis-experiment

Mercury

This week we get our T-1000 on as we talk about how humans just can't get enough of that quick silver. Join us as we discuss painting, eating, breathing, pooping, and ultimately dying with the only liquid metal at room temperature.

Sources:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33572516-quackery

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_(element)

https://www.thoughtco.com/mercury-element-facts-608433

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

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

https://www.nytimes.com/1990/06/30/us/government-bans-mercury-in-interior-latex-paints.html

https://www.thoughtco.com/cinnabar-the-ancient-pigment-of-mercury-170556

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

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

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

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

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

https://www.dartmouth.edu/~toxmetal/mercury/history.html

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

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3173747/

https://www.heraldnews.com/news/20190210/fall-river-residents-hospitalized-after-man-cooking-teeth-in-apartment-leads-to-mercury-poisoning

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971_Iraq_poison_grain_disaster

What About Part 3

It's that time of year again! Today we look back at the last few months to see what's happened in the news related to our previous episodes. Join us as we talk about rodeo pinball, spider venom induced erections, and a freeway covered in pig parts.

Sources:

https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/molecule-found-in-spider-venom-could-soon-be-used-to-treat-erectile-dysfunction/

https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/25/18229714/cognizant-facebook-content-moderator-interviews-trauma-working-conditions-arizona

https://www.owensborotimes.com/entertainment/events/2019/02/cowboy-pinball-game-changes-tone-of-2019-bull-bash/

https://www.azfamily.com/news/more-than-live-turtles-found-duct-taped-and-stuffed-in/article_8f23beca-42d7-11e9-be69-e7c6e3d34fc9.html

https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/d7am3a/satanists-call-for-investigation-into-satanic-panic-killing-of-8-year-old-boy

https://www.wctrib.com/news/crime-and-courts/4580878-six-people-were-convicted-murder-they-didnt-even-remember-now-county

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/sanimax-truck-collision-1.4877051

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/06/endangered-australian-marsupial-was-set-make-comeback-until-it-stopped-fearing-wild

https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/2/4/18210595/dan-mallory-woman-in-window-aj-finn-new-yorker-profile

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-vale-sa-disaster/brazil-to-launch-corruption-probe-into-vale-dam-disaster-idUSKCN1QI582

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/06/brazil-dam-collapse-workers-say-they-warned-owners

https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/12/us/utah-birdbox-challenge-crash/index.html

https://wqad.com/2019/03/07/boy-gets-pneumonia-after-inhaling-popcorn-mom-shares-warning-for-parents/

Conquistadors

This week we talk about how to set up new settlements for the low low price of the genocidal slaughter of entire civilizations. Join us as we discuss how to kill natives after promising not to, the importance of insider knowledge, feeding people to dogs, and literal rooms full of gold.

Sources:

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

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

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_Vel%C3%A1zquez_de_Cu%C3%A9llar

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hern%C3%A1n_Cort%C3%A9s

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

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

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

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Francisco-Pizarro

http://www.mayaincaaztec.com/frpi2.html

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

https://www.ranker.com/list/ways-conquistadors-killed-people/thaneeconomou

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartolom%C3%A9_de_las_Casas

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bartolome-de-Las-Casas

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