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A science history podcast uncovering the little-known stories and less-talked-about people behind well-known science & tech. Written & Hosted by Maren Hunsberger & Greg Foot for Seeker
Time travel? Aliens? Seeing the invisible? This special episode’s tale from science history has them all as Maren takes Greg down the long a...
The man who changed our understanding of disorders of the brain was a man who couldn't recognize faces himself. He was a man who saw music a...
One bean has changed the world in unexpected ways, and the man behind it was even more extraordinary. This is the story of a man whose geniu...
Vaccines. They're a big topic of conversation right now. But who discovered them? Who gave the first one? And what was the rather effective...
The universe speaks in a common language...the mathematics of change. Maren wasn't so sure about math, but after this episode she's a truly...
A story in three parts: The discovery of a revolutionary biotechnology that’s used every day by countless scientists. How that works. And th...
This doctor was a public health pioneer, a visionary in the medical treatments of his day, and a relatively radical voice against the entren...
Greg tells Maren about a chemist who develops hit product after hit product, from revolutionising whisky production to developing ‘the first...
A forgotten figure, shrouded in mystery, is the true voice behind our modern understanding of perhaps the most important issue facing humani...
This week Greg tells Maren about shovel-faced reptiles, giant ferns, land bridges, and classified war-time research. This is the story of ho...
One pill changed the world forever. It replaced crocodile dung inserted into the vagina. It involved rabbit embryos fertilized in a test tub...
Chess... Poker... Rock Paper Scissors... Your daily commute..? Nuclear war..? AND your Social Media?? Turns out you can form a winning strat...
The first human coronavirus, yoga, and the recorder all have something in common: they were all mastered by the same woman. In this episode,...
This is the story of not just one set of brothers, but three: the Wrights, the Montgolfiers & the Lilienthals. It’s a story that does pre-fl...
A story that spans from the tiniest cells in your inner ear to a technology that changed the world and will shape our future. It takes us th...
We kick off Season 2 with the story of your most requested person: Rosalind Franklin. But it’s not the story we should be remembering her fo...
New amazing stories from science history are coming Thursday, November 19th!
Meet the ‘Rope Mother’ - the lady whose code, weaved into copper wire and magnetic rings, saved the Apollo 11 mission to the moon… Greg tell...
The course of World War II, the development of successful cancer treatment, and just being able to go outside without fear all come down to...
What do a children’s birthday party, an accidental discovery, a shoe shop gadget, and Marie Curie have in common?? Have a listen to find out...
Maren tells Greg the story of a gruesome disease and the woman who came up with a solution...but who disappeared from history until now: Ali...
Greg tells Maren a true crime science history story about a famous chef who served her entrees with a special side... of death! This is the...
Maren tells Greg the story of a historic plague...or is it? It's a tale of a gruesome disease and how a few courageous, self-experimenting s...
Greg tells Maren about the discovery of one of medicine’s biggest breakthroughs -a drug that has saved millions of lives: Insulin. It’s a st...
The discovery of one of our most important elements is hugely disputed. Maren tells Greg the twists and turns of the story of oxygen, the ba...
The Queen of Nuclear Research very few people - including those working in Physics - know of! Greg tells Maren a trans-Pacific tale of passi...
Maren tells Greg about the person responsible for the foundations of modern computing, yet her name is rarely mentioned in the history books...
A man you know. A story you don’t. His electric revolution lit up America but he also worked on what’s been called early radar, robotics, an...
Grab a gin and tonic as you listen to Maren tell the story of a miraculous discovery, espionage and economic cartels all surrounding...a tre...
Perhaps the biggest accidental discovery story in the history of the universe. Well, definitely *about* the history of the universe. Greg te...
Meet the ‘Princess of Paleontology’ you may not have heard of. Maren tells Greg all about the lady who’s life work was finding the fossils t...