Podcast appearances and mentions of nate pedersen

Underground History host Chelsea Rose visits with Nate Pedersen, author of "Pseudo Science: An Amusing History of Crackpot Ideas and Why We Love Them."

Underground History host Chelsea Rose visits with Nate Pedersen, author of "Pseudo Science: An Amusing History of Crackpot Ideas and Why We Love Them."

Strange stories are often used to fill gaps in human knowledge. But why do people love bizarre explanations for the unexplained? Dr. Lydia Kang and Nate Pedersen look to answer this in their new book, Pseudoscience: An Amusing History of Crackpot Ideas and Why We Love Them. In today's episode, Kang and Pedersen speak with NPR's Ayesha Rascoe about some of the most popular conspiracies, being careful about which ones to indulge in, and the dangers of being misinformed.To listen to Book of the Day sponsor-free and support NPR's book coverage, sign up for Book of the Day+ at plus.npr.org/bookofthedayLearn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

In this episode of the Brave Enough Show, Dr. Sasha talks with acclaimed fiction author Dr. Lydia Kang about her journey to pivot in medicine and start writing professionally. The doctors discuss:  Following your inner voice   Staying focused when experiencing naysayers  Finding the courage to do what you know only you can do  About the guest:  Lydia Kang is an author of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction and a practicing physician, best known for her adult historical novel Opium and Absinthe: A Novel and her medical nonfiction book Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything, co-written with Nate Pedersen. She is an Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine at Nebraska Medicine and lives in Omaha, Nebraska.  Episode Links:   Brave Enough 2023 CME Conference FREE Enneagram Webinar: What is the Enneagram and How Can It Help Me? Order Brave Boundaries The Brave Enough Retreat for Women Physicians Follow Brave Enough:   WEBSITE | INSTAGRAM | FACEBOOK | TWITTER | LINKEDIN Join The Table, Brave Enough's community. The ONLY professional membership group that meets both the professional and personal needs of high-achieving women.

It's volume three, guys! We'll encounter a few pretty grim topics in this episode. However, it wasn't all bad, and it's undoubtedly entertaining. We're moving to the natural side to see what the earth had to offer. Become a "Relative" by subscribing to our Patreon for a bonus episode each month, episode shout-out, and the occasional "relatively dark" surprise! Relatively Dark is creating a True Crime Podcast | Patreon Be sure to follow us on Instagram to see pictures from this episode! https://www.instagram.com/relatively_dark/ Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/708664017144149 Please send all personal stories, thoughts/theories, and case suggestions to relativelydarkpodcast@gmail.com! Episode Sources: Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything by Lydia Kang, MD and Nate Pedersen

Today, it seems that medicine can do it all; rid you of a headache, break a fever, help with aches and pains. However, "medicine" back in the day was more likely to CAUSE those things, along with much worse side effects. In this installment of Quackery, we're diving into the dangers of medicinal elements. Become a "Relative" by subscribing to our Patreon for a bonus episode each month, episode shout-out, and the occasional "relatively dark" surprise! Relatively Dark is creating a True Crime Podcast | Patreon Be sure to follow us on Instagram to see pictures from this episode! https://www.instagram.com/relatively_dark/ Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/708664017144149 Please send all personal stories, thoughts/theories, and case suggestions to relativelydarkpodcast@gmail.com! Episode Sources: Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything by Lydia Kang, MD and Nate Pedersen

Lydia Kang practices internal medicine at Nebraska Medicine and has written several novels including Opium and Absynthe, The Impossible Girl, The Beautiful Poison, and Toxic. Her latest book, co-written with Nate Pedersen, is nonfiction and incredibly timely. It's called Patient Zero: A Curious History of the World's Worst Diseases, which chronicles how diseases spread, the scientific race to understand them, and how we race to destroy them before they destroy us. Each chapter chronicles a particular disease or virus–such as smallpox, the Bubonic plague, polio, HIV, or COVID-19. Kang and Pederson combine the human stories behind outbreaks with historical examinations of missteps, milestones, scientific theories, and more in a darkly funny, very accessible read. In this conversation, Kang discusses the massive scientific advancements made to combat infectious diseases, how our reactions to pandemics have and haven't changed, and what might be in store for our future. Find the book here. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/riversidechats/message

on Inspirational Women: Dr. Lydia Kang is a practicing internal medicine physician and also an author of young adult and adult fiction. She's also a coauthor with Nate Pedersen, a librarian and historian, and their second collaborative book is Patient Zero: A Curious History of the World's Worst Diseases. Considering the time we're living in, this can really give us some good broad perspective of diseases over the centuries and how they've affected our world. www.lydiakang.com

This is Play It Forward. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward. Episode 358 with Dr. Lydia Kang author of Patient Zero. Written by Dr. Lydia Kang, MD, a practicing internal medicine physician, and Nate Pedersen, a librarian and historian, PATIENT ZERO: A Curious History of the World's Worst Diseases [Workman Publishing; November 9, 2021] explores the science and stories behind thirty of the world's worst illnesses, pulling back the curtain on everything from HIV, often falsely considered to have first appeared in the 1980s, to the groundbreaking creation of the first vaccine in the 1790s, to the link between tuberculous and belief in vampires. Seamlessly combining “Patient Zero” narratives that reveal the human stories behind outbreaks with historical examinations of missteps, milestones, scientific theories, other captivating insights

