If you’ve got a raw milk enthusiast friend, they might be conveniently forgetting that grandma used to boil her "fresh" milk to avoid dying from bacteria poisoning. 

Mind you, it wasn’t all safe in the good old days. In 1978, a Soviet scientist stuck his head in a particle accelerator and got blasted with a proton beam 600 times the lethal dose (and somehow survived). He might be a good candidate for the upcoming Enhanced Games, a sporting competition that openly encourages athletes to take performance-enhancing drugs. 

Have you ever wondered what your dog is thinking? Well, AI might finally let us chat with animals, but do we really want to hear what they have to say?

CHAPTERS:

 

00:00 Who is Sponsoring the Enhanced Games

02:06 Raw Milk Myths Debunked

05:03 Historical Practices of Milk Boiling

08:10 The Proton Beam Incident

14:20 Interspecies Communication Challenge

24:42 Anthropomorphism and Animal Emotions

25:08 The Ethics of Translating Animal Communication

27:55 Enhanced Games Events and Controversies

30:51 Debate on Performance Enhancing Drugs

38:54 Risks and Consequences of Steroid Use

42:19 The Future of Enhanced Games and Athlete Compensation

42:57 Science Says Pay Me More





SOURCES:

$10m prize launched for team that can truly talk to the animals

Dolphin whistle decoders win $100,000 interspecies communication prize

Steroids? Sure! Doping? Bring it on! 'Enhanced Games' push to be the Olympics* — with drugs

 

The Definitive, Insane, Swimsuit-Bursting Story of the Steroid Olympics

Learn about the risks of performance-enhancing drugs

A Soviet Physicist Once Survived A Proton Beam Through The Head – This Is How

If you&rsquo;ve got a raw milk enthusiast friend, they might be conveniently forgetting that grandma used to boil her "fresh" milk to avoid dying from bacteria poisoning.&nbsp;
Mind you, it wasn&rsquo;t all safe in the good old days. In 1978, a Soviet scientist stuck his head in a particle accelerator and got blasted with a proton beam 600 times the lethal dose (and somehow survived). He might be a good candidate for the upcoming Enhanced Games, a sporting competition that openly encourages athletes to take performance-enhancing drugs.&nbsp;
Have you ever wondered what your dog is thinking? Well, AI might finally let us chat with animals, but do we really want to hear what they have to say?
CHAPTERS:
&nbsp;
00:00 Who is Sponsoring the Enhanced Games
02:06 Raw Milk Myths Debunked
05:03 Historical Practices of Milk Boiling
08:10 The Proton Beam Incident
14:20 Interspecies Communication Challenge
24:42 Anthropomorphism and Animal Emotions
25:08 The Ethics of Translating Animal Communication
27:55 Enhanced Games Events and Controversies
30:51 Debate on Performance Enhancing Drugs
38:54 Risks and Consequences of Steroid Use
42:19 The Future of Enhanced Games and Athlete Compensation
42:57 Science Says Pay Me More
 
SOURCES:
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/may/30/10m-prize-launched-for-team-that-deciphers-animal-conversation">$10m prize launched for team that can truly talk to the animals</a>
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/15/us-scientists-who-deciphered-dolphin-whistles-win-prize-for-animal-communication">Dolphin whistle decoders win $100,000 interspecies communication prize</a>
<a href="https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2025-06-16/enhanced-games-olympic-sports-world-records-steroids-peds-dsouza-trump">Steroids? Sure! Doping? Bring it on! 'Enhanced Games' push to be the Olympics* &mdash; with drugs</a>
&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.wired.com/story/enhanced-games-freestyle-record-las-vegas-steroids/">The Definitive, Insane, Swimsuit-Bursting Story of the Steroid Olympics</a>
<a href="https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/fitness/in-depth/performance-enhancing-drugs/art-20046134">Learn about the risks of performance-enhancing drugs</a>
<a href="https://www.iflscience.com/a-physicist-once-survived-a-proton-beam-through-the-head-this-is-how-80594">A Soviet Physicist Once Survived A Proton Beam Through The Head &ndash; This Is How</a>

From tales of historical idiocracy and scientific genius to weird and wacky cultural phenomena, Dr Rod Lamberts and Dr Will Grant are here to take you on a wild conversational journey, deep diving into the crevices of science, history and culture that you never knew existed. 

From tales of historical idiocracy and scientific genius to weird and wacky cultural phenomena, Dr Rod Lamberts and Dr Will Grant are here to take you on a wild conversational journey, deep diving into the crevices of science, history and culture that you never knew existed.

Bizarre science history from academics with beers

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