The Disappearing Spoon: a science history podcast with Sam Kean
A podcast by Sam Kean, Bleav

106 Episodes
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The Sex-Cult “Antichrist” Who Rocketed Us to Space (part 1)
Published: 12/03/2024 -
Don't Drink the Milk bonus episode - Milk: From mutations to mustaches
Published: 16/01/2024 -
Was Darwin a Murderer?
Published: 14/11/2023 -
Mass Psychosis in Food Science
Published: 07/11/2023 -
Accounting for Taste
Published: 31/10/2023 -
If Indiana Jones Were a Swindler
Published: 24/10/2023 -
The British Tobacco Empire
Published: 17/10/2023 -
"Moldy Mary," The Forgotten Mother of Penicillin
Published: 10/10/2023 -
The Most Exclusive Club in the World
Published: 03/10/2023 -
Death-Defying Science at 75,000 Feet
Published: 26/09/2023 -
Proving Einstein Right
Published: 20/09/2023 -
Einstein's Golden Moment
Published: 12/09/2023 -
Everything You Know About Phineas Gage Is Wrong
Published: 11/07/2023 -
Why Do We Obsess Over Charles Darwin’s Health?
Published: 27/06/2023 -
The Seeds of Starvation
Published: 20/06/2023 -
When Scientific Brilliance Isn’t Enough
Published: 13/06/2023 -
The Curse of Knowing Too Much
Published: 06/06/2023 -
The Enigmas of Foreign Accent Syndrome
Published: 30/05/2023 -
The World’s Only Natural Nuclear Reactor
Published: 23/05/2023 -
How New DNA Sleuthing Can Expose Dangerous Killers—and You
Published: 16/05/2023
A topsy-turvy science-y history podcast by Sam Kean. I examine overlooked stories from our past: the dental superiority of hunter-gatherers, the crooked Nazis who saved thousands of American lives, the American immigrants who developed the most successful cancer screening tool in history, the sex lives of dinosaurs, and much, much more. These are charming little tales that never made the history books, but these small moments can be surprisingly powerful. These are the cases where history gets inverted, where the footnote becomes the real story.