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Quacks who Quaff is the podcast series exploring the history of medical sciences while reviewing wine with some general chat along the way.
In each episode our quacks will review a bottle of wine and discuss stories from the history of medical sciences.
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Please drink responsibly: www.nhs.uk/live-well/alcohol-support/
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Episode 05: Steroids, Anti-Mask League & Clos Saint-Jacques, Three Choirs & Virgin Daiquiri
In our fifth episode, and first for a year, the Quacks discuss the story of steroids and the Anti-Mask League of San Francisco. Kunal reviews a 2019 Clos Saint-Jacques Riesling while Kim and Jamie review Three Choirs Sparkling Wine. Bella is currently working on a nine-month project and so was drinking a Virgin Watermelon Daiquiri made by Kunal. Here’s his recipe:
100ml Fresh Watermelon Juice
25ml Lime Juice
12.5ml Double Simple Syrup
Bunch of Mint Leaves
Put in a blender with about 6 cubes of ice
Top off with Ginger Ale
(For the non-pregnant you can use 75ml Watermelon Juice and add 50ml of White Rum)
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Episode 04: Medicine vs poison, first anti-vaxxers & The Liberator: Blood & Chocolate
In our fourth episode Kunal and Bella philosophically discuss the difference between medicine and a poison, Jamie tells the story of the anti-vaccination movement and the quacks review The Liberator: Blood & Chocolate!
Merry Christmas!
Cheers!
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Episode 03: Onesimus & variolation, serendipitous reptiles & the Cono Sur 20 Barrels Pinot Noir
In our third episode we review the Con Sur 20 Barrels Pinot Noir, Jamie tells us the story of how a slave helped conquer smallpox and Kunal takes us through some serendipitous pharmacy discoveries from reptiles!
Cheers!
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Episode 02: History of opium, sweating sickness & 2012 Domaine du Vieux Lazaret Châteauneuf-du-Pape
In our second episode we review the 2012 Domaine du Vieux Lazaret Châteauneuf-du-Pape from the Rhône valley, Bella takes us through our complicated history with opium and Kim discusses the mysterious sweating sickness and how it changed English history. Featuring some rapid Wikipedia usage by Kunal and the prospect of a time-travelling Vladimir Putin. Cheers!
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Episode 01: The history of warfarin, the first medical schools and the 2013 Salice Salentino Riserva
Welcome to Quacks who Quaff, the podcast which combines the history of medical sciences and wine reviewing!
In our first episode we review the 2013 Salice Salentino Riserva and go back to 1920s America to learn how a mysterious illness amongst cows led to the discovery of warfarin before travelling to Italy a millennium ago to look at what the very first medical school was like.
All views are the speaker's own.
Please drink responsibly www.nhs.uk/live-well/alcohol-support/