Castration

The discussion from the Mind Pump Podcast that touches on castration primarily centers around a theory involving Michael Jackson. The hosts relay a claim suggesting that Michael Jackson might have been chemically castrated by his father at a young age to preserve his high-pitched voice. This practice is compared to historical instances where young boys, referred to as "il castrato", were castrated to maintain their soprano or contralto voice range, often for singing roles within the Catholic Church during the 18th century 1.