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Join Kelli as she discusses the Tuskegee Syphilis Study, an experiment on black men (without their consent) where the US Public Health Service and the CDC allowed them to live with untreated syphilis infections for 40 years - despite there being a cure: penicillin.In this episode, Kelli goes over the scientific context of what syphilis is and how one contracts it, then ties it to the historical context of why the US government allowed 399 black men to suffer from late-stage syphilis when...
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A Popular History of Unpopular Things
The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster
2024-06-23 • 32min
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The Medusa Shipwreck
2024-06-09 • 40min
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The Victorian Houses of Death
2024-05-26 • 30min
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The Tale of Liver-Eating Johnson
2024-05-12 • 27min
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The Order of the Pug
2024-04-28 • 25min
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The Kentucky Cannibal
2024-04-14 • 33min
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The Werewolf of Bedburg
2024-03-31 • 28min
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The Centralia Underground Mine Fire
2024-03-17 • 29min
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The Lizzie Borden Hatchet Murders
2024-03-03 • 31min
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The Deadly Antarctic Expeditions
2024-02-18 • 1h 3min