This is Play It Forward. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward. Episode 358 with Dr. Lydia Kang author of Patient Zero. Written by Dr. Lydia Kang, MD, a practicing internal medicine physician, and Nate Pedersen, a librarian and historian, PATIENT ZERO: A Curious History of the World's Worst Diseases [Workman Publishing; November 9, 2021] explores the science and stories behind thirty of the world's worst illnesses, pulling back the curtain on everything from HIV, often falsely considered to have first appeared in the 1980s, to the groundbreaking creation of the first vaccine in the 1790s, to the link between tuberculous and belief in vampires. Seamlessly combining “Patient Zero” narratives that reveal the human stories behind outbreaks with historical examinations of missteps, milestones, scientific theories, other captivating insights

This is Play It Forward. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward. Episode 358 with Dr. Lydia Kang author of Patient Zero. Written by Dr. Lydia Kang, MD, a practicing internal medicine physician, and Nate Pedersen, a librarian and historian, PATIENT ZERO: A Curious History of the World's Worst Diseases [Workman Publishing; November 9, 2021] explores the science and stories behind thirty of the world's worst illnesses, pulling back the curtain on everything from HIV, often falsely considered to have first appeared in the 1980s, to the groundbreaking creation of the first vaccine in the 1790s, to the link between tuberculous and belief in vampires. Seamlessly combining “Patient Zero” narratives that reveal the human stories behind outbreaks with historical examinations of missteps, milestones, scientific theories, other captivating insights

This is Play It Forward. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward. Episode 358 with Dr. Lydia Kang author of Patient Zero. Written by Dr. Lydia Kang, MD, a practicing internal medicine physician, and Nate Pedersen, a librarian and historian, PATIENT ZERO: A Curious History of the World's Worst Diseases [Workman Publishing; November 9, 2021] explores the science and stories behind thirty of the world's worst illnesses, pulling back the curtain on everything from HIV, often falsely considered to have first appeared in the 1980s, to the groundbreaking creation of the first vaccine in the 1790s, to the link between tuberculous and belief in vampires. Seamlessly combining “Patient Zero” narratives that reveal the human stories behind outbreaks with historical examinations of missteps, milestones, scientific theories, other captivating insights

We talk about human cannibalism (anthropophagy), why people have partaken, if it's still practiced today, how many calories the human heart has... and more.Sources: Cole, James. 2017. “Assessing the Calorific Significance of Episodes of Human Cannibalism in the Palaeolithic.” Scientific Reports 7 (1). https://doi.org/10.1038/srep44707.‌Katz, Brigit. n.d. “New Study Fleshes out the Nutritional Value of Human Meat.” Smithsonian Magazine. Accessed August 22, 2021. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-cannibals-did-not-eat-humans-nutrition-study-says-180962823/?fbclid=IwAR04X-KaaoRHXFlWHMX1nv1Fa556iu0eGo3VpSZy9IXWuC43w6pCHACDges.‌https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/311277?fbclid=IwAR2AO3e6Foo1OIG6TCYrKtJh-gK2M5fZjaT7wCVngudoo79fVy-OBuOFdvg#The-health-implications-of-eating-colleagueshttps://medium.com/lessons-from-history/5-gruesome-recipes-history-of-eating-corpses-as-medicine-dfc675e53071https://theculturetrip.com/pacific/fiji/articles/a-brief-history-of-cannibalism-in-fiji/?fbclid=IwAR1djKWrLRq3PXGdaxohRyp4XrTZhP9PdwCrxNoOvHohrADleSQI9UMSXS8Roach, Mary, W Norton, and Amazon.com. 2004. Stiff : The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers. New York: W. W. Norton & Company.‌Kang, Lydia, and Nate Pedersen. 2017. Quackery : A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything. New York: Workman Publishing.Commercial inspired by The Mouse Police Never Sleeps, by Jethro Tull‌https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=1800435Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/Macabrepedia)

