Plausible Deniability AMX

Plausible Deniability AMX

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Plausible Deniability AMX episodes

  • PDAMX#5.1 - Foucault, bro

    Today we discuss Foucault's 'Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason'.


    Disclaimer: All opinions are our own, respectively, and don't represent any institution we may or may not be a part of, respectively.

    1 hr 18 min
  • PDAMX#4.3 - Phlogiston? I hardly know her!

    Today we continue our discussion of "Creations of Fire" by Cathy Cobb and Harold Goldwhite with chapter 8, which focuses on the chemistry revolution (and actual revolution) in France during the 18th century. Buckle up people.


    Disclaimer: All opinions are our own, respectively, and don't represent any institution we may or may not be a part of, respectively.

    1 hr 16 min
  • PDAMX#4.2 - Alchemists just wanna live forever


    Today we continue our discussion of "Creations of Fire" by Cathy Cobb and Harold Goldwhite with chapters 3/4/5. We focus on the era of 1000-1200AD, when chemistry/scientific knowledge became embedded in Europe.


    Disclaimer: All opinions are our own, respectively, and don't represent any institution we may or may not be a part of, respectively.


    1 hr 18 min
  • PDAMX#4.1 - Entropy man

    Today we discuss chapter 1 from "Creations of Fire" by Cathy Cobb and Harold Goldwhite, which is an anthology of the history of chemisty. I know, I know, it's very interesting. We specifically deal with 100,000BCE to ~the time of Alexander the Great and the chemistry that drove civilization.


    Disclaimer: All opinions are our own, respectively, and don't represent any institution we may or may not be a part of, respectively.

    1 hr 15 min
  • PDAMX#3.3 - Hippies weren't lazy?

    Today we discuss chapter 16 from Thaddeus Russell's 'A Renegade History of The Unites States', where he makes the argument that the hippies and rednecks of the 60s had more in common than meets the eye.


    Disclaimer: All opinions are our own, respectively, and don't represent any institution we may or may not be a part of, respectively.

    1 hr 15 min
  • PDAMX#3.2- Animals are just capitalists

    Today we discuss chapter 11 from Thaddeus Russell's 'A Renegade History of The Unites States', where he makes the argument that FDR's New Deal movement had a few similarities to the fascist stuff going on in Europe at the time...how spicy.


    Disclaimer: All opinions are our own, respectively, and don't represent any institution we may or may not be a part of, respectively.

    1 hr 2 min
  • PDAMX#3.1 - The Pros and Cons of Moral Decay

    We discuss chapter 4 of Thaddeus Russell's "A Renegade History of the United States", which touches on some pretty spicy stuff, I'll just be honest.


    Disclaimer: All opinions are our own, respectively, and don't represent any institution we may or may not be a part of, respectively.

    1 hr 5 min
  • PDAMX#2.3 - Galen was a complicated man

    In this episode we discuss Galen, the 2nd century A.D. Greek/Roman physician whose writings served as the preeminent medical authority for ~1500 years in the West. As with the last 2 episodes, much of the information presented is from Sherwin B. Nuland's book "Doctors: The Biography of Medicine".


    Disclaimer: All opinions are our own, respectively, and don't represent any institution we may or may not be a part of, respectively.

    1 hr 22 min
  • PDAMX#2.2 - Intractable Truths

    We discuss Ignaz Semmelweis, the 19th century Hungarian physician who predated Lister, Koch, and Pasteur in promoting antiseptic procedures but was ostracized and lambasted for it. Most of what we discuss is from Sherwin B. Nuland's book "Doctors: The Biography of Medicine".


    Disclaimer: All opinions are our own, respectively, and don't represent any institution we may or may not be a part of, respectively.

    1 hr 22 min

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