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John Brinkley: From Radio to Medicine to Insanity
25:56 - 30:56 (04:59)
John Brinkley, after losing his radio license, moved to Del Rio and got a license from Mexico to build a radio station on their side of the border called XERA. He upgraded the station to a one million watt transmitter while practicing medicine and drinking excessively.
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The Kansas Board of Medical Examiners met six weeks after the loss of John Brinkley's radio license in order to revoke his medical license.
25:56 - 28:21 (02:24)
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The Kansas Board of Medical Examiners met six weeks after the loss of John Brinkley's radio license in order to revoke his medical license. Charles Ziegenhearth, one of Brinkley's patients, testified against him after being improperly treated for a prostate operation and threatened with a gun for an extra $100.
ChapterJohn Brinkley: From Radio to Medicine to Insanity
EpisodePart Two: The Goat Testicle Implanting Doctor Who Invented Talk Radio
PodcastBehind the Bastards
John Brinkley ran one of the most successful write-in campaigns, promising to cure everyone's illnesses with goat testicles, and almost won the governorship of Kansas, causing the Republican and Democratic parties to work together to stop him.
28:21 - 29:27 (01:06)
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John Brinkley ran one of the most successful write-in campaigns, promising to cure everyone's illnesses with goat testicles, and almost won the governorship of Kansas, causing the Republican and Democratic parties to work together to stop him.
ChapterJohn Brinkley: From Radio to Medicine to Insanity
EpisodePart Two: The Goat Testicle Implanting Doctor Who Invented Talk Radio
PodcastBehind the Bastards
John Brinkley was an American doctor and entrepreneur who built a thriving medical practice in the early 1900s by treating male sexual dysfunction, using a surgical procedure of dubious effectiveness.
29:27 - 30:56 (01:28)
Summary
John Brinkley was an American doctor and entrepreneur who built a thriving medical practice in the early 1900s by treating male sexual dysfunction, using a surgical procedure of dubious effectiveness. He also became one of the most powerful radio broadcasters of his era, running a station in Del Rio, Texas that operated on an unprecedented one million watts.