Caustic Soda
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Caustic Soda takes gruesome, morbid & creepy topics and breaks them down with equal parts science, comedy and pop culture.
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ExplicitTsunami | This episode Joe, Kevin, and Toren look at the giant waves known as tsunami. You’ll hear about the biggest and deadliest waves known to man, incredible stories of survival during one of nature’s deadliest disasters, and tsunami vs. kittens! Music: ”Tidal Wave” by Fletcher Henderson Images Links The Passionate Eye – Tsunami Caught On Camera - only available for 45 days after last airing, sorry. If there’s another airing this will work again so I’m keeping the link up. Hideaki Akaiwa – Badass of the Week XKCD on “Tidal Wave” (we recorded before this went up, but agree with him!) Videos Hereafter Tsunami scene (can’t embed) | 2/6/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitDemons | Succubi, oni, pishacha – call them what you will. Whether they’re scapegoats for serial killers or epilepsy, demons have been a part of human culture for aeons. The boys talk history, news and pop culture, plus as a special bonus: practical tips on how to summon a demon! Music: ”Kamakilas” by S. Satoh (from Son of Godzilla) Images Links List of Demon Names Legend of the Five Rings Half in the Bag – Jack and Jill Movies Night of the Demon Toren: 5/10 The Keep Toren: 5/10 Hellraiser Toren: 6/10 Kevin: 7/10 The Evil Dead Kevin: 8/10 Joe: 7/10 Evil Dead 2 Toren: 8/10 Kevin: 9/10 Joe: 8/10 Army of Darkness Toren: 9/10 Kevin: 8/10 Joe: 9/10 Drag Me To Hell Toren: 7/10 Kevin: 7/10 | 1/29/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitPol Pot | Continuing the Evil Men in History series, Kevin, Toren, and Joe look at Cambodian Communist leader Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge. Music: ”Call Me Irresponsible” Images Videos Pol Pot (can’t embed, sorry) Links Photos from S21 Forced Marriage and the Khmer Rouge | 1/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitCholera | This episode’s got it coming out of both ends! Toren, Kevin, Joe are joined by Almost Dr. Jenna to talk about cholera. Death by vomit and diarrhea, cholera cots, mummies, and how procrastination led to the world’s first artificial vaccine! Music: ”Shoggoths Away” by The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets Images Links UN Haiti Cholera Outbreak Report | 1/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitFilm Fatale | Comedy Film Nerd Graham Elwood joins Kevin, Joe, and Toren to talk about the perils of making moving pictures – film tragedies! The Crow, The Ten Commandments, The Twilight Zone and more horrible, horrible occurrences just so we could be entertained for 90 minutes. Music: ”Hooray for Hollywood” by Johnny Mercer Images Links Comedy Film Nerds Laffghanistan Videos Movies Wizard of Oz Toren: 8/10 Joe: 6/10 Kevin: 7/10 The Crow Toren: 5/10 Joe: 7/10 Kevin: 7/10 Troy Joe: 5/10 Kevin: 8/10 Twilight Zone: The Movie Joe: 6/10 Kevin: 5/10 | 1/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitKidnapping | Express kidnappings, the “millionaire tour,” the Lindbergh baby, the Cudahy kidnapping, Chowchilla school bus incident, and more. Plus news, pop culture, how to survive a kidnapping and “The Lesser of Two Evils.” Don’t forget to pick up a copy of “Acts of Violence” at http://www.causticsodapodcast.com/support Music: “5 Months, 2 Weeks, 2 Days” by Louis Prima Images Videos Movies Proof of Life Toren: 8/10 Taken Toren: 7/10 Kevin: 7/10 Man on Fire Kevin: 8/10 Suicide Kings Kevin: 4/10 Joe: 5/10 | 1/2/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitQuackery | Step right up, Soda Jerks! What the boys at Caustic Soda have for you today is going to REinvigorate, REvitalize, REVULGARIZE you with their astounding look at the world of QUACKERY! It’s a homeopathic, detoxifying, quantum colloidal-silver potion that cures what ails ya! Ingredients include Joe, Kevin, Toren and special guest Doctor Rob! Music: Snake Oil by Vaughn DeLeath Images Videos Links Quackwatch Museum of Quackery What’s the Harm? Ear Candles Are Illegal | 12/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWolf Attack! | Death by wolf! Toren, Joe and Kevin discuss the many wolf attacks throughout history, the “sex lock”, and the mighty Dire wolf! Music: “The Wolf Wobble” by Joe Venuti Images Links Elfquest Movies 300 Toren: 4/10 Kevin: 8/10 Joe: 8/10 Frozen Toren: 4/10 Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Toren: 7/10 Kevin: 7/10 Joe: 8/10 | 12/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitRasputin | Continuing the “Evil Men In History” series Joe, Kevin, and Toren check out Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin. Just how evil was this Russian that was so hard to kill it took stabbing, poisoning, shooting, drowning and then burning to make him completely stop moving? The answer may surprise