File 0121-0122: More Than a Hiccup of Justice
01/11/2024
January 12 2024 / January 26 2024
In this two-part episode our hosts, Cayla, Nathan, Halli and Courtney take a look at two cases of intrigue:
- The Chamberlain-Kahn Act: On Jul 9 1918, US Congress brings in the Chamberlain-Kahn act. The law implemented a public health program that came to be known as the American Plan, whose stated goal was to combat the spread of venereal disease. Who was responsible for this spread? Women of course!
- Hiccups: Some people are blessed to never have had hiccups in their life, but most of us know the torment. But what happens if you get hiccups and don't stop? How can you actually stop them?
Source List
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The Trials of Nina McCall: Sex, Surveillance, and the Decades-Long Government Plan to Imprison "Promiscuous" Woman by Scott W. Stern
- https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/whats-the-science-behind-why-we-hiccup/
- https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/500937/7-cures-hiccups-world-folklore
- https://hiccaway.com/myths-about-hiccups/
- https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/sl6oow/til_an_albanian_superstition_about_hiccups_is/