
The Disappearing Spoon: a science history podcast with Sam Kean
History Podcasts
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.
Location:
United States
Genres:
History Podcasts
Description:
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.
Twitter:
@sam_kean
Language:
English
Website:
http://samkean.com/podcast
Email:
samkean@gmail.com
Dinner with King Tut audiobook preview
Duration:00:27:47
Why Doctors and Scientists Embraced the Nazis
Duration:00:21:19
Hotter than the Dickens
Duration:00:18:40
Jake Leg Blues
Duration:00:20:20
The Worst of Times, the Asbestos Times
Duration:00:17:47
Human Photosynthesis
Duration:00:18:56
The Sad Story of Darwin’s Self-Procleimed “Stupidest” Child
Duration:00:18:30
The Birds and the Bees and the Frogs
Duration:00:18:33
The Would-Be Saint's Battle over Down Syndrome
Duration:00:18:44
The Battle over Human Chromosomes
Duration:00:18:52
The Halley's Comet Panic
Duration:00:20:32
The Winter when People Ate Tulips
Duration:00:19:30
Why Keep a Diary of a Toxic Snakebite?
Duration:00:17:09
Machiavellian Microbes
Duration:00:18:38
The Woman Who “Turned Back a Plague of Old Testament Proportions”
Duration:00:19:15
The Doom Lurking inside Trees
Duration:00:17:51
The Mona Lisa of the Seine
Duration:00:18:14
Savant Idiots
Duration:00:17:50
When Mummymania Swept the World
Duration:00:17:44
The Sadder Side of the Nobel Prizes
Duration:00:18:37