Allan Newell brings his firefighter expertise to discussions on notable car wrecks, risk compensation, the car industry’s built-in-hazards, the Mont Blanc tunnel fire, El Camino de la Muerte, collection fuel from crashed tankers, and what to expect when rescue responders have to cut you out of your crumpled Volkswagen. Plus: car crashes in movies.
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Caustic Soda: Motor Vehicle Accidents
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Caustic Soda: Journalism Part 1
Bad journalism and bad things that happen to good journalists, with guest Reuters and CNN alum Steven Schwartz. Topics covered include: missing white woman syndrome, yellow journalism, Nellie Bly and stunt journalism, anchorwoman on-air suicide, the Balibo Five, Rupert Murdoch phone hacking scandal, and Russian journalist mortality rate. Part 1 of 2!
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Caustic Soda: Ghosts
Toren, Joe, and Kevin are joined by Ghostbusters expert Chris "protoncharging.com" Stewart for a look at the spiritual remains of the dearly departed: Ghosts! Includes classification and scientific explanation of ghosts, ghosts and the law, ghost hunters who came to an untimely end, The Brown Lady of Raynham Hall, plus ghosts in film and comics.
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Caustic Soda: Dogs
Sit! Lie down! Roll over! Now sacrifice your face for our safety! Good boy! In this episode of Caustic Soda, Joe, Kevin, and Toren fetch the weird and the gross about man’s best friend: the domestic dog. We’ve got dog-on-human and human-on-dog weirdness for you, plus our favorite dogs in pop culture!
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Caustic Soda: Toys That Kill
Deadly toys discussed include Steven’s Model Dockyard Locomotive, Slip ‘n’ Slide, lawn darts, Cabbage Patch Snack Time doll, the Gilbert Atomic Energy Lab, Flubber, Silly String, Koba Kick, Hang Ten Mini-Hammock, Bucky Balls, Water Balz, Aquadots and more!
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Caustic Soda: The Post Apocalyptic Wasteland
Live from VCON 37 in Surrey BC, the regular nerds talk about life in the post-apocalyptic wasteland with the help of Hugo Award-winning author and Science Fiction Hall of Fame inductee Connie Willis and Nebula Award-winning science fiction author and astrophysicist Gregory Benford. Plus the lesser of two evils: Life after a nuclear armageddon or the biblical apocalypse?
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Caustic Soda: Smuggling
This week involves animals, drugs, and even drugs in animals! Kevin, Toren, and Joe are joined by the mysterious “Agent Smith” to take a look at the ups and downs — let’s face it mostly downs — of smuggling!
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Caustic Soda: Mormonism
Brigham Young University faculty member Stuart Parker helps us discern Mormon doctrine from folklore as we discuss Joseph Smith’s assassination, the Mountain Meadows massacre, retroactive baptism, polygamy and racism in both the mainstream and splinter Mormon groups. Plus suggestions from the Quorum of Twelve on how to break your masturbation habit, and the Church of Latter Day Saints in film and TV.
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Caustic Soda: Bubonic Plague
Joe, Toren and Kevin are joined by Dr. Jenna to talk about not just the bubonic, but all things yersinia pestis-y: Bubonic, septicemic, and pneumonic plagues! We discuss the three “great” plagues of history as well as modern occurrences and outbreaks and even some pestilence-laden movies.
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To The Best of Our Knowledge: Alan Turing
The driving force behind modern computers, Alan Turing was born a hundred years ago. He launched the digital age, founded the fields of computer science and artificial intelligence, and helped the British win WWII by cracking the Nazi "Enigma" codes. He was persecuted by British authorities for the crime of being homosexual, and committed suicide at age 41. His life ended tragically, but his brilliance lives in the computers we use every day. We celebrate the Alan Turing Year.