SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: What's the deal with blue people?
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Hey, everybody, winding it down with a couple of more here from me, at least, with the Stuff You Should Know Gets Weird playlist. Have you ever seen The Blue People? There's a thing where, I'm not going to spoil it, but let's just say there's a thing that happens where people's skin can turn blue. And this is the episode called What's the Deal with Blue People? And no, not David Cross and Arrested Development or the Blue Man Group.
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Hey, and welcome to the podcast. I'm Josh Clark, and there's Charles W. Chuck Bryan over there. And Jerry was just here. She said, peace out, suckas. And this is Stuff You Should Know, of course.
It was nice of her to log on to say goodbye. Right. No, we're just kidding, Jerry. She's been busy lately.
Yeah. That happens. It totally happens in this busy go-go world of 2021. Almost 2022. The double deuce. This year has just flown by. It really has. I think mercifully, because this is going to be part of the lost years when we look back, you know?
Yeah, it felt like 2020 took 18 years. Right. And somehow 2021 has just like been in a snap.
Yeah.
I don't know what's going on.
I don't think anyone does anymore, Chuck. So don't feel bad.
Can we shout out the people and sources that helped us along for this one? Well, our buddy Dave Ruse wrote an article for How Stuff Works. Ta-da! And I found a great article from Wired. I forgot how much I love Wired. That's from Mallory Pickett. And BBC News, ABC News, NPR, Morning A Dish, which is always a fun listen. National Library of Medicine here in the U.S. And then, as always, I feel like it makes appearance in every episode, jamaicahospital.org. That's right. Surprisingly helpful. Yeah. Maybe not surprisingly.
I wonder, is it Jamaica, Queens or Jamaica, Jamaica?
Oh, you know what? I was thinking Jamaica, Jamaica. It may be Jamaica, Queens.
Yeah. Should I Jamaica scene, Jamaica, Queens?
My neighbor, across the street neighbor, is from Jamaica, the country. And I feel like a heel now because I was like, hey, that hospital website's great, Pat.
She's like, what are you talking about? She's like, okay, great. Glad you like some random hospital website. Oh, boy. So, we're talking today, you went and found some medical stuff. That's why you went to look at jamaicahospital.org, I'm guessing, because we're talking about a really interesting condition, and actually a few kinds of conditions that have something unusual in common, and that is that the people who suffer from these conditions have blue skin.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–6:39
2
What is the story behind the blue‑skinned Fugate family of Kentucky?
6:39–14:53
3
How did a French immigrant and an American wife create the genetic mutation that caused blue skin?
14:53–25:14
4
Why does the Fugate condition (methemoglobinemia) turn blood and skin blue?
25:14–34:52
5
What medical breakthrough (methylene‑blue treatment) cured the blue‑skinned children?
34:52–46:28
6
Why did the Fugate family isolate themselves and how did in‑breeding spread the condition?
46:28–55:45
Speakers
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