So Cultured Podcast

🧫It’s the final episode of SEASON 7 TWISTED! We’re ending on a really poignant topic this week, Henrietta Lacks. You may or may not have heard about her before, but she’s left a legacy that has shaped scientific development in ways you might not be able to even imagine…

Want to learn more? https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6493208-the-immortal-life-of-henrietta-lacks

🫖 Of course, the last episode of laboraTEA will feature our “Ask us anything” segment. We’re talking rewriting a PhD thesis, spilling the tea on our own supervisors, and rocking some very interesting outfits at work…

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0:00 intro

7:30 the immortal woman

48:53 pretending I’m not a scientist…

𝗚𝗼𝘁 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲?

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😪 in todays episode, we explore the horrors of unit 73, the scientific justifications that were used and the ethical failures that allowed it to happen.

🫖 FOR THIS WEEKS LABORATEAAAA. We’re sharing a listener story about a lab with some serious issues, everyone is giving pick me energy but for different reasons...

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Timestamps

0:00 Intro

4:53 Unit 731

46:14 The PICK me lab...

𝗚𝗼𝘁 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲? 💌

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🥶Gosh we’re almost at an end to season 7, TWISTED. That means the craziest topic there is… bringing people back from the dead!

How you ask? Cryogenics! We talk everything suspended animation, frozen cells and brains, and real people who have opted to be frozen in time…

🫖 Of course, we’re back with a listener story for our laboraTEA. Our listener has left the country to escape their toxic PI, who openly admitted to enjoying making people cry… now they have a tough decision to make!!!

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0:00 intro

4:40 cryogenics

42:18 boss bragged about making me cry!

𝗚𝗼𝘁 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲?

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🪳 Welcome to the first episode of 2026!!! We enjoyed a lovely break but we're so excited to be back and in this first episode of the year, we are continuing our season 'TWISTED' where we talk all about the craziest stories in science throughout history. This week we are discussing the craze that went on in the 1820s where people were robbing bodies from graves and even committing murder to sell bodies to anatomy labs! Curious about how, why and what happened? Tune into this episode!

 🫖 and we have a listener story who tells us all about her PI telling on her to the university DEAN, shouting at her in lab meetings and NOT doing her job properly! Liv and Taz didn't hold back on saying what they thought about this story...

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0:00 intro

4:45 the murders...

34:01 im going to be blacklisted from academia??

𝗚𝗼𝘁 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲?💌 Reach out to us at ⁠[email protected]⁠ #sciencepodcast #soculturedpodcast #stempodcast #twistedscience Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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🪳 Welcome to Season 7, TWISTED.

This season, we’re looking closely at the dark side of science. This week, we’re delving into a time where it was NORMAL to feed lice with your own blood, all in the name of science of course…

Typhus was ravaging populations in colder climates and poor living conditions. The bacteria spreads through body lice that live in the clothes of unsuspecting victims. This is the story of how a vaccine was developed… though it’s not as conventional as you might think…

THIS EPISODE IS SPONSORED BY JENNI! check them out here https://jenni.ai/?utm_source=soculturedpodcast and dont't forget to use the code 'SCP20' for 20% off!

🫖 Of course, we’re back with a listener story for our laboraTEA. Should our listener drop everything to get away from a toxic PI and join a different lab instead? Tune in to find out!!!

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0:00 intro

3:30 the louse feeders

34:10 escaping my toxic PI

𝗚𝗼𝘁 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲?

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In this week’s episode, we’re confronting the medical experiments carried out at Auschwitz. These experiments are now recognised as some of the most extreme violations of medical ethics in history. Their legacy still shapes how we think about research ethics, consent, and trust in medical institutions today. As we explore this history, we’ll approach it with as much care and respect as possible, focusing on what was done, who it was done to, and how it reshaped the rules that govern science.

If you’d like some more information on the details discussed, we’ve left some links below:

https://www.bmj.com/content/313/7070/1448.full

https://nuremberg.law.harvard.edu/

https://scholarship.law.bu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4515&context=faculty_scholarship

https://muse.jhu.edu/article/25973/summary

THIS EPISODE IS SPONSORED BY JENNI! check them out here https://jenni.ai/?utm_source=soculturedpodcast and don't forget to use the code 'SCP20' for 20% off! 