Don't drink bleach. That seems obvious like along the lines of don't go swimming when there's lightning or run for president when you have no interest in governing. But yet countless cleaning products had to take to social media discouraging users from drinking them because Donald Trump said it could knock out coronavirus. Where did he get this "tremendous" idea? Co-hosts Beth and Kelly talk about the possible origins of Dr. Trump's most recent batshittery in today's episode. And please, don't drink bleach. Theme music: Big White Lie by A Cast of Thousands Cite your sources: Bernard, Dr. “Man Drinks a Bottle of Rubbing Alcohol for COVID-19.” The Miami Times, 24 Apr. 2020, www.miamitimesonline.com/covid-19_hub/man-drinks-a-bottle-of-rubbing-alcohol-for-covid-19/article_0a2a9cfa-8626-11ea-a76a-07f198b5e75f.html. Bult, Laura. “Church That Peddles Bleach as 'Miracle Cure' for Autism Continues to Be Scrutinized by Authorities, at Least One Person Prosecuted  .” Nydailynews.com, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2018, www.nydailynews.com/news/national/feds-monitor-church-sells-bleach-cure-autism-article-1.2846245. Dickson, EJ. “QAnon YouTubers Are Telling People to Drink Bleach to Ward Off Coronavirus.” Rolling Stone, Rolling Stone, 9 Mar. 2020, www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/qanon-conspiracy-theorists-coronavirus-mms-bleach-youtube-twitter-944878/. “Doctor Turned Minister Prescribed Cancer Patients Herbs And Prayer, Charging Them Thousands - Oxygen.” Parkinson FIT, 27 May 2013, parkinson.fit/feed-items/doctor-turned-minister-prescribed-cancer-patients-herbs-and-prayer-charging-them-thousands-oxygen/. “Former Chicagoan Touts Coronavirus 'Rescue' Previously Barred in Illinois.” NBC Chicago, NBC Chicago, 28 Apr. 2020, www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/former-chicagoan-touts-coronavirus-rescue-previously-barred-in-illinois/2262617/. Galli, Cindy, et al. “Shameless: The High Priests of Snake Oil Offer Miracle Cures.” ABC News, ABC News Network, 28 Oct. 2016, abcnews.go.com/US/shameless-high-priests-snake-oil-offer-miracle-cures/story?id=43111532. “Genesis 2 Church - 606459 - 04/08/2020.” U.S. Food and Drug Administration, FDA, 8 Apr. 2020, www.fda.gov/inspections-compliance-enforcement-and-criminal-investigations/warning-letters/genesis-2-church-606459-04082020. Hamblin, James. “Why It's Important Not to Drink Bleach.” The Atlantic, Atlantic Media Company, 25 Apr. 2020, www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/04/trump-bleach-coronavirus/610690/. Humble, Jim. “A Word from Jim Humble.” Jim Humble's Website, jimhumble.co/. Kang, Lydia, and Nate Pedersen. Quackery: a Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything. Workman Publishing, 2017. Kunzelman, Michaeld. “'QAnon' Conspiracy Theory Creeps into Mainstream Politics.” ABC News, ABC News Network, 9 Feb. 2020, abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/qanon-conspiracy-theory-creeps-mainstream-politics-68860270. LaMotte, Sandee. “'Inoculate Yourself with the Word of God': Religion and Medical Treatment.” CNN, Cable News Network, 7 Feb. 2018, www.cnn.com/2018/02/07/health/religion-medical-treatment/index.html. Ono, David, and Lisa Bartley. “Group of SoCal Parents Secretly Try to Cure Kids with Autism Using Bleach.” ABC7 San Francisco, 29 Oct. 2016, abc7news.com/news/group-of-socal-parents-secretly-try-to-cure-kids-with-autism-using-bleach/1578833/. Pasulka, Nicole. “When Women Used Lysol as Birth Control.” Mother Jones, 24 Apr. 2020, www.motherjones.com/media/2012/03/when-women-used-lysol-birth-control/. Pilkington, Ed. “Revealed: Leader of Group Peddling Bleach as Coronavirus 'Cure' Wrote to Trump This Week.” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 24 Apr. 2020, www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/24/revealed-leader-group-peddling-bleach-cure-lobbied-trump-coronavirus?fbclid=IwAR2PTe07Nm5c8MoilNQJTZBHkRXfT8yINJhCbDB7jsJbJiNLLIwteG283Bc. Robbins, Martin. “The Man Who Encourages the Sick and Dying to Drink Industrial Bleach | Martin Robbins.” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 15 Sept. 2010, www.theguardian.com/science/2010/sep/15/miracle-mineral-solutions-mms-bleach. Shorman, Jonathan, and Francesca Chambers. “Kansas Official Says Man Drank Cleaner after Trump Floated Dangerous Disinfectant Remedy.” Kansas, The Wichita Eagle, 27 Apr. 2020, www.kansas.com/news/politics-government/article242326966.html. Smith, Benjamin H. “Doctor Turned Minister Prescribed Cancer Patients Herbs And Prayer, Charging Them Thousands.” Oxygen Official Site, 10 July 2019, www.oxygen.com/license-to-kill/crime-time/dr-christine-daniel-herbs-prayer-fraud-cancer-sonrise. Sirucek, Stefan. “The Parents Who Give Their Children Bleach Enemas to 'Cure' Them ofAutism.” Vice, 12 Mar. 2015, www.vice.com/en_uk/article/kwxq3w/parents-are-giving-their-children-bleach-enemas-to-cure-them-of-autism-311. “Undeserved Aspersion Against Church of Scientology.” Scientologists Taking Action Against Discrimination (STAND), 31 Jan. 2018, www.standleague.org/news/media-watch/20180131-unwarranted-aspersion-against-church-of-scientology.html.

