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Fri, 18 April 2014
UI #72 - The Fever Girl

Fun story from 1923.  Newspapers around the United States reported daily on the health of the Fever Girl - a woman with the highest temperature ever recorded to that date.  Would she live or die?  Listen to this episode to find out all of the details.  Also learn about the current high-fever record holder plus three tidbits about teachers. Retrosponsor: Velveeta.

Direct download: fever_girl.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 8:43pm EST