Acid Pop Podcast

Industrial Disasters

This week's episode is brought to you by the magic of capitalism. Join us as we discuss the wondrous things greed can accomplish, including creating tidal waves, converting 5 story buildings to 8 without any inspections, and creating cursed lands where neither plant nor animal can grow.

Sources:

https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-most-horrifying-industrial-disasters-of-all-time-506430995

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

https://www.etymonline.com/word/disaster#etymonline_v_11375

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/07/the-worlds-worst-industrial-disaster-is-still-unfolding/560726/

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

https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2014/12/bhopal-the-worlds-worst-industrial-disaster-30-years-later/100864/

https://www.google.com/search?q=colliery&oq=coll&aqs=chrome.5.69i57j69i60j69i61l2j69i65j0.5815j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

https://www.britannica.com/event/Honkeiko-colliery-mining-disaster

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Savar_building_collapse

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courri%C3%A8res_mine_disaster

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

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

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

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

http://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/pemberton-mill-disaster/

https://www.osha.gov/oas/trianglefactoryfire-account.html

https://www.history.com/topics/early-20th-century-us/triangle-shirtwaist-fire

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

Dam Disasters

This episode is guaranteed to make you say "Daaaaam!" Join us as we discuss the perils of beaver dams, the bounciest bomb ever invented, and a flood so over the top it was surely written by Roland Emmerich.

Sources:

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

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

https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/smashed-beaver-dam-caused-mill-creek-neighborhood-to-flood/281-492076280

http://www.mapawatt.com/2010/11/29/where-does-us-electricity-come

http://amazingfacts4u.com/dam/

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

https://www.internationalrivers.org/resources/sichuan-earthquake-damages-dams-may-be-dam-induced-3619

http://boulderlibrary.net/water-engineering-in-ancient-civilizations-5-000-years-of-history/a-dam-to-protect-tiryns.html

http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/highest-dam

http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/longest-dam

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

https://www.ussdams.org/resource-center/glossary/

https://www.des.nh.gov/organization/commissioner/pip/factsheets/db/documents/db-1.pdf

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

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/history-of-geology/httpblogsscientificamericancomhistory-of-geology20110719july-19-1985-the-val-di-stava-dam-collapse/

http://umich.edu/~snre492/Jones/buffalo.html

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

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

http://damfailures.org/case-study/south-fork-dam-pennsylvania-1889/

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

Con Artists

Boy have we got a deal for you this week! Join us as we reveal the secrets about how to scrap the Eiffel Tower, become a doctor in hours, and print real money!

Sources:

https://www.identityforce.com/blog/identity-theft-odds-identity-theft-statistics

https://www.fraud.org/2017_top_ten

https://www.businessinsider.com/7-tell-tale-signs-of-a-con-artist-2016-3

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/10/18/victor-lustig-the-smoothest-con-man-in-the-world-sold-the-eiffel-tower-twice/

http://www.directexpose.com/frank-abagnale-real-story/

https://www.ncronline.org/news/people/brother-doctor-soldier-lies

https://www.historytoday.com/victor-allan/gregor-macgregor-prince-poyais

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

https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/mac/gregormacgregor.html

https://curiosity.com/topics/americas-greatest-conman-sold-the-brooklyn-bridge-twice-a-week-for-years-curiosity/ 

Early Space Travel

This week we discuss the perils of traveling to a radiation filled void many miles above the earth. Turns out, it's pretty perilous. Join us as we discuss explosive ascents, chuteless descents, and the compelling Soviet rocket scientist recruitment program.

Sources:

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

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/travel

http://phobia.wikia.com/wiki/Spacephobia

https://www.quora.com/Are-there-any-dead-astronaut-bodies-floating-around-in-space

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

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

https://www.quora.com/How-many-pounds-of-rocket-fuel-are-necessary-to-propel-1-pound-of-mass-into-Earths-orbit-from-sea-level

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_spaceflight-related_accidents_and_incidents

https://science.howstuffworks.com/dead-animals-in-space1.htm

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

https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/wild-things/brief-history-animal-death-space

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

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

http://www.esdaw.eu/soviet-space-dogs.html

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

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

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_7K-T_No.39

https://www.space.com/17338-apollo-1.html

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

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

Wrestling

This week we discuss one of the most underappreciated and over hyped sports, professional wrestling. Join us as we talk about broken limbs, exploding hearts, and why you shouldn't jump off a 20 ft cage...twice.

