Gentleman Heckler, Dungeon Master, and future Space Cabbie Eric Fell joins Joe, Kevin and Toren to talk about the antechinus, death via coital defenestration, escamole, asian giant hornets and more!

Music: “First of May” by Jonathan Coulton

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Dr. Rob joins Joe, Toren, and Kevin to talk about the reason people just can’t stop: Addiction! We’ll look at the difference between use, abuse, misuse, and dependence, Alexander the Great’s murderous alcoholism, “Rat Park”, Elvis Presley’s prescription drug addiction, and a story of heroin induced copremesis.  We’ll also talk about the addictiveness of Oreos, a bad Warcraft mother, addiction in Fallout, and select pop culture examples of addiction.

Music: “Addicted to the Disco” by Sean Cullen

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bflYjF90t7c

Mr. Dr. Greg Bole is back to discuss our close human relatives: Hominins! Australopithicus, Homo erectus, Neanderthal, Homo floresiensis, their tool-use, cannibalistic behaviors, and skull-bashing  ways. We’ll look at some name-game-changing new finds In The News, and desperately try to find some decent “caveman” pop culture.

Music: “I’m A African” by Baba Brinkman

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Walking with Cavemen

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6r6POHC8zg

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Firefighter Allan Newell joins us to discuss the dirty details of toxic spills and other chemical accidents including the Seveso  Disaster, the Binghamton State Office Building contamination, the Baia Mare cyanide spill, the Ajka alumina sludge spill and the Bhopal  disaster. Plus news and pop culture.

Music: “There’s Something in the Air” by Artie Shaw with Peg La Centra

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In part 2 of 2 we discuss the Armenian Genocide, Herero Wars, and Indonesia vs East Timor. Plus news and pop culture!

Trigger Warning: Rape, outrageous violence.

Music:  “After You’ve Gone” by Django Reinhardt

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This episode is rated ‘T’ for TRIGGER ALERT. In part 1 of 2 on genocide, we discuss Genghis Khan and Tamerlane, The Tasmanian “Black Wars” and the Maori invasion of the Moriori.

Music: “Wipe ‘Em Off” by Clarence Williams & the Seven Gallon Jug Band

Charity of the week: http://www.genocidewatch.org (and Healapalooza, of course!)

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In Part 2 of our Caustic look at Vampires we turn to recent news and pop culture, covering a vampire-inspired killer and recent vampire finds in Venice and Bulgaria featuring bricks-in-mouths and poles-through-chests. Then we try to get through as much vampiric pop-culture as we can!

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Music: “I’m Scared” by Sarah Vaughan

News: Voting in The Podcast Awards has begun and we’ve been nominated in both the “Best Produced” and “Education” categories. You can vote once per day and it’d sure be nice if you would.

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Just in time for Halloween, it’s the first part of a blood-gorged Caustic Soda Vampire episode. In part one Toren covers several vampire “facts” in a pop quiz, Joe and Kevin join in talking about just what it takes to be considered a vampire. Following a vampiric musical break we look at vampires in history such as Jure Grando, “the hysteria”, and then a look at “real-life vampires” like Mercy Brown, Fritz Haarmann, Richard Chase, and James Riva.

Music: “Blue Sunny Day” by Jonathan Coulton

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Mur Lafferty and John Kovalic join us to discuss electrocution, toys that kill, funerals, burns, motor vehicle accidents, sleep disorders, and sports injuries. Plus – which is the lesser of two evils: being electrocuted in a pool or killed trying to park your Lexus?

Music: “The Penguin” by Raymond Scott

Charity: Healapalooza – our t-shirt maker got hit by a car!

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Live at EmilyCon in Vancouver, Chris “Sandstorm” Woods returns to discuss tattoos, branding, scarification, tightlacing, genital beading, scleral tattooing, piercing, suspension, lip plates and cranial deformation. Plus: which is the lesser of two evils – having a revenge tattoo put on your forehead or being mummified Japanese buddha-style?

Music: “Lydia the Tattooed Lady” by Groucho Marx

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