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Aug 4 2009

How Agent Orange Worked

26 min 2 movies discussed
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Agent Orange was a potent herbicide used by the U.S. government during the Vietnam War. Learn more about the origins, use and devastating side effects of Agent Orange in this podcast from HowStuffWorks.com.

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In this heavy but important episode, Josh and Chuck dive into the dark history of Agent Orange, the powerful herbicide used by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War. They explore how this chemical weapon worked, why it was deployed across millions of acres of Vietnamese countryside, and the devastating long-term health effects it has had on both Vietnamese civilians and American veterans. The hosts also discuss the ongoing legal battles, environmental cleanup efforts, and how the toxic dioxins in Agent Orange continue to impact families generations later.


Movies Discussed

Cheers
Cheers
1982
★ 7.6
"I work with a real Cliff Clavin. Yes. From Cheers. — Chuck was reading a listener email from a Navy postal clerk who compared his coworker to the Cheers character Cliff Clavin." — Chuck
The Fog of War
The Fog of War
2003 1h 47m
★ 7.7
"did you ever see the fog of war? No. The documentary? — Josh recommended this Errol Morris documentary about Robert McNamara and the Vietnam War while discussing Agent Orange." — Josh

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