Sources:

https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/91ivjw/some_statsfun_with_the_ages_of_the_wwe_roster/

https://wrestlerdeaths.com/wrestlers-who-died-in-the-ring

https://brobible.com/entertainment/article/worst-wwe-injuries/

https://www.complex.com/sports/2014/02/gruesome-injuries-pro-wrestling/owen-hart

https://www.news.com.au/sport/sports-life/secrets-of-iconic-match-between-undertaker-and-mankind-revealed/news-story/dff4297d2eb246ed08ef98267ee40e4e

https://www.etymonline.com/word/wrestle?ref=etymonline_crossreference#etymonline_v_10877

https://www.bingeclock.com/s/wwe-raw/

https://prowrestling.fandom.com/wiki/Bronco_Buster

https://prowrestling.fandom.com/wiki/Piledriver

https://prowrestling.fandom.com/wiki/Chokeslam

https://prowrestling.fandom.com/wiki/DDT

https://prowrestling.fandom.com/wiki/Powerslam

https://prowrestling.fandom.com/wiki/Lariat

https://prowrestling.fandom.com/wiki/Moonsault

https://prowrestling.fandom.com/wiki/Powerbomb

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heel_(professional_wrestling)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Face_(professional_wrestling)

Internet Challenges

How much fame is your life worth? If you kill yourself for an internet challenge, not much. Join us as we discuss some of the strangest things people have done to themselves in pursuit of internet notoriety such as the ice bucket, cinnamon, and tide pod challenges.

Sources:

https://www.etymonline.com/word/inter-

https://www.etymonline.com/word/net?ref=etymonline_crossreference#etymonline_v_6877

https://www.etymonline.com/word/work?ref=etymonline_crossreference#etymonline_v_10846

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

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

https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/sunnybrook-health-sciences-centre/salt-and-ice-challenge_b_14638964.html

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/chubby-bunny-death/

https://www.straight.com/marshmallows-can-kill

https://recordsetter.com/world-record/eat-six-saltine-crackers/36087

https://recordsetter.com/world-record/saltine-crackers-eaten-minute/54427

https://nltimes.nl/2015/12/30/teen-boy-awakens-coma-cinnamon-challenge-goes-awry

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2312792/Dejah-Reed-16-hospitalized-collapsed-lung-pneumonia-warns-teens-Cinnamon-challenge.html

https://munchies.vice.com/en_us/article/d75enx/this-woman-is-trying-to-end-the-cinnamon-challenge-after-her-sons-death

https://www.huzlers.com/woman-dead-after-attempting-kylie-jenner-lip-challenge-lip-challenge-now-illegal-in-all-50-states-2/

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

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/botched-ice-bucket-challenge-leaves-man-critically-injured-after-plane-drops-hundreds-of-gallons-of-9696249.html

https://www.cnn.com/2014/09/21/us/firefighters-ice-bucket-challenge/index.html

http://www.post-gazette.com/neighborhoods-city/2012/06/29/Boy-12-badly-injured-in-salt-and-ice-challenge/stories/201206290188

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1387272/Planking-claims-victim-Acton-Beale-falls-balcony-death.html

https://piper.filecamp.com/1/piper/binary/2sej-f6hhjl6j.pdf

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/08/21/michigan-girl-severely-burned-fire-challenge-youtube/1051848002/

https://www.ibtimes.com/fire-challenge-gone-wrong-internet-stunt-results-skin-grafts-uk-boy-2227899

http://www.nydailynews.com/north-carolina-woman-arrested-helping-teen-son-fire-challenge-video-article-1.1900620

http://time.com/5189584/choking-game-pass-out-challenge/

https://www.sltrib.com/news/2018/06/01/mother-of-utah-boy-who-died-playing-the-choking-game-wants-parents-to-know-how-deadly-it-is/

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/tombstoning-accident-leaves-dad-horrific-12965105

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/i-wish-i-had-died-says-man-paralysed-after-25ft-tombstoning-leap-into-just-36-inches-of-water-6626658.html

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/man-39-dies-after-leaping-9043729

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/man-39-dies-after-leaping-9043729

The Uterus

This week we take a hard look at the human baby factory. Join us as we discuss the many ways in which your uterus can betray you including splitting apart, constantly schluffing off polyps, and growing uterine lining in your lungs.

