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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

CLASSIC: What is Agent Orange?

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.211K Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Named for the orange stripe lining the 55 gallon barrels containing this herbicide and defoliant, Agent Orange was one of the most widely-used "rainbow herbicides" of the Vietnam war. But it wasn't just harmful to plants. Soon after it was deployed in Vietnam, Vietnamese citizens and US veterans alike reported crippling, life-threatening symptoms.

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0:00.0

Hi I'm Daniel Tosh, host of a new podcast called Tosh Show.

0:03.4

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comedians. We'll be covering topics like religion, travel, sports, gambling, but mostly it will be about being a working

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mother.

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you think, this isn't the one for you.

0:24.0

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0:30.0

The assassination of President John F. Kennedy is the greatest murder mystery in American history.

0:37.0

That's Rob Briner.

0:39.0

Rob called me, Soledette O'Brien, and asked me what I knew about this crime.

0:43.0

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0:47.0

Then we'll pull the curtain back on the cover-up.

0:50.0

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0:53.0

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0:58.0

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1:02.0

My name is Payne, Lindsay. Throughout Throughout my career I've had the chance to travel

1:05.4

all over the place, investigating true crimes, researching the unexplained, and I've

1:09.8

been able to meet some of the most truly interesting people, and I've decided to sit down with them and pick

1:14.4

their brains. We're going to talk about life, death, unsolved crimes, the supernatural.

1:20.0

There's something here, truly something going on. And honestly honestly just whatever the hell is on our minds.

1:24.6

Wait a minute. We should be very happy.

1:26.5

You won. This is Talking to Death. New episodes of Talking to Death are available now.

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