This week we learn how a non-doctor doctor named Martin Couney leveraged the crowds at Coney Island's fascination with freak shows into giving birth to the modern NICU. A listener voicemail combines everyone's love of cats with planes.

Episode Tabs:

Preemies on Parade: How a Fake Doctor's Coney Island Incubator Shows Ended Up Saving Thousands of Lives

https://www.mentalfloss.com/science/medicine/martin-couney-baby-incubator-shows

Listener Tabs:

Profile of Matatabi-kun

http://www.tcat-hakozaki.co.jp/en/company/matatabi.html

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