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Alchemy

Joe — Mon, 13 May 2013 05:22:41 +0000

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 Update

Joe — Fri, 10 May 2013 03:15:26 +0000

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…

Spaceship Zero RPG
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!

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Regicide, Part 2

Joe — Mon, 06 May 2013 08:57:11 +0000

This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Caustic "Icide Guide"

Regicide continues — surprisingly — in the news with the Nepalese royal massacre! From there we jump right into the regicide-filled world of A Song of Ice And Fire/Game of Thrones. Spoiler alerts aplenty if you haven’t been keeping up to the END of Book/Season 3! Also: Oblivion, Shakespeare’s most famous regicides, and a “King vs. Pirate” Lesser of Two Evils.

BIG Game of Thrones Spoiler Starting Times
Game of Thrones Season/Book 1: 9:00
Game of Thrones Season/Book 2: 13:15
Game of Thrones Season/Book 3: 14:28
You’re safe again at 20:00!

As of this posting we go ahead of where the current episode of Game of Thrones is in the story, so being “caught up” isn’t enough. If you don’t know what happens all the way through to the end of Season/Book 3, you’re going to get spoilers if you don’t skip ahead!

Music: ”The Kingdom of Swing” by Benny Goodman

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Regicide, Part 1

Joe — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:28:52 +0000

This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series Caustic "Icide Guide"

Green Ronin Publishing’s Chris Pramas joins Kevin, Toren, and Joe to discuss the deaths of royalty like Mary, Queen of Scots and Charles I as well as Shaka Zulu’s mother issues and more!

Music: ”After You’ve Gone” by Bing Crosby

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Bed Bugs

Joe — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 05:50:39 +0000

Entomophile Andrew Scott joins us to talk about Cimex lectularius including a science quiz, traumatic extravaginal insemination, old timey bed bug treatments, plus news, pop culture and tips on how to avoid bed bug infestation at home and when traveling.

Music: ”Mean Old Bed Bug Blues” by The Rhythmakers

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The Caustic Soda Live EXPerience – Sunday, May 12th

Joe — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:30:47 +0000

Level up with Caustic Soda Live at the EXP Restaurant and Bar! We’re still fleshing out the details (watch this space!) but here’s what we’ve got so far:

Location: EXP Restaurant and Bar - 309 W. Pender St., Vancouver, BC
Date: Sunday, May 12th (bring your mother!)
Doors: Noon
Show: 1pm – ~3pm
Topic: Follow-ups, and a guaranteed live Lesser of Two Evils!
Guests: TBA!

Cost: Free, but Caustic Soda supporters can reserve a seat to avoid the lineup!

After the show will be a meet-and-greet, plus some more cool stuff we’ll only announce there.

Spaceship Zero RPG
After the meet-and-greet, three Soda Jerks will be able to take part in a special Spaceship Zero RPG with Toren, Kevin, and Joe, run by Spaceship Zero writer (and show guest) Warren Banks! Details on how to bid on a spot in this are coming soon!

NEW: Lesser of Two Evils – Live!
We’re taking suggestions from Soda Jerks for the two horrible fates we have to decide between on this show. Simply visit our Lesser of Two Evils page and submit your idea from a previous show!

Right before the show we’ll pick our two favorites, announcing who they were submitted by! If we chose yours and you’re at the show there might even be a little something extra for you!

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Marijuana

Joe — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 05:07:09 +0000

Joe, Kevin, and Toren discuss marijuana’s many odd nicknames, effects, history of use, and some of the outrageous anti-marijuana propaganda of the 20th Century. After the break it’s time for the weirder side of stoner movies, including Super High Me and the “Evil Bong” series.

Music: ”That Cat Is High” by The Ink Spots

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Ilse Koch

Joe — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 09:29:19 +0000

This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Evil Women In History

The second in our ongoing Evil Dames in History series features “The Beast of Buchenwald”, Ilse Koch. Kevin, Toren, and Joe look at this concentration camp terror, the claims of her bizarre leather work, as well as Ilse Koch inspirations in pop culture! Then we top it up with the return of “Lesser of Two Evils”.