y… oh who knows, really? But we’ll take our best barely-educated guesses! Music: “Unstoppable” by The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets Images | 12/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitDoomed Expeditions – Part 2 | Toren, Joe, and Kevin are back with guest Jessica Pink for the second half of the podcast of DOOOOOOM! Music: “Funeral March” by Frederic Chopin Images Video DOOM-O-METER RATINGS (out of 10) The Karluk Disaster Toren: 5 Kevin: 2 Joe: 3 Jess: 5 Shackleton’s Trans-Antarctic Expedition Toren: 3 Kevin: 3 Joe: 3 Jess: 5 MOVIES Blair Witch Project Toren: 8 Kevin: 10 Joe: 7 Jess: 7 Aguirre: The Wrath of God Toren: 7 Kevin: 4 Joe: 5 The Fountain Kevin: 4 The Abyss Toren: 7 Kevin: 7 Joe: 8 Jess: 6 Into the Wild Kevin: 8 Jess:9 Sphere Jess:7 Endurance: Shackleton’s Legendary Antarctic Expedition Toren: 8 Kevin: 7 Joe: 8 Jess:8 | 12/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitDoomed Expeditions Part 1 | Jessica Pink joins us to talk about our top seven doomed expeditions, in which we find out why you shouldn’t name your ship “Terror,” how not to treat helpful aborigines, how many captains it takes to spoil the expedition, how many pounds of rock samples are worth the lives of five scientists, how to make a polar tuxedo, and whether or not you should test your balloon steering system before you leave for the arctic. All this and pop culture too. Part 1 of 2. Music: “Operation: Get the Hell Out of Here” by The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets Images DOOM-O-METER RATINGS Franklin Expedition: Toren: 10 Kevin: 10 Joe: 10 Jess: 9 Burke & Wills Australian Expedition Toren: 7.5 Kevin: 6 Joe: 7 Jess: 7 Polaris Expedition Toren: 4 Kevin: 3.5 Joe: 4 Jess: 7 Arctic Balloon Expedition Toren: 8 Kevin: 6 Joe: 6 Jess: 8 Robert Falcon Scott’s Terra Nova Expedition Toren: 6 Kevin: 9.5 Joe: 6 Jess: 9 | 11/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitBrainwashing and Mind Control | Join Kevin, Joe, and Toren with guest Dr. Rob Tarzwell as they discuss MK Ultra, Psychic Driving, LSD, and High Energy Electroconvulsive Therapy! Music: “The Innsmouth Look” by The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets Images Videos | 11/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitBad Cop, Bad Cop | In our “Bad Cop, Bad Cop” episode, we look at some of the most corrupt, venal, and downright outrageous abuses of police power past and present, as well as the best of the worst cop movies and TV shows. Music: ”Jangled Nerves” by Fletcher Henderson Movie Reviews Serpico Kevin: 7/10 Copland Joe: 7/10 Kevin: 6/10 First Blood Joe: 6/10 Kevin: 8/10 Mississippi Burning Joe: 8/10 Kevin: 9/10 Bad Lieutenant Joe: 8/10 Kevin: 5/10 Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call Joe: 6/10 Thin Blue Line Kevin: 7/10 Maniac Cop Joe: 3/10 Kevin: 2/10 Training Day Kevin: 6/10 Leon (The Professional) Joe: 9/10 Kevin: 9/10 | 11/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitCancer | Cancer! Dr. Rob returns as our expert for the big ‘C’. We discuss how jabbing radioactive beads in your prostate works, how mustard gas led to chemotherapy, “soot wart,” and common cancer myths. All this plus “Lesser of Two Evils” and a special appearance by Marielle Kho! SPECIAL NOTE TO OUR FANS: Say “fuck you!” to cancer the Caustic Soda way! Hey soda jerks, you probably knew that you can go to the website of the Canadian Cancer Society and make a donation. But did you also know that If you want to be extra suck-uppy, you can select “Caustic Soda Podcast” under the Tribute Gift Information Field, or that there is also a “Where would you like to designate your donation?” field where you can select any of the cancers we talked about including Hodgkins research? Think about it! Here’s the link: http://tinyurl.com/causticcancer There. Now you can never say we’re a bunch of heartless bastards. Music: “After You’re Gone” by Quintette Du Hot Club De France Images Videos Links 5 Things They Say Give You Cancer (and why they’re wrong) ACS page on aspartame Movies Green Mile Toren: 8/10 Joe: 8/10 Kevin: 7/10 50/50 Toren: 7/10 Kevin: 8/10 | 11/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitHalloween | Costumes, the confusing origins of Halloween customs, Devil’s night, old-fashioned candy vs. chocolate bars, candy-poisoning urban legends and of course Halloween movies and television specials! Music: Ogdru Jahad by The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets Images Links (some cut from the show for time!) BeeDogs Zombie Pumpkins X-Entertainment | 10/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitAxes of Evil | A brief history of axes and notable murders, news items, movies, comics and “The Lesser of Two Evils” Music: “Butcher Pete” by Roy Brown Images Movies So I Married an Axe Murderer Toren: 7/10 Joe: 7/10 Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Toren: 8/10 Joe: 9/10 Two Towers