Water Parks
This week we're beating the heat at water parks. Join us as we discuss how many teenagers it takes to collapse a slide, lazy rivers of acid, and the surprising number of water park fires.
Aug 14, 2025•41 min•Ep. 221
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Acid Pop explores the fascinating and horrible aspects of history, science, and everyday life.
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Have we got a deal for you this week. Join us as we discuss the shocking origin of soap operas, how to start a mob with a small bunch of balloons, and the many, many missteps of Pepsi.
Jul 28, 2025•45 min•Ep. 220
Sense of Doom
This week it's the end of the world as we know it. This week we discuss that sinking feeling and what brings it on such as restarting your heart, gas leaks, and getting the wrong blood type.
Jul 14, 2025•29 min•Ep. 219
Saints
This week we're working miracles. join us as we discuss devil's advocates, getting prayers to God second hand, and how many miracles are enough.
Jun 28, 2025•36 min•Ep. 218
Enforced Disappearances
This week we're getting gone. Join us as we discuss why it's so important to check IDs, how to misconstrue a tattoo, and the dangers of homophones.
Jun 15, 2025•42 min•Ep. 217
Deals with The Devil
This week we learn to play the guitar! Join us as we discuss how to instantly become great at math, the conflict of interest in asking the Devil for help to become Pope, and how to spot a killing by the Devil.
May 28, 2025•39 min•Ep. 216
Rites of Passage
This week we finally become men. Join us as we discuss how to cripple your mightiest warriors, leave childhood behind via chemically induced amnesia, and how to break up with a river.
May 14, 2025•29 min•Ep. 215
Allergies
This week we've got a touch of hay fever. Join us as we discuss such unusual allergens such as babies, sweat, and sound.
Apr 28, 2025•34 min•Ep. 214
Strongman!
This week our quartet of beefcakes break down the art of getting swole. Join us as we discuss how many Playboy bunnies is too many to lift, how to break every bone from the waist down in seconds, and the rich, scholastic history of lifting events.
Apr 14, 2025•45 min•Ep. 213
The Circus
This week we're under the big top! Join us as we discuss how to break up a mob with snakes, drunk lion taming, and how to stab someone to death from two states away.
Mar 29, 2025•39 min•Ep. 212
Ticks, Fleas, and Lice
This week we're itching for facts about parasites. Join us as we discuss vegetarianism from tick bites, a head with 1,500 lice, and our recipe for salt and vinegar carpets.
Mar 24, 2025•42 min•Ep. 211
Bizarre Weather
This week we get blown away by surprising weather. Join us as we discuss hot heat, windy wind, and chilling cold.
Mar 14, 2025•41 min•Ep. 210
Bones
This week we suck out all the marrow. Join us as we discuss miracle cures, bone buildings, and how to turn into a statue.
Mar 01, 2025•33 min•Ep. 209
Gal Pals
This week we're talking about special friends. Real special. Join us as we discuss women who lived together for their whole lives, wrote daily love letters, and dueled countless men to win their love...platonically.
Feb 15, 2025•37 min•Ep. 208
What About? Part 7
We're back for a good, old fashioned, what about. Join us as we catch up on topics like insects, executions, fashion, extreme heat, and more!
Jan 29, 2025•49 min•Ep. 207
Laughter
This week we're LOLing and ROFLing. Join us as we discuss the difficulty of portraying a cadaver, why it's impossible to hee haw hee haw, and why it's illegal to watch drunk donkeys.
Jan 14, 2025•36 min•Ep. 206
Too Much!
This week we're pushing it over the line. Join us as we discuss overdosing on tea, muscle balm, and gum.
Dec 28, 2024•35 min•Ep. 205
Brain Washing
This week we're cleaning house. And by house, I mean our brains. Join us as we discuss punch therapy, how to teach teenagers to have more sex, and brain washing the brain washed for the greater good.
Dec 14, 2024•46 min•Ep. 204
Bergsra
This week we're talking about mountain spirits. Sexy mountain spirits. Join us as we discuss when it's appropriate to give a lake lady a mitten, how to learn the fiddle from a naked man, and why you should keep your affair with a cow woman a secret.
Nov 29, 2024•36 min•Ep. 203
Home Owners Associations
This week we're building a better community. Join us as we discuss how to acquire a house for $2,500, paying to not be racist, and extreme swing safety.
Nov 14, 2024•31 min•Ep. 202
Bounty Hunters
This week we're bringing this podcast in. Dead or alive. Join us as we discuss how to rebrand kidnapping, the importance of double checking addresses, and how to change a career in horse thievery to an empire of dead priests.
Oct 28, 2024•33 min•Ep. 201
Punk Culture
This week we're sticking it to the man. Join us as we discuss how to mosh while sober, why punk bands aren't allowed on SNL, and when it's appropriate to punch Nazis.
Oct 14, 2024•42 min•Ep. 200
Colors
This week we explore the darker side of the rainbow. Join us as we discuss the cost of the whitest white, how poisonous is too poisonous for a school bus, and how to torture paint out of cows.
Oct 02, 2024•38 min•Ep. 199
Yakuza
This week we're venturing into the underground to talk about the Yakuza. join us as we discuss proper sweating techniques, how to count to 9 and three quarters, and how to turn a group of butchers into a worldwide power.
Sep 14, 2024•41 min•Ep. 198
Mating
Things are heating up this week as we talk about mating. Join us as we discuss bracelet length sperm, how to prove verility by vomiting into your partners mouth, and the infallible confidence of drone bees.
Aug 29, 2024•38 min•Ep. 197
Cephalopods
Bring it in for a hug. This week we're talking about cephalopods. Join us as we discuss octopus cities, donut brains, and how to manage 90 arms. Also, we're all together in one place for the first time ever!
Aug 15, 2024•31 min•Ep. 196
Werewolves
This week we return with the rising of the moon. Join us as we discuss the laundry list of ways to turn into a werewolf, the thin line between serial killers and werewolves, and how to retire by killing a large wolf.
Jul 28, 2024•35 min•Ep. 195
Extinction
This week we're razing animals. Join us as we discuss the reproductive point of no return, Wybrand van Warwijck's Walghvoghel, and the shortest time from declaring an animal as protected and it going extinct.
Jul 14, 2024•39 min•Ep. 194
Software Bugs
WARNING: This is the second and last episode where recording got messed up. Sorry again. The next two are back to normal. But for this episode, join us as we discuss how to bankrupt a stock trading company in 45 minutes, the dangers of rounding, and why we never should have trusted the clearly evil Therac 25.
Jun 28, 2024•39 min•Ep. 193
Abortions
WARNING: The recording got messed up this episode and next, so Sean and Kelly sound awful. Sorry about that. Please do your best to hear through the traffic outside as we discuss Tik Tok abortion/suicide techniques, how to abort when your local clinic is 2,000 miles away, and yet more reasons not to move to Texas.
Jun 14, 2024•43 min•Ep. 192
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