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Podcast: Ridiculous History
Episode: Weird Epidemics, Part One: From Sweating to Pokemon
Description: What makes people laugh uncontrollably, for hours at a time? Whatever happened to that 'Sweating Sickness,' and why did so many parents in Japan become convinced their children might die if those kids watched a certain Pokemon episode? Tune in as Ben, Noel and Max explore the strange commonalities of past epidemics.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.