The Disappearing Spoon: a science history podcast with Sam Kean

96 Episodes

1. The Mysterious Mote

   Published: 26/06/2024
2. The Science of D-Day

   Published: 14/05/2024
3. Can Plastic Surgery Keep You out of Prison?

   Published: 07/05/2024
4. The Russian Roswell

   Published: 30/04/2024
5. When Tenure Means Life and Death

   Published: 23/04/2024
6. A Deadly Soup for Babies

   Published: 16/04/2024
7. How the “Worst Serial Killer in Holland’s History” Went Free

   Published: 09/04/2024
8. The Eclipse that Killed a King

   Published: 02/04/2024
9. When Generosity Turns Pathological

   Published: 26/03/2024
10. The Sex-Cult “Antichrist” Who Rocketed Us to Space (part 2)

    Published: 19/03/2024
11. The Sex-Cult “Antichrist” Who Rocketed Us to Space (part 1)

    Published: 12/03/2024
12. Don't Drink the Milk bonus episode - Milk: From mutations to mustaches

    Published: 16/01/2024
13. Was Darwin a Murderer?

    Published: 14/11/2023
14. Mass Psychosis in Food Science

    Published: 07/11/2023
15. Accounting for Taste

    Published: 31/10/2023
16. If Indiana Jones Were a Swindler

    Published: 24/10/2023
17. The British Tobacco Empire

    Published: 17/10/2023
18. "Moldy Mary," The Forgotten Mother of Penicillin

    Published: 10/10/2023
19. The Most Exclusive Club in the World

    Published: 03/10/2023
20. Death-Defying Science at 75,000 Feet

    Published: 26/09/2023