America's "doctors" don't seem to be dispensing the best advice during the coronavirus pandemic. Dr. Oz says opening up schools is appetizing. Dr. Phil says more people die crashing cars into swimming pools yet we don't close the country for that. And Dr. Drew downplayed the virus for weeks. Strange Country co-hosts Beth and Kelly talk about these purveyors of quackery disguised as medical expertise, and Beth gets very real about her feelings. Theme music: Big White Lie by A Cast of Thousands Cite your sources: Allen, Evan, and David Armstrong. “Dr. Phil Says He Rescues People from Addiction. Others Say His Show Puts Guests’ Health at Risk.” The Boston Globe, 28 Dec. 2018, https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2017/12/28/phil-says-rescues-people-from-addiction-others-say-his-show-puts-some-guests-health-risk/QJKZaxpyYU4TI25MFmNu5N/story.html. Arnold, Catharine. “Eat More Onions!: Desperate and Massively Debatable Medical Advice from 1918.” Lapham's Quarterly, 13 Sept. 2018, www.laphamsquarterly.org/roundtable/eat-more-onions. Barbash, Fred. “'Dr. Drew' Show Canceled Days after Host's Negative Speculation about Hillary Clinton's Health.” The Washington Post, WP Company, 26 Aug. 2016, www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/08/26/dr-drew-show-canceled-days-after-his-negative-speculation-about-hillary-clintons-health/. Belluz, Julia, and Steven J. Hoffman. “Dr. Oz's Miracle Diet Advice Is Malarkey.” Slate Magazine, 1 Jan. 2013, www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2013/01/can_you_trust_dr_oz_his_medical_advice_often_conflicts_with_the_best_science.single.html. Bercovici, Jeff. “Dr. Oz's Five Wackiest Medical Beliefs.” Forbes, Forbes Magazine, 28 Jan. 2013, www.forbes.com/sites/jeffbercovici/2013/01/28/dr-ozs-five-wackiest-medical-beliefs/#211d8d211162. Carlson, Erin. “Dr. Drew: No More 'Celebrity Rehab' After Cast Member Deaths.” The Hollywood Reporter, 3 May 2013, www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/dr-drew-no-more-celebrity-451576. Celizic, Mike. “Spears' Parents Say Dr. Phil Violated Their Trust.” TODAY.com, 9 Jan. 2008, www.today.com/popculture/spears-parents-say-dr-phil-violated-their-trust-wbna22570295. Cramer, Maria. “Dr. Oz Faces Backlash After Saying Schools Could Reopen.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 17 Apr. 2020, www.nytimes.com/2020/04/17/business/media/dr-oz-apology-coronavirus.html. Dell, Steven J. “What's Wrong with Dr. Oz?” Missouri Medicine, Journal of the Missouri State Medical Association, 2015, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6167233/. De Moraes, Lisa. The Washington Post, WP Company, 1 Oct. 2004, www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63905-2004Sep30.html. Eakin, Marah. “Adam Carolla Doesn't Think Women Are Funny.” AV Club, 23 Aug. 2017, news.avclub.com/adam-carolla-doesn-t-think-women-are-funny-1798231845. Ehrenreich, Barbara. Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America. Picador, 2010. Ember, Sydney. “Dr. Oz to Respond on Show to Criticism by Physicians.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 21 Apr. 2015, www.nytimes.com/2015/04/21/business/media/dr-oz-to-respond-on-show-to-criticism-by-physicians.html. Essig, Laurie. “Dr. Phil's Very Bad Advice.” Psychology Today, Sussex Publishers, 10 Feb. 2011, www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/love-inc/201102/dr-phils-very-bad-advice. Gandhi, Lakshmi. “A History Of 'Snake Oil Salesmen'.” NPR, NPR, 26 Aug. 2013, www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/08/26/215761377/a-history-of-snake-oil-salesmen. Goldschmidt, Debra. “Doctors Want Mehmet Oz to Resign Position at Columbia.” CNN, Cable News Network, 23 Apr. 2015, www.cnn.com/2015/04/17/health/dr-oz-columbia-letter/. “'Grease' Actor Jeff Conaway's Death Ruled Accidental.” CNN, Cable News Network, 3 Oct. 2011, www.cnn.com/2011/10/03/showbiz/ent-jeff-conaway-dead/index.html. Hamblin, James. “Senators Told Dr. Oz to Stop Claiming That Diet Pills Are Miracles.” The Atlantic, Atlantic Media Company, 18 June 2014, www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/06/magic-weight-loss-pills-may-not-exist/372958/. Herper, Matthew. “Feds Say Dr. Drew Was Paid By Glaxo To Talk Up Antidepressant.” Forbes, Forbes Magazine, 17 Dec. 2013, www.forbes.com/sites/matthewherper/2012/07/02/feds-say-dr-drew-was-paid-by-glaxo-to-talk-up-antidepressant/#504684bb51ec. Kang, Lydia, and Nate Pedersen. Quackery: a Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything. Workman Publishing, 2017. Milsten, Andrew. “1918 Influenza Pandemic: A United States Timeline.” ACEP // Home Page, www.acep.org/how-we-serve/sections/disaster-medicine/news/april-2018/1918-influenza-pandemic-a-united-states-timeline/. Pan, J.C. “The Pandemic's Shameless Profiteers.” The New Republic, 3 Apr. 2020, newrepublic.com/article/157150/coronavirus-pandemic-hucksters-alex-jones-big-pharma. Parton, Jon. “Dr. Phil Guest Claims He Exploited Her Mental Illness for Profit.” CNS, 11 Feb. 2019, www.courthousenews.com/dr-phil-guest-claims-he-exploited-her-mental-illness-for-profit/. Paul Farhi, Elahe Izadi. “Dr. Phil and Dr. Oz Aren't Coronavirus Experts. So Why Are They Talking about It on TV News?” The Washington Post, WP Company, 18 Apr. 2020, www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/dr-phil-and-dr-oz-arent-coronavirus-experts-so-why-are-they-talking-about-it-on-tv-news/2020/04/17/09c2c410-80bb-11ea-a3ee-13e1ae0a3571_story.html. Poniewozik, James. “On 'Dr. Oz,' Trump Offers Placebo Transparency.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 15 Sept. 2016, www.nytimes.com/2016/09/16/arts/television/on-dr-oz-trump-offers-placebo-transparency.html?action=click&module=RelatedLinks&pgtype=Article. Romano, Tricia. “Dr. Phil McGraw: Six Lawsuits and Scandals, Natalee Holloway, Ted Williams & More.” The Daily Beast, The Daily Beast Company, 17 Mar. 2011, www.thedailybeast.com/dr-phil-mcgraw-six-lawsuits-and-scandals-natalee-holloway-ted-williams-and-more. Ryan, Andrew. "Hooked on junk: an addictive TV prescription." Globe & Mail [Toronto, Canada], 21 Dec. 2010, p. R3. Gale OneFile: News, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A244928038/STND?u=nysl_sc_flls&sid=STND&xid=371667a8. Accessed 21 Apr. 2020. “Sen McCaskill Questions Dr. Oz on 'Flowery' Language on His Show.” CSPAN, 17 June 2014, www.c-span.org/video/?c4501095/sen-mccaskill-questions-dr-oz-flowery-language-show. Siese, April. 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Accessed 20 Apr. 2020. Yahr, Emily. “The Long and Winding Evolution of Dr. Drew, Back in the Spotlight after a Coronavirus Controversy.” The Washington Post, WP Company, 13 Apr. 2020, www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2020/04/13/dr-drew-pinsky-coronavirus-loveline/.

