Caustic Soda

Joe, Kevin, and Toren are joined by Critical Hit Show (http://www.criticalhitshow.com/) Dungeon Master Eric Fell (http://www.ericfell.com/) to look at the caustic side of games and gaming! We discuss "Senet", the 5000 year old Egyptian board game, the anti-Dungeons & Dragons group "BADD", "The Book of Erotic Fantasy", chess-playing serial killer Alexander Pichushkin, and both the most offensive video game ("Ethnic Cleansing") and role-playing game (F.A.T.A.L.) we could find. We also look at this #GamerGate thing, and top it off with select gaming-related pop culture! Music: "Frogger! The Frogger Musical" by Paul and Storm (http://www.paulandstorm.com/) Links * Pinky & The Brain Theory (http://www.cracked.com/article_20382_5-fan-theories-about-cartoons-that-will-ruin-your-childhood_p2.html) * Ancient Board Games (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_games#Ancient_board_games) * The Pulling Report (http://www.rpgstudies.net/stackpole/pulling_report.html) * Book of Erotic Fantasy (https://www.scribd.com/doc/28468362/Book-of-Erotic-Fantasy) * Fiasco RPG (http://www.bullypulpitgames.com/games/fiasco/) * RPG.net review of F.A.T.A.L. (http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/14/14567.phtml) * Depression Quest (http://www.depressionquest.com/) * #GamerGate - Indie GameJam Article (http://tmi.kotaku.com/the-indie-game-reality-tv-show-that-went-to-hell-1555599284) * Feminist Frequency YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7Edgk9RxP7Fm7vjQ1d-cDA) * Storify 4Chan IRC Logs (https://storify.com/strictmachine/gameovergate) * Dark Dungeons Chick Tract (http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0046/0046_01.asp) * The Future of the Culture Wars is Here, and it's Gamergate (http://deadspin.com/the-future-of-the-culture-wars-is-here-and-its-gamerga-1646145844) - an excellent summary of the current #GamerGate situation. * EricFell.com (http://www.ericfell.com/) * Critical Hit Show (http://www.criticalhitshow.com/) * The Gentlemen Hecklers (http://www.gentlemenhecklers.com/) Images Videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl43nzam8Z4#t=133 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB9JgxhXW5w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6p5AZp7r_Q&list=PLn4ob_5_ttEaA_vc8F3fjzE62esf9yP61 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qc9JiIiOSQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGY1_LMiV-g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIObrPWHKqc

Continuing with the Borgias we discuss cantarella poison and the fall and death of the Borgias. Also, which is the lesser of two evils: being poisoned by Alexander or stabbed and strangled by Cesare? Plus pop culture. Part 2 of 2. Music: "Daddy's Little Boy" by The Mills Brothers Images Videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRzrP9dOC6M#t=641 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcE8xJkK6t4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV5CSJ-10NQ

How evil were Rodrigo and Cesare Borgia? Hear that and more on this 15th Century Holy Father and cruel son as Kevin, Toren, and Joe continue the Evil Duos in History series of Caustic Soda ! Part 1 of 2. Update: Hey, check out the new Caustic Soda Podcast Wiki (http://causticsodapodcast.wikia.com/wiki/Caustic_Soda_Podcast_Wiki)! It needs help with content! Music: "Who's Sorry Now?" by The Rhythmakers Images  

Brother kills brother in the next episode in our "Icide-Guide": Fratricide! Kevin, Joe, and Toren cover Ashoka, the Ottoman Empire, fratricidal animals, the myth of Osiris, Cain and Abel, Medea, Hodur, Richard III, and A History of Violence. Music: "Cain and Abel" by Louis Armstrong Images Videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SO1WccH2_YM

A last-minute event so we're scrambling to get the word out. Hope to see you there, and hey -- bring some friends out to this horribly unique experience! SD Galleria in Vancouver, BC (https://www.facebook.com/sdgalleria)October 4, 2014 Doors 4:00pm Show 4:30pm SD Galleria 4316 Main St (https://goo.gl/maps/WK5Kx) Vancouver, British Columbia V5V 3P9 Tickets are available now for $7 at Ticketfly.com (http://www.ticketfly.com/event/691503-caustic-soda-vancouver/) Join our Facebook Event (https://www.facebook.com/events/590691397709413/) — Let your friends know you’re going and invite them to join you! And our Google+ event (https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/105359988606859923121/events/c0tb687tkf2jvu0srpe0rmi2tdg) too!

