E42: How Psychedelics Became Dangerous (Part II - Mescaline)
Defining Hallucinogen • Peyote and Jungian Archetypes • The Inquisition • San Pedro • Huxley and the Doors of Perception • Military Testing and a "Truth Serum" • The Native American Church and Present...
24 Mar 20201h 2min
E41: How Psychedelics Became Dangerous (Part I - LSD)
“A friend of immemorially long-standing” • Drug Schedules and the Controlled Substances Act • Psychedelics and PR • Synthesizing LSD • Sandoz Pharmaceuticals • Osmond and Hoffer • “The Johnny Applese...
25 Feb 202055min
E38: Moral Panics, Witch-Hunts, and Sexual Psychopaths (Oh My)
Happy Halloween! In this episode, we will be taking a look at witch-hunts, the Satanic Panic, and McCarthyism as we explore the genealogy of fear and the cycle of moral panic. Thank you to patrons li...
23 Okt 20191h 16min
E37: Dust to Dust - Burial Rites and Practices II (The Cultural Side of Things)
On this episode of Dirty History, we'll discuss the ways in which cultures treat the remains of the dead from mummification and ship and sky burial to embalming catastrophes and the ethics of the ossu...
22 Sep 201954min
E36: Ashes to Ashes - Burial Practices and the Chemistry of Death
"Death is not an unaltering state." On this episode, I intend to explain what that means by discussing the chemical processes of death and decomposition. This will serve as the introduction for our di...
15 Aug 201937min
E35: Why We Teach History the Way We Do: Religion and Politics (What Not to Say At Parties)
On this episode, I try to figure out how we teach history and what pieces get left out. I also look into topics you shouldn't mention at your next dinner party. I hope this episode challenges you to ...
24 Jul 201955min
E34: Pubic Hair, Cleanliness, and Just A Touch of Porn and Power
On this episode, I was joined by Lyndsey Craig, a researcher and Ph.D. student of Anthropology at UNLV. She recently penned a paper titled, “Pubic Hair Removal Practices in Cross-Cultural Perspective”...
9 Jul 20191h 9min
E33: Executioners and Torture-Executions: A Dirty History of Social Ostracism
On this episode of Dirty History, we will discuss why executioners were shunned and feared by middle ages society, and how they coped with it. Also, there is the obligatory recounting of brutal tortu...
20 Jun 201944min
