The Disappearing Spoon: a science history podcast with Sam Kean

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Why Keep a Diary of a Toxic Snakebite?

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... Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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  The Great Balloon Escape

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  The Corny, Cringy, Very Bad Television Show that Just Might Save Your Life

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  Bringing an Extinct Owl Back to Life

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  Trickster, Birder, Soldier, Spy

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  Why Not Just Rename the “Hitler Beetle”?

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  John James Fraudubon

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  The Bird that Made John James Audubon a Legend

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  The Dignity of the Ig Nobel Prizes

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  The Nobel Disease

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  Dinner with King Tut audiobook preview

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  Why Doctors and Scientists Embraced the Nazis

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  Hotter than the Dickens

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  Jake Leg Blues

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  The Worst of Times, the Asbestos Times

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  Human Photosynthesis

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  The Sad Story of Darwin’s Self-Procleimed “Stupidest” Child