Acid Pop Podcast

The Humors

Some ideas are just plain hard to get rid of. Today we'll talk about one of the most tenacious ideas: the humors. Join us as we discuss all the evidence that should have clued people in to this being bunk such as your brain doing nothing but making snot, your arteries being full of air, and how the fix for literally any problem is to bleed you until you pass out.

Sources:

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

https://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/shakespeare/fourhumors.html

http://www.greekmedicine.net/therapies/Hijama_or_Cupping.html

https://study.com/academy/lesson/the-four-humors-lesson-quiz.html

https://owlcation.com/humanities/The-Four-Humors

https://psychology.wikia.org/wiki/Four_Temperaments

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

http://www.medicalantiques.com/medical/Scarifications_and_Bleeder_Medical_Antiques.htm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiyYfOIe_7I

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

Dieting

If you're looking for a way to drop the pounds fast and see that they stay gone, well, you should probably try another podcast. Today we'll be talking about some of the worst ways to try and fit into your swimsuit including wiring your mouth shut, never swallowing food, intentionally contracting tapeworms, and fasting to death.

Sources:

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

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

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

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

https://bestlifeonline.com/food-myths/

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

https://www.cnn.com/2014/02/03/world/meast/saudi-arabia-obesity/index.html

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

https://health.usnews.com/health-news/health-wellness/articles/2014/02/07/should-you-try-the-werewolf-diet

http://themilitarydiet.com/military-diet-plan/

http://www.moonconnection.com/extended-moon-diet.phtml

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

https://bestlifeonline.com/dangerous-fad-diets/

https://www.realbuzz.com/articles-interests/nutrition/article/5-most-dangerous-diets/

http://theconversation.com/eight-diet-myths-busted-74259

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-horrifying-legacy-of-the-victorian-tapeworm-diet

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/zngew8/what-happens-if-you-give-yourself-a-tapeworm-to-lose-weight-862

https://www.ranker.com/list/horrifying-historical-weight-loss-techniques/laura-allan

https://health.usnews.com/health-news/health-wellness/articles/2014/06/06/the-dangers-of-juice-cleanses

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/dangerous-diet-trend-cotton-ball-diet/story?id=20942888

https://www.eatthis.com/worst-weight-loss-products/

https://www.livestrong.com/article/273136-does-a-sauna-suit-help-you-lose-weight/

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/pain-weight-loss-tongue-patch-diet/story?id=19840923

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

Social Media

This week we talk about how bad undistilled humanity can get. Join us as we discuss blackmailing tweens to suicide, why reddit shouldn't have a judicial system, and Facebook's sanctified racism algorithms.

Sources:

https://www.rd.com/health/wellness/negative-effects-of-social-media/

https://www.pewinternet.org/2018/05/31/teens-social-media-technology-2018/

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/juliareinstein/marlen-ochoa-lopez-murder-details

https://www.wired.com/2008/11/defendants-daug/

https://www.wired.com/2008/11/lori-drew-place/

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/01/21/friend-game

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/wrongly-accused-boston-bombing-sunil-tripathys-story-now-being-told-n373141

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/06/everything-we-know-about-facebooks-secret-mood-manipulation-experiment/373648/

https://mashable.com/article/amnesty-study-twitter-abuse-women/

https://www.today.com/money/facebook-makes-you-spend-more-research-suggests-1C6969482

https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/272803

https://www.propublica.org/article/facebook-advertising-discrimination-housing-race-sex-national-origin

https://thehistoryoftheweb.com/postscript/whatever-happened-livejournal/

https://www.lawfareblog.com/facebooks-role-genocide-myanmar-new-reporting-complicates-narrative

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