The Radium Girls, workers in the 1920s who painted clock faces with self-luminous paint, contracted radiation poisoning from the radium they were constantly exposed to. This episode discusses the societal beliefs around radium as a cure-all tonic and how difficult it is to sift through sensationalized journalism that surrounds different books and accounts of the story.
In this episode, the hosts discuss the movie "Brotherhood of the Wolves" and how it seems like everyone has seen it except for them. They also briefly mention a Radium Girls movie.
This episode explores the history of radium, including how it was used to treat cancer and in various consumer products, leading to radium poisoning and the story of the radium girls.