Sources:

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/newborn-buffalo-twins-uteruses-stormy-birth-article-1.1008961

https://www.chatelaine.com/health/canada-tubal-ligation/

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sns-health-men-choosing-vasectomies-story.html

https://www.wired.com/2014/05/fantastically-wrong-wandering-womb/

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/21/female-hysteria_n_4298060.html

https://myhealth.alberta.ca/Health/Pages/conditions.aspx?hwid=tn9120

https://www.romper.com/p/yes-you-can-break-your-tailbone-during-labor-heres-what-experts-say-about-it-2989340

https://www.npr.org/2017/05/12/528098789/u-s-has-the-worst-rate-of-maternal-deaths-in-the-developed-world

https://www.babycenter.com/0_uterine-rupture_1152337.bc

https://www.parents.com/pregnancy/my-body/postpartum/urinary-incontinence/

https://www.medicaldaily.com/indian-woman-has-watermelon-sized-tumor-removed-uterus-weighing-30lbs-its-one-worlds-biggest-286990

https://www.azuravascularcare.com/infoufe/bleeding-due-to-fibroids/

https://www.ohsu.edu/xd/health/services/women/services/fibroid-program/patient-stories/jills-story.cfm

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/endometriosis/symptoms-causes/syc-20354656

https://www.westcoastsurrogacy.com/surrogate-program-for-intended-parents/surrogate-mother-cost

Pigs Pigs Pigs

This week we talk about everyone's favorite source of bacon. Join us we discuss tattooed, flaming, and horror movie pigs.

Sources:

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pig

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

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

https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/pigs-no-real-appreciation-sky/

https://www.minipiginfo.com/common-myths-about-pigs.html

https://animals.mom.me/animal-sweat-glands-1637.html

http://www.thealmightyguru.com/Pointless/AnimalGroups.html

https://www.seeker.com/iq-tests-suggest-pigs-are-smart-as-dogs-chimps-1769934406.html

https://www.amusingplanet.com/2014/05/mangalitsa-pig-that-resembles-sheep.html

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

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

http://scienceblogs.com/tetrapodzoology/2010/03/08/babirusa-impales-own-head/

https://wimdelvoye.be/

https://www.dailydot.com/irl/wim-delvoye-tattooed-pigs-disney-art/

https://www.phillips.com/detail/WIM-DELVOYE/UK010214/134

http://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2014/8/23/when-a-war-pig-defeated-a-war-elephant-amazing-history#.W8fOJmhKhPY=

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/02/23/worst-serial-killer-in-history-who-fed-prostitutes-to-pigs-sparks-rage-by-publishing-book/?utm_term=.61f579f37929

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/5407825/harrowing-story-of-serial-killer-robert-pickton-who-ground-49-women-into-mincemeat-and-sold-the-meat-to-cops/

http://blog.mlive.com/flintjournal/outdoors/2007/11/domestic_pigs_quickly_revert_t.html

https://www.deltafarmpress.com/blog/giant-feral-pig-killed-mississippi-farmers

Lungs

Take a deep breath, because we're talking about lungs. Join us as we discuss the black lung, how strange birds are, and how to not end up with a fish in your lungs.

Sources:

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

http://www.panic-and-anxiety-attacks.com/anxiety-breathing/

https://lunginstitute.com/blog/never-knew-breathing-facts/

https://www.lung.org/about-us/blog/2016/03/a-fish-with-a-lung-granddad.html

https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/why-do-some-people-have-a-tiny-extra-hole-in-their-ear/

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/05/health_guinness_medical_record_breakers/html/2.stm

https://www.healthline.com/health/living-with-one-lung#2

https://quizlet.com/74009/respiratory-terminology-flash-cards/

http://emrespiratory.co.uk/information-for-patients/686-1respiratory-terminology

https://www.cff.org/What-is-CF/About-Cystic-Fibrosis/

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

https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/why-asbestos-is-still-used-around-the-world/3007504.article

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2018/07/11/approved-by-donald-trump-asbestos-sold-by-russian-company-is-branded-with-the-presidents-face/?utm_term=.72f106176edf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coalworker%27s_pneumoconiosis

https://daily.jstor.org/the-militant-miners-who-exposed-the-horrors-of-black-lung/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/black-lung-disease-deadlier-than-ever-before-180963303/

https://www.quora.com/What-animal-has-the-strangest-respiratory-system

https://www.medicaldaily.com/take-deep-breath-4-weird-things-doctors-have-found-peoples-lungs-310480

Prohibition

Today we talk about what a bad idea it is to mess with America's vices. Join us as we discuss things people are willing to do in order to avoid sobriety including drinking poison, developing a limp, and joining the KKK.

Sources:

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2010/02/the_chemists_war.html

http://prohibition.themobmuseum.org/the-history/the-rise-of-organized-crime/the-mob-during-prohibition/

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

https://craftbeerclub.com/blog/post/weird-drinking-laws-in-our-50-states

https://www.history.com/news/10-things-you-should-know-about-prohibition

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-racism-flourished-under-prohibition-180967406/

https://bigthink.com/delancey-place/political-alliances-the-kkk-and-the-anti-saloon-league

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