Jul 11, 2021
Jeb and Blake head into cold as we look at the episode titled
"Cryogenics." Yes, there is a lot of legitimate discussion of
the science of freezing - but there's also a lot of optimistic
coverage of "Cryonics," the much more questionable idea of freezing
people for a later thawing and restoration.
CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains
images of dead people, frozen semen, animal harm, terrible puns,
and some naughty curse words.
(You're welcome.)
Discussed in this episode:
Difficult early history of Cryonics (via Alcor website)
The first US successful use of insanity plea (Sickles)
The Artists Statement video that Jeb talked about
The Cryonics Institute (in Michigan)
Robert Ettinger - father of Cryonics
Alcor Life Extension
(Arizona)
American Cryonics Society (formerly Bay Area Cryonics Society)
Frozen Bovine Semen (History of)
The history of alleged "eating ancient mammoth" stories
This animal was revived using ratsuscitation.
Dr. Paul Segall makes a return visit to In Search Of...
Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you method acting:
Who can forget this famous scene from The gRATe Escape?"
UCLA's Dr. Josiah Brown (obituary 1985)
Here's that mouse embryo gif I promised you.
Mr. Leonard Nimoy!