About this episode

The episode features a story about a scientist's disastrous attempt to remove a birthmark from his wife's face.

In our feature story a scientist wants to remove a mark on his wife's face but the effort to do this doesn't go well. Any reproduction of Robert Crandall's voice for any purpose including Artificial Intelligence is prohibited. All Rights Reserved. Thank you for listening.

People in this episode

Host: Robert Crandall

Topics covered

• science
• marriage
• guilt
• societal expectations
• human flaws

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Birthmark

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