Fraser Cain from Astronomy Cast helps us discuss the Drake Equation and Fermi Paradox, close encounters, alien abduction insurance, the feasibility of several kinds of alien invasions and aliens in the news. Music: "It Conquered the World" by Sheldon Allman Links * Universe Today (http://www.universetoday.com/) * Universe Today's YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCogrSQkBJn1KF0N9I4oM7eQ) * AstronomyCast (http://www.astronomycast.com/) Images  

Toren, Joe, and Kevin talk about the psychology of superstition, harmful superstitions around the world, the unlucky numbers 13 and 4, sati, albino body-harvesting superstition, and more! Music: "I'm Making Believe" by Ella Fitzgerald and The Ink Spots Images  

The Mustard Disaster at Bari, VX, atropine poisoning, The Dugway Sarin Incident, the Halabja Massacre, the Ghouta chemical attack, and the dew of death -- lewisite contamination cleanup in Spring Valley. With Allan Newell. Music: "There's Something in the Air" by Shep Fields (vocals Bob Goday) Links * Nerve Agent Treatment (http://chemm.nlm.nih.gov/antidote_nerveagents.htm) Images  

Emergency responder and history buff Allan Newell and the guys talk about the types and reasons for chemical warfare, chemical weapons in history including soul-hunting gas, quicklime, hellebore roots, chlorine and phosgene gas. Plus what to do when you've been tear-gassed. Part 1 of 2. Music: "Mustard Gas" by The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets (http://www.thickets.net/) Images  

The science of hate in the human brain, 9/11 revenge killings, racial, homophobic and transphobic hate crimes, as well as the Museum of Tolerance. Also American History X, Boys Don't Cry, Milk and the X-Men. Note: We apologize for the mixed up pronouns in the Brandon Teena segment. We're going to do something about it. Music: "Guilty" by Margaret Whiting Images  

Soda Jerk Prime 2014 Cameron Potter, who claimed the "Jonestown Massacre" level of our Season 5 Fundraiser (be a guest on the show) joins Kevin, Joe, and Toren to discuss a range of topics including Tornadoes, Oklahoma, Fisticuffs (and Apes!), rat slaver, oral myiasis, Cam's personal cancer story and the ABCs of skin cancer. Plus, more dangerous homeopathy, toxicity and SURPRISE TARANTULAS. Note: Due to a technical glitch we had to re-record the first 20 minutes over Skype, so Cameron's sound quality starts off low, but improves to in-studio quality around the 23 minute mark. Music: "Pizza Day" by Jonathan Coulton (http://www.jonathancoulton.com/) Images This image NSFL (Not Safe For Lunch): Oral Myiasis (http://www.causticsodapodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2014/08/oral-myiasis.png) Links * The ABCs of Skin Cancer (http://www.skincancer.org/skin-cancer-information/melanoma/melanoma-warning-signs-and-images/do-you-know-your-abcdes)

Proprioception, interoceptors, equilibrium & vertigo, gravitropism, thermoreception in pit vipers and jewel beetles, electroreception in sharks and platypus, magnetoreception, phantom limbs, and synesthesia. Pop culture too! Music: "The Hell Raisers" by Syd Dale Links * Ian's Story (http://www.thearticulatehand.com/ian.html) Images Videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPqPv2SKYUE

Joe, Toren, and Kevin conclude "sight" with historical vision-correction quackery, news, blind movie reviews, porn for the blind, and a look at a pop culture! Music: "I'm Beginning To See The Light" by Ella Fitzgerald Links * Blind Film Critic (http://blindfilmcritic.com/) * Porn for the Blind (http://www.pornfortheblind.org/) Images Videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_83MEuLoz9Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLtok0VgVck https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJgKC6sQyMo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1IY6plQKGI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_ILDFp5DGA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPvaWtQpXts "Shaking Your Eyes" reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1S5pAF1YYA

Joe, Kevin, and Toren take a look at looking, including how vision works, and the "supervision" of tetrachromacy. Then the amazing eyes of the animal kingdom, including giant squid and the mantis shrimp, plus the full-body "eye" of the Ophiocoma Wendtii, visual defects like floaters, non-24-hour-sleep-wake-disorder, surfer's eye, and Charles Bonnet Syndrome. Music: "I Just Can't See For Looking" by Nat King Cole Images Videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ze8VVtBgK7A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM9o4VnfHJU

Hugs! Also, tickle torture, the "death touch," touch in plants, Temple Grandin and the squeeze machine, the effects of ciguatera poisoning, news and pop culture. Part 2 of 2 Music: "That Old Feeling" by Guy Lombardo & His Orchestra Images  Videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D5o3PYcJoM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8UKDzVmzt8