Najlepsze podcasty z kategorii: Sam Kean (2025)

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The Winter when People Ate Tulips 19:30

1M ago19:30

19:30

It’s the 80th anniversary of the Dutch Hongerwinter during World War II, which led to widespread starvation, and an inadvertent breakthrough in treating deadly celiac disease. Podcast season finale below: Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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Why Keep a Diary of a Toxic Snakebite? 17:09

1M ago17:09

17:09

After 40 years of studying snakes, Karl Schmidt finally suffered his first bite. And when he did, he kept a gruesome diary to document the suffering and danger—right up to the edge of death... Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyAutor: Sam Kean

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Machiavellian Microbes 18:38

2M ago18:38

18:38

Parasites can force animals to do nefarious things by manipulating their minds—including, uncomfortably, the minds of human beings. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyAutor: Sam Kean

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The Woman Who “Turned Back a Plague of Old Testament Proportions” 19:15

2M ago19:15

19:15

In refusing to approve the drug thalidomide, FDA scientist Frances Oldham Kelsey spared thousands of babies from deadly birth defects and revolutionized drug research. But was her legacy all good? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyAutor: Sam Kean

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The Doom Lurking inside Trees 17:51

2M ago17:51

17:51

Japanese physicist Fusa Miyake has sparked a revolution in archaeology by studying radioactive tree rings—work that also terrifies astronomers, who fear it foretells doom for our civilization. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyAutor: Sam Kean

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The Mona Lisa of the Seine 18:14

3M ago18:14

18:14

A woman who drowned in Paris became one of the most famous faces in the world as the model for CPR dummies, saving millions of lives and inspiring artists from Pablo Picasso to Michael Jackson—all while remaining completely unknown. Our Sponsors: * Check out Uncommon Goods: https://uncommongoods.com/SPOON Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.co…

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Savant Idiots 17:50

3M ago17:50

17:50

In the early 1800s, the first Egyptian mummies in Europe served as a crucial test for evolution—a test that, according to people then, evolution flunked. Our Sponsors: * Check out Uncommon Goods: https://uncommongoods.com/SPOON Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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When Mummymania Swept the World 17:44

3M ago17:44

17:44

In the 1800s, mummies found their way into everything from fertilizer to food, and were especially prized as medicine. Mummymania was a strange time... Our Sponsors: * Check out Uncommon Goods: https://uncommongoods.com/SPOON Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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The Sadder Side of the Nobel Prizes 18:37

3M ago18:37

18:37

How did a man who developed a Nobel Prize–worthy idea (green-fluorescing protein, GFP) end up driving a shuttle van for a living, and missing the Prize completely? Therein lies a sad story... Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyAutor: Sam Kean

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The Scientific Way to Fool a Nazi 19:21

4M ago19:21

19:21

Physicist Gyorgy Hevesy had a talent for tricks and stunts—including one that prevented Nazi stormtroopers from stealing a gold Nobel Prize. Our Sponsors: * Check out Uncommon Goods: https://uncommongoods.com/SPOON Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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The Mysterious Mote 18:00

7M ago18:00

18:00

A summer bonus episode: Russ Schnell's professors mocked him for believing that plants somehow caused hailstorms. He not only proved them wrong, but uncovered profound connections between life, earth, and the air above... Our Sponsors: * Check out Uncommon Goods: https://uncommongoods.com/SPOON Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Pr…

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The Science of D-Day 19:49

8M ago19:49

19:49

Ahead of the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings, a look at the surprisingly important role science played in shaping—and remaking—an invasion that could have easily been a disaster... Our Sponsors: * Check out Uncommon Goods: https://uncommongoods.com/SPOON Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle…

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Can Plastic Surgery Keep You out of Prison? 20:09

8M ago20:09

20:09

One doctor’s controversial crusade to keep men and women out of prison through nose jobs, eye lifts, and other plastic surgery. Our Sponsors: * Check out Uncommon Goods: https://uncommongoods.com/SPOON Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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The Russian Roswell 21:00

9M ago21:00

21:00

In 1959, nine Russian hikers mysteriously died on a trek through the snowy wilderness—fueling a half-century of hysterical conspiracies. Has science finally cracked the case? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyAutor: Sam Kean

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When Tenure Means Life and Death 20:15

9M ago20:15

20:15

After a tenure dispute, mechanical engineer Valery Fabrikant murdered four colleagues in cold blood at his university in Montreal. So why is he still allowed to publish scientific papers? Our Sponsors: * Check out Uncommon Goods: https://uncommongoods.com/SPOON Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle…