Music: ”The Old Lamplighter” by Sammy Kaye

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Pranks, Practical Jokes, and April Fools

Joe — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 06:55:19 +0000

The history of April Fools Day and other mischievous occasions, famous pranks gone wrong, practical jokes in the news and in comics, cartoons, movies and video games.

Music: ”Just Kiddin’ Around” by Artie Shaw

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Malaria

Joe — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 09:43:35 +0000

Dr. Jenna joins Joe, Kevin, and Toren to look at the mosquito-borne peril of malaria. We discuss the life cycle of the this protist parasite from mosquito to human and back again, tales of a recent outbreak, and news of a promising new treatment strategy.

Music: ”Heebee Jeebies” by The Boswell Sisters

Charity O’ The Week: Nothing But Nets Campaign

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Biblical Apocalypse, Part 2

Joe — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 17:40:51 +0000

In part two of our look at the biblical apocalypse, we discuss news and pop culture, including “Left Behind,” “The Omen,” ”End of Days.” and “The Rapture.” Special guest Robert M. Price!

Music: “Someone Stole Gabriel’s Horn” by Spike Hughes

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Biblical Apocalypse, Part 1

Joe — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 08:25:30 +0000

Our apocalypse series continues with noted biblical scholar Robert M. Price discussing the biblical apocalypse! Noah’s flood, The rapture, tribulation, second coming, millennium and last judgment are all explained so simply that even Toren can understand. Also: a brief history of failed apocalypse prophecies including Montanism, The Millerites’ Great Disappointment, Harold Camping and more. Part one of two!

Music: “Brush the Dust Off That Old Bible” by Bradley Kincaid

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Followups 11

Joe — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 07:57:05 +0000

Zoophiles and penile cancer, recto-vaginal fistula, coughing up cancer, window vomiting, an improvised giant egg weapon, a failed assassination attempt caught on tape and… shitdick.

Music: ”Re: Your Brains” by Jonathan Coulton

Charity of the week: The Fistula Foundation

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Urban Fires, Part 2

Joe — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 07:49:36 +0000

Part two of this episode on urban fires deals with the Kiss nightclub fire in Brazil, The Station nightclub fire in Rhode Island, Bradford Stadium fire, and the Great Chicago Fire. Guest firefighter Allan Newell critiques the fire science in such films as “Towering Inferno,” “In Old Chicago,” “Roxanne,” “Spider-Man,” Watchmen” and of course Ren & Stimpy.

Music: ”Hot Club Stomp” by Mezz Mezzrow

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Urban Fires – Part 1

Joe — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 09:04:14 +0000

In part one of this two-part episode, firefighter Allan Newell returns to discuss the science and classification of fire, the Great Fire of Rome, the Great Fire of London, the Triangle Shirtwaist fire, Coconut Grove fire and the Great Fire of Meireki.

Music: ”Hotter Than Hell” by Fletcher Henderson

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Fleeing the Great Fire of London, 1666. Original Artwork: Illustration – pub. 1815 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Jellyfish

Joe — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 11:35:27 +0000

Mr. Dr. Greg Bole is back with Toren, Joe, and Kevin to discuss jelly fish and their amazing gelatinous friends! Immortal jellyfish, the intense pain of some jellyfish stings, and a live tasting of jellyfish!

Music: ”Whippin’ That Jellyfish” by the State Street Swingers

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Hunting Humans

Joe — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 16:27:06 +0000

The most dangerous game! Drag hunting, paintball, tons of pop culture, plus the true horrible story of Robert Hansen. Alsoplus: Which is the lesser of two evils, hunting down someone close to you, or hunting someone you’ve never met?

Music: ”Looking Around Corners For You” by Tommy Dorsey

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Four Horsemen – Death

Joe — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 07:21:53 +0000

This entry is part 4 of 4 in the series Four Horsemen

The Grim Reaper, Ereshkigal, the pale rider… it’s the fourth horseman (or woman, as you’ll hear) in a series of four: DEATH! This episode Joe, Toren, and Kevin take on the anthropomorphic personification of death throughout history and popular culture.

