The Strange (And Sensuous) Events of the Dolphin House Experiment

Secret sea labs, extraterrestrial intelligence and LSD experiments…. No this isn’t the plot of a new spy movie. This is the story of a very real experiment that took place in the U.S. virgin islands in the 1960s.

Join us as we tell the story of a scientist and intellectual who became obsessed with unlocking the secrets of language and the young, star-crossed lovers who would get entangled in the messy affair. This is a story of strange science, unorthodox experiments and interspecies love. And you’re going to hear it all today, on Impolite Society.

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Stories are unique to the human race. They inspire us, delight us, and cast the familiar world around us in a whole new light. Everyone has been wrapped up in a good story at some point in their lives- curled up with a book you can’t put down, binge watching television shows late into the night, or being so obsessed with a story you find yourself dreaming about it. And every one of us, at some point, has thought, “What if….”

Today we are entering the online world of fanfiction: what is it, who writes it, and why the subject matter often leans to the dark, the sexual, and the taboo.

That’s what we’re in for today on Impolite Society. 

Sources:

https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2020/02/surprising-18th-century-origins-fan-fiction/606532/

https://reporter.rit.edu/views/fanfiction-legal-battle-creativity

https://noraphoenix.com/2018/03/26/introduction-into-mpreg/

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/katienotopoulos/questions-about-mpreg-you-were-embarrassed-to-ask 
https://www.reddit.com/r/AO3/comments/v9h4ae/analysis_of_the_top_fandoms_on_ao3_percentages/

https://screenrant.com/fan-ships-highest-number-fanworks-ao3-ranked/#keith-amp-lance-voltron-legendary-defender

https://archiveofourown.org/tags

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La petite mort. This phrase, meaning the little death, is an old school French euphemism for Orgasms. But, what happens when our pursuit of these little deaths results in the big one? Around the globe, thousands die each year from these autoerotic fatalities, and those are just the ones where the family let the coroner put that down on paper.

So how does the five finger shuffle turn deadly? Today we're talking about masturbation and all the ways the grim reaper might catch you with your pants down. We'll explore the famous cases from the medical journals and how you can avoid a similar fate.

This episode is not for the squeamish,  so buckle up because that's what you're in for today on Impolite Society.

Sources:

https://usstore.tenga.co/pages/globalreport2021

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3177356/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11453096/#:~:text=We%20report%20a%20case%20of,a%20sufficient%20amount%20of%20air. 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/mar/23/drugsandalcohol.uknews2 

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35315374/ 

https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/autoerotic-fatalities-power-hydraulics#:~:text=This%20article%20describes%20two%20cases,used%20a%20frontend%20loader%20shovel. 

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In the 1950s, the Canadian government forced many Inuit people into high artic settlement camps. But one man refused to go, no matter how much his children and grand children begged. The family was scared of what would happen if he refused to cooperate. In a desperate plan to force his hand, his family abandoned the man in his igloo. They took everything- all the food, the furs, and tools- in the hope that he would have no choice but to join them in their journey to the camp. All they left him with was his two dogs and the clothes on his back.

But a determined man can win any battle. The man went outside, pulled down his seal skin trousers, and defecated into his hand. And as the feces began to freeze, he shaped it into the form of a blade.

Human feces is a noxious substance, but there is more than one way you can be killed by poop. Today we’re talking shit- what it’s made of, what diseases it carries, and the wildest ways humans have used poop as a deadly weapon. That’s’ what you're in for today, on Impolite Society.

Sources:

https://www.vice.com/en/article/vdx4ad/brown-death-a-history-of-poop-as-a-weapon-111

https://www.britannica.com/science/feces

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352409X19305371

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Between the covers of a medical school anatomy textbook, you'd expect to find all of the knowledge we've accumulated on the human body over the millennia. Every bone, muscle, and tendon accounted for. But there's one organ that's missing.  

Throughout history, the clitoris has been ignored, misidentified, and deemed vestigial. Even today, 90 percent of the organ is left out of the textbooks.  Is this pleasure producing part of the female anatomy some leftover hand me down from male genetics or something entirely different?

Like the clitoris, the truth can be hard to find. That's why we're exploring anatomy, embryology, and physiology to learn more about this hot button topic and find out if the clit is simply just a teeny tiny penis. That's what you're in for today on Impolite Society. 

