Acid Pop Podcast

Super Blooper Cut

And so we go out showing you all the times we flubbed, fell, and farted. Thanks for again for joining us. Stay safe out there.

What About Part 6: Our Farewell Episode

It's been fun, but it's time to say goodbye. Join us as we discuss supersonic propeller planes, beaver butt ice cream, heat records, and why we're saying farewell.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_XF-84H_Thunderscreech

https://www.engadget.com/2007-08-21-arcade-arm-wrestling-game-pulled-for-arm-wrecking.html

https://www.engadget.com/2007-08-21-arm-wrestling-arcade-game-recalled-due-to-penchant-for-arm-break.html

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

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/24/revealed-leader-group-peddling-bleach-cure-lobbied-trump-coronavirus

https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/florida-bleach-salesman-church-leader-mark-grenon-charged-with-conspiracy-11664158

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52407177

https://time.com/5835244/accidental-poisonings-trump/

https://www.fooddive.com/news/chocolate-leads-the-way-as-candy-purchases-spike-during-pandemic/584309/

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53788018

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/life-on-venus-breakthrough-initiatives-funds-study-of-possible-biosignature/

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/france-fighter-jet-ejection-scli-intl/index.html

Guns and More Guns

In our second to last episode we're tackling a topic that's been on the to-do list since day 1: Guns. We'll talk about how to increase your risk of being shot, justice minded toddlers, and trigger happy dogs.

Sources:

https://cdn0.wideopenspaces.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/16602880_385093748517820_4035165616085928796_n.jpg

https://giffords.org/blog/2020/03/every-incident-of-mishandled-guns-in-schools-blog/

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

https://phobia.wikia.org/wiki/Hoplophobia#:~:text=Hoplophobia%20(from%20Greek%20hoplo%2C%20meaning,phobia%20as%20weapons%20are%20deadly.

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

https://injury.research.chop.edu/violence-prevention-initiative/types-violence-involving-youth/gun-violence/gun-violence-facts-and#.X0clgOhKiiN

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

https://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2013/05/07/gun-homicide-rate-down-49-since-1993-peak-public-unaware/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/resizer/S4RCv_HcDeQiQg1C4BvvwbaQlcE=/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost/public/5X2ZKNMFTE2QDNCZDDGRXGZTJA.png

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

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

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss5002a1.htm#:~:text=Sex%2C%20and%20Disposition-,During%201993%2D%2D1998%2C%20an%20estimated%20average%20of%20115%2C000%20firearm,were%20fatal%20(Figure%201).

https://www.amjmed.com/article/S0002-9343(15)01030-X/fulltext

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_firearm-related_death_rate

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/peru-travel-advisory.html

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/international-travel/International-Travel-Country-Information-Pages/Uruguay.html

https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/211201.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acquaintance_rape#:~:text=In%20the%20U.S.%2C%20acquaintance%20rape,of%20those%20knew%20their%20attacker.

https://www.infoplease.com/us/crime/timeline-of-worldwide-school-and-mass-shootings

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/more-guns-do-not-stop-more-crimes-evidence-shows/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3487308/Pro-gun-mom-shot-four-year-old-son-STOLE-500-children-s-clothes-using-boy-s-stroller-Florida-store.html

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dog-shoots-man-brigham-ci_n_1121998

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/oct/26/dog-trigger-shoots-owner-hunt-indiana

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/5950304/ns/health-pet_health/t/puppy-shoots-florida-man-deputies-say/#.X0nK5-hKiiN

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-506809/Dog-shoots-kills-man-freak-hunting-accident.html

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

https://www.statista.com/statistics/585152/people-shot-to-death-by-us-police-by-race/

https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2020/06/05/policekillings/

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/teen-shoots-himself-in-leg-while-trying-to-scare-ex-girlfriend-new-boyfriend-police-say/

https://www.rawstory.com/2014/01/florida-man-mistakenly-shoots-himself-during-road-rage-incident/

https://www.wideopenspaces.com/graphic-stupid-guy-thought-steel-toed-boot-would-stop-a-45-bullet/

https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/means-matter/means-matter/case-fatality/

https://www.sprc.org/scope/means-suicide

https://giffords.org/blog/2020/03/every-incident-of-mishandled-guns-in-schools-blog/

https://www.ajc.com/news/crime--law/marietta-woman-accused-shooting-into-kfc-after-not-receiving-fork-napkins/qR7C8QmzQ8Ek1ZzpsMx54L/

Man Eaters

This week we're chewing the fat talking about animals what chew the fat. Join us as we discuss some of the most deadly anthrophages like lions, bears, and the most heinous of all, the mosquito.

Crustaceans

This week it's under water spiders as we talk about crustaceans. Join us as we discuss America's most dangerous job, how to kill someone with a shrimp, and why it's a bad idea to keep critters inside your eye.

Sources:

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

https://common-phobias.com/Ostraconophobia.htm

https://clinicalanatomy.com/mtd1/873-kabourophobia

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2113824-coconut-crabs-bone-crushing-grip-is-10-times-stronger-than-ours/

http://museum.wa.gov.au/explore/blogs/andrew-hosie/creature-feature-toxic-crabs

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/54168/meet-worlds-only-known-venomous-crustacean

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

https://easyscienceforkids.com/all-about-crustaceans/

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

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_(lobster)

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/27/the-10-most-dangerous-jobs-in-america-according-to-bls-data.html

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

https://money.cnn.com/2012/07/27/pf/jobs/crab-fishing-dangerous-jobs/index.htm

https://bugbustersusa.com/2017/09/18/gribbles-are-the-termites-of-the-sea/

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

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

https://www.google.com/search?q=benthic&oq=benthic&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l7.2688j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

https://myfwc.com/research/saltwater/crustaceans/glossary/

https://allthatsinteresting.com/coconut-crab

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

https://www.earthlife.net/inverts/pentastoma.html#:~:text=The%20Phylum%20Pentastomida,Bilaterally%20symmetrical%20and%20vermiform.

https://naturespoisons.com/2015/03/26/cerberin-death-by-coconut-crab/

https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2020/01/everybody-was-trying-to-get-out-alaska-crab-boat-sinking-survivor-describes-fatal-night.html

https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2006/02/13/65299.htm

The Postal Service

This week we're sorting through the mail to talk about the postal service. Join us as we discuss the literal tons of junk mail, going postal, and how to mail various parts of people through the mail.

