Short Suck #54: Lip, Dip, and Die! The Radium Girls

Today we explore the horrifying true story of the Radium Girls — young women told to “lip, dip, and paint” with radioactive dial paint while their employers hid the deadly consequences. What began as a factory job seen as glamorous and high-paying turned into one of the most grotesque workplace poisoning scandals in American history, leaving behind shattered bodies, corporate lies, and a legal battle that helped change worker safety forever. For Merch and everything else Bad Magic related, head to: Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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Short Suck #54: Lip, Dip, and Die! The Radium Girls is an episode from Timesuck with Dan Cummins by Dan Cummins.

This episode is 00:59:49 long.

This episode was published on Mar 27, 2026.

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