Toren: 7/10 Joe: 9/10 Return of the King Toren: 7/10 Joe: 9/10 (they all blur together) The Shining Toren: 8/10 Joe: 8/10 American Psycho Joe: 7/10 | 10/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitHelp Us, Soda Jerks! | Go vote at http://www.podcastawards.com/ – we’re in both the “Education” and “Best Produced” podcasts. You can vote once/day until the awards are finished! | 10/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitFlies ‘n’ Maggots | Caustic Soda is a labor of larva! Get to know the bot, tsetse, tumbu, bat and coffin fly, not to mention screw worm, sheep ked and ant decapitator. Also – what is myiasis? All this plus flies and maggots in pop culture, current events AND “Lesser of Two Evils”! Guest: Gavin Pitts Music: I Know An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly – Burl Ives Images Video Movies The Fly (1958) Kevin: 5/10 Gavin: 6/10 The Fly (1986) Toren: 6/10 Kevin: 8/10 Gavin: 10/10 Joe: 7/10 The Fly II Gavin: 7/10 Return of the Fly Gavin: 5/10 | 10/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitDystopias (Recorded Live at VCON) | Special guests science fiction legend Larry Niven and Buffy/Angel/Firefly editor Lisa Lassek join Kevin, Joe, and Toren at Vancouver’s VCON! We cover the dysfunctional tech society of Terry Gilliam’s “Brazil”, the system-spanning Alliance of Firefly, the comic book supervillain heaven of “Wanted” and more! Images Links The Feeling of Power, by Isaac Asimov | 10/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitBacteria | E-Coli, Salmonella, gut bacteria social networks (no, really!) and lots more infectious awesomeness! Jenna Capyk joins Kevin, Joe, and Toren for a podcast so chock full of prokaryotes it’s our longest yet! Music: “Colour Me Green” by The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets. Images Videos | 10/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitFollowups 5 | It’s Fünf for the whole Familie! More shark, crocodile AND bear attacks, self surgery, decapitations, Chinese internet addiction boot camps, art made of pee and poo, armadillo leprosy. All this plus witch’s nipples! Music: “The Preacher and the Bear” – Phil Harris Links: Museum of Bad Art Images Videos | 9/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitVCON 2011 and The Podcast Awards | Wow! Larry Niven to guest on Caustic Soda! Wow! Please nominate us for the Podcast Awards. For strategy’s sake, nominate Caustic Soda in the “Education” and “Best Produced” categories. And hey – thanks! VOTE HERE – http://www.podcastawards.com/ | 9/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitSexually Transmitted Infections Part 1: Gonorrhea, Chlamydia, and HPV | Caution, cyprianophobes! Katie Scoular doles out the facts on three of the most common STIs: the slang, the history, and the science. Plus news, pop culture and “The Lesser of Two Evils.” Music: ”Once In Love With Amy” by Ray Bolger Images Links Death Talks About Life | 9/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitScorpions | What you don’t know about scorpions can kill you! The biggest, the oldest, the deadliest, plus scorpions in biological warfare! Music: Raymond Scott “Twilight in Turkey” Images Videos Movies Scorpion King Toren: 5/10 Kevin: 3/10 Joe: 4/10 Transformers Toren: 7/10 Kevin: 7/10 Joe: 5/10 Mortal Kombat Toren: 4/10 Kevin: 6/10 Joe: 5/10 Clash of the Titans 1981 Toren: 4/10 Kevin: 7/10 Joe: 5/10 Clash of the Titans 2010 Toren: 4/10 Kevin: 5/10 The Black Scorpion Toren: 3/10 | 9/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitSmall Arms | Mike T. joins Joe, Toren, and Kevin to talk about small arms — firearms carried by an individual soldier. From the “grenade on a stick” beginnings of the fire lance all the way to caseless ammunition, Caustic Soda covers the history and science of these small arms, and even manages to talk about some of their favorite depictions of firearms in pop culture. Music: “Pistol Packin’ Mama” by the Andrews Sisters Images Videos Links Internet Movie Firearms Database Cracked.com Walton Creel – Deweaponizing the Gun | 9/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitHuman Sacrifice | Our Human Sacrifice episode features vikings, Aztecs, Incans, Olmec sacrifical bogs, the Peruvian temple of doom, the Decapitator god, Egyptian & viking burial rites, Mound 72, the torso in the Thames, General Butt Naked, human sacrifice in the Bible plus other items to turn your stomach! Music: “The Chosen One” by The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets Movies Wicker Man (2006) Joe: 2/10 Indiana Jones & the Temple of Doom Kevin: 5/10 Toren: 6/10 Joe: 6/10 Apocalypto Joe: 6/10 The Mummy Kevin: 6/10 Toren 4/10 Joe: 6/10 Heavy Metal Kevin: 5/10 Toren: 7/10 Joe: 5/10 Dragonslayer Toren 7.5/10 Joe: 7/10 Conan The Destroyer Kevin: 4/10 Toren 3/10 Clash of the Titans (1981) Kevin: 7/10 Toren: 4/10 Joe: 5/10 Clash of the Titans (2010) Kevin: 5/10 Toren: 5/10 King Kong (1933) Kevin: 6/10 Toren: 8/10 King Kong (1976) Toren: 7/10 Joe: 5/10 King Kong (2005) Kevin: 8/10 Toren: 7/10 Joe: 6/10 Joe VS The Volcano Kevin: 5/10 Joe: 6/10 | 8/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitRobespierre | This week Caustic Soda returns to “Evil Men In History” with a discussion of Maximilien Robespierre, source of the French Revolution’s “Reign of Terror”! Music: “Unstoppable” by The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets Images | 8/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitP.O.W. Camps | Horsetrack Hooligans’ Jordan Pratt joins us to talk about P.O.W. Camps from the Civil War to Guantanamo Bay. MUSIC: Roy Rogers “Don’t Fence Me In” Images Movies The Great Escape Kevin: 7/10 Joe: 6/10 Jordan: 7/10 Toren: 7/10 Victory Jordan: 4/10 Empire of the Sun Kevin: 8/10 Jordan: 8/10 Joe: 7/10 Deerhunter Kevin: 9/10 Jordan: 9/10 Toren: 6/10 Joe: 7/10 Rescue Dawn Kevin: 7/10 Toren: 6/10 Stalag 17 Kevin: 8/10 Toren: 8/10 Bridge on the River Kwai Kevin: 7/10 Jordan: 8/10 Toren: 8/10 | 8/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitTobacco | First hand, second hand and third hand smoke, tobacco enemas and medicinal use of smoke, plus all the usual detrimental health effects of tobacco, not the least of which is giant exploding cigarettes in Thailand. Music: “Smoke, Smoke, Smoke” Tex Williams Images Videos Destroyed in Seconds – Exploding Cigarette Links Chris Woods’ Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms Movies Thank You For Smoking Toren: 7/10 Kevin: 8/10 Joe: 8/10 Smoke Kevin: 7/10 The Insider Toren: 8/10 Kevin: 6/10 Joe: 7/10 X-Files Toren: 6/10 Kevin: 6/10 Joe: 6/10 | 8/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitSubmarines | Toren, Kevin, and Joe once again welcome Chris Woods for a look at submarines, from the early days of the man-powered Turtle to the nuclear powered Nautilus. German wolf-packs, blue-on-blue engagement, emergency blows, and — we kid you not — submarine-launched bombers carrying medieval biological warfare! Music: “Beyond the Sea” by Bobby Darin Images | 8/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitNear Earth Objects | Fraser Cain of Universe Today and Astronomy Cast joins Toren, Joe and Kevin to talk about meteors, comets and asteroids including the Torino Impact Hazard Scale, the Tunguska blast, the Chicxulub impact event and the Dawn Mission to not one but two asteroids. Also news, films, pop culture, and some German kid who may or may not have been hit by a meteorite. Music: ”Caravan” by Gordon Jenkins Images Links Astronomy Cast Universe Today Gerrit Blank’s alleged meteorite injury Dawn Mission Videos Movies Armageddon Toren: 4/10 Kevin: 2/10 Joe: 5/10 Fraser: 2/10 Empire Strikes Back Toren: 10/10 Kevin: 9/10 Joe: 9/10 Fraser: 9/10 Deep Impact Kevin: 4/10 Creepshow Toren: 5/10 Kevin: 5/10 Fraser: 5/10 Day of the Triffids (1962) Toren: 6/10 Fraser: 5/10 Meteor Man Toren: 3/10 The Blob Toren: 4/10 Kevin: 2/10 Joe: 4/10 Fraser: 4/10 Night of the Comet: Toren: 5/10 Joe: 6/10 | 7/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitTuberculosis | Tuberculosis! It’s not just for lungs any more! Almost Dr. Jenna Capyk joins Joe, Toren, and Kevin to talk about the disease infecting one-third of the world’s population. Learn why those infected with TB were once thought to be vampires, why the hunchback of Notre Dame may have had TB, and more! Music: You Leave Me Breathless by Mildred Baily Images Links That’s Science! - Almost Dr. Jenna’s blog! List of tuberculosis victims | 7/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitElectricity | Shock talk with special guest Derek Mack. We discuss the different kinds of burns and bodily harm caused by electricity, the war of the currents, macroshock vs microshock, electric eels, plus the usual news & pop culture. Note: “Lightning” and “Electric Chair” will be covered in subsequent episodes. Music: ”I’m Beginning to See the Light” by The Ink Spots and Ella Fitzgerald Images Videos Movies The Prestige Toren: 7/10 Kevin: 8/10 Joe: 7/10 The Running Man Toren: 4/10 Kevin: 6/10 Joe: 5/10 Shocker Kevin: 3/10 Frankenstein Kevin: 1/10 Ernest Goes to Jail Kevin: 6/10 | 7/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitRats | Scurrying, skittering, and scampering into your ears, it’s the Caustic Soda rats episode! Toren, Joe, and Kevin look at the brown rat and black rat. Infanticide, rat-based murder and torture, and the “Ratamari Damacy” gruesomeness of ”Rat Kings”, and rat-baiting! Music: “Muskrat Ramble” by Louis Armstrong and Bing Crosby. Images Videos Movies Willard (Remake) Toren: 5/10 Ratatouille Joe: 8/10 Toren: 8/10 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Joe: 7/10 Kevin: 7/10 Toren: 7/10 The Princess Bride Joe: 10/10 Kevin: 9/10 Toren: 10/10 The Secret of NIMH Kevin: 7/10 Toren: 7/10 The Sweet Hereafter Kevin: 10/10 Toren: 7/10 | 7/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitAssassinations | Politically motivated murders! Hashshashin, Julius Caesar, Abraham Lincoln, the failed assassination of Teddy Roosevelt, the assassination that started World War I and more! Music: “When That Man is Dead and Gone” by Glenn Miller Images Links JFK Reloaded – Review and Download. Movies Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford Kevin: 8/10 Toren: 7/10 Joe: 7/10 Taxi Driver Kevin: 9/10 Toren: 8/10 Joe: 9/10 Dead Zone Kevin: 7/10 Toren: 7/10 The Baker Toren: 7/10 Bourne Identity Kevin: 8/10 Toren: 8/10 Joe: 8/10 The Terminator Kevin: 8/10 Toren: 8/10 Joe: 9/10 Mars Attacks! Kevin: 7/10 Toren: 6/10 Joe: 6/10 In The Line Of Fire Kevin: 7/10 Valkyrie Kevin: 5/10 Inglourious Basterds Kevin: 9/10 Toren: 7/10 Joe: 10/10 Milk Kevin: 7/10 Joe: 6/10 Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country Toren: 6/10 Joe: 6/10 Manchurian Candidate (1962) Kevin: 8/10 Toren: 7/10 Manchurian Candidate (2004) Toren: 7/10 | 6/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitFisticuffs | Lisa Gemino joins the Caustic Soda crew to talk about “punchy kicky stuff”. The one-inch punch, MMA, Houdini, Tinku, Krav-Maga, Panantukan, “buttons” and more! Music: “Ain’t That A Kick In The Head” by Dean Martin Images Links Tactical Fighting Videos Movies Fight Club Toren: 8/10 Joe: 10/10 Kevin: 10/10 Grosse Pointe Blank Toren: 8/10 Joe: 8/10 Kevin: 9/10 Girl Fight Kevin: 6/10 Raging Bull Toren: 7/10 Joe: 10/10 Kevin: 10/10 Snatch Toren: 8/10 Joe: 9/10 Kevin: 7/10 Spider-Man Toren: 7/10 Joe: 7/10 Kevin: 9/10 Lethal Weapon Toren: 5/10 Joe: 7/10 Kevin: 8/10 Enter the Dragon Joe: 7/10 Kevin: 8/10 Above the Law Joe: 5/10 Kevin: 5/10 Hard to Kill Joe: 5/10 Kevin: 7/10 Marked for Death Joe: 5/10 Kevin: 7/10 Bourne Identity Toren: 8/10 Joe: 9/10 Kevin: 9/10 Drunken Master Toren: 7/10 Joe: 7/10 Blood Sport Joe: 6/10 Kevin: 6/10 | 6/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitFollowups IV | Sagawa the cannibal, Bruno the bear, a slavery-based syphilis cure, Hitler’s death, and LSD cults and SQUIIIIDSSS INNNNNNN SPAAAAAAAAACE! It’s an entire episode full of caustic updates with special guest Johnstone Metzger! Music: Papa’s In Bed With His Britches On by Cab Calloway. Links Bleek and the MetaFriends Go-Rilla in Mid-Afternoon of the Living Dead | 6/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitTed Bundy | America’s most well-known serial killer-rapist-necrophile is Caustic Soda’s next Evil Man In History. Kevin, Toren, and Joe discuss Ted Bundy, the “sadistic sociopath who took pleasure from another human’s pain and the control he had over his victims, to the point of death, and even after.” Music: “Protein” by The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets | 6/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitSlime | Snottites, star jelly, caca de luna, hagfish slime, marine mucilage, sneeze modellers, snail slime cream, and all things slimy! Our iRiff of “The Blob” is getting some last-minute polish. We’ll have it up soon! Music: “The Thing” by Phil Harris Images Videos Hagfish and the Disgusting Slime – The funniest videos clips are here Movies Ghostbusters Toren: 10/10 Kevin: 8/10 Joe: 10/10 Ghostbusters 2 Toren: 7/10 Kevin: 5/10 Joe: 6/10 The Blob (1958) Toren: 4/10 Kevin: 2/10 Joe: 4/10 The Blob (1988) Toren: 3/10 | 5/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitFunerals | Caustic Soda puts the fun in funeral! Guest Arinn Dembo joins us to talk neanderthal cave burials, cremains, martyriums, slave sacrifice, wife-burning, The Great Death Pit, viking ship burials, Tibetan sky burial, corpse demons, the soothing rite of fire and much more! Music: “My Grandfather’s Clock” – Sons of the Pioneers Images Videos Six Feet Under Finale (SPOILERS!) Links Tibetan Sky Burial Movies Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan Toren: 9/10 Joe: 9/10 Kevin: 8/10 Harold and Maude Toren: 8/10 Kevin: 8/10 Get Low Toren: 8/10 Kevin: 7/10 Four Weddings and A Funeral Joe: 7/10 Kevin: 7/10 | 5/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitTanks A Lot! | Toren, Joe, and Kevin are joined by Kerberos Productions‘ Martin Cirulis to talk about landships,or “tanks”. We’ll hear about Britain’s attempts to hide this new weapon from their enemy while simultaneously naming it, the best and worst tanks of World War II, and some of the weirdest, biggest, and coolest tanks ever designed. Sorry for the lateness folks, technical difficulties! Music: “My Tank” by The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets Images Links My Tank is Fight! book by Zack Parsons Movies Tank Girl Kevin: 5/10 Joe: 6/10 Toren: 2/10 Tank Toren: 5/10 A-Team Kevin: 7/10 Toren: 5/10 Joe: 5/10 Kelly’s Heroes Kevin: 7/10 Joe: 8/10 The Beast Kevin: 8/10 Best Defense Kevin: 1/10 | 5/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitCults | Joe, Toren, and Kevin are joined by Rebecca Dart to talk about cults! We talk about Brother XII, who