Short Suck #54: Lip, Dip, and Die! The Radium Girls

Short Suck #54: Lip, Dip, and Die! The Radium Girls

Today we explore the horrifying true story of the Radium Girls — young women told to “lip, dip, and paint” with radioactive dial paint while their employers hid the deadly consequences. What began as a factory job seen as glamorous and high-paying turned into one of the most grotesque workplace poisoning scandals in American history, leaving behind shattered bodies, corporate lies, and a legal battle that helped change worker safety forever.

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499 - The Cosmic Teacher: Rudolf Steiner and the Occult Roots of Waldorf Schools

499 - The Cosmic Teacher: Rudolf Steiner and the Occult Roots of Waldorf Schools

Rudolf Steiner founded the Waldorf education movement more than a century ago, inspiring thousands of schools around the world with a philosophy centered on creativity, imagination, and holistic learn...

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498 - Mr. Cruel

498 - Mr. Cruel

For years, a calm, calculating predator stalked the suburbs of Melbourne, leaving behind almost no evidence — only terrified families and a growing legend known as "Mr. Cruel." Decades later, his crim...

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Short Suck #53: Icaria!: France’s Failed Communist Utopia in America

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In the mid-1800s, long before the Soviet Union or Maoist China, a French political dreamer named Étienne Cabet tried to build a communist utopia... in the heart of America. What followed was a bizarre...

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497 - The Real Lawrence of Arabia

497 - The Real Lawrence of Arabia

** NOTE! THIS EPISODE WAS RECORDED BEFORE THE RECENT ATTACKS ON IRAN. (That's why I don't mention it) **  World War I turned allies into enemies and enemies into unlikely partners — and no one embodie...

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496 - Sex Strike Nation: The Rise of South Korea’s 4B Movement

496 - Sex Strike Nation: The Rise of South Korea’s 4B Movement

This week on Timesuck, we dive into the 4B Movement - a radical feminist movement that originated in South Korea and centers on four simple rules: no sex with men, no dating men, no marriage, and no c...

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Short Suck #52: Protected Predator: The Johnson City Scandal

Short Suck #52: Protected Predator: The Johnson City Scandal

A serial predator drugs women, keeps a list of victims, and somehow keeps slipping through the cracks — while the people meant to stop him sure do appear to keep looking the other way. This week, we f...

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495 - The Watts Family Murders

495 - The Watts Family Murders

When a wife and two young children vanish, the internet’s favorite theory shows up fast: it’s always the husband. This week on Timesuck, we dig into the horrifying Chris Watts case - a story of appear...

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