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Christmas bells, candy canes, and hot cocoa by the fire - that’s the idealized American Christmas scene. Our traditions are designed to give everyone in the family the warm fuzzies and in America, the worst thing that could ever happen at Christmas is a lump of coal in your stocking. 

But this isn’t the case in the Old Country. Europe is the source of many of our grim fairy tales and even Christmas has its own unique cast of monsters. Tales of cannibalism, horse skulls, slaves, and worse all make an appearance in the holiday traditions around the world. Today we’re exploring the yuletide lore that your parents definitely didn’t tell you before bed. 

That’s what you're in for today on Impolite Society.

Sources:

https://www.slate.com/articles/life/holidays/2011/12/zwarte_piet_holland_s_favorite_racist_christmas_tradition_.html

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0015587042000231264

https://www.medievalists.net/2019/12/the-yule-cat-of-iceland-a-different-kind-of-christmas-tradition/ 

https://witchlike.wordpress.com/2020/01/05/frau-perchta-witch-of-twelfth-night/

https://www.wales.com/about/culture/mari-lwyd

https://medium.com/@jahernandez_writes/the-tale-of-p%C3%A8re-fouettard-66260dc44890

https://www.visiticeland.com/article/meet-the-icelandic-yule-troll-family

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIXscGcdGyk 

https://www.americanacademy.de/attacking-zwarte-piet/ 

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/12/22/572569325/caga-ti-a-catalan-log-that-poops-nougats-at-christmas

https://people.howstuffworks.com/culture-traditions/holidays-christmas/pooping-man-catalan-nativity-scene.htm

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We’ve all thought about having plastic surgery, at least casually. And if you haven’t, fuck off. Just right now. Fuck off, go away, you must be a perfect human with a perfect body and no insecurities. We don't want your kind here. For the rest of us, a good way to cure yourself of wanting any of this shit done is to hear more about it. Because getting a new nose sounds great- until you watch it being done. 

So let’s jump into the gory details of three of the most common cosmetic producers to try to understand why we are so repulsed and fascinated by plastic surgery. That’s you’re in for today on Impolite Society.

Sources:

 https://medihair.com/en/plastic-and-cosmetic-surgery-statistics/ 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2VtqmLxhbE

https://science.howstuffworks.com/anesthesia4.htm

https://www.plasticsurgery.org/news/blog/what-is-capsular-contracture-and-how-can-it-be-treated

https://www.plasticsurgery.org/cosmetic-procedures/breast-augmentation/implants

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/tumescent-anesthesia

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Today we're talking about the infamous groupie lifestyle and how you might be able to bed a rock star yourself. 

We explore the stories of iconic figures of the groupie heyday from Sable Star to Sweet Connie to get an eye-opening view of groupie-dom.  We're talking about the golden days of rock and roll in the '70s to the evolution of groupies in the digital age and uncover how fandom and lust cross paths in this scandalous subculture.

That's what you're in for today on Impolite Society. 

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During World War II, America executed only one soldier for desertion: Edward D. Slovik,. Slovik would be the first and only soldier executed for desertion since the Civil War. This episode delves into the dramatic circumstances surrounding Edward's refusal to fight and his request for a court-martial, which lead to his dramatic sentencing. 

Join us as we discuss how the details of Slovik's case were kept hidden from public view for years, and the emotional toll this took on Slalovik's family. The story of Edward D. Slovik serves as a stark contrast to how other nations treated their own soldiers and offers a glimpse into a largely unknown chapter of American history.

00:00 Introduction to World War II Desertion
00:46 The Story of Edward D. Slovik: The Only U.S. Soldier Executed for Desertion
02:48 The Hosts' Personal Take on the Topic
03:21 Edward D. Slovik's Early Life and Background
05:43 Slovik's Entry into the Military and Initial Desertion
07:50 The Consequences of Slovik's Actions
12:25 Slovik's Trial and Execution
18:48 Reflections on Slovik's Case and the Aftermath
49:11 Conclusion and Final Thoughts

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Join us as we explore the world of body snatchers, grave robbers, murder syndicates and international smuggling that is the human bone trade. Through this trade, humans beings are turned into medical grade skeletons before being sold to the highest bidder.

Journey through the bone factories of India, hallowed halls of Georgian medical colleges and the lobbies of the modern bone traders as we explore the legal (and less so) side of selling human remains.

That's what you're in for today, on Impolite Society.

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