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Jul 8
33m 52s

Sawbones: King of Sting

Justin McElroy, Dr. Sydnee McElroy
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A dovetail from last week’s episode, Dr. Sydnee and Justin talk about the official pain scale of insect stings, all compiled by Justin O. Schmidt. So who was this Justin, how did his research contribute to science, and did he really get stung by all these insects to make a non-objective scale? (Answer: yes).

Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers https://taxpayers.bandcamp.com/

Immigrant Defenders Law Center: https://www.immdef.org/

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