Music: ”O Death” by Dock Boggs

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Depression

Joe — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 17:38:50 +0000

What is the cause of depression? Are incidents of depression increasing? Can you cure depression with a bullet? None of these questions will be answered to your satisfaction, but Dr. Rob will nonetheless help dispel much of the myths and misinformation about clinical depression that come out of the other hosts’ mouths. All donations made through causticgear.com for the first week of this episode’s release will go directly to the Canadian Mental Health Association.

Music: “My Melancholy Baby” by Django Reinhardt

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Four Horsemen: War

Joe — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 10:42:14 +0000

This entry is part 3 of 4 in the series Four Horsemen

The personification (and deification) of War is the focus of our third “Horsemen” episode. Ares, Belatu-Cadros, Murugan, Morrigan, and of course the actual Red Rider himself, the Horseman of War!

Music: “This Is Worth Fighting For” by The Ink Spots

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Bats

Joe — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 10:38:42 +0000

Bat expert Yvonne Morrin joins us to talk about those weird and scary-to-some nocturnal flying mammals. Rabies, bat fellatio, guano, bat bombs, histoplasmosis, white nose syndrome, and of course the sanguivorous vampire bat! Also: what to do if a bat attacks you.

Music: “Flip Flop and Fly” Joe Turner

Charity of the Week: Batworld (Located in Texas)
Bat rescue, rehab and education, and build new flight cages to get bats exercising before return to wild).
Also: www.dontshootbats.com

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Four Horsemen – Famine

Joe — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 22:12:34 +0000

This entry is part 2 of 4 in the series Four Horsemen

“Famine” is part 2 in our Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse series. We discuss the Russian Famine of 1601, The Irish Potato Famine, the Holodomor, the Great Leap Forward, and more. Plus: what does it feel like to starve to death? Double plus: the ‘famine food’ pop quiz. Triple plus: which is the lesser of two evils, being inflicted with famine or pestilence?

Music: “Everybody Eats When They Come To My House” by Cab Calloway

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Bad Books

Joe — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 06:20:54 +0000

We tried to bind this episode in human flesh but the MP3 codec’s lossiness kept causing it cancer. This episode, Toren, Joe, and Kevin talk about Dr. Spock’s bibliographic death-toll, anti-Jewish hoax The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, the copycat-inspiring The Collector and many more caustic tomes.

Music: “Epilogue: Some Things Man Was Not Meant To Know” by The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets

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Pestilence

Joe — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 10:28:51 +0000

This entry is part 1 of 4 in the series Four Horsemen

In part one of our four part series on the Horsemen of the Apocalypse we discuss various gods of pestilence, plague amulets, pest houses, plague doctors, and of course news and pop culture.

Music: “When the Saints Go Marching In” Fats Domino

Charity O’ the week: Doctors Without Borders

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Improvised Weapons

Joe — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 09:58:02 +0000

Violence expert Lisa Gemino returns to discuss shivs, French nails, Millwall bricks, donkey jawbones, thrown animals, petrol bombs and many other improvised weapons. Plus news and pop culture.

Music: “Holiday Fun” by Richard Myhill

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Motor Vehicle Accidents

Joe — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 02:25:45 +0000

Allan Newell brings his firefighter expertise to discussions on notable car wrecks, risk compensation, the car industry’s built-in-hazards, the Mont Blanc tunnel fire, El Camino de la Muerte, collection fuel from crashed tankers, and what to expect when rescue responders have to cut you out of your crumpled Volkswagen. Plus: car crashes in movies.

Music: “Blame the Accident” by The Invasives. Used with permission.
Visit www.invasives.ca ‘n’ The Invasives on Facebook

Charity of the Week: MADD

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Journalism, Part 2 of 2

Joe — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 10:53:17 +0000

Steven M. Schwartz is back for the second part of our caustic look at Journalism. “Shrieking harpy” Nancy Grace, terrorist victim Daniel Pearl, Janet Cook, sock-puppets, Network, Transmetropolitan and more!

