Science is great . . . except sometimes it isn't. Each week, your hosts Michelle and Jen talk through the misguided, ethically questionable, and sometimes horrifying scientific studies and experiments that have paved the road to the modern scientific and medical advancements (some but not all of) you get to enjoy.
Michelle Hamer and Jen Coluccio
This week, Michelle and Jen cover The Milgram Experiment and Emma Eckstein's botched experimental surgery. Freud, cocaine, hysteria, and the shirtless guy in the alley.
This week Jen and Michelle discuss Project Artichoke and the David Reimer Sex Change Study. Zoolander and Matt Damon make cameos.
This episode covers the Carney Landis Facial Experiment and Unit 731. We confirm that every group ALWAYS has a Chunk.
In this episode, Michelle and Jen cover Operation Big Buzz, Operation Drop Kick, and The Tearoom Trade Sex Study. Government conspiracy theories and glory holes have finally found a safe space to coexist.
This episode covers Bandura's Bobo Doll Experiment and the Willowbrook State School Hepatitis Study. Small children are featured in both of these but only one involves pretend car jacking.
In the first episode of Enlightened: A Dark Science Podcast, hosts Michelle and Jen talk about Trephination and The Red Wing Study. In related news, they also talk about Jon Hamm and Bukakke
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