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Mudslide Apr 11, 2011

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Watch out, mysophobes! History's worst mudslides, the world's largest mud volcano, and man-made lakes that failed epically, All this plus how to survive a mudslide plus "Lesser of Two Evils": would you rather be caught in a mudslide or have to eat a head made of frozen blood? Music: "Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall" by The Ink Spots with Ella Fitzgerald Images Videos Links Mud phobia pig gets its own boots FEMA: What to do BEFORE a mudslide FEMA: What to do DURING a mudslide FEMA: What to do AFTER a mudslide Movies Romancing the Stone Toren: 4/10 Joe: 6/10 Kevin: 7/10

Hitler Apr 04, 2011

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How did Hitler rise to power? Why did he hate the jews? What was the Night of Long Knives? Did Hitler invent blow-up dolls, fart during staff meetings and try to bring back Paganism? Who was the British soldier that refused to kill Hitler when he had the chance? Did der fuhrer's micro-managing lead to Germany losing the war? Where is Hitler's brain? Our well-read expert Chris "Green Ronin" Pramas guests to answer these burning questions. Gotterdammerung! Apologies for some minor technological glitches on Skype. MUSIC: "Der Alte Cowboy (The Last Round Up)" The Comedian Harmonists (Note, read more about this fascinating German harmony ensemble and their fate when the Nazis rose to power on Wikipedia ) Images Videos Punching Hitler: view on myspace Movies Downfall (Der Untergang) Toren: 8/10 Kevin: 8/10 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Toren: 7/10 Joe: 8/10 Kevin: 7/10 Inglourious Basterds Toren: 7/10 Joe: 9/10 Kevin: 9/10 Triumph of the Will Kevin: 7/10 The Producers (1968) Toren: 8/10 Valkyrie Kevin: 6/10 Links Green Ronin The Guy Who Saved Hitler Hipster Hitler

Followups / Year One Poll Mar 28, 2011

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Has it really been a year already? Kevin, Joe and Toren are joined by Australia's Steve Parker for a look back at our first year of podcasting. We'll see what your favorite episodes were, as well as the grossest, and hardest to get through and funniest bits as well as followups for Iraq War through Seven Deadly Sins. Music: Skullcrusher Mountain by Jonathan Coulton Images Videos Links Southern Stand Documenting Reality Guillotine Video (Warning: UGH) Necronomicox Captain Australia

Alcohol Mar 21, 2011

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Dr. Rob Tarzwell guests. Dipsomania, alcohol poisoning, drunken war elephants, weird and disgusting potables from around the world, sherry enemas PLUS the Caustic Soda drinking game! Music: Images Videos Movies Arthur Joe: 6/10 Leaving Las Vegas Kevin: 9/10 Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Toren: 7/10 Joe: 5/10 Iron Man Toren: 5/10 Kevin: 9/10 Joe: 8/10 Strange Brew Toren: 6/10 Kevin: 6/10 Joe: 8/10 The Lost weekend Toren: 8/10 Days of Wine and Roses Toren: 7/10 Kevin: 8/10

Hoaxes Mar 14, 2011

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NOT A HOAX! Guest host Chris "Kerberos Productions" Stewart reveals the truth about Operation: Mincemeat and other WWII magic, Piltdown Man, Protocols of the Elders of Zion, The Cottingley Fairies, The Cardiff Giant, The War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast, Marie Toft's Bunny Babies and more. Music: "Whatchamacallit" by Esquivel Images Links Space Robot Bonanza on SomethingAwful Videos Movies Signs Toren: 3/10 Joe: 3/10 War of the Worlds 1953 Toren: 8/10 War of the Worlds 2005 Toren: 5/10 2012 Toren: 3/10

Blizzard Mar 07, 2011

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The worst blizzards in history including The Storm of the Century, The Cleveland Superbomb, the Schoolhouse Blizzard of 1888, and The Great Die Up, Also, how to survive a blizzard plus some Iron Man villain. Music: Leroy Anderson "Mah-Na Mah-Na" Images Videos Chicago Blizzard Time Lapse. Movies The Day After Tomorrow Toren: 5/10 Joe: 3/10 Whiteout Toren: 5/10 John Carpenter's The Thing Toren: 9/10 Kevin: 8/10 The Thing From Another World: Toren: 7/10 Joe: 7/10 The Shining Toren: 8/10 Joe: 8/10 Kevin: 10/10

Dinosaurs Feb 28, 2011

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What were the biggest, baddest and weirdest dinosaurs? Did killer algae take them out? What's the deal with brontosaurus? Was T-Rex a cannibal? Who fought in the 'bone wars?' What kind of car does Predator X eat? Answers to these questions may or may not appear in the "Dinosaur" episode of Caustic Soda. Plus early paleontological blunders! Music: "Downtown (in the Cenozoic)" by The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets (Yes, the Cenozoic marked the end of the dinosaurs. Deal with it.) Images Movies Land of the Lost Toren: 6/10 Jurassic Park Toren: 7/10 Joe: 7/10 Kevin: 9/10 The Lost World: Jurassic Park Toren: 6/10 Joe: 5/10 Kevin: 6/10 Jurassic Park III Toren: 4/10 Valley of Gwangi Toren: 5/10 One Million Years BC Toren: 3/10 Joe: 4/10 Kevin: 2/10

Killer Robots Feb 21, 2011

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Caustic Soda, robot fighters! We pit our powerful podcasting techniques against robotic threats like the biomass consuming EATR, firearm-wielding TALON and SWORDS, the frighteningly named Multiple Kill Vehicle and iRobot's "Warrior" model. Also: Robots hitting people FOR SCIENCE, quadrocopters, The Terminator, Cylons, replicants, Westworld and many more robotic threats! Music: Big Robot Dinosaur by The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets This episode sponsored by Delta Green: Denied to the Enemy! Images Videos

Slavery Feb 14, 2011

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Slavery is alive and well in today's world, and the CS crew pulls no punches. Slaves regaining their freedom in Aztec society, British slaves on the Barbary Coast, Somaly Mam's escape from Cambodia, forced child labour on African cocoa farms, and of course a look at the Atlantic slave trade & slave ships. Also, a quick timeline of emancipation throughout the world. Music: "Slave Ship" by The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets Images Links http://www.afesip.org/ http://www.somaly.org/donate/make-a-donation http://transfair.ca/ - logo to look for on the chocolate and coffee you buy MOVIES Amistad Toren: 8/10 Kevin: 5/10 Joe: 8/10 Taken Kevin: 7/10 Traffic Toren: 7/10 Kevin: 7/10 Star Wars: Attack of the Clones Toren: 6/10 Joe: 4/10 Spartacus Kevin: 8/10 Joe: 7/10 Ben Hur Kevin: 10/10 Born into Brothels Kevin: 7/10

Blood Feb 07, 2011

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Guest Dr. Rob Tarzwell talks bloodletting, transfusions gone wrong, toxic shock, hemophilia, ebola, polycythemia, lymphoma and other blood disorders. Also, frozen heads made of blood and the Zero G Period! Music: "Heartaches" Ted Weems Images Videos Movies Carrie Kevin: 7/10 Toren: 7/10 Blade Kevin: 8/10 Toren: 6/10 Joe: 7/10 The Shining Kevin: 10/10 Toren: 8/10 Joe: 8/10 The Abominable Dr Phibes Kevin: 1/10 Toren: 4/10

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