Music: “It Ain’t Right” by Artie Shaw

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Journalism, Part 1 of 2

Joe — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 11:12:32 +0000

Honest-to-goodness journalist Steven M. Schwartz joins Kevin, Joe, and Toren to talk about the caustic side of news gathering. We discuss bad journalists (who spy on people and tamper with evidence) and when bad things happen to good journalists. We had so much stuff we had to split it into two episodes!

Music: “Dies ist Unverschamtheit” by The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets

Charity: Reporters Without Borders

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Rhinoceros

Joe — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 08:32:39 +0000

All things rhinoceros including poaching, attacks on people, woolly rhinos and Operation: Crash. Plus pop culture and the Lesser of Two Evils: being attacked by a rhino or by 99 cats?

Music: “Action Stations” by David Lindup

Charity: http://www.rhinos.org/ really needs our help ASAP!

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Followups 10

Joe — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 09:19:24 +0000

We got requests for a more gross and offensive follow up episode, and we delivered. Pop culture artist Chris Woods joins us to talk about female genital mutilation in Swedish art, green Klu Klux Klan uniforms, Darth Vader four-ways, virgin boy eggs, pink slime, Russian space guns, and how faulty understanding of statistics led to a mother drinking herself to death. Plus: which is The Lesser of Two Evils, swallowing a couple dozen magnets or being a nuclear diver?

Music: “All That Meat and No Potatoes” by Fats Waller

Charity: V-Day

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Hard-boiled eggs are cooked in boys’ urine on a street in Dongyang, Zhejiang province March 26, 2012. It’s the end of a school day in the eastern Chinese city of Dongyang, and eager parents collect their children after a hectic day of primary school. But that’s just the start of busy times for dozens of egg vendors across the city, deep in coastal Zhejiang province, who ready themselves to cook up a unique springtime snack favoured by local residents. Picture taken March 26, 2012. REUTERS/Aly Song (CHINA – Tags: SOCIETY FOOD BUSINESS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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Ghosts

Joe — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 11:11:33 +0000

In today’s episode, Toren, Joe, and Kevin are joined by Chris “Stewie” Stewart for a look at the spiritual remains of the dearly departed: Ghosts! We talk about The Brown Lady of Raynham Hall, Puzzlingly Terrified Ghost Hunters, and Peter Jackson’s first big effects movie and more!

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Music: “Space Ghosts” by The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets

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Toys That Kill

Joe — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 07:22:05 +0000

Deadly toys discussed include Steven’s Model Dockyard Locomotive, Slip ‘n’ Slide, lawn darts, Cabbage Patch Snack Time doll, the Gilbert Atomic Energy Lab, Flubber, Silly String, Koba Kick, Hang Ten Mini-Hammock, Bucky Balls, Water Balz, Aquadots and more!

Music: “The Toy Trumpet” by Raymond Scott

CHARITY DE JOUR: British Toy & Hobby Association – http://www.btha.co.uk/
Established in 1944 to raise safety standards of practice in the toy industry, from safety in design to manufacturing of the products.

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Dogs

Joe — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 09:35:49 +0000

Sit! Lie down! Roll over! Now sacrifice your face for our safety! Good boy! In this episode of Caustic Soda, Joe, Kevin, and Toren fetch the weird and the gross about man’s best friend: the domestic dog. We’ve got dog-on-human and human-on-dog weirdness for you, plus our favorite dogs in pop culture!

Music: “Ill Barkio” by Spike Jonez

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The Post-Apocalyptic World

Joe — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 19:20:24 +0000

Live from VCON 37 in Surrey BC, the regular nerds talk about life in the post-apocalyptic wasteland with the help of Hugo Award-winning author and Science Fiction Hall of Fame inductee Connie Willis and Nebula Award-winning science fiction author and astrophysicist Gregory Benford. Plus the lesser of two evils: Life after a nuclear armageddon or the biblical apocalypse?

Music: “When the Saints Go Marching In” by Louis Armstrong

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Smuggling

Joe — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 06:38:00 +0000

Sorry we’re late. We had trouble getting this episode over the border! This week involves animals, drugs, and even drugs in animals! Kevin, Toren, and Joe are joined by the mysterious “Agent Smith” to take a look at the ups and downs — let’s face it mostly downs — of smuggling!