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A Deadly Soup for Babies 20:16

9M ago20:16

20:16

Chemist Justus von Liebig was perhaps the most famous scientist in the world in the mid-1800s—but quickly became infamous for his role in the killing of four starving infants. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyAutor: Sam Kean

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How the “Worst Serial Killer in Holland’s History” Went Free 20:58

9M ago20:58

20:58

Patient after patient died under the care of a single nurse in Holland. So why did so many statisticians think Lucia de Berk was innocent? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyAutor: Sam Kean

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The Eclipse that Killed a King 19:33

10M ago19:33

19:33

Rama IV of Siam (from the “King and I” musical) used an eclipse to save his kingdom from greedy colonial powers. But it cost him his own life in the end. Our Sponsors: * Check out Uncommon Goods: https://uncommongoods.com/SPOON Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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When Generosity Turns Pathological 18:46

10M ago18:46

18:46

One Brazilian man’s brain damage transformed him into a selfless giver. So why did he infuriate so many people—and what does his case say about the biological roots of generosity? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyAutor: Sam Kean

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The Sex-Cult “Antichrist” Who Rocketed Us to Space (part 2) 21:47

10M ago21:47

21:47

Jack Parsons was a devil-worshipping FBI rat who led a sex cult and was bosom buddies with L. Ron Hubbard. He was also one of the most important rocket scientists in history. (Episode 2 of 2) Our Sponsors: * Check out Uncommon Goods: https://uncommongoods.com/SPOON Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redci…

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The Sex-Cult “Antichrist” Who Rocketed Us to Space (part 1) 19:43

10M ago19:43

19:43

Jack Parsons was a devil-worshiping FBI rat who led a sex cult and was bosom buddies with L. Ron Hubbard. He was also one of the most important rocket scientists in history. (Episode 1 of 2) Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyAutor: Sam Kean

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Don't Drink the Milk bonus episode - Milk: From mutations to mustaches 42:06

12M ago42:06

42:06

Who put the cheese in your stuffed-crust pizza? Or cows on a Caribbean island? And when more than half the world's population can't actually digest milk, is it really essential for a healthy diet? On a trip through time and taste—to dairy-obsessed Bulgaria, colonial Trinidad and Tobago and the ‘Got Milk?’ era—we explore humanity's millennia-long re…

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Was Darwin a Murderer? 20:15

1y ago20:15

20:15

In 1878, two Paris dandies murdered an old woman—and blamed Charles Darwin for their crime. But the wild scandal that followed only solidified Darwin as the greatest scientist of his age... Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyAutor: Sam Kean

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Mass Psychosis in Food Science 19:41

1y ago19:41

19:41

Americans happily ate monosodium glutamate for decades. Then one (possibly fake) letter sparked mass hysteria over “Chinese Restaurant Syndrome”, and the bogus MSG scare was born... Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyAutor: Sam Kean

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Accounting for Taste 18:14

1y ago18:14

18:14

Scientists have confirmed five basic human tastes—sweet, salty, bitter, sour, and umami. But is that all? Debate now rages about adding a sixth or seventh or even eighth(!) to the Big Five... Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyAutor: Sam Kean

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The Winter when People Ate Tulips 19:30

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Why Keep a Diary of a Toxic Snakebite? 17:09

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Machiavellian Microbes 18:38

1
The Woman Who “Turned Back a Plague of Old Testament Proportions” 19:15

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The Doom Lurking inside Trees 17:51

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The Mona Lisa of the Seine 18:14

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Savant Idiots 17:50

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When Mummymania Swept the World 17:44

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The Sadder Side of the Nobel Prizes 18:37

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The Scientific Way to Fool a Nazi 19:21

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The Mysterious Mote 18:00

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The Science of D-Day 19:49

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Can Plastic Surgery Keep You out of Prison? 20:09

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The Russian Roswell 21:00

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When Tenure Means Life and Death 20:15

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A Deadly Soup for Babies 20:16

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How the “Worst Serial Killer in Holland’s History” Went Free 20:58

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The Eclipse that Killed a King 19:33

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When Generosity Turns Pathological 18:46

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The Sex-Cult “Antichrist” Who Rocketed Us to Space (part 2) 21:47

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The Sex-Cult “Antichrist” Who Rocketed Us to Space (part 1) 19:43

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Don't Drink the Milk bonus episode - Milk: From mutations to mustaches 42:06

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Was Darwin a Murderer? 20:15

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Mass Psychosis in Food Science 19:41

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Accounting for Taste 18:14

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