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The history of mad science as presented by a scientist to other scientists.

Science Story Time


    • Aug 17, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 11 EPISODES


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    Science Story Time #13: Chapter 1.3 – The Space Merchants

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2020


    Chapter 1 of The Space Merchants by C. M. Kornbluth and Frederik Pohl, 1952.

    Science Story Time #12: Chapter 1.2 – Star Gods

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2020


    Chapter 1 of Star Gods by Jack Lovejoy, 1978. Cover copy: “Were they Earth’s salvation – or it’s doom?”

    Science Story Time #11: Chapter 1.1 – City at World’s End

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2020


    Chapter 1 of City at World’s End by Edmond Hamilton, 1957.

    Science Story Time #10: Chapter 1.0 – Introduction

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2020


    Introducing Chapter 1, a new podcast where I read the first chapter to pulpy 1950s-1980s sci-fi novels. Are they good? Who knows? I found them in a box in my closet. Let’s see!

    Science Story Time #9: Best Buds, Bad Suds #1

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2018


    Today I talk with my friends Parth, Colin, and Amy about some of the strangest beers America has to offer and then, for better or worse, we drink them.

    Science Story Time #8: Centralia, PA with a Geophysicist

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2017


    Today I interview my friend Sean, who is a lawyer-turned-geophysicist and then talk to him about the long and strange history of Centralia, PA.

    Science Story Time #7:Thomas Edison’s Job Test with an Accountant

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2016


    Today I talk about the Thomas Edison employment quiz with my friend Edward who is an accountant. This test was considered the definitive IQ test in the 1920s and determined if you could work for the man, the miracle, the mastermind who was the Wizard of Menlo Park. How well can you do? As always, […]

    Science Story Time #6: Nitrogen Fixation with a Political Scientist

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2016


    Today I talk with my friend Don about the complicated history of Fritz Haber. Haber won a Nobel Prize for discovering a way to fix nitrogen from the atmosphere, leading to manmade fertilizer and increasing the world’s food supply by up to 50%. He also developed chemical weapons during WWI. My numbers for current nitrogen […]

    Science Story Time #5: The “Friendly Atom” with a NASA scientist

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2015


    Today I talk with my friend Ben who designs electrical propulsion systems at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory for NASA! We discuss his current work and what the future looks like for efficient space travel and then talk about the plans that the US government had for peaceful applications of nuclear weapons with Project Plowshare in […]

    Science Story Time #4: Philanthropy with a social scientist

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2015


    I talk with my friend Elyse about philanthropy in modern day America and the historical trends that led to how charitable dollars are distributed today. Time to get your Junto on! Also, here is the link to the book chapter by Peter Hall that I read from: http://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/phall/Powell%20Essay-Final%20-%20rev.pdf. Enjoy!

    Science Story Time #3: Food Science with an Organic Farmer

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2015


    I talk with my friend Amy about the history of food science in the United States. Corrections! At the 45 minute mark I say 73% of the US population is in the agricultural sector when the actual number is 7.3%. Also, the blueberry was domesticated in 1908 and first commercially sold in 1916 in Whitebog, […]

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