For That Healthy Glow

The Constant: A History of Getting Things Wrong

Mark Chrisler

Natural Sciences, Design, History, Arts, Science

4.8 • 922 Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2019

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

In the early 1900s, people finally figured out what made water so healthy: radiation! This week we’re looking at some of the hundreds of terrifying products meant to give you that healthy glow, and the story of one of the most terrible mistakes in medical history, and the brutal way it got corrected. Get tix for The Paper Machete Blowout! (https://sleeping-village.com/calendar/paper-machete-blowout/) And for 20x2! (http://20x2.org/chicago/) Check out our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconstant. Look at all the deals we've got for you! Check out www.betterhelp.com/theconstant and enter discount code "theconstant" for 10% off your first month of online counseling. Finally, there's www.industrialartifacts.net where you can enter coupon code "theconstant" for 15% off your first order. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to an Airwave Media podcast.
0:04.4	This episode is brought to you by Diet Coke.
0:09.2	Time for a Diet Coke break.
0:13.1	Enjoy what you like.
0:16.2	Just how you like it.
0:20.7	This is my taste.
0:24.3	What's yours?
0:27.4	Celebrate your unique taste with Diet Coke.
0:35.3	Hey y'all, spooky season is here.
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0:46.8	then I'd like to invite you to check out Southern Gothic,
0:49.5	a chart-topping history podcast that explores some of the most infamous legends,
0:54.9	folklore, ghost stories, and hauntings of the American South.
0:59.0	We've covered all sorts of stuff from the bellwitch of Tennessee
1:02.1	to the disappearance of the Confederate submarine, the H.L. Hunley,
1:06.9	not to mention our deep dives into the local lore of some of America's oldest and most haunted cities,
1:13.2	like New Orleans, Charleston, and St. Augustine.
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1:21.6	with a commitment to quality historical research,
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1:30.0	It's available now on all your favorite podcast apps. Quick little warning up top. This story gets a little icky. It's nothing too bad,
1:38.4	but if, say, you tried watching that HBO Chernobyl show and found you couldn't do it, then this might be an
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