Lester Glick’s year in the Minnesota Starvation Experiment cost him his hoped-for career and also left him with an eating disorder for the rest of his life. But like many of the other volunteers, he said he would have done it again in a heartbeat. Revisionist History explores the scientific legacy of this experiment, and asks whether it’s time to reimagine our understanding of sacrifice.
If you’d like to keep up with the most recent news from this and other Pushkin podcasts, be sure to sign up for our email list at Pushkin.fm.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Started From The Bottom with Justin Richmond
Rodents and Red Wine with Maria Konnikova
A Treat for the Die-Hards
From Broken Record: Rick Rubin in Conversation with Malcolm Gladwell
The Cadillac LYRIQ: Malcolm Gladwell meets an Electric Icon - Part Two
The Cadillac LYRIQ: Malcolm Gladwell meets an Electric Icon – Part One
From Inside Voice: Lake Bell and the Sexy Baby Voice Phenomenon
The Creative Power of Misfits
The Rise of the Guinea Pigs
The Department of Physiological Hygiene
Outliers, Revisited
We’re Back … With More Experiments!
Tim Harford Cools Us Down This Summer
“I Was A Stranger and You Welcomed Me”
When Will Met Grace
Star Struck
In Triplicate
Way to Go, Ohio
The Magic Wand Experiment
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
The Modern West
Empire
In The Dark
Over My Dead Body
The Dropout
Broken Harts