# The Disappearing Spoon: a science history podcast with Sam Kean

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Author: Sam Kean
Episodes: 135

## Resource

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.

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## Episodes
- [The Angel of the Concentration Camp](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-disappearing-spoon-a-science-history-podcast-with-sam-kean-550844/the-angel-of-the-concentration-camp) — 2026-05-26T20:37:20+00:00
- [The Battery Dope](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-disappearing-spoon-a-science-history-podcast-with-sam-kean-550844/the-battery-dope) — 2026-05-19T20:34:03+00:00
- [The Making of the “Flat Earth” Myth](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-disappearing-spoon-a-science-history-podcast-with-sam-kean-550844/the-making-of-the-flat-earth-myth) — 2026-05-12T12:23:01+00:00
- [Forensic Pseudoscience](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-disappearing-spoon-a-science-history-podcast-with-sam-kean-550844/forensic-pseudoscience) — 2026-05-05T15:16:14+00:00
- [Manhattan Project Propaganda](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-disappearing-spoon-a-science-history-podcast-with-sam-kean-550844/manhattan-project-propaganda) — 2026-04-28T14:26:45+00:00
- [Back-Breaking Science](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-disappearing-spoon-a-science-history-podcast-with-sam-kean-550844/back-breaking-science) — 2026-04-21T14:24:34+00:00
- [The Canaries in the Submarine](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-disappearing-spoon-a-science-history-podcast-with-sam-kean-550844/the-canaries-in-the-submarine) — 2026-04-14T14:16:02+00:00
- [Charles Lindbergh, Lab Rat](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-disappearing-spoon-a-science-history-podcast-with-sam-kean-550844/charles-lindbergh-lab-rat) — 2026-04-07T16:07:08+00:00
- [The Publicity Stunt that Sparked the Scopes Monkey Trial](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-disappearing-spoon-a-science-history-podcast-with-sam-kean-550844/the-publicity-stunt-that-sparked-the-scopes-monkey-trial) — 2025-12-16T17:15:00+00:00
- [The Great Balloon Escape](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-disappearing-spoon-a-science-history-podcast-with-sam-kean-550844/the-great-balloon-escape) — 2025-12-09T14:41:00+00:00
- [The Corny, Cringy, Very Bad Television Show that Just Might Save Your Life](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-disappearing-spoon-a-science-history-podcast-with-sam-kean-550844/the-corny-cringy-very-bad-television-show-that-just-might-save-your-life) — 2025-12-02T15:11:00+00:00
- [Bringing an Extinct Owl Back to Life](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-disappearing-spoon-a-science-history-podcast-with-sam-kean-550844/bringing-an-extinct-owl-back-to-life) — 2025-11-18T15:07:00+00:00
- [Trickster, Birder, Soldier, Spy](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-disappearing-spoon-a-science-history-podcast-with-sam-kean-550844/trickster-birder-soldier-spy) — 2025-11-11T15:06:00+00:00
- [Why Not Just Rename the “Hitler Beetle”?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-disappearing-spoon-a-science-history-podcast-with-sam-kean-550844/why-not-just-rename-the-hitler-beetle) — 2025-11-04T15:01:00+00:00
- [John James Fraudubon](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-disappearing-spoon-a-science-history-podcast-with-sam-kean-550844/john-james-fraudubon) — 2025-10-28T14:51:00+00:00
- [The Bird that Made John James Audubon a Legend](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-disappearing-spoon-a-science-history-podcast-with-sam-kean-550844/the-bird-that-made-john-james-audubon-a-legend) — 2025-10-21T14:48:00+00:00
- [The Dignity of the Ig Nobel Prizes](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-disappearing-spoon-a-science-history-podcast-with-sam-kean-550844/the-dignity-of-the-ig-nobel-prizes) — 2025-10-14T14:01:00+00:00
- [The Nobel Disease](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-disappearing-spoon-a-science-history-podcast-with-sam-kean-550844/the-nobel-disease) — 2025-10-06T14:26:00+00:00
- [Dinner with King Tut audiobook preview](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-disappearing-spoon-a-science-history-podcast-with-sam-kean-550844/dinner-with-king-tut-audiobook-preview) — 2025-06-24T06:17:00+00:00
- [Why Doctors and Scientists Embraced the Nazis](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-disappearing-spoon-a-science-history-podcast-with-sam-kean-550844/why-doctors-and-scientists-embraced-the-nazis) — 2025-05-27T13:27:00+00:00
- [Hotter than the Dickens](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-disappearing-spoon-a-science-history-podcast-with-sam-kean-550844/hotter-than-the-dickens) — 2025-05-20T13:09:00+00:00
- [Jake Leg Blues](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-disappearing-spoon-a-science-history-podcast-with-sam-kean-550844/jake-leg-blues) — 2025-05-13T13:02:00+00:00
- [The Worst of Times, the Asbestos Times](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-disappearing-spoon-a-science-history-podcast-with-sam-kean-550844/the-worst-of-times-the-asbestos-times) — 2025-05-06T13:16:00+00:00
- [Human Photosynthesis](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-disappearing-spoon-a-science-history-podcast-with-sam-kean-550844/human-photosynthesis) — 2025-04-29T13:07:00+00:00
- [The Sad Story of Darwin’s Self-Procleimed “Stupidest” Child](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-disappearing-spoon-a-science-history-podcast-with-sam-kean-550844/the-sad-story-of-darwin-s-self-procleimed-stupidest-child) — 2025-04-22T13:15:00+00:00

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