Caustic Soda
By Caustic Soda
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Description
Caustic Soda takes gruesome, morbid & creepy topics and breaks them down with equal parts science, comedy and pop culture.
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ExplicitMilitary Animals | War elephants, anti tank dogs, moose cavalry, carrier pigeons, donkey bombs, rocket cats, bear moats, bee hive missiles, explosive rats, the PDSA Dickin Medal and the dolphin arms race. Plus pop culture. | 9/7/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitUrine | Bed-wetting treatments, urine in the animal kingdom, the urine wheel, uromancy, phosphorous alchemy & urine therapy. Plus when is it safe to drink your pee? | 8/31/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitDeserts | Joe, Toren, and Kevin discuss the science and history of deserts, animal desert adaptations, the desert ordeals of David "Jack" Sillito, Noel St. Malo Juul, and Chris Ryan, what happens when the "Marathon des Sables" -- a Sahara-based ultramarathon -- ... | 8/24/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitBad Laws, Part 2 | Jim Crow Laws, the Nuremberg Laws, Bill C-51, Sudanese apostasy and the common sundae. Plus news & pop culture. Part 2 of 2. | 8/16/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitBad Laws, Part 1 | The Bloody Code, transportation to Australia, prohibition of nonbelievers to office, sexist laws, laws against homosexuality and blasphemy laws. Part 1 of 2. | 8/10/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitSpecial Blend with Richard Harmon | Actor Richard Harmon from "The 100" joins Kevin, Toren, and Joe for a special blend of caustic subjects: Killer robots, cockfighting vengeance, mascot murder, enslaved Thai fishermen, the youngest cryogenic subject ever, polar bear vs. dolphin, | 8/3/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitMountain Misadventure, Part 2 | Corpses on Everest, Everest Day, Beck Weathers' survival story, plus pop culture. Part two of two. | 7/26/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitMountain Misadventure, Part 1 | Altitude sickness, frostbite, Ötzi the mummy, the Murder Wall, and other mountaineering deaths. Part one of two. Music: "Marching 'Round the Mountain" by Pete Fountain Images | 7/19/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWeird Wars, Part 2 | Kevin, Toren, and Joe are back with part two of "weird wars!". This episode features The Anglo-Zanzibar War, The War of the Golden Stool, The War of the Stray Dog, The Football War, plus news and pop culture! | 7/13/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWeird Wars, Part 1 | Kevin, Toren, and Joe take a look at history's weirdest wars. Tales from the Third Mithridatic War, The Siege of Yongqiu, The War of the Bucket, the Sham Battle, the War of Jenkins' Ear, the Battle of Den Helder, The Pastry War, and The Pig War. | 7/6/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitHIV/Aids, Part 2 | The history of HIV/AIDS, 'slow puncture' in South African prison gangs, possible cure and pop culture! Part 2 of 2 with special guest BJ Allan. Music: "Close Your Eyes" by Al Bowlly with Ray Noble and His Orchestra Images | 6/29/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitHIV/AIDS, Part 1 | BJ Allan joins us to talk about the science and history of HIV and AIDS. Music: "I'll Never Be the Same Again" Billie Holiday with Teddy Wilson & his Orchestra Charity O' The Week: Doctors Without Borders Links Giant Microbes - HIV | 6/22/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitCinematastrophes – Brain Damage & Street Trash | Toren, Joe, and Kevin are joined by The Greatest Movie EVER! Podcast's Paul Chapman for a special "Cinematastrophe" episode, where we force ourselves to review the most caustic cinema we can find. In our inaugural episode it's two 80's horror comedy cl.. | 6/14/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitBones | Joe, Kevin, and Toren are joined again by Dr. Rob Tarzwell for another Caustic Anatomy Class, this time on bones! We look at the structure and evolution of bones, the world's biggest, smallest, and most-broken, several weird bone diseases, | 6/8/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWildfires | Allan Newell joins us to discuss the science and history of wildland fires including the Ash Wednesday bushfires, the Peshtigo Fire, The Big Burn, the Great Miramichi Fire, Black Saturday, and the Kursha-2 Fire. Also - fire tornadoes! | 6/1/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitSpecial Blend with Barbara