The Fake Epidemic - UI Podcast #022

Useless Information Podcast

Airwave Media Podcast Network

History, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2009

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

The incredible true story of two Polish doctors who used the microbe Proteus OX19 to create a pseudo typhus epidemic, which saved the lives of over 8,000 people. Also, learn which US president was first to appear on a circulating coin, the "doctor" who convinced women in NYC to disrobe before robbing them, the ashman who inherited a fortune, and two brothers who tried to teach in the same religious school. Retrosponsor: Milk of Magnesia Facial Cremes. 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.
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0:28.0	on both your phone and Chromebook.
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1:05.0	Hi, I'm Steve Silverman and you're listening to a classic episode of the
1:10.6	Useless Information Podcast.
1:13.8	The story that you're about to hear, the fake epidemic was released on June 11th of 2009, and I have to tell
1:19.5	you it's still among my favorites of all time. But the problem was that my field of study was
1:25.7	geology in college so I remember having to go to one of the biology teachers in
1:30.0	the school where I worked for explanation of some of the terms. So hopefully I got most of the science
1:36.2	correct. Anyway, let me cue the sound.
1:39.2	Welcome to the useless information podcast. My collection of
1:46.7	fascinating choose stories from the flip side history. My name is Steve
1:50.2	Simon. Today's story is one that I call the fake epidemic, not a real epidemic, but a fake epidemic.
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