Episode – 1926 : The 2025 Nobel Prizes Podcast Transcript Every year, the Nobel Prize committee awards the Nobel Prize in accordance with the will of Alfred Nobel. Save for […]
Episode – 1893 : Leonardo da Vinci
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Episode – 1477 : A Brief History of Nothing
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Episode – 1397 : The Piltdown Man Hoax
Episode – 1397 : The Piltdown Man Hoax Podcast Transcript In 1912, a discovery was announced that shocked the world. A British paleontologist announced what was perhaps the most important […]
Episode – 0998 : World’s Most Famous Bets
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Episode – 0895 : Isaac Newton: The World’s Most Famous Alchemist
Episode – 0895 : Isaac Newton: The World’s Most Famous Alchemist Podcast Transcript Most people know of Isaac Newton as one of the world’s foremost mathematicians and physicists. Listeners of […]
Episode – 0761 : Everything Is Made of Atoms
Episode – 0761 : Everything Is Made of Atoms Podcast Transcript The Great Nobel Prize winning physicist Richard Feynman was once asked to convey, in a single sentence, the most […]
Episode – 0297 : J. Harlen Bretz: Proving Theories Via Outliving Your Critics
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Episode – 0264 : Fantasy Nobel Prizes: Isaac Newton
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Episode – 0148 : Radiation 101
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