Beall | Actress, comedian, and former live-show guest Barbara Beall is finally in-studio with Joe, Toren, and Kevin to talk about a grab-bag of caustic topics including the Ortolan Bunting recipe, an Australian double-whammy of deadly nature, | 5/25/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitSexism, Part 2 | Who's taking the red pill? Debunking sexist evolutionary psychology, sexism in science, menstruation, sexual assault victim blaming, women in refrigerators, the Bechdel test plus Star Trek! With Dr Jenna, Deanna and Jarrah. Part 2 of 2. | 5/17/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitSexism, Part 1 | Dr Jenna Moccia returns with special hosts Jarrah Hodge and Deanna Ogle for a particularly hysterical look at sexism. Part 1 of 2. Music: "Sobbin' Women" by Howard Keel et al Charity O' The Week: International Planned Parenthood Federation Links | 5/11/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIvan the Terrible, Part 2 | The Caustic look at Ivan the Terrible continues with the Massacre of Novgorod, swollen cods, and the Time of Troubles, plus news and pop culture, and our thoughts on where Ivan falls on the Caustic Soda Evilometer! | 5/4/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIvan the Terrible, Part 1 | Kevin, Toren, and Joe are back with more Evil Dudes in History. This time it's Russian Tsar Ivan IV Vasilyevich: "Ivan the Terrible". In Part 1 we talk about the early years and middle years of this outrageous tyrant. | 4/27/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitAlzheimer’s Disease | Dr. Rob joins Joe, Toren and Kevin to look at Alzheimer's Disease and dementia. We look at dementia through history, how shockingly recently we've understood that this is a disease at all, signs of Alzheimer's, fake bus stops, | 4/20/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitFearsome Fish | Gavin Pitts returns to discuss the Goonch catfish, needlefish, sailfish, swordfish, moray eel, pacu, barracuda, anglerfish, snakehead, stingrays and the not-so-dreaded candiru! Music: “Three Little Fishies” by Glenn Miller & His Orchestra Links | 4/13/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitHeroin, Part 2 | Our look at heroin continues with trafficking, the Golden Triangle, a public service announcement, the "North London Turk", GG Allin, plus a selection of pop culture including The Man with the Golden Arm, Trainspotting, The Barbarian Invasions, | 4/6/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitHeroin, Part 1 | Kevin, Joe, and Toren take an extended look at the drug known as junk, dope, smack, shot, s**t, and h: Heroin. In part one we cover heroin's history, methods of use, lesser-known effects such as toxic leukoencephalopathy, | 3/30/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitGarbage | Landfills, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, crap on Mount Everest, Smokey Mountain, garbage around the world and trashy history. Plus pop culture! Music: "I'm Waiting for the Junkman" by Ella Fitzgerald Images | 3/23/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitTurtles | Mr. Dr. Greg joins Joe, Toren, and Kevin to discuss the shell out of turtles. We've got a pop quiz, information about neck-folding, butt-based breathing, Vietnam's great grandfather turtle, Discworld's Great A'Tuin, Gamera and the turtles of Pokemon. | 3/16/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitIt Burns! It Burns! Caustic Updates | Caustic Updates featuring Chris Woods from Horsetrack Hooligans! It's a grab bag of updates on past episodes, including body modification, art, plus a new Lesser of Two Evils! Music: "Looking on the Bright Side of Life" by Al Bowlly Links | 3/9/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Heart | Dr. Rob Tarzwell is back with Joe, Toren, and Kevin to get to the heart of the matter of... the heart. We'll discuss its structure, a brief history of heart knowledge, look at early "pluggable" and "luggable" pacemakers, | 3/2/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitLightning | Ball lightning, "dark lightning," petrified lightning, Lichtenberg figures, dramatic lightning strikes through history and how to avoid being struck by lightning. Plus pop culture! Music: "Ain't a Fit Night Out for Man Nor Beast" by Noble Sissle | 2/23/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Brain | Caustic Regular Dr. Rob Tarzwell joins Joe, Toren, and Kevin in the premiere episode of our new series: "Caustic Anatomy Class", this episode focusing on the master control of it all: the brain! We'll talk about the