Lydia Pinkham was one of the most recognizable women of the 1800's. Her visage peered from the boxes of Vegetable Compound she created to cure female troubles. She was also one of the first women to experience the trolling of men who took great pains to criticize her hair, her smile, her existence. Strange Country co-hosts Beth and Kelly discuss patent medicines, advertising's impact on women's roles and the joys of premenopausal life. Theme music: Resting Place by A Cast of Thousands. Cite your sources: Barnes-Brus, Tori. "Advertising Motherhood with Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company." Radcliffe Institute of Advanced Learning, Harvard University, 18 Sept. 2014, www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/schlesinger-library/blog/advertising-motherhood-lydia-e-pinkham-medicine-company. Accessed 24 Oct. 2018 Barry, Rebecca Rego. “Was Lydia E. Pinkham the Queen of Quackery?” JSTOR Daily, 22 Nov. 2017, daily.jstor.org/was-lydia-e-pinkham-the-queen-of-quackery/. Danna, Sammy R. Lydia Pinkham: The Face That Launched a Thousand Ads. Rowman & Littlefield, 2015. Google Books, books.google.com/ books?id=eOg1CgAAQBAJ&dq=Lydia+Pinkham:+The+Face+That+Launched+a+Thousand+Ads&source=gbs_navlinks_s. Fulton, R.E. “‘I Would Just Want To Fly’: Lydia Pinkham, Women's Medicine, and Social Networks.” Nursing Clio, 15 July 2015, nursingclio.org/2015/07/15/i-would-just-want-to-fly/. Giaimo, Cara. “The First Woman to Put Her Face on Packaging Got Trolled Like Crazy.” Atlas Obscura, Atlas Obscura, 22 Feb. 2017, www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-first-woman-to-put-her-face-on-packaging-got-trolled-like-crazy. Horwitz, Rainey. “The Embryo Project Encyclopedia.” Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound (1873-1906) | The Embryo Project Encyclopedia, 20 May 2017, embryo.asu.edu/pages/lydia-pinkhams-vegetable-compound-1873-1906. Kang, Lydia, and Nate Pedersen. Quackery: a brief history of the worst ways to cure everything. Workman Publishing, 2017. Lewis, Jone Johnson. “Lydia Pinkham: Famous for Her Patent Medicine and Its Marketing.” ThoughtCo, 1 May 2017, www.thoughtco.com/lydia-pinkham-biography-3529532. “Life Root Uses, Benefits & Dosage - Drugs.com Herbal Database.” Drugs.com, Drugs.com, www.drugs.com/npp/life-root.html. MacPhee, Katrin. “Lydia E. Pinkham: Life and Legacy.” Museum of Health Care Blog, 9 June 2014, museumofhealthcare.wordpress.com/2014/06/19/lydia-e-pinkham-life-and-legacy/. “Office of Dietary Supplements - Black Cohosh.” NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 30 Aug. 2018, ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/BlackCohosh-HealthProfessional/. “Quack Cures and Self-Remedies: Patent Medicine.” Women's Health and Household Hints | DPLA, dp.la/exhibitions/patent-medicine/women-health-household-hints/. Shields, Jesslyn. “Unicorn Root Resurrects Itself After 130 Years.” HowStuffWorks Science, HowStuffWorks, 30 Aug. 2018, science.howstuffworks.com/life/botany/unicorn-root-comes-back-after-130-years.htm. Wu, Brianna. “Rape and Death Threats Are Terrorizing Female Gamers. Why Haven't Men in Tech Spoken out?” The Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2014, www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2014/10/20/rape-and-death-threats-are-terrorizing-female-gamers-why-havent-men-in-tech-spoken-out/?utm_term=.568a578d0169.