claimed to be the Egyptian god Osiris, Shoko Asahara and his sarin gas using cult “Aum Shinrikyo”, The Order of the Solar Temple, Heaven’s Gate and more weird groups of True Believers. Music: Cultists on Board by The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets Also: We’ve added another free ringtone to the Downloads page — from last week’s Leprosy episode it’s our reaction to hearing about rats eating a leper’s fingers. Eeeeeuuuuuuwwwwww! Images Videos Movie Reviews Indiana Jones & the Temple of Doom Toren: 6/10 Kevin: 5/10 Joe: 6/10 Conan the Barbarian (1982) Toren: 8/10 Kevin: 7/10 Joe: 7/10 Videodrome Kevin: 6/10 Ghostbusters Toren: 10/10 Kevin: 8/10 Joe: 10/10 Young Sherlock Holmes Toren: 5/10 Kevin: 6/10 Joe: 5/10 | 5/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitLeprosy | Microbiologist Jenna Capyk joins Joe, Toren, and Kevin to talk about Hansen’s disease, also known as leprosy. What the heck is it? Does it cause your body parts to fall off? Are there any other animals that can get leprosy? What have we done in the past to keep lepers separate from society? All these questions and more are answered in this episode of Caustic Soda! News update: Since recording a study strongly suggests that leprosy can transfer from armadillos to humans. “Our research provides clear DNA evidence that the unique strain found in armadillos is the same as the one in certain humans,” said Stewart Cole, of the Global Health Institute in Lausanne, Switzerland. Music: “Gimme Some Skin” The Andrews Sisters Movies: Ben Hur Kevin: 10/10 Princess Mononoke Toren: 8/10 Joe: 8/10 The Fog (John Carpenter) Toren: 5/10 Kingdom of Heaven Toren: 4/10 Joe: 4/10 Kevin: 5/10 Braveheart Joe: 9/10 Kevin: 9/10 | 5/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitJack The Ripper | Today Toren, Joe, and Kevin take a look at the most famous serial killer in history: London, England’s very own Jack the Ripper. Music: Guy Lombardo “Annie Doesn’t Live Here Anymore” Images Videos Links On the Trail of Jack the Ripper (tour) Movie Reviews From Hell Toren: 6/10 Kevin: 4/10 Joe: 4/10 Amazon Women on the Moon Toren: 7/10 Joe: 7/10 Time After Time Toren: 4/10 Joe: 6/10 | 4/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitCrocodilians | The science and history of the biggest and baddest man-eating, death-rolling crocodiles and alligators. Plus how to survive a crocodile attack and “Lesser of Two Evils.” Music: Fats Waller “Alligator Crawl” Images Links Fisherman’s ‘inseperable relationship’ with crocodile. Videos | 4/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitMudslide | Watch out, mysophobes! History’s worst mudslides, the world’s largest mud volcano, and man-made lakes that failed epically, All this plus how to survive a mudslide plus “Lesser of Two Evils” Music: “Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall” by The Ink Spots with Ella Fitzgerald Images Videos Links Mud phobia pig gets its own boots FEMA: What to do BEFORE a mudslide FEMA: What to do DURING a mudslide FEMA: What to do AFTER a mudslide Movies Romancing the Stone Toren: 4/10 Joe: 6/10 Kevin: 7/10 | 4/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitHitler | How did Hitler rise to power? Why did he hate the jews? What was the Night of Long Knives? Did Hitler invent blow-up dolls, fart during staff meetings and try to bring back Paganism? Who was the British soldier that refused to kill Hitler when he had the chance? Did der fuhrer’s micro-managing lead to Germany losing the war? Where is Hitler’s brain? Our well-read expert Chris “Green Ronin” Pramas guests to answer these burning questions. Gotterdammerung! Apologies for some minor technological glitches on Skype. MUSIC: “Der Alte Cowboy (The Last Round Up)” The Comedian Harmonists (Note, read more about this fascinating German harmony ensemble and their fate when the Nazis rose to power on Wikipedia ) Images Videos Punching Hitler: view on myspace Movies Downfall (Der Untergang) Toren: 8/10 Kevin: 8/10 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Toren: 7/10 Joe: 8/10 Kevin: 7/10 Inglourious Basterds Toren: 7/10 Joe: 9/10 Kevin: 9/10 Triumph of the Will Kevin: 7/10 The Producers (1968) Toren: 8/10 Valkyrie Kevin: 6/10 Links Green Ronin The Guy Who Saved Hitler Hipster Hitler | 4/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitFollowups / Year One Poll | Has it really been a year already? Kevin, Joe and Toren are joined by Australia’s Steve Parker for a look back at our first year of podcasting. We’ll see what your favorite episodes were, as well as the grossest, and hardest to get through and funniest bits as well as followups for Iraq War through Seven Deadly Sins. Music: Skullcrusher Mountain by Jonathan Coulton Images Videos Links Southern Stand Documenting Reality Guillotine Video (Warning: UGH) Necronomicox Captain Australia | 3/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitAlcohol | Dr. Rob Tarzwell