Bästa Sam Kean podcaster (2025)

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The Winter when People Ate Tulips 21:01

3M ago21:01

21:01

It’s the 80th anniversary of the Dutch Hongerwinter during World War II, which led to widespread starvation, and an inadvertent breakthrough in treating deadly celiac disease. Podcast season finale below: Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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Why Keep a Diary of a Toxic Snakebite? 21:04

3M ago21:04

21:04

After 40 years of studying snakes, Karl Schmidt finally suffered his first bite. And when he did, he kept a gruesome diary to document the suffering and danger—right up to the edge of death... Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyAv Sam Kean

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Machiavellian Microbes 23:28

4M ago23:28

23:28

Parasites can force animals to do nefarious things by manipulating their minds—including, uncomfortably, the minds of human beings. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyAv Sam Kean

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The Woman Who “Turned Back a Plague of Old Testament Proportions” 23:41

4M ago23:41

23:41

In refusing to approve the drug thalidomide, FDA scientist Frances Oldham Kelsey spared thousands of babies from deadly birth defects and revolutionized drug research. But was her legacy all good? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyAv Sam Kean

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The Doom Lurking inside Trees 21:06

4M ago21:06

21:06

Japanese physicist Fusa Miyake has sparked a revolution in archaeology by studying radioactive tree rings—work that also terrifies astronomers, who fear it foretells doom for our civilization. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyAv Sam Kean

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The Mona Lisa of the Seine 21:39

4M ago21:39

21:39

A woman who drowned in Paris became one of the most famous faces in the world as the model for CPR dummies, saving millions of lives and inspiring artists from Pablo Picasso to Michael Jackson—all while remaining completely unknown. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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Savant Idiots 21:40

5M ago21:40

21:40

In the early 1800s, the first Egyptian mummies in Europe served as a crucial test for evolution—a test that, according to people then, evolution flunked. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyAv Sam Kean

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When Mummymania Swept the World 21:04

5M ago21:04

21:04

In the 1800s, mummies found their way into everything from fertilizer to food, and were especially prized as medicine. Mummymania was a strange time... Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyAv Sam Kean

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The Sadder Side of the Nobel Prizes 22:51

5M ago22:51

22:51

How did a man who developed a Nobel Prize–worthy idea (green-fluorescing protein, GFP) end up driving a shuttle van for a living, and missing the Prize completely? Therein lies a sad story... Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyAv Sam Kean

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The Scientific Way to Fool a Nazi 23:41

5M ago23:41

23:41

Physicist Gyorgy Hevesy had a talent for tricks and stunts—including one that prevented Nazi stormtroopers from stealing a gold Nobel Prize. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyAv Sam Kean

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The Mysterious Mote 22:49

8M ago22:49

22:49

A summer bonus episode: Russ Schnell's professors mocked him for believing that plants somehow caused hailstorms. He not only proved them wrong, but uncovered profound connections between life, earth, and the air above... Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy…

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The Science of D-Day 21:20

10M ago21:20

21:20

Ahead of the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings, a look at the surprisingly important role science played in shaping—and remaking—an invasion that could have easily been a disaster... Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyAv Sam Kean

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Can Plastic Surgery Keep You out of Prison? 21:40

10M ago21:40

21:40

One doctor’s controversial crusade to keep men and women out of prison through nose jobs, eye lifts, and other plastic surgery. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyAv Sam Kean

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The Russian Roswell 22:30

10M ago22:30

22:30

In 1959, nine Russian hikers mysteriously died on a trek through the snowy wilderness—fueling a half-century of hysterical conspiracies. Has science finally cracked the case? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyAv Sam Kean

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When Tenure Means Life and Death 21:45

11M ago21:45

21:45

After a tenure dispute, mechanical engineer Valery Fabrikant murdered four colleagues in cold blood at his university in Montreal. So why is he still allowed to publish scientific papers? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyAv Sam Kean

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A Deadly Soup for Babies 21:46

11M ago21:46

21:46

Chemist Justus von Liebig was perhaps the most famous scientist in the world in the mid-1800s—but quickly became infamous for his role in the killing of four starving infants. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyAv Sam Kean

