Acid Pop Podcast

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Acid Pop explores the fascinating and horrible aspects of history, science, and everyday life.

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Episodes

Samurai

This week we test our honor talking about Samurai. Join us as we discuss head collecting, bowel eviscerating, and how to win a duel by being late. Sources: https://allabout-japan.com/en/article/5818/ https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2127.html https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samurai https://www.swordsoftheeast.com/samurai-sword-fighting-styles.aspx https://www.martialartswords.com/blogs/articles/what-swords-did-japanese-samurai-warriors-use https://listverse.com/2012/07/04/top-10-fascinating-samura...

Feb 10, 2020•44 min•Ep. 130

The Cold

This week things get icy as we discuss some of the coldest places and events on Earth. Join us as we discuss 15 in snowflakes, killing cold people by warming them up, and how to properly defrost a frozen baby. Sources: https://fortune.com/2018/01/17/coldest-places-in-the-world/ https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/oymyakon-arctic-circle https://www.cntraveler.com/story/this-is-the-coldest-permanently-inhabited-place-on-earth https://www.livescience.com/31880-countdown-10-worst-blizzards.html http...

Feb 03, 2020•45 min•Ep. 129

The Eye

This week we blink in terror over the awful things that can happen to your peepers. Join us as we discuss eyes filled with contacts, hairy eye tumors, the unfortunate side effect of cat eyes, and several eye parasites. Images we squirmed about: 19:40 https://images.emedicinehealth.com/images/slideshow/eye_diseases_and_cond_s8_uveitis.jpg 23:35 https://cdn.iwastesomuchtime.com/d3110487-be15-4fd3-8e78-7682c43f6113.png 25:57 https://www.livescience.com/25933-hairy-eyeball-rare-tumor.html 29:27 http...

Jan 27, 2020•52 min•Ep. 128

Counterfeiting

This week's podcast is just as good as previous ones but half the cost! Join us as we discuss fake eggs, suing ones self for plagiarism, and how to destroy a government with counterfeit money. Sources: https://www.etymonline.com/word/counterfeit https://www.etymonline.com/word/forge https://blog.redpoints.com/en/five-surprising-facts-about-the-global-counterfeiting-market https://www.cnn.com/style/article/supreme-italia-legal-fake/index.html https://www.businessinsider.com/art-forgeries-2011-6#a...

Jan 20, 2020•37 min•Ep. 127

Getting High

This week things get groovy as we discuss all the strange ways people get high. Join us as we discuss toads, nutmeg, reindeer pee, and human feces. Sources: https://www.alternet.org/2013/03/10-craziest-ways-people-have-tried-get-high/ https://family-intervention.com/blog/17-unusual-drugs-people-use-to-get-high/ https://www.webmd.com/parenting/ss/slideshow-crazy-things-teens-use-to-get-high https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-deodorant-fatal-sniffing/death-of-a-teen-shows-dangers-of-sniffin...

Jan 13, 2020•42 min•Ep. 126

Mummies

This week we dig up some stories about jerkified humans. Join us as we discuss fire mummies, honey mummies, sec diorama mummies, mummy medicine, and mummy paint. Sources: https://www.etymonline.com/word/mummy https://www.dictionary.com/browse/necro- https://www.dictionary.com/browse/necro- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mummia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mummy_brown https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mummy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incorruptibility https://en...

Jan 06, 2020•37 min•Ep. 125

Archaeology

Nothing like looking back at the past to make you feel better about the here and now. Join us as we discuss some pitfalls of archeology such as telling the Queen of England about your artifact before checking it thoroughly, making up languages to sound cool, and assuming everything is about sex. Sources: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2018/04/mass-child-human-animal-sacrifice-peru-chimu-science/ https://www.livescience.com/61989-famed-archaeologist-created-fakes.html https://www.scoop.c...

Dec 30, 2019•35 min•Ep. 124

Relics

This week we fix what needs fixing with the power of some dead guy's pinky. Join us as we discuss how to perform miracles, the popularity of severed body parts, and how easy it is to mistake animal bones for human ones. Sources: https://www.beliefnet.com/faiths/galleries/10-strange-places-the-face-of-jesus-appeared.aspx https://www.beliefnet.com/faiths/galleries/10-strange-places-the-face-of-jesus-appeared.aspx https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vice.com/amp/en_us/article/jmbwzg/the-weird-and-frau...

Dec 23, 2019•40 min•Ep. 123

Food Poisoning

We're coming to you live from inside our bathrooms as we went a bit too deep researching this week's episode. Join us as we discuss edible missteps such as raw egg ice cream, moldy peanuts, and hallucinogenic bread. Sources: https://www.etymonline.com/word/food https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=poison https://www.fda.gov/food/recalls-outbreaks-emergencies/outbreaks-foodborne-illness https://phobia.wikia.org/wiki/Cibophobia https://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/foodborne-germs.html https://www.mentalf...

Dec 16, 2019•46 min•Ep. 122

Immortality

As your favorite podcast, we've decided to stick around forever. Just for you. Join us as we discuss some techniques that didn't work so well on the road to immortality such as drinking mercury, pumping bodies full of toxic chemicals before freezing them, and drinking the blood of children. Sources: https://www.seeker.com/seeking-immortality-so-have-others-1767387860.html https://www.seeker.com/seeking-immortality-so-have-others-1767387860.html https://io9.gizmodo.com/7-ways-that-people-died-try...

Dec 09, 2019•43 min•Ep. 121

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