{"podcast":{"title":"Morbid","slug":"morbid-67318","podcast_index_feed_id":67318,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/ohmVlJZQ","website_url":"https://morbid-53aa329e.simplecast.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/3c9c3c2a-a53f-40bd-9d24-bdb387b03fb1/63cc4f36-fd5e-4f32-82e3-a2185ea81abf/3000x3000/sxm-cover-morbid-3000x3000-final.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Ash Kelley & Alaina Urquhart","episode_count":859,"summary":"It’s a lighthearted nightmare in here, weirdos! Morbid is a true crime, creepy history and all things spooky podcast hosted by an autopsy technician and a hairstylist. Join us for a heavy dose of research with a dash of comedy thrown in for flavor. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Morbid ad-free. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-22T10:18:55.025146+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/morbid-67318"},"episode":{"title":"Episode Revisit: The Radium Girls","slug":"episode-revisit-the-radium-girls","published_at":"2026-06-18T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/morbid-67318/episode-revisit-the-radium-girls","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/morbid-67318","url":"https://morbid-53aa329e.simplecast.com/episodes/episode-revisit-the-radium-girls-rpBrLo3o","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/stitcher.simplecastaudio.com/d4d5c1a0-121c-450d-8aed-1ebd2f4dddf0/episodes/34326990-f2a5-4fb7-ab15-552680ac70b4/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=d4d5c1a0-121c-450d-8aed-1ebd2f4dddf0&awEpisodeId=34326990-f2a5-4fb7-ab15-552680ac70b4&feed=ohmVlJZQ","summary":"Today we are revisiting a tragic case of negligence which originally captivated us back in 2024. When Marie and Pierre Curie discovered radium in 1898, the chemical element was quickly adopted by manufacturers for its luminescent properties that would go on to be used in, among other things, the painting of clock faces, watches, and instrument panels, allowing them to be seen in the dark. At the time, the introduction of radioluminescent materials into manufacturing was hailed as a scientific solution to an age-old frustration, but it didn’t take long before that solution was shown to have terrible consequences.","meta_description":"Today we are revisiting a tragic case of negligence which originally captivated us back in 2024. When Marie and Pierre Curie discovered radium in 1898, th…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4919,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/morbid-67318/episodes/episode-revisit-the-radium-girls/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/morbid-67318/episode-revisit-the-radium-girls.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}