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How the “Worst Serial Killer in Holland’s History” Went Free 24:53

11M ago24:53

24:53

Patient after patient died under the care of a single nurse in Holland. So why did so many statisticians think Lucia de Berk was innocent? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyAv Sam Kean

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The Eclipse that Killed a King 23:28

11M ago23:28

23:28

Rama IV of Siam (from the “King and I” musical) used an eclipse to save his kingdom from greedy colonial powers. But it cost him his own life in the end. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyAv Sam Kean

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When Generosity Turns Pathological 23:00

12M ago23:00

23:00

One Brazilian man’s brain damage transformed him into a selfless giver. So why did he infuriate so many people—and what does his case say about the biological roots of generosity? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyAv Sam Kean

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The Sex-Cult “Antichrist” Who Rocketed Us to Space (part 2) 23:18

12M ago23:18

23:18

Jack Parsons was a devil-worshipping FBI rat who led a sex cult and was bosom buddies with L. Ron Hubbard. He was also one of the most important rocket scientists in history. (Episode 2 of 2) Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyAv Sam Kean

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The Sex-Cult “Antichrist” Who Rocketed Us to Space (part 1) 21:13

12M ago21:13

21:13

Jack Parsons was a devil-worshiping FBI rat who led a sex cult and was bosom buddies with L. Ron Hubbard. He was also one of the most important rocket scientists in history. (Episode 1 of 2) Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyAv Sam Kean

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Don't Drink the Milk bonus episode - Milk: From mutations to mustaches 46:26

1y ago46:26

46:26

Who put the cheese in your stuffed-crust pizza? Or cows on a Caribbean island? And when more than half the world's population can't actually digest milk, is it really essential for a healthy diet? On a trip through time and taste—to dairy-obsessed Bulgaria, colonial Trinidad and Tobago and the ‘Got Milk?’ era—we explore humanity's millennia-long re…

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Was Darwin a Murderer? 21:45

1+ y ago21:45

21:45

In 1878, two Paris dandies murdered an old woman—and blamed Charles Darwin for their crime. But the wild scandal that followed only solidified Darwin as the greatest scientist of his age... Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyAv Sam Kean

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Mass Psychosis in Food Science 23:55

1+ y ago23:55

23:55

Americans happily ate monosodium glutamate for decades. Then one (possibly fake) letter sparked mass hysteria over “Chinese Restaurant Syndrome”, and the bogus MSG scare was born... Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyAv Sam Kean

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Accounting for Taste 21:33

1+ y ago21:33

21:33

Scientists have confirmed five basic human tastes—sweet, salty, bitter, sour, and umami. But is that all? Debate now rages about adding a sixth or seventh or even eighth(!) to the Big Five... Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyAv Sam Kean

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The Winter when People Ate Tulips 21:01

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Why Keep a Diary of a Toxic Snakebite? 21:04

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Machiavellian Microbes 23:28

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The Woman Who “Turned Back a Plague of Old Testament Proportions” 23:41

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The Doom Lurking inside Trees 21:06

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The Mona Lisa of the Seine 21:39

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Savant Idiots 21:40

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When Mummymania Swept the World 21:04

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The Sadder Side of the Nobel Prizes 22:51

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The Scientific Way to Fool a Nazi 23:41

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The Mysterious Mote 22:49

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The Science of D-Day 21:20

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Can Plastic Surgery Keep You out of Prison? 21:40

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The Russian Roswell 22:30

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When Tenure Means Life and Death 21:45

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A Deadly Soup for Babies 21:46

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How the “Worst Serial Killer in Holland’s History” Went Free 24:53

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The Eclipse that Killed a King 23:28

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When Generosity Turns Pathological 23:00

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The Sex-Cult “Antichrist” Who Rocketed Us to Space (part 2) 23:18

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The Sex-Cult “Antichrist” Who Rocketed Us to Space (part 1) 21:13

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Don't Drink the Milk bonus episode - Milk: From mutations to mustaches 46:26

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Was Darwin a Murderer? 21:45

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Mass Psychosis in Food Science 23:55

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Accounting for Taste 21:33

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