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Part One: The Goat Testicle Implanting Doctor Who Invented Talk Radio

Behind the Bastards

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You Don't Need a Syringe to Insert a Goat Testicle

Dr. John Brinkley was a doctor in the 1920s who implanted goat testicles into human males to rejuvenate them. He also built one of the first radio transmitters in the U.S., KFKB, which stood for Kansas first, Kansas best. The money he made from his business led him to buy a bear that he later shot and killed. Now we're going to find out why Dr. Brinkley spent so much time trying to be the biggest man in town - even though it's not true.

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