May 26, 2026 · not_requested
The Angel of the Concentration Camp
- Duration seconds
- 1049
Podcast
The Disappearing Spoon: a science history podcast with Sam Kean
- Author
- Sam Kean
- Feed episode count
- 135
Summary
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.
Episodes
May 19, 2026 · not_requested
The Battery Dope
- Duration seconds
- 1132
May 12, 2026 · not_requested
The Making of the “Flat Earth” Myth
- Duration seconds
- 1041
May 5, 2026 · not_requested
Forensic Pseudoscience
- Duration seconds
- 1104
Apr 28, 2026 · not_requested
Manhattan Project Propaganda
- Duration seconds
- 1066
Apr 21, 2026 · not_requested
Back-Breaking Science
- Duration seconds
- 1085
Apr 14, 2026 · not_requested
The Canaries in the Submarine
- Duration seconds
- 1033
Apr 7, 2026 · not_requested
Charles Lindbergh, Lab Rat
- Duration seconds
- 1150
Dec 16, 2025 · not_requested
The Publicity Stunt that Sparked the Scopes Monkey Trial
- Duration seconds
- 1139
Dec 9, 2025 · not_requested
The Great Balloon Escape
- Duration seconds
- 1087
Dec 2, 2025 · not_requested
The Corny, Cringy, Very Bad Television Show that Just Might Save Your Life
- Duration seconds
- 1108
Nov 18, 2025 · not_requested
Bringing an Extinct Owl Back to Life
- Duration seconds
- 1163
Nov 11, 2025 · not_requested
Trickster, Birder, Soldier, Spy
- Duration seconds
- 1083
Nov 4, 2025 · not_requested
Why Not Just Rename the “Hitler Beetle”?
- Duration seconds
- 1158
Oct 28, 2025 · not_requested
John James Fraudubon
- Duration seconds
- 1097
Oct 21, 2025 · not_requested
The Bird that Made John James Audubon a Legend
- Duration seconds
- 1121
Oct 14, 2025 · not_requested
The Dignity of the Ig Nobel Prizes
- Duration seconds
- 1107
Oct 6, 2025 · not_requested
The Nobel Disease
- Duration seconds
- 1080
Jun 24, 2025 · not_requested
Dinner with King Tut audiobook preview
- Duration seconds
- 1667
May 27, 2025 · not_requested
Why Doctors and Scientists Embraced the Nazis
- Duration seconds
- 1279
May 20, 2025 · not_requested
Hotter than the Dickens
- Duration seconds
- 1087
May 13, 2025 · not_requested
Jake Leg Blues
- Duration seconds
- 1220
May 6, 2025 · not_requested
The Worst of Times, the Asbestos Times
- Duration seconds
- 1067
Apr 29, 2025 · not_requested
Human Photosynthesis
- Duration seconds
- 1135
Apr 22, 2025 · not_requested
The Sad Story of Darwin’s Self-Procleimed “Stupidest” Child
- Duration seconds
- 1110