Sources:

https://www.nps.gov/poex/faqs.htm

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

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/53334/6-bizarre-items-mailed-through-us-postal-system

https://www.ssipkg.com/news/the-7-weirdest-things-people-have-sent-through-the-mail

https://www.pri.org/stories/2012-05-30/severed-hand-foot-mail-came-headless-torso

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

http://wasteawaygroup.blogspot.com/2018/01/junk-mail-facts-and-statistics.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/

https://pe.usps.com/businessmail101?ViewName=MinMax#:~:text=The%20maximum%20size%20for%20most,any%20mailpiece%20is%2070%20pounds

https://listverse.com/2018/01/26/10-weirdest-things-sent-through-the-post/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Jun_Lin#Murder_and_investigation

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

https://www.nps.gov/poex/faqs.htm#:~:text=7.-,How%20many%20Pony%20Express%20riders%20died%20on%20the%20job%3F,and%20two%20froze%20to%20death

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

Treasure Hunting

This week we go digging for treasure! Or, barring that, at least some stories of people who died looking for treasure. Join us as we discuss cursed gold, incomprehensible maps, and how lucrative being a shepherd can be. 

Sources:

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

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

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

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Aroda_Treasure

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

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

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

https://archiveatlantic.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/d4752-treasure_-the-legend-of-captain-kidds-treasure-at-money-cove-grand-manan.pdf

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/mystery-of-lake-toplitz.html

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

https://www.strangeoutdoors.com/mysterious-stories-blog/2018/2/21/mysteries-of-the-nahinni-park-reserve-in-canada

https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1947/3/15/valley-of-mystery

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jan-23-me-56857-story.html

https://www.vox.com/a/fenn-treasure-hunt-map

https://stories.californiasunday.com/2015-07-05/the-everlasting-forrest-fenn/

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

Coffee & Tea

This week we drink to the bottom of the cup to learn about coffee and tea. Join us as we discuss drinking poop, trading tea for opium, and how coffee won the American civil war.

Sources:

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

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/07/25/485227943/if-war-is-hell-then-coffee-has-offered-u-s-soldiers-some-salvation#:~:text=If%20war%20is%20hell%2C%20then%20for%20many%20soldiers%20throughout%20American,Civil%20War%2C%20Vietnam%20and%20Afghanistan.

https://www.history.com/news/coffee-houses-revolutions

https://www.metro.us/are-coffee-enemas-dangerous-yes-so-dont-do-them-even-if-gwyneth-paltrow-says-to/

https://asiapacificcurriculum.ca/learning-module/opium-wars-china

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-36781368

https://membracid.wordpress.com/2013/02/24/insect-poop-tea/

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20160425-the-pot-of-tea-that-costs-10000#:~:text=China's%20ancient%20bushes%20of%20Da,times%20its%20weight%20in%20gold.&text=In%202002%2C%20a%20wealthy%20purchaser,legendary%20Da%20Hong%20Pao%20tea.

https://www.ncausa.org/About-Coffee/What-is-Coffee

https://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/edible-innovations/tea1.htm

https://tea-drunk.com/history-of-tea

https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/2095707/great-tea-robbery-how-british-stole-chinas

https://www.thespruceeats.com/the-origin-of-coffee-765180

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/top-10-coffee-consuming-nations.html

https://www.statista.com/statistics/507950/global-per-capita-tea-consumption-by-country/#:~:text=In%202016%2C%20Turkey%20was%20the,followed%20by%20India%20and%20Kenya.

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

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

https://murderpedia.org/male.Y/y/young-graham.htm

Voting

The votes are in! Or are they? This week we take a look at the perils of voting such as racial discrimination, electing literal clowns to office, and winning by several hundred percent.

Sources:

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

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

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

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/05/14/more-than-half-of-countries-are-democratic/

https://www.polyas.de/blog/en/electoral-research/election-terms

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

https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/statistics/data/voter-turnout-in-presidential-elections

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/voter-turnout-by-country

https://www.pri.org/stories/2019-07-19/how-vote-north-korea

https://www.grunge.com/209180/the-truth-about-the-rhino-who-ran-for-office/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/08/brazil-clown-tiririca-grumpy-to-leave-congress-ashamed-embarrassed

Hitmen

This week we're putting out a hit. Episode that is! Join us as we discuss How to change careers from encyclopedia salesman to hitman, the dangers of carpet sales, and how to get out of a legal situation via murder.

Sources:

https://m.ranker.com/list/famous-hitmen/ranker-crime

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

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/not-movies-study-kills-myths-about-hit-men-n83126

https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/press/spousfac.pr

https://www.grunge.com/160475/the-truth-about-woody-harrelsons-hitman-father/

https://www.stltoday.com/news/archives/jan-st-louis-car-bombing-is-the-work-of-the/article_439cb546-1d2d-544f-9a49-847fb62b2be7.html

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

https://themobmuseum.org/notable_names/benjamin-bugsy-siegel/

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