Music: “Caravan” by David Grisam

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Mormonism

Joe — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 08:48:23 +0000

Brigham Young University faculty member Stuart Parker helps us discern Mormon doctrine from folklore as we discuss Joseph Smith’s assassination, the Mountain Meadows massacre, retroactive baptism, polygamy and racism in both the mainstream and splinter Mormon groups. Plus suggestions from the Quorum of Twelve on how to break your masturbation habit, and the Church of Latter Day Saints in film and TV.

Music: “Tarred & Feathered” by The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets

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Charity: http://www.mormonabuse.com/

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Bubonic Plague

Joe — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 08:39:03 +0000

Joe, Toren and Kevin are joined by Dr. Jenna to talk about not just the bubonic, but all things yersinia pestis-y: Bubonic, septicemic, and pneumonic plagues! We discuss the three “great” plagues of history as well as modern occurrences and outbreaks and even some pestilence-laden movies.

Music: “Please God No” by The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets

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Charity: Doctors without Borders

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Followups 9

Joe — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 08:41:20 +0000

Follow ups, listener mail and updates on spina bifida, screech, cannibalism, running amok, cyclopea, parasitic barnacles, snake venom party drug, mesoamerican shrunken heads, drunk driving decapitation, Wesley Warren Jr’s scrotal lymphodema, plus more!

Music: “Spina Bifida” by Toren Atkinson (after The Beatles)

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Caustic Soda: Live At VCON 37 – Saturday Sep 29 @ Sheraton Vancouver Guildford Hotel in Surrey BC

Toren — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 21:18:29 +0000

That’s right, it’s time for another LIVE Caustic Soda recording!

Our topic will be Toren’s favourite “Post Apocalypse” and our very special guests will be sci fi author and astrophysicist Greg Benford and Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author (and Science Fiction Hall of Fame inductee) Connie Willis.

The event takes place at 2pm. Caustic Soda is not charging for the live show but you must have a day pass or membership to VCON which is available at http://vcon.ca/categories/content/registration

Live the dream! The horrible horrible dream!

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Booby Traps

Joe — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 09:34:09 +0000

Panji, door, spike, tiger, and whip traps, military applications and those more… “personal”. From Vietnam to Hollywood to video games, Kevin, Toren, and Joe take a caustic look at booby traps! Plus: booby traps in the recent news!

Music: “Execute Operation: Get the Hell Out of Here” by The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets

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Body Snatchers

Joe — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 08:34:19 +0000

Mortsafes, Chinese Corpse Brides, and stealing corpses for profit — Kevin, Toren, and Joe look at the creepy world of the body snatcher!

Music: “All Of Me” by Frank Sinatra

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Psychosis

Joe — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 06:24:20 +0000

Dr Rob returns to explain post-partum psychosis, Capgras delusion, Fregoli delusion, alien hand syndrome, wendigo psychosis, koro syndrome, Paris syndrome, reduplicative paramnesia, Alice in Wonderland syndrome, plus loads of pop culture.

Music: “I’m Losing My Mind Over You” by Al Dexter

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Feral Children

Joe — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 07:54:31 +0000

Toren, Joe and Kevin discuss Leopard Boy, “Baby Hospital”, Peter The Wild Boy, the Wild Child of Champagne, Tarzan and more children raised by animals — or raised as animals by people we’re declaring worse than animals.

Music: “Ain’t A Fit Night Out For Man Nor Beast” by Noble Sissle and His Orchestra

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Countess Elizabeth Bathory

Joe — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 10:41:51 +0000

This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series Evil Women In History

Our first entry in the “Evil Dames in History” series has the hosts separating mact from fyth on the supposed “blood countess” Elizabeth Bathory. Includes star kicking and other tortures she inflicted on her servants, plus her trial, death and legacy!

