The Episodic Table of Elements
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The Episodic Table of Elements is a podcast exploring the culture and chemistry behind every element on the periodic table. The show does provide a basic chemistry education that builds on itself over time.
The Episodic Table of Elements
4M ago
Taking a cue from Steven Moffat, I hope this special holiday edition of the program alleviates the long interval between regular episodes ..read more
The Episodic Table of Elements
11M ago
America's worst radioactive accident isn't Three Mile Island, and the Nazi nuclear physicist wasn't assassinated by the famous baseball player ..read more
The Episodic Table of Elements
1y ago
Sometimes we need a quiet moment in order to step back and look at the bigger picture ..read more
The Episodic Table of Elements
2y ago
Sure, thorium could provide practically limitless clean energy, but then we couldn't build weapons of mass destruction ..read more
The Episodic Table of Elements
2y ago
We all know that radioactive rocks glow in the dark, except they actually don't, except for when they actually do ..read more
The Episodic Table of Elements
2y ago
Out of all the characters who encounter radium in this episode, the only one to emerge unscathed is the guy who comes face-to-face with Satan ..read more
The Episodic Table of Elements
2y ago
You don't have to have a degree to do science, but it helps ..read more
The Episodic Table of Elements
2y ago
You know something's amiss when you set off the radiation alarms while walking in to the nuclear power plant ..read more
The Episodic Table of Elements
2y ago
The story of astatine takes us to Alabama, Dacca, Romania, Vienna, and California, but definitely not Switzerland ..read more
The Episodic Table of Elements
3y ago
Sadly, it's no longer possible to purchase this lethally radioactive element for fifteen cents and a cereal boxtop ..read more