In 1993, TV news studios started receiving calls from kids who opened their Barbies and GI Joe dolls for Christmas only to discover Barbie shouting militaristic slogans and GI Joe talking about shopping. Later parodied on The Simpsons, this bit of "culture jamming" has its origins right here in Portland (which also involves ipecac, mashed potatoes, and vomiting at a Dan Quayle appearance). All that, and much more on this week's episode.
#119 – The Symmetry of Emmy Noether
#118 – Henrietta Lacks and Her Hella Cells
#117 – Synesthesia: These Colors Taste Fantastic
#116 – “Bins Worthy” And Other Scams
#115 – I Want To Believe: The Greg Nibler Conspiracy
#114 – Wiki-War!
#113 – Concrete Information about Cement
#112 – Black Holes, Dark Matters
#111 – News Pile the Size of Texas
#110 – Name That Tune with Brian the Unipiper
#109 – Non-Hyperbolic Hyperbaric Chamber Talk
#108 – We All Float Down Here
#107 – Deport the Bhagwan!
#106 – Accidental Inventions
#105 – Playing Catch-Up
#104 – It’s Raining, Men
#103 – Mark Explains and Doesn’t Explain Quantum Computing
#102 – Bodies of Evidence
#101 – How Deep Is Your Web?
#100.5 – Just the Dad Jokes
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