The Radium Girls - UI Podcast #019

Useless Information Podcast

Airwave Media Podcast Network

History, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2009

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

When the radioactive element radium was discovered, it quickly found its way into many products. One of those was glow-in-the-dark watch and clock faces, which were painted by women who licked their paintbrushes to keep them pointed. This was a deadly mistake. Also, learn about the demonstration of a 150,000-volt electric chair, Charles Hawker and his high-voltage electric chair, the electrifying sermon of George Speake, and the largest chain of retail stores. Retrosponsor: Adam Hats 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.
0:05.0	Hello all, Eric Rivenus with the most notorious
0:08.0	podcast here.
0:09.0	Each week I interview an author or historian about a historical true crime, tragedy, or disaster.
0:16.1	Subject matter ranges from gun slingers to gilded age murder to gangsters to to pirates, to wild prison breaks.
0:24.4	My guests spring their incredible knowledge directly to you.
0:28.0	Please subscribe to Most Notorious on your favorite podcast app.
0:32.1	Cheers and have a safe tomorrow.
0:34.8	What's something you learned in history class that you feel like wasn't the whole truth?
0:39.7	Better yet, what's something you didn't learn at all that was omitted completely.
0:44.4	That's what I like to call Redacted History.
0:47.3	My name is Andre White, the host of the Redacted History Podcast, the place where history's forgotten events, heroes, and villains get their story told,
0:56.7	one episode at a time. The Redacted History Podcast. Real History Never, never dies.
1:03.0	Stream the Redacted History Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever else you get your podcast.
1:10.0	Useless information.
1:15.0	Hi, I'm Steve Silverman and you'll sing to a classic episode of the
1:20.3	Useless Information Podcast.
1:22.0	This story titled The Radium Girls was released on March 3rd of 2009.
1:28.0	Now since I was a high school science teacher for 30 years, I can tell you I've told this story to my students many many times.
1:36.1	And it's really a story as old as time, you know, something is thought to be a miracle at the time of its discovery,
1:42.2	but then it later turns out to be quite detrimental.
1:46.4	And if you find this story to be interesting, I do encourage you to read one of my favorite books. It's called Pandora's Lab,
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