On this episode of A Reasonable Breakdown, I look at the remarkable story of Elizabeth Blackwell and how she defied all odds to become the first woman to graduate from an acredited American college with a degree in medicine.

One of my favorite drinks is a limeade slush from a popular drive in restaurant that shares the name with an incredibly fast blue hedgehog. But could the citric acid used in that limeade have been grown using something as dangerous as black mold? Let's find out on this genetically modified episode of A Reasonable Breakdown. If you have any feedback please feel free to email me at [email protected]. GMOs: Pros and Cons, Backed by Evidence https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/gmo-pros-and-cons The allergenicity of genetically modified foods from genetically engineered crops https://www.annallergy.org/article/S1081-1206(17)30550-1/fulltext#secsectitle0095 Genetically Modified Organisms https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/genetically-modified-organisms/ Non-GMO Project https://www.nongmoproject.org/ No scientific consensus on GMO safety https://enveurope.springeropen.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s12302-014-0034-1.pdf?site=enveurope.springeropen.com Music by 1tamara2 from Pixabay

Dogs are amazing creatures.  Not only are they cute, loyal and great companions, they also have an incredible sense of smell.  Some say they're able to smell a pinch of sugar in a million gallons of water.  So the idea of a dog smelling carbon monoxide isn't that far fetched, right? Let's find out on this episode of A Reasonable Breakdown. References: Canine Scent Detection of Volatile Elements, Characteristic of Malignant Cells, in Cell Cultures Lung cancer diagnosis by trained dogs The Secret of a Dog's Sniffer Article on NOVA's website about dogs Music by 1tamara2 from Pixabay

Episode 2 of A Reasonable Breakdown details a popular post circulating Facebook about Jayne Mansfield.  She was killed in a car accident and supposedly due to her untimely death, a new federal law was created requiring semi-truck trailer manufacturers to install an underride bar to prevent cars from going underneath the trailer.  According to the story, that bar is more commonly known as the Mansfield Bar.  Is it true or is it false?  Let's find out. Music by 1tamara2 from Pixabay

In episode one of A Reasonable Breakdown, I take a look at a common circulated story on Facebook about how the US government supposedly spent millions and millions of dollars developing a pen that could write in space and yet the Russians did it with a simple pencil.  Is this true, or is it false?  Let's take a look. Music by 1tamara2 from Pixabay