Episode 104 - The Edgewood Experiments

Lions Led By Donkeys Podcast

Lions Led By Donkeys

Comedy

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2020

⏱️ 67 minutes

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During the Cold War the US dosed thousands of its soldiers with acid. Hilarity did not ensue. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys sources: https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/secrets-of-edgewood https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/manufacturing-madness https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/12/17/operation-delirium

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0:39.0	The drug was administered and a drink of water given at the start of each day's exercise.
0:44.0	25 minutes later, the first effects of the drug became apparent.
0:49.0	The men began to relax and to giggle.
0:52.0	But this man was more seriously affected and had to be removed
0:55.9	from the exercise. Hello and welcome to you in another episode of The Lions
1:00.6	Led by Donkeys Podcast. I'm Joe and with me as well not always but this time
1:05.9	Rich hey rich how's uh how's quarantine? quarantine?
1:13.0	It's a thing that's happening to me right now.
1:15.0	Being an essential worker.
1:17.0	Well, I guess I am an essential worker,
1:21.0	but I am working from home which is interesting and also horrible
1:26.4	because the army tried to set up some on-the-fly bullshit in two weeks and it's a completely non-functioning system.
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