The experiment begins on November 19, 1944. Keys plan to test out different rehabilitation diets with varying amounts of calories, protein and vitamins. The men would be asked to keep journals and record their thoughts and dreams. And then, after six months of starvation, three months of recovery, the crucial part.
We’re sharing a bonus episode from another Pushkin podcast, Revisionist History. Revisionist History is Malcolm Gladwell’s podcast about things misunderstood and overlooked. This season, Malcolm’s obsessed with experiments – natural experiments, scientific experiments, thought experiments. In this episode, Revisionist History examines the testimony of 18 men who took part in an astonishing experiment at the University of Minnesota during the Second World War. Revisionist History takes you through the tapes, and asks why people are still arguing over the Minnesota experiment 75 years later.
You can hear more from Revisionist History at https://podcasts.pushkin.fm/rhs7?sid=thl
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