history of brain knowledge, | 2/16/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitLove | Just in time for Valentine's Day, Joe, Toren, and Kevin take a Caustic look at "love". We discuss the obsessive "limerence", Helen of Troy, Abelard & Heloise, Bosko & Admira, two horribly criminal plans to keep a lover In The News, | 2/9/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitRabies | Rabies science and symptoms, old timey remedies, dog death squads in China, rabid whale speculation, the Milwaukee Protocol and S****y Jobs: Louis Pasteur rabies vaccine lab assistant. Plus pop culture, a rabies pop quiz and what to do if you're bitten... | 2/2/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitHospiticide | Kevin, Toren, and Joe continue our "Caustic Icide Guide" with "Hospiticide". We talk about the Glencoe Massacre, Gertrude Baniszewski, Sam Cook, Phil Spector, Dorothea Puente plus news and pop culture! Music: "At An Arabian House Party" by Raymond Sco. | 1/26/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitKids Who Kill | The Kobe child murders, The Sasebo slashing, Eric Smith, the “Teacup Poisoner,” The Boston Boy Fiend, William York, Mary Bell, Amarjeet Sada, Carl Mahan, The Slender Man, and Jon Venables and Robert Thompson. Plus pop culture. | 1/19/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitBelle Gunness | Evil Dames in History continues as Kevin, Toren, and Joe look at "professional widow" Belle Gunness. Murder, insurance fraud, arson, evil glares, and... Guitar Hero? Music: "Diggin' Up The World (Acoustic)" by The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets | 1/12/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEspionage | Allan Newell returns once again to discuss Sarah Emma Edmonds, Klaus Fuchs, the Rosenbergs, honeypots, and the acoustic kitty. Also a pop quiz on spy terminology plus pop culture! Music: "Shhh, It's a Military Secret" by Glenn Miller Images | 1/5/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitFandamonium 2014 | What do we do when we need a last-minute replacement show? A "Followups" episode created entirely from your suggestions and questions! In addition to new segments on Gaming, Stalin, Radiation, and Sports Injuries, we answer Soda Jerk questions, | 12/29/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitHunting Spiders | Our micro-series on spiders concludes with a look at the goliath bird eater, the funnelweb, the vampire spider, spider traumatic insemination and various tarantulas. Also news and pop culture - all with guespert Gavin Pitts! Music: "Stop, | 12/22/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWeb Building Spiders | Gavin "They're Not Insects They're Arachnids" Pitts joins us in studio for our epic micro-series on spiders. First up: the weird and wonderful world of web-building spiders, including the brown recluse and black widow. Plus news, | 12/15/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitLesser of Two Evils Live at the Northwest Podcast Festival | On October 4th, 2014, because you demanded it, Toren, Joe and Kevin appeared live at the Northwest Podcast Festival with four hilarious friends to choose between two horrible fates. Barbara Kozicki and Ian Boothby take on Harmful Supersitions vs | 12/8/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitFollowups XVI | Sneaky Dragon's David Dedrick assists as we talk about a great grandmother brawl, a hoarder in Connecticut, a Spaniard who attacks his family after having a dream about ostriches, a testicular cancer survivor who pushes a giant ball around the US, | 12/1/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitPregnancy & Childbirth, Part 2 of 2 | We continue our look at pregnancy and childbirth by looking at puerperal fever, how to perform an emergency birth, birth risks in history, the invention of forceps, "Twilight Sleep", weird birthing aids, plus news and pop culture! | 11/24/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitPregnancy & Childbirth, Part 1 of 2 | In the most terrifying topic we've covered yet, Dr. Jenna Moccia (and her own special silent guest!) joins Kevin, Joe, and Toren to look at child bed fever, c-sections, morning sickness, eclampsia, and all the other weird and gross stuff that comes fr | 11/17/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitTigers | Poaching, tiger attacks, escaped tigers, killing tigers to show off wealth, as well as tigers in pop culture. Also "Myth or Fiction? Tiger parts in quackery" and how to survive a tiger attack. Music: "Tiger Rag" by The Mills Brothers | 