A podcast about the fascinating true stories behind each element on the periodic table.
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To the person who said, "the episodes are never too long," I'm terribly sorry.By T. R. Appleton
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The Episodic Table Of Elements Holiday Special
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Time for the most traditional holiday celebration: A science lesson.By T. R. Appleton
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92. Uranium: Two Untold Tales (Live At Harvard)
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America's worst radioactive accident isn't Three Mile Island, and the Nazi nuclear physicist wasn't assassinated by the famous baseball player.By T. R. Appleton
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Sometimes we need a quiet moment in order to step back and look at the bigger picture.By T. R. Appleton
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Sure, thorium could provide practically limitless clean energy, but then we couldn't build weapons of mass destruction.By T. R. Appleton
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89. Actinium: The Windup… And The Pitchblende
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We all know that radioactive rocks glow in the dark, except they actually don't, except for when they actually do.By T. R. Appleton
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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.By T. R. Appleton
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You don't have to have a degree to do science, but it helps.By T. R. Appleton
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86. Radon: It’s Coming From Inside The House
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You know something's amiss when you set off the radiation alarms while walking in to the nuclear power plant.By T. R. Appleton
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The story of astatine takes us to Alabama, Dacca, Romania, Vienna, and California, but definitely not Switzerland.By T. R. Appleton
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84. Polonium: The Distinguished Alumna Of Warsaw’s Flying University
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Sadly, it's no longer possible to purchase this lethally radioactive element for fifteen cents and a cereal boxtop.By T. R. Appleton
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The periodic table shows the natural patterns and trends among the elements. Bismuth does not abide.By T. R. Appleton
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We just can't seem to stop chasing the sweet, sweet taste of element 82.By T. R. Appleton
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In which we learn how reading mystery novels might very well save a life.By T. R. Appleton
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80. Mercury: Fatally Toxic And Probably In Your Mouth
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Even if you hate tuna, have flawless teeth, and only use digital thermometers, humans have historically not been shy about getting a mouthful of mercury.By T. R. Appleton
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All other metals step aside, because today we deal with the king of elements.By T. R. Appleton
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78. Platinum: A Tous Les Temps, A Tous Les Peuples
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Sometimes, being set in stone isn't permanent enough.By T. R. Appleton
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77. Iridium: T. Rex And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
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Alvarez noticed a great disturbance in the rocks, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.By T. R. Appleton
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This entire episode serves as cautionary advice to anyone seeking to add osmium to their element collection.By T. R. Appleton
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Witness an incredible, unbreakable bond between two who couldn't be more alike. We'll also learn about a married couple.By T. R. Appleton
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All right, everybody settle down. Welcome to the weekly meeting of the National Association Of W Lovers.By T. R. Appleton
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Once more, the periodic table drags us to hell -- this time by way of ancient Greece.By T. R. Appleton
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The science suggests hafnium can't be used to create a gamma ray bomb, but that won't stop the U.S. government from trying.By T. R. Appleton
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Let us ensure we remember the lanthanide series before we leave it behind once and for all.By T. R. Appleton
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When Johann Bottger failed to turn lead into gold, porcelain made a pretty good consolation prize.By T. R. Appleton
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