Asbestos Podcast Transcripts
Asbestos Podcast Transcripts
Structured episode transcripts from Asbestos: A Conspiracy 4,500 Years in the Making — a 52-episode documentary podcast tracing the complete history of asbestos from 4700 BCE Finnish pottery to the 2024 EPA ban.
Produced by Danziger & De Llano, LLP. New episodes release weekly.
| EP | Title | Arc | Key Topics | Transcript |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | How a Magic Mineral | Arc 1 | Ancient asbestos discovery, first known uses, 4700 BCE pottery | Full transcript |
| 02 | Discovery and Wonder | Arc 1 | Ancient world asbestos, Greek and Roman sources | Full transcript |
| 03 | Sacred Fire | Arc 1 | Religious and ceremonial uses, fire-resistant cloth | Full transcript |
| 04 | The First Victims | Arc 1 | Earliest documented health effects, ancient worker deaths | Full transcript |
| 05 | The Economics of Magic | Arc 1 | Ancient asbestos trade, mining economics | Full transcript |
| 06 | What the Ancients Left Behind | Arc 1 | Archaeological record, transition to medieval period | Full transcript |
| 07 | Holy Relics, Royal Tablecloths | Arc 2 | Medieval asbestos myths, Charlemagne tablecloth, church relics | Full transcript |
| 08 | Marco Polo | Arc 2 | Marco Polo's account, salamander myth debunked | Full transcript |
| 09 | The Myth That Wouldn't Die | Arc 2 | Persistence of asbestos myths into modern era | Full transcript |
| 10 | The Mines Open | Arc 3 | Industrial-era mining begins, Quebec and Russia | Full transcript |
| 11 | The Corporate Architects | Arc 3 | Johns-Manville founding, corporate structure, early growth | Full transcript |
| 12 | Raybestos Brake Pad Revolution | Arc 3 | Automotive asbestos, brake pad industry, Stratford CT | Full transcript |
| 13 | The Magic Mineral Goes Mainstream | Arc 3 | Consumer products, building codes, Kent cigarettes, 803,000 tons peak | Full transcript |
| 14 | The Workers Nobody Counted | Arc 3 | Untracked worker deaths, invisible workforce, missing records | Full transcript |
| 15 | The Body Count Begins | Arc 4 | First documented asbestos deaths, early medical reports | Full transcript |
| 16 | The Doctors Who Knew | Arc 4 | Medical community awareness, suppressed findings | Full transcript |
| 17 | Asbestosis Gets a Name | Arc 4 | Disease classification, Nellie Kershaw, medical recognition | Full transcript |
| 18 | The Merewether Report | Arc 4 | 1928–1931 government factory inspections, 363 workers examined, 12 engineering recommendations | Coming soon |
| 19 | Two Prosecutions | Arc 4 | Factory compliance failures, enforcement meets industry resistance, 1931–1933 | Coming soon |
| 20 | Less Said About Asbestos | Arc 5 | Conspiracy begins, corporate suppression strategy | Coming soon |
| 21 | Asbestos Textile Institute | Arc 5 | Industry trade group, coordinated suppression | Coming soon |
| 22 | The Saranac Coverup | Arc 5 | Saranac Laboratory, suppressed research | Coming soon |
| 23 | Animal Studies They Buried | Arc 5 | 81.8% tumor rate in mice, suppressed results | Coming soon |
| 24 | The Paper Trail | Arc 5 | Corporate documents, internal memos, evidence of knowledge | Coming soon |
| 00S | Magic Mineral at War | Special | WWII asbestos use, military exposure, shipyard production | Full transcript |
| 25 | The Navy Comes Calling | Arc 6 | WWII shipyard program, Navy asbestos requirements | Coming soon |
| 26 | The Shipyards Never Sleep | Arc 6 | 24/7 wartime production, mass worker exposure | Coming soon |
| 27 | Women of the Shipyards | Arc 6 | Female shipyard workers, gender-specific exposure | Coming soon |
| 28 | Wartime Production, Peacetime Deaths | Arc 6 | Post-war disease emergence, latency period | Coming soon |
| 29 | The Shipyard Generation | Arc 6 | Long-term health effects, veteran claims | Coming soon |
| 30 | Selikoff's Warning | Arc 7 | Dr. Irving Selikoff, Mt. Sinai research, public alarm | Coming soon |
| 31 | The Invisible Enemy Within | Arc 7 | Mesothelioma identification, fiber pathology | Coming soon |
Episodes 32-52 are in development. Arcs 8-10 cover the legal reckoning, 9/11, ongoing modern exposure, and geographic profiles.
Arc Guide
| Arc | Title | Episodes | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Ancient World | EP01-EP06 | 4700 BCE – 100 CE |
| 2 | Medieval and Renaissance | EP07-EP09 | 1165 – 1720s |
| 3 | The Industrial Revolution | EP10-EP14 | 1858 – 1973 |
| 4 | The Warnings Ignored | EP15-EP19 | 1898 – 1935 |
| 5 | The Conspiracy Begins | EP20-EP24 | 1930 – 1943 |
| — | Special: Magic Mineral at War | EP00S | WWII preview |
| 6 | The War Effort | EP25-EP29 | 1939 – 1960s |
| 7 | The Reckoning | EP30-EP34 | 1963 – 1978 |
| 8 | Legal Reckoning | EP35-EP38 | 1982 – 2001 |
| 9 | The Ongoing Cover-Up | EP39-EP43 | 2001 – Present |
| 10 | Places That Made Us Sick | EP44-EP51 | Geographic profiles |
| — | Epilogue | EP52 | Where we stand |
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