The Disappearing Spoon: a science history podcast with Sam Kean

96 Episodes

1. The Most Evil Molecule

   Published: 11/10/2022
2. The Life-Saving Rat Poison

   Published: 04/10/2022
3. The Making of a Lobotomist

   Published: 27/09/2022
4. Icepick Surgeon bonus excerpt on the making of the Unabomber

   Published: 12/07/2022
5. The Murderer Who Made Movies Possible

   Published: 10/05/2022
6. Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde, and the Irish Giant

   Published: 03/05/2022
7. The Screwiest—and Perhaps Most Original—Idea of the 20th Century

   Published: 26/04/2022
8. The Bird with Four Sexes

   Published: 19/04/2022
9. When the Brain Deceives Itself

   Published: 12/04/2022
10. Stephen Hawking and the Black Hole Mistake that Made His Career

    Published: 05/04/2022
11. Albert Einstein and the Worst Prediction in the History of Science

    Published: 29/03/2022
12. How to Be Smarter than Isaac Newton

    Published: 22/03/2022
13. Claude Monet and Bee Purple

    Published: 15/03/2022
14. The Unsung Heroes of Darwin’s Evolution

    Published: 08/03/2022
15. The Sinister Angel Singers of Rome

    Published: 07/12/2021
16. The Murderous Origins of the American Medical Association

    Published: 30/11/2021
17. The Big ‘What If’ of Cancer

    Published: 23/11/2021
18. The Harvard Medical School Janitor Who Solved a Murder

    Published: 16/11/2021
19. Burn After Watching

    Published: 09/11/2021
20. History’s First Car Crash Victim

    Published: 02/11/2021