Weird Epidemics, Part One: From Sweating to Pokemon

Ridiculous History

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History, Society & Culture

4.3 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

What makes people laugh uncontrollably, for hours at a time? Whatever happened to that 'Sweating Sickness,' and why did so many parents in Japan become convinced their children might die if those kids watched a certain Pokemon episode? Tune in as Ben, Noel and Max explore the strange commonalities of past epidemics.

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0:00.0	In 1967, Joseph Stalin's only daughter,
0:03.5	flees Russia for her new home, America.
0:06.6	Hello, everybody.
0:08.1	I am very happy to be here.
0:10.9	That story alone is worthy of a podcast,
0:13.6	but Spedlana's Spedlana is about what comes next,
0:16.9	and it's the craziest story I've ever heard.
0:19.9	It has KGB agents, a Frank Lloyd Wright commune,
0:23.1	weird sex stuff, three Olga's two Spedlana's,
0:26.0	and one neurotic gay playwright.
0:27.8	That's me.
0:28.6	Listen to Spedlana's Spedlana on the iHeart Radio app,
0:32.2	Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:35.7	In 2018, it was reported there was a dramatic rise
0:38.9	in the number of cases of demonic possession.
0:41.5	For many of the most disturbing cases,
0:43.7	Father Carlos Martens was often summoned.
0:46.4	I have seen things.
0:48.3	Very evil things.
0:49.8	I order you to go in the name of Christ.
0:52.5	I'm not leaving.
0:54.4	We've been together too long.
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