Retrocast #39 - Podcast #252

Useless Information Podcast

Airwave Media Podcast Network

Society & Culture, Comedy, History

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2026

⏱️ 45 minutes

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In this episode: A woman has 1,446 metal objects in her stomach, a teenager faces almost certain death unless a nail is removed from her lung, a doctor claims that a patient has a bullfrog living in her stomach, and much more! My niece Sierra McGivney’s story about the four women who helped create the American Alpine Club: https://americanalpineclub.org/news/2025/11/5/guidebook-xvilibrary-feature Talks that I am scheduled to give: Monday, January 26, 2026 – Clifton Park Library - https://events.cphlibrary.org/event/15276997 Friday, March 27, 2026 – Hudson Valley CC (Troy) - https://tinyurl.com/5839cad3 Wednesday, April 29, 2026 – Hudson Valley CC (Malta) - https://tinyurl.com/swksxtr3 Images, links, and transcripts for this podcast can be found at https://uselessinformation.org/retrocast-39-podcast-252/ You can follow the Useless Information Podcast on these platforms: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/uselessinformationpodcast X (Twitter): https://t.co/7pV2H8iXJV Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/FlipSideofHistory/ The Useless Information Podcast is a member of the Airwave Media podcast network. Visit https://www.airwavemedia.com/ to listen to more great podcasts just like this one. Please contact advertising@airwavemedia.com if you would like to advertise on our podcast. 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.
0:05.2	Today on the 39th edition of the useless information retrocast, you'll hear a number of fascinating, totally true stories, including the story of a woman who had 1,446 objects, and they were mostly nails and screws in her stomach. Talk about an iron-rich
0:23.5	diet, huh? Then you'll hear the story from 1946 in which an Australian girl faced almost
0:29.8	certain death because she had a nail lodged in her lung. And to make matters worse, no hospital
0:37.1	in Australia was equipped to remove it.
0:39.9	Now, she did survive, but how?
0:43.5	Plus, if you recall, Mary Poppin saying that a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down.
0:49.0	What she didn't mention was that you weren't supposed to swallow the spoons with
0:52.7	medicine.
1:00.0	Imagine the shock of doctors when an x-ray revealed that a woman had swallowed 48 teaspoons.
1:05.0	Well, if you're sensing a common theme here, you're absolutely correct.
1:10.1	All of today's stories involve unusual things that were found inside someone's body.
1:15.9	Well, all those stories, the question of day, today's retro sponsor, and so much more that coming up next on the retrocast.
1:19.3	I am Steve Sleman, and this is the useless information podcast.
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