This week we deep dive into the oft overlooked subplot of Batman's 1988 storyline "A Death in the Family" in which the Joker is recruited by the Ayatollah Khomeini himself to Iran's ambassador to the UN and the life of Dora Richter, the first Trans woman to ever receive gender-affirming surgery. A listener email finally clarifies the origins of the Michigan-Ohio rivalry.

Episode Tabs:

The Joker Was Once DC's U.N. Ambassador from Iran... Until He Wasn't

https://www.cbr.com/batman-joker-iran-ambassador-retcon-qurac/

Remembering Dora Richter, One of the First Women to Receive Gender-Affirming Surgery

https://www.them.us/story/dora-richter-first-trans-woman-to-receive-gender-affirming-surgery

Listener Tabs:

Toledo War

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toledo_War

The Invention of Warfarin

https://www.acs.org/education/whatischemistry/landmarks/warfarin.html

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