Freaks of a Feather

Today we discuss the unfortunate origins of the modern nurse and the class struggle and misogyny that lead to the current divide in our healthcare system.

Today we traverse the peoples' Popular Medicine Movement of the 1830s in the United States. We cover the medicine of the people vs. the big business of medicine perpetuated by capitalism's truest scumbags. Everything we discuss today has had a direct effect on what we experience with health care today in the United States. TW: you will probably get mad.

Today we give an overview of the terror enacted upon the free thinking women of medieval Europe and the systematic erasure of women from the medical field. TW: violence against women and children is discussed.

The conclusion to our series on the Radium Girls. We ascend towards the peak of justice!

Mary is out sick but we will be back next week hopefully. We appreciate you all and we love you. You'll hear some resources for podcasts hosted by black creators and especially black women.

We cover the investigation into "Big Radium" and the untimely deaths of its female workforce. Deceit and coercion are chief among the tactics used to silence the women. However, they remained steadfast in their determination to prosecute their employer in spite of their rapidly declining health. It's a jaw dropping part 2. Okay that was in bad taste...

Today Mary tackles the history and mistreatment of America's "Radium Girls." We have a love able cast of characters, among them "Fuzzy Jaw," and "Glass Bones."

And so we come to our final chapter in our series on Spiritualism. It's here where our dear friends, Harry Houdini and Mina Crandon, embark on the strangest of journeys, to the astral plane of Summerland.

Today we discuss Houdini's quest to ruin Mina Crandon and the inner turmoil of the Scientific American team!

We continue our journey with a look at one of the most convincing cases for psychic phenomena, that of Mina Crandon. The activity is absolutely batshit wild, so buckle up!