Podcasts
Our Distillations podcast takes a deep dive into a moment of science-related history that sheds light on the present, while The Disappearing Spoon series tells topsy-turvy tales from our scientific past.
The Vampire Project
People

Episode 4 from the ‘Innate: How Science Invented the Myth of Race’ series.
Keepers of the Flame
People

Episode 3 from the ‘Innate: How Science Invented the Myth of Race’ series.
Calamity in Philadelphia
Health

Episode 2 from the ‘Innate: How Science Invented the Myth of Race’ series.
Origin Stories
Culture

Episode 1 from the ‘Innate: How Science Invented the Myth of Race’ series.

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Death Squared
People

This episode of The Disappearing Spoon explores scientist John Calhoun’s mouse utopia and what it can tell us about the ways we impose lessons for society onto lab experiments.
Death by Nutrition
Health

This episode of The Disappearing Spoon explores how an antarctic scientific expedition turned deadly thanks to an unlikely source: dog liver. 
The Roadside Apocalypse
Environment

We all know how much the automobile changed the world for people. This episode of The Disappearing Spoon explores how drastically it changed—and harmed—wildlife.
The Blind Visionary
Culture

The Disappearing Spoon tells the story of Thomas Schall, a U.S. Congressman who dedicated himself to one idea above all—reforming our messy, lopsided, archaic, and maddingly inconsistent monthly calendar.
The Scariest Paradise on Earth
Environment

The Disappearing Spoon explores the contradictions of Korea’s biggest natural wildlife refuge—the war-ravaged border between the North and South known as the DMZ.
The Naked Shibboleth
Culture

Naked mole-rats are blind, yet they can still recognize—and kill—outsiders. The Disappearing Spoon explains how and what it has to do with the Old Testament.
The Debaucherous Legacy of Johnny Appleseed
People

This Disappearing Spoon episode explores how the legendary gardener’s reputation as the patron saint of the American wilderness ignores his boozy origins.
Sugar: The Most Evil Molecule
Policy & Politics

This episode of The Disappearing Spoon traces how such a sweet treat has caused so much harm—from slavery to the Nazi death machine.