Episode – 0425 : The Fermi Paradox Podcast Transcript In a previous episode, I spoke about the Drake equation and the odds of there being intelligent extraterrestrial life. Many people […]
Episode – 0421 : Ignaz Semmelweis
Episode – 0421 : Ignaz Semmelweis Podcast Transcript In the mid-19th century, a Hungarian physician advocated for an incredibly simple technique that would go on to save millions of lives. […]
Episode – 0418 : The Year Without A Summer
Episode – 0418 : The Year Without A Summer Podcast Transcript In 1816, the world experienced something that it had never seen before. All over the Northern Hemisphere in Europe, […]
Episode – 0415 : Starfish Prime
Episode – 0415 : Starfish Prime Podcast Transcript In the 1950s and 1960s, the United States detonated nuclear bombs on land, on the water, underground, underwater, and in the atmosphere. […]
Episode – 0413 : The Dead Sea
Episode – 0413 : The Dead Sea Podcast Transcript Divided between Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinian West Bank lies the lowest point on the surface of the Earth: The Dead […]
Episode – 0410 : Fritz Haber: The Best and Worst Chemist in History
Episode – 0410 : Fritz Haber: The Best and Worst Chemist in History Podcast Transcript Fritz Haber is unquestionably one of the greatest chemists in history. He was a Nobel […]
Episode – 0405 : History of the Lullaby
Episode – 0405 : History of the Lullaby Podcast Transcript There are few things that are truly universal across all cultures and throughout history. These things are often so obvious […]
Episode – 0394 : How Do Satellites Work?
Episode – 0394 : How Do Satellites Work? Podcast Transcript Somewhere over your head, right this moment is an artificial satellite. Many of them actually. They beam television and radio […]
Episode – 0393 : The Great Lisbon Earthquake of 1755
Episode – 0393 : The Great Lisbon Earthquake of 1755 Podcast Transcript On the morning of November 1, 1755, the citizens of Lisbon, Portugal set out to go to church […]
Episode – 0384 : All About Uranium
Episode – 0384 : All About Uranium Podcast Transcript Every element on the periodic table has a completely different story. They behave differently, they exist in different abundances, and humans […]
Episode – 0379 : The Miller–Urey Experiment
Episode – 0379 : The Miller–Urey Experiment Podcast Transcript One of the fundamental questions of humanity is where did we come from? How did life on Earth come about? While […]
Episode – 0374 : Infinity and Beyond
Episode – 0374 : Infinity and Beyond Podcast Transcript The biggest thing there is and the biggest thing there can be is infinity, right? It literally has no bounds. In […]
Episode – 0370 : Global Temperature Extremes
Episode – 0370 : Global Temperature Extremes Podcast Transcript Every so often you might hear something on the news about a record high or low temperature being set. Usually, these […]
Episode – 0369 : Supernovas: They’re a Blast!
Episode – 0369 : Supernovas: They’re a Blast! Podcast Transcript One of the brightest things in the universe is caused by one of the most powerful explosions in the universe: […]
Episode – 0364 : What Ever Happened to Amelia Earhart?
Episode – 0364 : What Ever Happened to Amelia Earhart? Podcast Transcript Amelia Earheart was a pioneer in the early days of aviation. She became the first woman to fly […]
Episode – 0362 : 10 Ways You Can Know That the Earth is a Sphere
Episode – 0362 : 10 Ways You Can Know That the Earth is a Sphere Podcast Transcript One of the saddest things in the modern world is that with all […]
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Episode – 0356 : Did We Already Find Life On Mars?
Episode – 0356 : Did We Already Find Life On Mars? Transcript On July 20, 1976, Viking 1 became the first robotic lander to land on Mars. On September 3, […]
Episode – 0354 : Absolute Zero
Episode – 0354 : Absolute Zero Transcript One of the interesting things about temperature is that no matter how cold you’ve ever been, or how low of a temperature anyone […]
Episode – 0344 : The History of the Microwave Oven
Episode – 0344 : The History of the Microwave Oven Transcript According to legend, in 1945 an engineer by the name of Perry Spencer was working in front of an […]
Episode – 0342 : The Drake Equation
Episode – 0342 : The Drake Equation Transcript In 1961, at the Green Bank observatory in West Virginia, a small conference was held for astrophysicists. The meeting was organized by […]