353 Episodes

  1. Return, Rebury, Repatriate

    Published: 3/7/2023
  2. The Vampire Project

    Published: 2/28/2023
  3. Keepers of the Flame

    Published: 2/21/2023
  4. Calamity in Philadelphia

    Published: 2/14/2023
  5. BONUS EPISODE: Cheddar Man

    Published: 2/10/2023
  6. Origin Stories

    Published: 2/7/2023
  7. New Season Trailer! Innate: How Science Invented the Myth of Race

    Published: 1/20/2023
  8. Mechanochemistry

    Published: 7/13/2022
  9. Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius as Written by Our Genetic Code

    Published: 3/1/2022
  10. The Sinister Angel Singers of Rome

    Published: 12/7/2021
  11. Disappearing Spoon: The Murderous Origins of the American Medical Association

    Published: 11/30/2021
  12. The Big ‘What If’ of Cancer

    Published: 11/23/2021
  13. Disappearing Spoon: The Harvard Medical School Janitor Who Solved a Murder

    Published: 11/16/2021
  14. Disappearing Spoon: Burn After Watching

    Published: 11/9/2021
  15. History’s First Car Crash Victim

    Published: 11/2/2021
  16. Real Life Zombies

    Published: 10/26/2021
  17. How Climate Change Will Remake the Human Body

    Published: 10/19/2021
  18. The ‘Mary Poppins’ Cancer

    Published: 10/12/2021
  19. Disappearing Spoon: Kangaroo (and Pig and Monkey and Dog and Donkey) Courts

    Published: 10/5/2021
  20. Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science

    Published: 9/28/2021

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Distillations is the Science History Institute’s critically acclaimed flagship podcast. We take deep dives into stories that range from the serious to the eccentric, all to help listeners better understand the surprising science that is all around us. Hear about everything from the crisis in Alzheimer’s research to New England’s 19th-century vampire panic in compelling, sometimes-funny, documentary-style audio stories.