RadioWest

Through the Lens: Nuts!


Listen Later

The next documentary in our Through the Lens series is a true story of desperation, scams, and goat testicles. Director Penny Lane joins us to talk about John Romulus Brinkley, a man who claimed to have a cure for impotence and many other ailments in 1920s Kansas. He took to newfangled radio to tout his unorthodox treatments, but soon found his nemesis in one Morris Fishbein, editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association. Lane’s film is called NUTS!
...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

RadioWestBy KUER

  • 4.7
  • 4.7
  • 4.7
  • 4.7
  • 4.7

4.7

759 ratings


More shows like RadioWest

View all
This American Life by This American Life

This American Life

90,885 Listeners

Radiolab by WNYC Studios

Radiolab

43,962 Listeners

Fresh Air by NPR

Fresh Air

38,516 Listeners

The New Yorker Radio Hour by WNYC Studios and The New Yorker

The New Yorker Radio Hour

6,762 Listeners

Hidden Brain by Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam

Hidden Brain

43,680 Listeners

On the Media by WNYC Studios

On the Media

9,197 Listeners

On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti by WBUR

On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

4,000 Listeners

Mormon Stories Podcast by Dr. John Dehlin

Mormon Stories Podcast

5,558 Listeners

1A by NPR

1A

4,669 Listeners

State Street by KUER

State Street

87 Listeners

The Daily by The New York Times

The Daily

112,321 Listeners

Hear Me Now by KUER

Hear Me Now

5 Listeners

Mormon Land by The Salt Lake Tribune

Mormon Land

327 Listeners

Radio Free Mormon by Mormon Discussion Inc

Radio Free Mormon

1,330 Listeners

Next Door Strangers by Andrea Smardon

Next Door Strangers

34 Listeners

Throughline by NPR

Throughline

16,353 Listeners

At Last She Said It by Cynthia Winward, Susan Hinckley

At Last She Said It

1,038 Listeners

The Ezra Klein Show by New York Times Opinion

The Ezra Klein Show

15,995 Listeners