Government & Organizations

A Mold with a Grudge

Sidedoor by Smithsonian Institution

Dec 10, 202539:07Government & Organizations

It started with a messy lab and a mysterious mold. But turning “mold juice” into the world’s first antibiotic would take a sick policeman, a market cantaloupe, and an extraordinary wartime collaboration between scientist...

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A Mold with a Grudge is an episode from Sidedoor by Smithsonian Institution . It started with a messy lab and a mysterious mold. But turning “mold juice” into the world’s first antibiotic would take a sick policeman, a market cantaloupe, an...

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Published Dec 10, 2025, 39:07 long, audio available.

A Mold with a Grudge

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