# Short Suck #54: Lip, Dip, and Die! The Radium Girls

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Podcast: [Timesuck with Dan Cummins](https://stenobird.com/podcast/timesuck-with-dan-cummins-494288)
Published: 2026-03-27T18:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.badmagicproductions.com/pages/timesuck-podcast-2024
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Duration seconds: 3589

## Resource

Today we explore the horrifying true story of the Radium Girls — young women told to “lip, dip, and paint” with radioactive dial paint while their employers hid the deadly consequences. What began as a factory job seen as glamorous and high-paying turned into one of the most grotesque workplace poisoning scandals in American history, leaving behind shattered bodies, corporate lies, and a legal battle that helped change worker safety forever.

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