guests. Dipsomania, alcohol poisoning, drunken war elephants, weird and disgusting potables from around the world, sherry enemas PLUS the Caustic Soda drinking game! Music: Images Videos Movies Arthur Joe: 6/10 Leaving Las Vegas Kevin: 9/10 Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Toren: 7/10 Joe: 5/10 Iron Man Toren: 5/10 Kevin: 9/10 Joe: 8/10 Strange Brew Toren: 6/10 Kevin: 6/10 Joe: 8/10 The Lost weekend Toren: 8/10 Days of Wine and Roses Toren: 7/10 Kevin: 8/10 | 3/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitHoaxes | NOT A HOAX! Guest host Chris “Kerberos Productions” Stewart reveals the truth about Operation: Mincemeat and other WWII magic, Piltdown Man, Protocols of the Elders of Zion, The Cottingley Fairies, The Cardiff Giant, The War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast, Marie Toft’s Bunny Babies and more. Music: “Whatchamacallit” by Esquivel Images Links Space Robot Bonanza on SomethingAwful Videos Movies Signs Toren: 3/10 Joe: 3/10 War of the Worlds 1953 Toren: 8/10 War of the Worlds 2005 Toren: 5/10 2012 Toren: 3/10 | 3/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitBlizzard | The worst blizzards in history including The Storm of the Century, The Cleveland Superbomb, the Schoolhouse Blizzard of 1888, and The Great Die Up, Also, how to survive a blizzard plus some Iron Man villain. Music: Leroy Anderson “Mah-Na Mah-Na” Images Videos Chicago Blizzard Time Lapse. Movies The Day After Tomorrow Toren: 5/10 Joe: 3/10 Whiteout Toren: 5/10 John Carpenter’s The Thing Toren: 9/10 Kevin: 8/10 The Thing From Another World: Toren: 7/10 Joe: 7/10 The Shining Toren: 8/10 Joe: 8/10 Kevin: 10/10 | 3/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitDinosaurs | What were the biggest, baddest and weirdest dinosaurs? Did killer algae take them out? What’s the deal with brontosaurus? Was T-Rex a cannibal? Who fought in the ‘bone wars?’ What kind of car does Predator X eat? Answers to these questions may or may not appear in the “Dinosaur” episode of Caustic Soda. Plus early paleontological blunders! Music: “Downtown (in the Cenozoic)” by The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets (Yes, the Cenozoic marked the end of the dinosaurs. Deal with it.) Images Movies Land of the Lost Toren: 6/10 Jurassic Park Toren: 7/10 Joe: 7/10 Kevin: 9/10 The Lost World: Jurassic Park Toren: 6/10 Joe: 5/10 Kevin: 6/10 Jurassic Park III Toren: 4/10 Valley of Gwangi Toren: 5/10 One Million Years BC Toren: 3/10 Joe: 4/10 Kevin: 2/10 | 2/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitKiller Robots | Caustic Soda, robot fighters! We pit our powerful podcasting techniques against robotic threats like the biomass consuming EATR, firearm-wielding TALON and SWORDS, the frighteningly named Multiple Kill Vehicle and iRobot’s “Warrior” model. Also: Robots hitting people FOR SCIENCE, quadrocopters, The Terminator, Cylons, replicants, Westworld and many more robotic threats! Music: Big Robot Dinosaur by The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets This episode sponsored by Delta Green: Denied to the Enemy! Images Videos | 2/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitSlavery | Slavery is alive and well in today’s world, and the CS crew pulls no punches. Slaves regaining their freedom in Aztec society, British slaves on the Barbary Coast, Somaly Mam’s escape from Cambodia, forced child labour on African cocoa farms, and of course a look at the Atlantic slave trade & slave ships. Also, a quick timeline of emancipation throughout the world. Music: “Slave Ship” by The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets Images Links http://www.afesip.org/ https://www.somaly.org/donate/make-a-donation http://transfair.ca/ – logo to look for on the chocolate and coffee you buy MOVIES Amistad Toren: 8/10 Kevin: 5/10 Joe: 8/10 Taken Kevin: 7/10 Traffic Toren: 7/10 Kevin: 7/10 Star Wars: Attack of the Clones Toren: 6/10 Joe: 4/10 Spartacus Kevin: 8/10 Joe: 7/10 Ben Hur Kevin: 10/10 Born into Brothels Kevin: 7/10 | 2/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitBlood | Guest Dr. Rob Tarzwell talks bloodletting, transfusions gone wrong, toxic shock, hemophilia, ebola, polycythemia, lymphoma and other blood disorders. Also, frozen heads made of blood and the Zero G Period! Music: “Heartaches” Ted Weems Images Videos Movies Carrie Kevin: 7/10 Toren: 7/10 Blade Kevin: 8/10 Toren: 6/10 Joe: 7/10 The Shining Kevin: 10/10 Toren: 8/10 Joe: 8/10 The Abominable Dr Phibes Kevin: 1/10 Toren: 4/10 | 2/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitFollowups II | The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets’ guitarist Warren BANKS! joins the crew to do another round of follow-ups and listener mail, including: Japanese cannibal checks himself out of mental institution; parasitological museum (a hot date spot); poisoning at a Chinese funeral; exploding hydrogen bombs in the Van Allen belt; an Aztec