Poisoned by Radium, Cursed with Plague

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In this episode, Andrea uncovers the harrowing story of The Radium Girls by Kate Moore—a group of courageous women whose battle against corporate greed and poisonous working conditions helped spark major shifts in worker protection laws. Elizabeth takes listeners on a holy quest in her chronicling of Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman — a haunting dark fantasy that follows desperate souls across a plague-ravaged, demon-filled medieval France.

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