A Short History of Shrinkage

Softcore History

Improv, Comedy, History

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 December 2022

⏱️ 104 minutes

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Summary

The 1967 Koro Panic in Singapore saw hundreds of healthy men and boys rush to the hospital convinced their penises were disappearing. This and other shrinkage panics across history — such as medieval witches stealing dongs and keeping them as living, slithering, worm-like pets — highlight a male, cross-cultural fear that supernatural forces are out to steal their pieces. SUBSCRIBE to our Patreon for exclusive audio, video, and written content. Go today and claim a free indoor security camera plus 20% off with Interactive Monitoring. Go to SIMPLISAFE.com/softcore. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Soft Core History.
0:07.0	What is up?
0:08.0	Welcome back to Soft Core History.
0:11.0	I am your host for the week again Rob Fox I'm joined as always by Dan Regester
0:19.7	this is your Jordan flu game with your voice. It is. My fucking voice is near dead.
0:26.0	My throat's been sore for days.
0:28.6	How does it stop me from pouring alcohol down it?
0:31.4	No.
0:32.4	Nor should it? No. It won't. It's Christmas.
0:35.4	You have Jake to thank for this by the way. I do have Jake to thank for this. Like I'm
0:40.0	carrying this load now because Jake Goldman is not here in his stead we have
0:45.1	local stand-up comic friend of the show Gabby Monte Meor. Hello. How you doing? You didn't put enough Spanish flare on that.
0:53.6	Monte Mayor?
0:54.6	Monte Mayor.
0:55.6	Monte Mayor. Hello?
0:56.6	Hi.
0:57.6	How's it going?
0:58.6	Pretty good?
0:59.6	Good. Well real quick I want to say, she's filling in for Jake.
1:03.0	Jake is gone because his wife's grandmother,
1:07.0	pretty immature of her to still have a living grandparent.
1:10.0	Yeah, it's honestly kind of selfish to have a grandparent that was still alive.
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