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88: How we learned about handwashing

88: How we learned about handwashing

FromWow If True


88: How we learned about handwashing

FromWow If True

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Length:
35 minutes
Released:
Apr 10, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The history of handwashing? It's way wilder than you think. Isabel is once again out of the country and/or concussed, which means Amanda is joined by her friends Caro and Andrea to talk about everyone's favorite 19th century handwashing accelerationist, Ignac Semmelweis. What does this have to do with the internet? Well, if you're going to go outside and touch grass (preferably while listening to this podcast), you're going to need to wash your hands when you come back inside. TW: medical gore, death, dissection, infection, drugs Find Us Online  Twitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepod Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrue Website: https://wowiftrue.com/ Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.com About Us  Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our music is by Sam Rizer, our cover art is by Eric Silver, and our production is by Allison Mills and David Newtown. 
Released:
Apr 10, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (87)

​​Wow If True is your one-stop internet culture shop, hosted by meme sommeliers and real-life besties: tech journalist Amanda Silberling and terminally-online attorney Isabel J. Kim. We dig into what, where, and how something's going viral, and why what’s happening online matters in real life. New episodes every other Wednesday.