🫖 Of course, we’re back with a listener story for our laboraTEAAAAA. We're back with another 'ask us ANYTHING' where we discuss lab crushes, physics teachers electrocuting themselves + messing up experiments!

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0:00 intro

4:40 twin experiments at auschwitz

40:15 my physics teacher electrocuted himself..

𝗚𝗼𝘁 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲?💌

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👨🏾‍⚕️ Welcome to Season 7 of TWISTED.

This season, we’re looking closely at the dark side of science. This week, we’re unveiling the Tuskegee Syphilis Study.

This study is now recognized as a profound violation of medical ethics and a stark example of systemic racism in American healthcare. Its impact is still felt today in the mistrust many Black Americans have toward medical institutions.

As we explore this history, we’ll do our best to approach it with respect, and a focus on understanding what the experiment entailed and its consequences.

If you’d like some more information on the details discussed, we’ve left some links below:

https://academic.oup.com/cid/article-abstract/40/10/1454/308400?redirectedFrom=fulltext

https://eji.org/news/history-racial-injustice-tuskegee-syphilis-experiment/

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/tuskegee-syphilis-experiment

THIS EPISODE IS SPONSORED BY JENNI! check them out here https://jenni.ai/?utm_source=soculturedpodcast and don't forget to use the code 'SCP20' for 20% off!

🫖 Of course, we’re back with a listener story for our laboraTEA. Are interns/research assistants annoying? find out what we actually think about this listener!!!!

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0:00 intro

3:33 the tuskagee syphilis experiment

37:44 be honest…am I annoying?

𝗚𝗼𝘁 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲?

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⚡ welcome to episode 3 of S7, TWISTED! Today, we are talking all about one of the most infamous psychological experiments from the 1960’s, the MILGRAM EXPERIMENT. This experiment was all about exploring the human mind and obedience, but some people think this experiment took things too far… tune in to see what you think. We’ll also discuss some modern day takes on this experiment from famous illusionists such as Derren Brown. 

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😳 AND.. a listener writes in about her friend who won’t stop copying every SINGLE thing she does!! she asks ‘am I being single white femaled?’… a phrase that liv and taz regrettably had to google, tune in to hear their thoughts!!

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0:00 Intro

5:58 The Milgram Experiment

36:53 am I being single white femaled??

𝗚𝗼𝘁 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲?

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👶🏼🐵 Welcome to Season 7 of TWISTED! This time, we’re diving head-first into the dark side of science — the unsettling experiments, the ethical lines blurred (or totally ignored), and the historical moments that make you think, “Wait… someone actually approved this?”

⚠️ WARNING: things are about to get uncomfortable. We’ll be tackling some disturbing and ethically questionable stories, but always through thoughtful, scientific discussion. And today we’re starting with one of the strangest cases in psychological research: the ape and child experiment — yes, the study where a chimpanzee was raised side-by-side with a human child as if they were siblings. It’s as wild as it sounds.

🫖 And for our brand-new laboraTEAAA segment this season, you guys are in control. You send in the questions — absolutely anything — and we’ll give you our brutally honest answers. No filter. No sugar coating. And let’s just say… one of this week’s questions involves someone getting a little too intimate with the histology paraffin wax. Yeah… It’s that kind of episode.

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0:00 intro

4:33 ape and child experiment

38:04 getting cancelled when accepting my Nobel prize

𝗚𝗼𝘁 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲?

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🧠🧟‍♀️ welcome to S7, TWISTED! In this brand NEW series, we are going to be exploring the DARK side of science, the horrific experiments throughout history and the ethics that got lost along the way!

WARNING ‼️ this series will get uncomfortable at times and we will be diving into some difficult topics but will be breaking it all down through educated, scientific discussion. In this first episode we are talking all about the history of HUMAN HEAD TRANSPLANTS?! this involves two headed dogs, face transplants and a scientific villian?! LETS JUMP INTO IT.

😳 and we are so happy to still be bringing you all of the laboraTEAAA, so grab your custard creams cos this one is CRAZY. A listener writes in about her toxic lab mate who reported her to her PI because... she refused to share a bed with him at the conference? HUHHH, tune into hear more!!

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0:00 Intro

5:09 Human Head Transplants...

34:07 My lab mate is giving 'INC*L'??

𝗚𝗼𝘁 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲?

💌 Reach out to us at ⁠[email protected]⁠

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