Humanity’s journey to understanding the body has been a gory one - littered with unethical experiments, unintended consequences and unimaginable endurance. In The Human Subject, Dr Adam Rutherford and Dr Julia Shaw investigate the threads conne

The Gay Man and the Pleasure Shocks

Sep 8th, 2024 28m 29s

In The Human Subject, Dr Adam Rutherford and Dr Julia Shaw investigate the threads connecting modern day medicine to its often brutal origins.This is the story of patient B-19, a 24-year old who, in 1970, walks into a hospital in Louisiana trou

The Man with an Artificial Windpipe

Sep 1st, 2024 28m 16s

In The Human Subject, Dr Adam Rutherford and Dr Julia Shaw tell the story of Andemariam Beyene, an engineering student from Eritrea studying in Iceland. In 2011 he was desperate for a cure to the large tumour discovered in his trachea. He had t

The Boy with an Ice Pick in his Brain

Aug 25th, 2024 28m 38s

This is the story of 12 year old Howard Dully. The year is 1960. His stepmother is finding him to be ‘unbelievably defiant’ so she takes him to a private California hospital. There he is evaluated by Dr Walter Freeman who diagnoses him with chi

The Mothers of Gynaecology

Aug 17th, 2024 28m 12s

In The Human Subject, Dr Adam Rutherford and Dr Julia Shaw investigate the threadsconnecting modern day medicine to its often brutal origins.This is the story of a 17 year old enslaved girl - Anarcha - and the other enslaved women who gave bir

The Farmers and The Goat Testicle Transplants

Aug 11th, 2024 28m 20s

In The Human Subject, Dr Adam Rutherford and Dr Julia Shaw investigate the historic threads connecting modern day medicine to its often brutal origins. This is the story of a farmer from the small town of Milford, Kansas. The year is 1916 and t

The Woman Who Resisted Mind Control

Aug 4th, 2024 28m 40s

Dr Adam Rutherford and Dr Julia Shaw investigate the threads connecting modern day medicine to its often brutal origins. This is the story of 16 year old Lana Ponting. The year is 1958 and she has run away from home yet again. The police pick h

The Children Whose Teeth Were Destroyed

Jul 29th, 2024 28m 35s

In The Human Subject, Dr Adam Rutherford and Dr Julia Shaw investigate the threads connecting modern day medicine to its often brutal origins. With every episode they explore some of that dark history and ask - is our present day knowledge wort

The Prisoners Used for Their Skin

Jul 21st, 2024 28m 14s

Humanity’s journey to understanding the body has been a gory one, littered with unethical experiments, unintended consequences and unimaginable endurance. In The Human Subject, Dr Adam Rutherford and Dr Julia Shaw investigate the threads connec

The Man with a Hole in His Stomach

Jul 14th, 2024 28m 22s

Humanity’s journey to understanding the body has been a gory one; littered with unethical experiments, unintended consequences and unimaginable endurance. It’s the story of catastrophic failures, at great human cost - but also successes which m

Introducing The Human Subject

Jul 5th, 2024 3m 56s

Dr Adam Rutherford & Dr Julia Shaw investigate humanity’s journey to understand the body, revealing stories that are littered with unethical experiments and unimaginable endurance

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