Music: “Super Mario Theme” performed on harpsichord by Lord Vinheteiro. Used with permission. Visit http://jinglesevinhetas.com.br/

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Sibling Rivalry

Joe — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 08:11:47 +0000

Mister Doctor Greg Bole – B.Sc. (Biology) and Ph.D. (Evolution and Ecology) – joins us to talk about sibling rivalry in the animal kingdom, which of course includes that most savage and destructive animal – homo sapiens. Includes siblicide, porbeagle ovophagy, adelphophagi, polyembryoni in parasitoid wasps, and the Dassler brothers, Karla Homolka & the Han sisters. All this plus news & pop culture including the Game of Thrones analysis you didn’t ask for.

Music: “Anything You Can Do” by Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters

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Zombies, Part Two

Joe — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 07:20:26 +0000

Robin Thompson is back for part two of our look at zomb…b… braaains… braaaaaaainsssss….

Music: “Abercrombie Had A Zombie” by Fats Waller

Links:

http://www.indiegogo.com/zworlddetroit

http://fortzombie.com/

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Zombies, Part 1

Joe — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 06:10:14 +0000

How do zombies and science connect? Very tenuously. “Zombie Jesus” creator and zombie connoisseur Robin Thompson is our fourth man this week. We discuss zombie-creating recipes, alleged Haitian zombie cases, zombiewalks, Cotard’s syndrome, nanobot zombies, rage virus, brain-modifying parasites and more. Plus, would a zombie plague succeed in becoming an apocalypse, and what would be your favourite weapon? PART ONE OF TWO!

Music: “Zooming at the Zombie” by John Kirby & his Onyx Club Boys

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Followups 8

Joe — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 11:40:33 +0000

Chris “Stewie” Stewart joins us for brain tapeworms, murder by testicle crushing, cannibal cook cultists and more in our latest grab-bag “Followup” episode! Plus: Which is the lesser of two evils – having your testicles crushed over a parking space, or brain tapeworms?

Music: “Let That Be A Lesson To You” by Louis Amstrong

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Full Octopus-Seagull story and more photos

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Cold War (Part 2)

Joe — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 06:44:55 +0000

The Cold War part two of two, with guest Allan Newell, includes: the nuclear arms race; Project: Ice Worm, LSD & the CIA; bungled Fidel Castro assassination attempts. Plus news and pop culture including Dr Strangelove, Manchurian Candidate, Thirteen Days, Our Man in Havana, THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING! THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING! and Red Dawn.

Music: “The Sacred War” by the Russian Red Army Choir

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Cold War (Part 1)

Joe — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 06:48:45 +0000

Allan Newell joins us to talk about as many caustic facets of the cold war that we could fit into a 2 hour mini-series. In part one we talk about the origin and players, then get into Igor Gouzenko and the space race, including top-secret projects to nuke the moon!

Music: “I’m No Communist” by Carson Robison

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Barbed-wire barricades/Berlin Wall/1961 The Berlin Wall. (Building began on 13 August 1961). – Barbed-wire barricades are erected near the Brandenburg Gate, 14-15 August 1961. – Photo (Gert Schuetz).

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CFB Bagotville’s “X-Hut”

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Censorship

Joe — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 10:16:08 +0000

Live from the Roundhouse Community Centre and the Vancouver Comic Arts Festival, Toren, Joe, and Kevin are joined by Cinema Sewer’s Robin Bougie to talk about censorship. Book burnings, the Seven Dirty Words, the Danish Mohammed cartoons, Elvis’ pelvis, and more!

Music: “Shaving Cream” by Benny Bell

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Charities of the Week:

Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (USA)
Comic Legends Legal Defense Fund (Canada)

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Notes

MPAA Film Board members are supposed to have children between the ages of 5 and 17.
We had a segment about an Oxford Library burning, but on further research we believe that to have been an error so it was edited out. We’ll try to find more information if we can.

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Music

Joe — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 08:18:02 +0000

For our “music” episode, Canadian comedy legend Sean Cullen joins us to talk about music-inspired riots, castrati, music as torture, Norwegian black metal and backmasking. Plus movies, TV, and Lesser of Two Evils: would you rather be a castrato or have soot wart?

Music: “Cacheevo” by Sean Cullen

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