11/10/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitFreezing | Cryobiologist Dr. Katie Marshall joins Joe, Kevin, and Toren to talk about the horrible side of turning water into ice. We cover nucleation, amorphous ice, flash-freezing humans, paradoxical undressing and terminal burrowing, promession burial, | 11/3/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWitches and Witchcraft | Witch dunking, familiars, the witches' cradle, burning at the stake, the Wiccan code of ethics, familiars, African witch camps and witchcraft accusations in the modern world. Plus pop culture! Music: "Ding Dong the Witch is Dead" by Glenn Miller (1939.. | 10/27/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitGaming | Joe, Kevin, and Toren are joined by Critical Hit Show Dungeon Master Eric Fell to look at the caustic side of games and gaming! We discuss "Senet", the 5000 year old Egyptian board game, the anti-Dungeons & Dragons group "BADD", | 10/20/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEvil Duos: The Borgias, Part 2 of 2 | Continuing with the Borgias we discuss cantarella poison and the fall and death of the Borgias. Also, which is the lesser of two evils: being poisoned by Alexander or stabbed and strangled by Cesare? Plus pop culture. Part 2 of 2. | 10/13/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEvil Duos: The Borgias, Part 1 of 2 | How evil were Rodrigo and Cesare Borgia? Hear that and more on this 15th Century Holy Father and cruel son as Kevin, Toren, and Joe continue the Evil Duos in History series of Caustic Soda ! Part 1 of 2. Update: Hey, | 10/6/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitFratricide | Brother kills brother in the next episode in our "Icide-Guide": Fratricide! Kevin, Joe, and Toren cover Ashoka, the Ottoman Empire, fratricidal animals, the myth of Osiris, Cain and Abel, Medea, Hodur, Richard III, and A History of Violence. | 9/29/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitLesser of Two Evils Live at Northwest Podcast Festival Special Announcement | A last-minute event so we're scrambling to get the word out. Hope to see you there, and hey -- bring some friends out to this horribly unique experience! SD Galleria in Vancouver, BC October 4, 2014 Doors 4:00pm Show 4:30pm SD Galleria 4316 Main S | 9/25/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitAliens | Fraser Cain from Astronomy Cast helps us discuss the Drake Equation and Fermi Paradox, close encounters, alien abduction insurance, the feasibility of several kinds of alien invasions and aliens in the news. | 9/22/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitHarmful Superstitions | Toren, Joe, and Kevin talk about the psychology of superstition, harmful superstitions around the world, the unlucky numbers 13 and 4, sati, albino body-harvesting superstition, and more! Music: "I'm Making Believe" by Ella Fitzgerald and The Ink Spot | 9/15/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitChemical Warfare, Part 2 of 2 | The Mustard Disaster at Bari, VX, atropine poisoning, The Dugway Sarin Incident, the Halabja Massacre, the Ghouta chemical attack, and the dew of death -- lewisite contamination cleanup in Spring Valley. With Allan Newell. | 9/8/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitChemical Warfare, Part 1 of 2 | Emergency responder and history buff Allan Newell and the guys talk about the types and reasons for chemical warfare, chemical weapons in history including soul-hunting gas, quicklime, hellebore roots, chlorine and phosgene gas. | 9/1/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Customer Reviews
Get's old quick
Each hosts shtick gets old really quick if you listen to too many episodes in a row. If you listen, mix into a rotation before you get annoyed.
Unbelievably good!
The veneer of casual spontaneity belies the hosts' professionalism and preparedness. Excellent editing and good pace. This has become my favorite podcast. Love the pop culture section.
Can't. Stop. Listening.
Caustic Soda has quickly become part of my cubicle survival kit and I recommend it to anyone looking for an interesting podcast. Joe, Kevin, and Toren provide excellent banter with distinct voices (and lovely Canadian accents) while covering topics that appeal to anyone curious about the world and the strange, awesome, and gross stuff that's in it. Black holes, Jack the Ripper, Deadly Sins, Bears...you name it, Dr. Rob has deemed it fatal! This show is one of the funniest bits of infotainment out there and well worth 5 stars.
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