Decay of Discourse

"Death is not an unaltering state." On this episode, I intend to explain what that means by discussing the chemical processes of death and decomposition. This will serve as the introduction for our discussion on Burial Practices and how we treat the dead.

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On this episode, I try to figure out how we teach history and what pieces get left out. I also look into topics you shouldn't mention at your next dinner party.

I hope this episode challenges you to disagree with my guest Mark Elsico or I and formulate a response, critique, or defense of our positions because that is learning in one of its purest forms.

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On this episode, I was joined by Lyndsey Craig, a researcher and Ph.D. student of Anthropology at UNLV. She recently penned a paper titled, “Pubic Hair Removal Practices in Cross-Cultural Perspective”, Needless to say, as soon as I read it I wanted to talk to her.

This is that conversation.

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On this episode of Dirty History, we will discuss why executioners were shunned and feared by middle ages society, and how they coped with it.

Also, there is the obligatory recounting of brutal torture executions, a few asides on torture, how to verify death, the various dirty jobs an executioner had to perform, and a rumination on mob violence.

This episode does get a touch graphic, but that is to be expected because this is Dirty History.

On this episode of Dirty History, we'll explore the surgical theaters and barber shops of pre-antiseptic medical practitioners.

I ask that going forward in this episode we check the easily obtainable notion that what was happening to obtain human donors was, yanno, "wrong". Instead let us focus on the structures that led the researchers and surgeons to resort to these less than savory methods.

On this episode, we explore Ancient Greece, Modern Japan, quack medical remedies of old, and more to find out just what drives the sexual enhancement market. Who knows, maybe along the way, we'll unearth the origin of a few age-old phallic-based dilemmas.

Tune in, drop out, and learn that which you shouldn't. This is Dirty History

This week I sit down with Aaron Fried to discuss the ethical considerations of how Nazi anatomists sourced their human donors—along with a broader conversation on anatomy, dissection, and medical history. Put that sandwich down, strap in, and learn a few things. I'm Thomas Thompson and this is Dirty History

Find out more about Aaron and his hunt for Pernkopf Atlases at https://www.mvccanatomy.org/

In the conclusion of our series on slaughterhouses, we explore conditions today and assess how much things have actually improved.

In the second part of our slaughterhouse trilogy, we take a tour of the Union Stockyards and gauge the public perception of animal slaughter prior to The Jungle by Upton Sinclair.

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In the first episode of Dirty History, we will explore the context in which Upton Sinclair wrote his seminal work, The Jungle.