Acid Pop Podcast

Erectile Dysfunction

Happy Valentine's Day, everyone! To get you in the mood. we're talking about erectile dysfunction, so stand up and pay attention. No, not you, YOU. Join us as we discuss the lengths some men will go to to make sure their length goes, including jellied wasp stingers, scaffolding, and that old cure-all strychnine.

Sources:

https://www.everydayhealth.com/erectile-dysfunction-pictures/wackiest-erectile-dysfunction-cures-of-all-time.aspx

https://www.edrugstore.com/blog/erectile-dysfunction/8-weird-ways-some-people-seek-to-cure-their-erectile-dysfunction-m0609

https://m.ranker.com/list/strange-historical-impotence-cures/matt-manser

https://www.healthline.com/health/erectile-dysfunction/common-causes-impotence#lifestyle-factors

http://www.indianjurol.com/article.asp?issn=0970-1591;year=2006;volume=22;issue=3;spage=241;epage=245;aulas&pt=1333694010.1497139200.39931138.1

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

https://www.etymonline.com/word/function?ref=etymonline_crossreference#etymonline_v_14250

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

Rodeos

Saddle up, because this week we're talking about rodeos. Who would have thought that sitting on a 1 ton angry animal with hooves and horns could be dangerous? Join us as we discuss cow flack jackets, the most dangerous bull, and why you should never "grab the apple."

Sources:

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/rodeo-one-of-the-most-dangerous-sports-in-the-world-study-finds/article586921/

https://www.florodeo.com/articles/5056403-buck-of-legends-tuff-hedeman-vs-bodacious-21-years-later

https://lasvegassun.com/news/2012/dec/06/being-rodeo-clown-not-all-funny-business/

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00913847.1987.11709284

http://www.101wildwestrodeo.com/info/rodeo_terminology.htm

https://www.calgarystampede.com/blog/2011/07/08/the-facts-about-flank-straps/

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

https://www.aaalivestock.com/xtra/bonnie-mccarroll-end-of-an-era/

https://www.legendsofamerica.com/bill-pickett/

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/ty-pozzobon-concussion-bull-riding/article36842612/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2232055/J-D-Jones-Bronco-rider-25-dies-accident-Indian-National-Rodeo.html

https://tylersprojectonlanefrost.weebly.com/death.html

Sound

This week we talk about some interesting things sounds can do. And horrible things sound can do. Join us as we discuss ninja-proof floors, dub step cannons, lethal car stereos, and death whistles.

Sources:

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

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

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

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

https://waitbutwhy.com/2016/03/sound.html

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK390300/

http://earthmysterynews.com/2016/06/29/if-you-could-generate-a-sound-that-is-1100-db-it-could-create-a-black-hole/

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

https://hearinghealthmatters.org/waynesworld/2012/the-sounds-of-africa/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hM3lYIWlYdA

https://www.eso.com/blog/firefighters-fight-fires-with-sound/

https://ece.gmu.edu/~ppach/ECE_Awards/Posters/S-15-I.pdf

https://www.livescience.com/29416-moth-with-ultrasonic-hearing-discovered.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4418748.stm

http://listverse.com/2017/09/23/top-10-incredible-sound-phenomena/

https://www.rbth.com/science-and-tech/326583-stinky-mystery-russia-sweden

http://listverse.com/2017/09/23/top-10-incredible-sound-phenomena/

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

http://nautil.us/blog/the-sound-so-loud-that-it-circled-the-earth-four-times

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1883_eruption_of_Krakatoa

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

http://thehum.info/

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

https://tinnitus-audiology.com/history-of-tinnitus-2/

https://www.morningticker.com/2016/07/the-shocking-way-tinnitus-can-kill-you/

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/952194/daniel-derricutt-IT-programmer-killed-himself-tinnitus-headphones-suicide

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/news/9198029/Coroner-slams-delays-over-tinnitus-sufferer-who-stabbed-himself-to-death.html

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

https://www.ancient.eu/Aztec_Sacrifice/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CetUF1RUaFw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqRB1TYdamU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb_4RvkiI2k

http://hwcdn.libsyn.com/p/f/6/3/f634c4552271eb7a/Tom_Moir_Hum_Recording.mp3?c_id=1312226&cs_id=1312226&expiration=1547399294&hwt=0fd972e3135eb8b09e9d7eb866da7d58

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9QuO09z-SI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGQ1x5r-LCQ

https://www.ata.org/understanding-facts/symptoms

Marsupials

This week we turn out some pockets to discuss the strange world of marsupials. Join us as we talk about vicious kangaroos, syphilitic koalas, and a mouse that's going extinct for being too horny.

Sources:

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

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

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

http://mentalfloss.com/article/75070/11-secrets-life-coaches

https://www.buzzfeed.com/jemimaskelley/kangaroos-are-crazy

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/mammals-with-the-shortest-gestation-periods.html

https://www.britannica.com/animal/Diprotodon

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

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

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

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-footed_potoroo

http://www.amazingaustralia.com.au/animals/kangaroo_attacks.htm

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3844040/Kangaroo-attacks-Melbourne-man-mauls-family-dog-death-backyard.html

https://www.wired.com/2014/12/creature-feature-10-fun-facts-wombats/

http://www.losapos.com/koala_dumbest_animal

http://mentalfloss.com/article/59114/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-koalas

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3102341/Australian-marsupials-face-extinction-half-population-wiped-year-males-die-mating-suicidal-sex-rough.html

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/phenomena/2013/10/07/why-a-little-mammal-has-so-much-sex-that-it-disintegrates/

Acts of Faith

This week we find out what happens when you have a little too much trust. Join us as we discuss what happens when you put faith up against lions, frigid water, pneumonia, and even decomposition.

And a bit of bad news: to try and give me a little free time, we're going to go down to every other week for a while. 

Sources: 

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

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

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

https://www.fearof.net/fear-of-the-lord-or-god-phobia-theophobia/

http://www.cracked.com/article_25111_5-hilariously-weird-ways-people-used-religious-loopholes.html

https://jewishjournal.com/news/los_angeles/community/6241/

https://www.revealnews.org/article/6-ways-religious-exemption-laws-are-exploited/

https://www.americanbar.org/publications/human_rights_magazine_home/2013_vol_39/january_2013_no_2_religious_freedom/divining_the_scope_of_the_ministerial_exception/

https://soundcloud.com/thisisreveal/battle-for-religious-freedom-playing-out-in-day-cares

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

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

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-faith-healers-sent-to-prison-for-death-of-second-sick-child-9142463.html

https://www.ajc.com/news/crime--law/cops-mom-crashed-car-prove-kids-god-real/UnnsJPMfPLwdQ4HsTMt5VK/

https://www.thespec.com/news-story/5165939-hamilton-family-left-corpse-upstairs-for-six-months-expecting-resurrection/

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Rescued-Man-Says-God-Told-Him-to-Swim-to-Liberty-Island-123216493.html

https://www.heraldcourier.com/news/driver-jesus-advised-to-let-go-of-the-wheel/article_97a7a751-78d5-5342-9694-bf588633b1ba.html

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/argentina/1451564/Man-bitten-after-leap-into-the-lions-den.html

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/22/john-allen-chau-man-killed-by-tribe-north-sentinel-island-declare-jesus

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)