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The Canaries in the Submarine

Season 12 | Episode 2
17m | Apr 14, 2026

There’s only one thing Dr. John Haldane loved more than running dangerous experiments on himself—running them on his son Jack. But the duo would revolutionize our understanding of the human body.



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