353 Episodes

  1. What Causes Alzheimer's?

    Published: 9/21/2021
  2. What the All Souls Trilogy Teaches Us about Alchemy, Family, and Knowledge Hierarchy

    Published: 8/24/2021
  3. Chasing Immortality

    Published: 8/17/2021
  4. Interview with Jeremiah McCall

    Published: 8/10/2021
  5. Learning History with Video Games

    Published: 8/3/2021
  6. Ladies Talking to Ladies about Ladies (in Science)

    Published: 7/27/2021
  7. Paradise Is Burning

    Published: 7/20/2021
  8. Interview with Colin Dickey

    Published: 7/13/2021
  9. Ghost Hunting in the 19th Century

    Published: 7/6/2021
  10. Vampire Panic

    Published: 6/29/2021
  11. We're Back! Distillations Summer Season Preview

    Published: 6/15/2021
  12. Interview with Stéphane Bancel

    Published: 6/7/2021
  13. The Disappearing Spoon: The Anatomy Riots

    Published: 6/1/2021
  14. When a Hole in the Head is a Good Thing

    Published: 5/25/2021
  15. The Disappearing Spoon: When Mosquitoes Cured Insanity

    Published: 5/18/2021
  16. The Death of the Lord God Bird

    Published: 5/11/2021
  17. Disappearing spoon: Chewing it Over—and Over and Over and Over

    Published: 5/4/2021
  18. The Disappearing Spoon: What's the Longest Word in the English Language?

    Published: 4/27/2021
  19. The Disappearing Spoon: Why Don’t We Have a Male Birth Control Pill Yet?

    Published: 4/20/2021
  20. The Disappearing Spoon: Crowdfunding Radium

    Published: 4/13/2021

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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.