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Toxic History!Author: Adam Blumenberg
Toxic History! is a narrative medicine lecture series where medical experts tell you stories from the history of poison. Human beings have known about poison substances that harm and even kill for thousands of years. Poisons have been seen as mysterious, supernatural, and enigmatic. What are these plants, mixtures, and elements with such powerful properties? It is only in the past century that science has begun to demystify these chemicals and explain how they work. Still, the impact they have on the world from cultish mass suicides to chemical attacks to a single case of homicide can be profound. Toxic History! explores the impact on society, culture, and science behind poisonous events in history. Language: en Genres: Health & Fitness, History, Medicine Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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The One Man Environmental Disaster
Episode 52
Tuesday, 16 June, 2026
If you were to make a list of the people who have most shaped the world as we know it, Thomas Midgley, Jr. probably wouldn’t crack the top 50. Yet his influence has directly and indirectly touched the lives of billions across the last century and indeed continues to be felt to this day. Listen in to hear about the man who was responsible for developing not one but TWO of history’s worst toxins.
