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, and a bunch of horse stuff. Also, which is the Lesser of Two Evils? Killing your loved ones while asleep or being drawn and quartered?

Music: “Someone’s Rocking My Dreamboat” by Artie Shaw with Paula Kelly

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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!

Music: “Why Was I Born” by Billie Holiday

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsHCqrrU-Gk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZ7b4spjXhw

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

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 from making (and having) babies!

Music: “Womb With A View” by Jonathan Coulton

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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

Charity of the week: Big Cat Rescue

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WARNING: Gore – Boy’s arm after being attacked by tiger, MORE GORE

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ml-5NMCkyWQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0kzdu_wTM0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRGiF8DIusI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HHPo3qxomQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nv2O0GahNtM

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, cryonics, Nazi freezing experiments, plus news and pop culture!

Music: “Make It Gross” by Sasja Smolders (formerly Sasja Vice) (Lyrics Joe Fulgham, Music by BassBeastJD)

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cz3wuPUjzSA

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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)

Charity: ActionAid

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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”, “The Book of Erotic Fantasy”, chess-playing serial killer Alexander Pichushkin, and both the most offensive video game (“Ethnic Cleansing”) and role-playing game (F.A.T.A.L.) we could find. We also look at this #GamerGate thing, and top it off with select gaming-related pop culture!

Music: “Frogger! The Frogger Musical” by Paul and Storm

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl43nzam8Z4#t=133

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6p5AZp7r_Q&list=PLn4ob_5_ttEaA_vc8F3fjzE62esf9yP61

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qc9JiIiOSQ

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

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.

Music: “Daddy’s Little Boy” by The Mills Brothers

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRzrP9dOC6M#t=641

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcE8xJkK6t4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV5CSJ-10NQ

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, check out the new Caustic Soda Podcast Wiki! It needs help with content!

Music: “Who’s Sorry Now?” by The Rhythmakers

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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.

Music: “Cain and Abel” by Louis Armstrong

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SO1WccH2_YM