The Episodic Table of Elements
The Episodic Table of Elements
T. R. Appleton
A podcast about the fascinating true stories behind each element on the periodic table.
94. Plutonium: Weapons-Grade
Element 94 causes a bit of a crisis for our collections.
Mar 3
93. Neptunium: Great Expectations
To the person who said, "the episodes are never too long," I'm terribly sorry.
Aug 22, 2024
1 hr 7 min
The Episodic Table Of Elements Holiday Special
♪ O chemistry, o chemistry, the study of all matter ♫
Dec 20, 2023
26 min
92. Uranium: Two Untold Tales (Live At Harvard)
America's worst radioactive accident isn't Three Mile Island, and the Nazi nuclear physicist wasn't assassinated by the famous baseball player.
May 29, 2023
45 min
91. Protactinium: Decolonize Science
Sometimes we need a quiet moment in order to step back and look at the bigger picture.
Oct 19, 2022
21 min
90. Thorium: Bright Lights, Big City
Sure, thorium could provide practically limitless clean energy, but then we couldn't build weapons of mass destruction.
Feb 22, 2022
18 min
89. Actinium: The Windup… And The Pitchblende
We all know that radioactive rocks glow in the dark, except they actually don't, except for when they actually do.
Nov 8, 2021
15 min
88. Radium: Several Sordid Affairs
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.
Oct 18, 2021
33 min
87. Francium: Nothing To Do With Cats
You don't have to have a degree to do science, but it helps.
Sep 13, 2021
15 min
86. Radon: It’s Coming From Inside The House
You know something's amiss when you set off the radiation alarms while walking in to the nuclear power plant.
Aug 23, 2021
21 min
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