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Falling

Joe, Toren, and Kevin take a look at plummeting to your death (and other outcomes) from heights both great and ridiculously small. We go from history’s Gemonian Stairs to the 1912 Eiffel Tower “Parachute Coat” incident to the most impressive falls from planes in recent memory including Alan MaGee, Nicholas Alkamade, and  Vezna Vulović. All this plus a Public Service Announcement on how to survive a bungee jumping accident and pop-culture most memorable falls!

Plus: a special Celebrity Lesser of Two Evils recorded with skeptic-musician George Hrab! He’s not here for the whole episode but we managed to catch up with him while he was in Vancouver to ask him to choose between two horrible fates!

Music: ”Everything Alive Will Die Someday” by George Hrab

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Alchemy

Joanna Gaskell of the Standard Action web series joins us to discuss the history and “science” of alchemy, including the philosopher’s stone and elixir of life, transmutation of elements, the universal solvent, homonculi, famous alchemists and frauds. Plus alchemy portrayed in film, comics, TV, literature, and video games.

Music: ”There’ll Be Some Changes Made” by The Boswell Sisters

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Caustic Soda Live EXPerience

Caustic Soda Live EXPerience Update

There’s only a few days left (and very few reservation slots left!) before the Caustic Soda Live EXPerience at EXP Restaurant and Bar. Here’s some updated information:

Reservations
We’ve still got a few left available at Caustic Gear as of this posting, but once they’re gone you’ll have to line up for the non-reserved space we have left.

Start Time
Doors will open at 12 noon on Sunday, May 12th at EXP Restaurant and Bar (309 W. Pender, Vancouver, BC) for those with reservations, and 12:30 for everyone else. Seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis, though if you haven’t got a reservation you’ll be a bit further back.

EXP’s kitchen will be operational, so grab some munchies and have a drink while mingling with the Caustic Soda crew and your fellow Soda Jerks.

The podcast will start at 1pm. There will be an intermission, and musical entertainment by Murder Dove. We should be finished around 3 pm and afterwards we’ll mingle through EXP for a meet-and-greet. Who knows, maybe there’ll be an opportunity to be on the show…

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We didn’t promote the bidding for this very well so we still have two slots available for the Spaceship Zero Roleplaying Game session after the live podcast. We’ll be doing a live auction after the show for these spots, and will be adding in a few bonuses to sweeten the prize, so stick around if you want in.

This session should go from 4pm-8pm, but we can’t guarantee exact times. We might go late!

 

Lesser of Two Evils – Live!
We’re still taking suggestions from Soda Jerks for the two horrible fates for the Live Lesser of Two Evils. Head over to the Lesser of Two Evils page and submit your idea from a previous show and we’ll let the live audience decide which two we’ll use. Is yours disturbing enough?

Note: We reserve the right to disregard submissions that don’t fit the segment! Make sure it’s a proper Lesser of Two Evils horrible fate, described in a previous episode!