sword; the man with an iron bar in his head; using chickens to test airplane structural integrity; the Ika-Tako (squid/octopus) virus; honour killings in Turkey; gravedigging mishaps; gorilla pubic lice; and the Spaceship Zero roleplaying game! Music: “Nobody Here But Us Chickens” by Louis Jordan Be sure to fill out our Season One Poll and let us know what the best/grossest/funniest parts of Caustic Soda’s 2010 episodes were! Images Videos Links Rainbow Bomb Party | 1/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitSeven Deadly Sins: Lust | The Caustic Soda crew talks about vagina dentata, cross-species mating attempts in the animal kingdom, Captain America with a burrito in his pants, the difference between men and womens’ sex drives, how many viagra it takes to kill a Moscow man, and the African penis trap. Note: Toren mentioned an episode of The Stranger’s Savage Love podcast in which they talked about monogamy & plunger penis. The guest on that episode (#210) was author of “Sex At Dawn”, Christopher Ryan PhD. Here’s a link: http://www.sexatdawn.com/page1/page45/page45.html Music: Louis Armstrong “I Get Ideas” Images Video Links Sex Drive: How Do Men and Women Compare Movies Who Framed Roger Rabbit Toren: 7/10 Joe: 8/10 Kevin: 7/10 Teeth Toren: 7/10 Bound Joe: 9/10 Kevin: 7/10 The Last Picture Show Kevin: 8/10 Show girls Joe: 2/10 Kevin: 1/10 The Accused Joe: 7/10 Lolita Toren: 7/10 | 1/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitArt | Supreme artist of the omniverse Chris Woods joins the crew to talk about murderabilia, Honore Fragonard’s flayed dancing babies, art as torture, Theodore Gericault’s severed heads, huge turd catastrophes, and macabre artists like Goya, Fuselli, HR Giger and Beksinski. Plus – was Jack the Ripper established artist Walter Sickert? CORRECTION: Toren stated that Zdzislaw Beksiński was shot, but here is what actually happened: On 21 February 2005, Zdzislaw Beksiński was found dead in his flat in Warsaw with 17 stab wounds on his body; two of the wounds were determined to have been fatal. Robert Kupiec (the teenage son of his longtime caretaker), who later pleaded guilty, and a friend were arrested shortly after the crime. On 9 November 2006 Robert Kupiec was condemned to 25 years in prison, and his accomplice, Łukasz Kupiec, to 5 years by the court of Warsaw. Before his death, Beksiński refused a small loan to Robert Kupiec (a few hundred złotys; approximately $100). Music: Mills Brothers “Funiculi Funicula” Brought to you by Cthulhupalooza! Images Videos (Spoiler alert for those who haven’t seen this Doctor Who episode) Movies Frida Chris: 8/10 Lust for Life Toren: 5/10 Kevin: 6/10 Chris: 6/10 Crumb Toren: 7/10 Kevin: 7/10 Joe: 7/10 Chris: 9/10 Vincent and Theo Chris: 6/10 Exit Through the Gift Shop Toren: 7/10 Joe: 7/10 Goya’s Ghosts Chris: 2/10 Pollock Toren: 6/10 Kevin: 7/10 Chris: 8/10 Basquiat Toren: 6/10 Kevin: 7/10 Chris: 6/10 The Agony and the Ecstacy Chris: 5/10 | 1/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitBonus Content – Body Worlds Book Contest Winner Announcement | Toren, Joe, and Kevin give a few shoutouts to the fans that entered our Body Worlds Book Contest and then make the draw to see who the lucky winner is! Congratulations to Will Anderson from Wyoming! Your Body Worlds book is on its way! | 1/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitSeven Deadly Sins: Envy | The science of schadenfreude! The Texas-Cheerleader-Murdering-Mom! Tonya Harding! Drug-induced fatal car accidents! All this plus exploding breast implants! In our 6th episode on the seven deadly sins, Caustic Soda looks at the green-eyed monster: Envy! Music: Fred Astaire “Putting on the Ritz” Images Videos Movie Reviews Se7en Toren: 8/10 Kevin: 8/10 Joe: 8/10 Blade Runner Toren: 8/10 Kevin: 9/10 Joe: 10/10 | 1/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Customer Reviews
Strong and Funny out of the Gate!
Episode #1 got me 'hooked' with the funny and penetrating look at shark attacks. Production is professional and precise. Good sound, good hosts, and good discussions with nicely chosen supporting audio-clips and music. Moves along nicely and mixes humour and science together in a perfectly fizzy ratio of refreshing entertainment. Recommended for both the curious and casual listener. Every podcast should be this good during their first episode. Check it out!
Needs more telegraph noises!
Great show to get the down and dirty on a variety of subjects that face every geek's mind: How do these things work, what are they about, how do they fit into the news, and how do they fit alongside geek culture?
Keep up the hilarious work guys!
Good enough to be called "science"
The podcast feels like getting together with my friends and goofing about wierd things we hear about in science... That is to say; if i had friends who talk about science, or if I had friends.
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