What won't we try in our quest for perfect health, beauty, and the fountain of youth? Well, just imagine a time when doctors prescribed morphine for crying infants. When liquefied gold was touted as immortality in a glass. And when strychnine—yes, that strychnine, the one used in rat poison—was dosed like Viagra. Looking back with fascination, horror, and not a little dash of dark, knowing humor, Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything (Workman Publishing Company, 2017) recounts the lively, at times unbelievable, history of medical misfires and malpractices. Ranging from the merely weird to the outright dangerous, here are dozens of outlandish, morbidly hilarious “treatments”—conceived by doctors and scientists, by spiritualists and snake oil salesmen (yes, they literally tried to sell snake oil)—that were predicated on a range of cluelessness, trial and error, and straight-up scams. With vintage illustrations, photographs, and advertisements throughout, Lydia Kang and Nate Pedersen seamlessly combines macabre humor with science and storytelling to reveal an important and disturbing side of the ever-evolving field of medicine. Jeremy Corr is the co-host of the hit Fixing Healthcare podcast along with industry thought leader Dr. Robert Pearl. A University of Iowa history alumnus, Jeremy is curious and passionate about all things healthcare, which means he's always up for a good discussion! Reach him at jeremyccorr@gmail.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What won’t we try in our quest for perfect health, beauty, and the fountain of youth? Well, just imagine a time when doctors prescribed morphine for crying infants. When liquefied gold was touted as immortality in a glass. And when strychnine—yes, that strychnine, the one used in rat poison—was dosed like Viagra. Looking back with fascination, horror, and not a little dash of dark, knowing humor, Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything (Workman Publishing Company, 2017) recounts the lively, at times unbelievable, history of medical misfires and malpractices. Ranging from the merely weird to the outright dangerous, here are dozens of outlandish, morbidly hilarious “treatments”—conceived by doctors and scientists, by spiritualists and snake oil salesmen (yes, they literally tried to sell snake oil)—that were predicated on a range of cluelessness, trial and error, and straight-up scams. With vintage illustrations, photographs, and advertisements throughout, Lydia Kang and Nate Pedersen seamlessly combines macabre humor with science and storytelling to reveal an important and disturbing side of the ever-evolving field of medicine. Jeremy Corr is the co-host of the hit Fixing Healthcare podcast along with industry thought leader Dr. Robert Pearl. A University of Iowa history alumnus, Jeremy is curious and passionate about all things healthcare, which means he’s always up for a good discussion! Reach him at jeremyccorr@gmail.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What won't we try in our quest for perfect health, beauty, and the fountain of youth? Well, just imagine a time when doctors prescribed morphine for crying infants. When liquefied gold was touted as immortality in a glass. And when strychnine—yes, that strychnine, the one used in rat poison—was dosed like Viagra. Looking back with fascination, horror, and not a little dash of dark, knowing humor, Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything (Workman Publishing Company, 2017) recounts the lively, at times unbelievable, history of medical misfires and malpractices. Ranging from the merely weird to the outright dangerous, here are dozens of outlandish, morbidly hilarious “treatments”—conceived by doctors and scientists, by spiritualists and snake oil salesmen (yes, they literally tried to sell snake oil)—that were predicated on a range of cluelessness, trial and error, and straight-up scams. With vintage illustrations, photographs, and advertisements throughout, Lydia Kang and Nate Pedersen seamlessly combines macabre humor with science and storytelling to reveal an important and disturbing side of the ever-evolving field of medicine. Jeremy Corr is the co-host of the hit Fixing Healthcare podcast along with industry thought leader Dr. Robert Pearl. A University of Iowa history alumnus, Jeremy is curious and passionate about all things healthcare, which means he's always up for a good discussion! Reach him at jeremyccorr@gmail.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/medicine

What won’t we try in our quest for perfect health, beauty, and the fountain of youth? Well, just imagine a time when doctors prescribed morphine for crying infants. When liquefied gold was touted as immortality in a glass. And when strychnine—yes, that strychnine, the one used in rat poison—was dosed like Viagra. Looking back with fascination, horror, and not a little dash of dark, knowing humor, Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything (Workman Publishing Company, 2017) recounts the lively, at times unbelievable, history of medical misfires and malpractices. Ranging from the merely weird to the outright dangerous, here are dozens of outlandish, morbidly hilarious “treatments”—conceived by doctors and scientists, by spiritualists and snake oil salesmen (yes, they literally tried to sell snake oil)—that were predicated on a range of cluelessness, trial and error, and straight-up scams. With vintage illustrations, photographs, and advertisements throughout, Lydia Kang and Nate Pedersen seamlessly combines macabre humor with science and storytelling to reveal an important and disturbing side of the ever-evolving field of medicine. Jeremy Corr is the co-host of the hit Fixing Healthcare podcast along with industry thought leader Dr. Robert Pearl. A University of Iowa history alumnus, Jeremy is curious and passionate about all things healthcare, which means he’s always up for a good discussion! Reach him at jeremyccorr@gmail.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Radium was beautiful to Marie Curie even though it killed her, and radium made the teens and young women employed at United States Radium Corp. shine in the night. They put their radium coated paintbrushes in their mouths like they'd been trained, and ingested the deadly substance. Strange Country Co-hosts Beth and Kelly talk about the ramifications, the workers' struggle and their plans to open a different type of food truck in ep. 34. Theme music: Resting Place by A Cast of Thousands Cite Your Sources: “All Radium Plants in Federal Inquiry.” The New York Times, 21 June 1925, pp. 18–18, www.nytimes.com/1925/06/21/archives/all-radium-plants-in-federal-inquiry-labor-department-starts-search.html. “Begin Wide Inquiry into Radium Deaths.” The New York Times, 20 June 1925, timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1925/06/20/101669830.html?pageNumber=1. Blum, Deborah. “The Radium Girls.” Wired, Conde Nast, 3 June 2017, www.wired.com/2011/03/the-radium-girls/. The Case of the Living Dead Women - The Radium Dial Case in the newspapers - The Case of the Living Dead Women - The Radium Dial Case in the newspapers, www.lgrossman.com/pics/radium/index.html. Fergusson, Maggie. “The Radium Girls - still glowing in their coffins.” The Spectator, 8 May 2017, www.spectator.co.uk/2016/06/the-radium-girls-still-glowing-in-their-coffins/. Hersher, Rebecca. “Mae Keane, One Of The Last 'Radium Girls,' Dies At 107.” NPR, NPR, 28 Dec. 2014, www.npr.org/2014/12/28/373510029/saved-by-a-bad-taste-one-of-the-last-radium-girls-dies-at-107. Kang, Lydia, and Nate Pedersen. Quackery: a brief history of the worst ways to cure everything. Workman Publishing, 2017. Moore, Kate. The radium girls: the dark story of Americas shining women. Sourcebooks, 2017. “The Radium Girls.” Medical Bag, 15 June 2016, www.medicalbag.com/profile-in-rare-diseases/the-radium-girls/article/472385/. “They paid with their lives.” THE GIRLS - theradiumgirls, www.theradiumgirls.com/the-girls/4593781028. Zhang, Sarah. “A Century Later, the Factory that Poisoned the 'Radium Girls' Still a Superfund Site.” The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2017, www.theatlantic.com/notes/2017/03/radium-superfund-legacy/519408/. Zhang, Sarah. “The Girls With Radioactive Bones.” The Atlantic, 1 Mar. 2017, www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/03/radium-girls-kate-moore/515685/.

