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by T. R. Appleton
A podcast about the fascinating true stories behind each element on the periodic table.
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- Sep 27, 202536 min
95. Americium: Mundus Novus
Many episodes have incorporated geology, but this one is more about geography. (And amateur nuclear science.)
- Mar 3, 2025
94. Plutonium: Weapons-Grade
Element 94 causes a bit of a crisis for our collections.
- Aug 22, 20241h 7m
93. Neptunium: Great Expectations
To the person who said, "the episodes are never too long," I'm terribly sorry.
- Dec 20, 202326 min
The Episodic Table Of Elements Holiday Special
Time for the most traditional holiday celebration: A science lesson.
- May 29, 202345 min
92. Uranium: Two Untold Tales (Live At Harvard)
America's worst radioactive accident isn't Three Mile Island, and the Nazi nuclear physicist wasn't assassinated by the famous baseball player.
- Oct 19, 202221 min
91. Protactinium: Decolonize Science
Sometimes we need a quiet moment in order to step back and look at the bigger picture.
- Feb 22, 202218 min
90. Thorium: Bright Lights, Big City
Sure, thorium could provide practically limitless clean energy, but then we couldn't build weapons of mass destruction.
- Nov 8, 202115 min
89. Actinium: The Windup… And The Pitchblende
We all know that radioactive rocks glow in the dark, except they actually don't, except for when they actually do.
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