Chapter
Snake Oil Salesman
05:18 - 13:04 (07:46)
The podcast discusses the origin of the term "snake oil salesman" and how it's used today to refer to someone who sells bogus products or ideas. It also touches on the life of a young man who seemed to have a promising future until he was forced to settle his aunt's affairs.
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John Brinkley, who later became a notorious radio personality and medical fraudster, had ambitions of freeing slaves, illuminating the world, facing an assassin's bullet, and healing the sick from a young age, according to his memoirs.
05:18 - 06:10 (00:52)
Summary
John Brinkley, who later became a notorious radio personality and medical fraudster, had ambitions of freeing slaves, illuminating the world, facing an assassin's bullet, and healing the sick from a young age, according to his memoirs.
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John Pemberton, the inventor of Coca-Cola, had a humble beginning, starting as a mailman and telegraph operator before being forced to return home to settle affairs after his Aunt, who raised him, passed away.
06:11 - 07:22 (01:10)
Summary
John Pemberton, the inventor of Coca-Cola, had a humble beginning, starting as a mailman and telegraph operator before being forced to return home to settle affairs after his Aunt, who raised him, passed away.
ChapterSnake Oil Salesman
EpisodePart One: The Goat Testicle Implanting Doctor Who Invented Talk Radio
PodcastBehind the Bastards
Limuel Shattuck's survey of the Massachusetts state sanitary and medical facilities accurately reflected the state of medical education in most of the US during the late 1800s.
07:22 - 10:14 (02:52)
Summary
Limuel Shattuck's survey of the Massachusetts state sanitary and medical facilities accurately reflected the state of medical education in most of the US during the late 1800s.
ChapterSnake Oil Salesman
EpisodePart One: The Goat Testicle Implanting Doctor Who Invented Talk Radio
PodcastBehind the Bastards
The podcast discusses the origin of the term "snake oil salesman", which started with a man named Brinkley who collected liquid from rattlesnakes he would strangle and sold it as medicine.
10:14 - 13:04 (02:50)
Summary
The podcast discusses the origin of the term "snake oil salesman", which started with a man named Brinkley who collected liquid from rattlesnakes he would strangle and sold it as medicine.