Jul 1, 2026 · 42 min · 10 segments
We're not letting the handwashing thing go. This week we're talking about the guy who invented it. Kind of? Or least he was VERY vocal about it in the medical community. (Yes, the audio is a little…
[laughs]
It- the fact that it needed to be invented.
[laughs]
It's just like, I think that is like...
Consider that in the context of this episode because, yes, there was a period in time where we needed to invent that 'cause we didn't understand how disease worked, so we didn't understand that it was a thing you had to do.
[laughs] I feel like this is important to know going in 'cause you're gonna be maybe a little bit mad about the decisions of some of the people in this episode.
Oh, I, I already am.
[laughs]
Yeah.
Wait.
Okay, that was my question.
Yeah.
Didn't know that.
[laughs] Fun fact.
Uh, so from a young age, he was recognized as very curious and promising, um, a little bit unfocused maybe.
Uh, he did receive top marks in secondary school and enrolled in a two-year liberal arts program at the-
[laughs]
...
He's, uh...
[laughs]
It- the fact that it needed to be invented.
[laughs]
It's just like, I think that is like...
Consider that in the context of this episode because, yes, there was a period in time where we needed to invent that 'cause we didn't understand how disease worked, so we didn't understand that it was a thing you had to do.
[laughs] I feel like this is important to know going in 'cause you're gonna be maybe a little bit mad about the decisions of some of the people in this episode.
Oh, I, I already am.
[laughs]
Yeah.
Wait.
Okay, that was my question.
Yeah.
Didn't know that.
[laughs] Fun fact.
Uh, so from a young age, he was recognized as very curious and promising, um, a little bit unfocused maybe.
Uh, he did receive top marks in secondary school and enrolled in a two-year liberal arts program at the-
[laughs]
...
He's, uh...
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