What would you do if you found out the government had been doing an experimental study on you without telling you? This hypothetical question between friends turned out to be a very real consideration for a group of black men and their families from Macon County, Alabama in 1972.

Don't forget to like, follow, and subscribe to There Will Be Swearing wherever you listen to podcasts! If you're listening on Spotify please give us five stars and scroll down to let us know what you think in the comments or answer the question of the day.

Written, produced, and mixed by: Amy Grimes and Dustin Ford

All credit where it is due. Sources heavily quoted in this episode include:

-A lecture available on YouTube called “Bad Blood: A Look at the Tuskegee Syphilis Study with Dr. James H. Jones” (The lecture was based on his book called “Bad Blood”) Link to the lecture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGlYI5cw-7U&t=2509s

-A History.com article titled “Tuskegee Experiment: The Infamous Syphilis Study” Link to the History.com article: https://www.history.com/news/the-infamous-40-year-tuskegee-study

If you could be a piece of hardware that people enjoy touching what would you be? In this episode we talk about some of the technology that has been invented and/or become commercially available in our lifetimes. Please excuse us while we go buy rocking chairs and practice yelling “get off my lawn!”...

Don't forget to like, follow, and subscribe to There Will Be Swearing wherever you listen to podcasts! If you're listening on Spotify please give us five stars and scroll down to let us know what you think in the comments or answer the question of the day.

Written, produced, and mixed by: Amy Grimes and Dustin Ford

If you didn't know, Dustin loves cats. He and Amy talk about their pets (it's raining cats and dogs) and discuss some things from Kitty Language by Lili Chin.

Don't forget to like, follow, and subscribe to There Will Be Swearing wherever you listen to podcasts! If you're listening on Spotify please give us five stars and scroll down to let us know what you think in the comments or answer the question of the day.

Written, produced, and mixed by: Amy Grimes and Dustin Ford

We decided to talk about what we think happens after death and how our beliefs about that have been influenced and changed. Trigger warnings for: death, dying, brief mentions of suicide.

Don't forget to like, follow, and subscribe to There Will Be Swearing wherever you listen to podcasts! If you're listening on Spotify please give us five stars and scroll down to let us know what you think in the comments or answer the question of the day.

Written, produced, and mixed by: Amy Grimes and Dustin Ford

Look we kept our promise and have another science episode. Today Amy shares an interesting article from Space.com about an exciting recent scientific discovery called dark oxygen. You can view the article Amy is reading from here: https://www.space.com/deep-sea-dark-oxygen-from-metal-lumps-evidence-for-origins-of-life

Don't forget to like, follow, and subscribe to There Will Be Swearing wherever you listen to podcasts! If you're listening on Spotify please give us five stars and scroll down to let us know what you think in the comments or answer the question of the day.

Written, produced, and mixed by: Amy Grimes and Dustin Ford

What's an interaction you've had with a stranger - good or bad - that you still think about from time to time? Today we're discussing malicious compliance both from reddit threads and personal pettiness.

Don't forget to like, follow, and subscribe to There Will Be Swearing wherever you listen to podcasts! If you're listening on Spotify please give us five stars and scroll down to let us know what you think in the comments or answer the question of the day.

Written, produced, and mixed by: Amy Grimes and Dustin Ford

What is your favorite fable or fairytale? Today we are reading Dustin’s favorite Finnish fairytale called The Devil’s Hide. They sure don’t make them like this any more!

Don't forget to like, follow, and subscribe to There Will Be Swearing wherever you listen to podcasts! If you're listening on Spotify please give us five stars and scroll down to let us know what you think in the comments or answer the question of the day.

Written, produced, and mixed by: Amy Grimes and Dustin Ford

Have you ever sent an awkward text to the wrong person? Today we're talking about music and different ways it's impacted us. Also some familiar tunes that we've recently noticed to be... less than wholesome.

Please take a moment to give us 5 stars on Spotify, or rate and review us wherever you find our podcast.

Written by Amy Grimes and Dustin Ford

Production and music mixed by Dustin Ford