The Weekly Dosage

Have you ever looked into a mirror, gazing into your beautiful eyes, and asked yourself, "Why did I end up with (______) color eyes?" or, "Why is my hair _____ and not _____?". Trust me, we've all had that moment where we've wanted to trade this one feature out for another, but after this episode, you might want to rethink that wish. After all, our bodies do not look how they look for no reason. Listen now as we dive in deep into the amazing adaptations of the human body.

This was the biggest night in Santa Maria Brazil. Every college student was at THE night club: Kiss night club. There was a band playing, drinks were being served, and the dancing was going to last the whole night. Everyone was having fun and partying until a blue flame erupted on the ceiling. Very few would get out. Listen now as we dive deep into the KISS nightclub fire.

Imagine if you were given the choice of immortality. Would you take it? Living FOREVER until the end of time? Most people would say no, as no such thing is possible. But for one woman in the 1940s, living forever was possible. Listen now as we dive in deep to the incredible and devastating story of Henrietta Lacks.

Have you ever chewed off a hangnail, or bitten at that tear of skin? In that case, that would make you a cannibal -- an AUTO-cannibal, that is. However, other than the completely legal and socially normalized auto-cannibalism, there exist different types of cannibalism that are well, less legal. Listen now as we dive deep into the delicious- *ahem* I mean daunting history of CANNIBALISM.

Marie Curie, Tsuneko Okazaki, and Rosalind Franklin. These aren't just three random names, but important medical heroines. These three brave women were pioneers in the lab and for the race for equal rights. Listen now as we honor the unsung heroines of medical history.

"Does your leg hurt? That's ok. With only a little bit of this powder in your drink, you'll be just fine in a few days!"

"Well, what's in the powder?"

"Human flesh"

This was the stark reality of medical practices in the 1800s. There were some crazy chemicals, mad metals, and vile vegetables all used to make YOU better. Listen now, as we dive deep into the CRAZY world of old remedies.

Imagine letting a copy editor quickly fix the DNA spelling errors so that the genetic words and sentences of your genome read flawlessly. Having full and complete control over either your DNA or other organisms. This is the new technological innovation of CRISPR treatment. Listen now as we dive in deep into this astonishingly scary potential cure for a multitude of diseases.

SOURCES:

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/sickle-cell-anemia/symptoms-causes/syc-20355876 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CRISPR_Therapeutics 

https://www.jax.org/personalized-medicine/precision-medicine-and-you/what-is-crispr 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7427626/ 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7427626/ 

French officials were going crazy looking for this wild child that resembled a wolf. The citizens in this small French town had claimed this boy walked on all fours and spoke a language unrecognizable to anything human. Who was this boy and where did he come from? Listen now as we dive deep into the inhumane story of the forbidden experiments.

Everyone knows what a glamorized Hollywood birth looks like on screen. One push, then two, and POP! the baby's out! But this isn't even close to what birthing looks like in America, and even less, the whole world. Listen now as we dive in deep into how women around the world give birth to the children of tomorrow!

Have you ever been called hysterical? Mad even? Women throughout the ages have been forced to deal with such derogatory accusations since the time of Hippocrates and Aristotle. And yes, these were the exact men who began using such language. Listen in now as we dive in deep to the troubling history of hysteria.