The Disappearing Spoon: a science history podcast with Sam Kean

92 Episodes

1. When Tenure Means Life and Death

   Published: 4/23/2024
2. A Deadly Soup for Babies

   Published: 4/16/2024
3. How the “Worst Serial Killer in Holland’s History” Went Free

   Published: 4/9/2024
4. The Eclipse that Killed a King

   Published: 4/2/2024
5. When Generosity Turns Pathological

   Published: 3/26/2024
6. The Sex-Cult “Antichrist” Who Rocketed Us to Space (part 2)

   Published: 3/19/2024
7. The Sex-Cult “Antichrist” Who Rocketed Us to Space (part 1)

   Published: 3/12/2024
8. Don't Drink the Milk bonus episode - Milk: From mutations to mustaches

   Published: 1/16/2024
9. Was Darwin a Murderer?

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

    Published: 11/7/2023
11. Accounting for Taste

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

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

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

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

    Published: 10/3/2023
16. Death-Defying Science at 75,000 Feet

    Published: 9/26/2023
17. Proving Einstein Right

    Published: 9/20/2023
18. Einstein's Golden Moment

    Published: 9/12/2023
19. Everything You Know About Phineas Gage Is Wrong

    Published: 7/11/2023
20. Why Do We Obsess Over Charles Darwin’s Health?

    Published: 6/27/2023