You likely can easily name the assassin of Abraham Lincoln, but what about the guy who killed John Wilkes Booth? Strange Country Ep. 31 focuses on the strange, mercury-filled life of Boston Corbett, the hatter, who fired that fatal shot. Much credit to Scott Martelle's fascinating book, Madman and the Assassin. Theme music: Resting Place by A Cast of Thousands Cite your sources: “Boston Corbett Hopelessly Insane.” The New York Times, 6 Oct. 1887, www.nytimes.com/1887/10/06/archives/boston-corbett-hopelessly-insane.html. “Boston Corbett – The Mad Hatter who Killed John Wilkes Booth.” New England Historical Society, 2 Sept. 2016, www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/boston-corbett-mad-hatter-killed-john-wilkes-booth/. Corbett, Boston. “The Manner of Booth's Death Letter from Boston Corbett.” The New York Times, 15 May 1865, www.nytimes.com/1865/05/15/archives/the-manner-of-booths-death-letter-from-boston-corbett.html. Furgurson, Ernest B. “The Man Who Shot the Man Who Shot Lincoln.” The American Scholar, 30 Jan. 2018, theamericanscholar.org/the-man-who-shot-the-man-who-shot-lincoln/#.WonLExPwZAZ. Greenspan, Jesse. “The Other Targets of Booth's Murder Conspiracy.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 15 Apr. 2015, www.history.com/news/the-other-targets-of-booths-murder-conspiracy. Halvorsen, Richard. Dr Richard Halvorsen, www.drhalvorsen.co.uk/mad_hatter_mercury.html. “He Killed Lincoln's Killer, Then Lived In A Hole, Concordia, Kansas.” RoadsideAmerica.com, www.roadsideamerica.com/story/16178. History.com Staff. “Abraham Lincoln's Assassination.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 2009, www.history.com/topics/abraham-lincoln-assassination. History.com Staff. “Andersonville.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 2009, www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/andersonville. Jensen, Bill. “The Insane Story of the Guy Who Killed the Guy Who Killed Lincoln.” Washingtonian, 21 Oct. 2016, www.washingtonian.com/2015/04/12/the-man-who-killed-john-wilkes-booth/. Kang, Lydia, and Nate Pedersen. Quackery: a brief history of the worst ways to cure everything. Workman Publishing, 2017. Mae, Janice Rachael Dr. “Mad Hatter Disease.” HealthGuidance.org, www.healthguidance.org/entry/17695/1/Mad-Hatter-Disease.html. Martelle, Scott. Madman and the assassin: the strange life of boston corbett, the man who killed john wilkes ... booth. Chicago Review, 2017. Swanson, James L. “The Final Hours of John Wilkes Booth.” Smithsonian.com, Smithsonian Institution, 8 Apr. 2015, www.smithsonianmag.com/history/final-hours-john-wilkes-booth-180954853/. Wadja, Shirley. “Ending the Danbury Shakes: A Story of Workers Rights and Corporate Responsibility.” ConnecticutHistoryorg, connecticuthistory.org/ending-the-danbury-shakes-a-story-of-workers-rights-and-corporate-responsibility/.  

