Episode 116: Let's Glow Together
In This Episode…
Patrice, Marleah, and Courtney drink Bourbon Amaretto Sours and talk half-lives, spa culture, and glow-in-the-dark clock faces.
Patrice, Marleah, and Courtney drink Bourbon Amaretto Sours and talk half-lives, spa culture, and glow-in-the-dark clock faces.
Radium Springs used to be the favorite side trip for Northern snowbirds headed to Florida, with its Southern charm, Southern gambling, and GLOWING RADIOACTIVE SPRINGS! In this episode of The Strange South Podcast, we talk about how Radium during its heyday was used in everything and how terrifying this invisible, naturally occurring, sometimes helpful, element can be.
RESOURCES //
Fiestaware (ca. 1930s) | Museum of Radiation and Radioactivity
Uranium Containing Dentures (ca. 1960s, 1970s) | Museum of Radiation and Radioactivity
Antidiarrhea Medications | Museum of Radiation and Radioactivity
Radium Springs, Albany, GA - Photo by Albany Convention and Visitors Bureau
Museum of Radiation and Radioactivity
Radium Girls - Radium Jaw
Radium
Shoutouts!
EPISODE DRINK:
Bourbon Amaretto Sour
1 oz bourbon
1 oz amaretto
1 oz lemon juice
1 tsp simple syrup
2 dashes angostura bitters
1 egg white
Add all ingredients to a shaker (with NO ICE)
Shake 15 seconds
Add ice to shaker
Shake 30 seconds
Strain into glass. (Froth will rise to the top.)
(Note: If you like a sweeter drink, increase the amaretto to 1-1/2 oz and the simple syrup to 2 tsp)
