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Episode 85 - Snake Squeezins and Other Oily Elixirs
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audio
Categories Via RSS |
Science
Society & Culture
Publication Date |
Feb 15, 2019
Episode Duration |
01:25:55

This week we start with a discussion of assumptions, as Ben brings two outrage-provoking news stories that turned out to not be what was originally assumed. Then we slide through many variations of oily miraculous substances, some folkloric and some that are available from your local PTA mom: the original old-timey snake oil, early modern Europe's witch ointment, and then, more recently, essential oils, Lorenzo's oil, and CBD oil. What's the lure behind easy, supposed panaceas in the form of some kind of concentrated oil that are rumored to cure everything? Has the medical community found any of them measurably useful for any conditions? 

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