Warren G. Harding is usually the first on the list of worst presidents....until now. But what is really strange is his death. Or is it? Co-hosts Beth and Kelly explore the death of Harding and dispel the myth that his wife had anything to do with although Kelly wouldn't blame her if she did. The bigger mystery is who is Jerry??? Theme music: Resting Place by A Cast of Thousands Cite your sources: Beck, Julie. "Americanitis: The Disease of Living Too Fast." The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2016, www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/03/the-history-of-neurasthenia-or-americanitis-health-happiness-and-culture/473253/. Accessed 16 Jan. 2018. Bomboy, Scott. "Generations Later, President Warren Harding's Sudden Death Recalled.” Constitution Daily, 1 Aug. 2017, constitutioncenter.org/blog/after-90-years-president-warren-hardings-death-still-unsettled. Eschner, Kate. "Florence Harding, Not Eleanor Roosevelt, May Have Created the Modern First Lady.” Smithsonian.Com, 15 Aug. 2017, www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/florence-harding-roosevelt-modern-first-lady-180964486/. Accessed 16 Jan. 2018. Ferrell, Robert H. The strange deaths of President Harding. University of Missouri Press, 1996. "First Lady Biography: Florence Harding." National First Ladies' Library, www.firstladies.org/biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=30. Accessed 16 Jan. 2018. Greenspan, Jesse. "The Unexpected Death of President Harding, 90 Years Ago." History.com, 2 Aug. 2013, www.history.com/news/the-unexpected-death-of-president-harding-90-years-ago. Accessed 16 Jan. 2018. Smith, Jordan Michael. “The Letters that Warren G. Harding's Family Didn't Want You to See.” The New York Times Magazine, 7 July 2014, www.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/magazine/letters-warren-g-harding.html?_r=0. Kang, Lydia, and Nate Pedersen. Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything. New York, Workman Publishing, 2017. Markel, Howard. "The 'Strange' Death of Warren G. Harding." PBS News Hour, 2 Aug. 2015, www.pbs.org/newshour/health/strange-death-warren-harding. Nawsaw, David. "Worst Lady? The Wife of Warren Harding May Have Been the First Lady of Deceit.” The New York Times, 2 Aug. 1998, Books sec. The New York Times On The Web, www.nytimes.com/ books/98/08/02/reviews/980802.02nasawt.html. Accessed 16 Jan. 2018. Tolson, Jay. "Worst Presidents: Warren Harding (1921-1923)." U.S. News & World Report, 16 Feb. 2007, www.usnews.com/news/special-reports/the-worst-presidents/articles/2014/12/17/ worst-presidents-warren-harding-1921-1923. Accessed 16 Jan. 2018.

Is your quiver full? If you don't know what that means, probably not. But if you do, you may also know the story of Mormonism, so much of this episode will be old news to you. What you may not know is that strychnine can put some pep in your step. It's much more likely to put some death in your step, so exercise caution.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Written by Dr. Lydia Kang, a practicing internal medicine physician, and Nate Pedersen, a librarian and historian, Quackery offers 67 tales of outlandish treatments complete with vintage illustrations, photographs, and advertisements of everything from the equipment needed for Tobacco Smoke Enemas (used to save drowning victims in the Thames River) to an ad for the morphine-laced Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for children.Looking back with fascination, horror, and dark humor, Quackery recounts the lively, at times unbelievable, history of medical misfires and malpractices. Ranging from the merely weird to the outright dangerous, here are dozens of outlandish, morbidly hilarious “treatments” -- conceived by doctors and scientists, by spiritualists and snake oil salesmen (yes, they literally tried to sell snake oil) -- that were predicated on a range of cluelessness, trial and error, and straight-up scams. Quackery seamlessly combines macabre humor with science and storytelling to reveal an important and disturbing side of the ever-evolving field of medicine.Lydia Kang, MD, is a practicing internal medicine physician and author of young adult fiction and adult fiction. Her YA novels include Control, Catalyst, and the upcoming The November Girl. Her adult fiction debut is entitled A Beautiful Poison. Her nonfiction has been published in JAMA, the Annals of Internal Medicine, and the Journal of General Internal Medicine.Nate Pedersen is a librarian, historian, and freelance journalist with over 400 publications in print and online, including in the Guardian, the Believer, the San Francisco Chronicle, and the Art of Manliness. Nate is a contributing writer for the magazine Fine Books & Collections, where he investigates the strange and unusual side of the rare-book market. Writers LIVE programs are supported in part by a bequest from The Miss Howard Hubbard Adult Programming Fund. 

Written by Dr. Lydia Kang, a practicing internal medicine physician, and Nate Pedersen, a librarian and historian, Quackery offers 67 tales of outlandish treatments complete with vintage illustrations, photographs, and advertisements of everything from the equipment needed for Tobacco Smoke Enemas (used to save drowning victims in the Thames River) to an ad for the morphine-laced Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for children.Looking back with fascination, horror, and dark humor, Quackery recounts the lively, at times unbelievable, history of medical misfires and malpractices. Ranging from the merely weird to the outright dangerous, here are dozens of outlandish, morbidly hilarious “treatments” -- conceived by doctors and scientists, by spiritualists and snake oil salesmen (yes, they literally tried to sell snake oil) -- that were predicated on a range of cluelessness, trial and error, and straight-up scams. Quackery seamlessly combines macabre humor with science and storytelling to reveal an important and disturbing side of the ever-evolving field of medicine.Lydia Kang, MD, is a practicing internal medicine physician and author of young adult fiction and adult fiction. Her YA novels include Control, Catalyst, and the upcoming The November Girl. Her adult fiction debut is entitled A Beautiful Poison. Her nonfiction has been published in JAMA, the Annals of Internal Medicine, and the Journal of General Internal Medicine.Nate Pedersen is a librarian, historian, and freelance journalist with over 400 publications in print and online, including in the Guardian, the Believer, the San Francisco Chronicle, and the Art of Manliness. Nate is a contributing writer for the magazine Fine Books & Collections, where he investigates the strange and unusual side of the rare-book market. Writers LIVE programs are supported in part by a bequest from The Miss Howard Hubbard Adult Programming Fund. Recorded On: Thursday, November 16, 2017