Distillations | Science History Institute
A podcast by Science History Institute
353 Episodes
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The Teeth Beneath Your Feet: Oddities in Urban Archaeology
Published: 8/12/2014 -
Intoxication and Civilization: Beer's Ancient Past
Published: 6/30/2014 -
Alchemy's Rainbow: Pigment Science and the Art of Conservation
Published: 5/5/2014 -
Meet Joe Palca: A Radio Story About Making Radio Stories
Published: 3/18/2014 -
Drawing History: Telling the Stories of Science through Comics and Graphic Novels
Published: 2/4/2014 -
Why the Chicken Became a Nugget and Other Tales of Processed Food
Published: 12/20/2013 -
Digging Up the Bodies: Debunking CSI and Other Forensics Myths
Published: 12/3/2013 -
Zombies! How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Zombie Apocalypse
Published: 10/22/2013 -
Atomic Power and Promise: What's Become of Our Nuclear Golden Age?
Published: 10/21/2013 -
Episode 181: Chemotherapy
Published: 9/3/2013 -
Episode 180: Best of Distillations #12
Published: 8/19/2013 -
Episode 179: Best of Distillations #11
Published: 8/5/2013 -
Episode 178: In the Air
Published: 7/22/2013 -
Episode 177:The Old Show
Published: 7/8/2013 -
Episode 176: The Adult Show
Published: 6/24/2013 -
Episode 175: The Kid Show
Published: 6/11/2013 -
Episode 174: Water Webs
Published: 5/28/2013 -
Episode 173: Power Up
Published: 5/14/2013 -
Episode 172: On Beauty
Published: 4/29/2013 -
Episode 171: Underground Worlds
Published: 4/16/2013
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.