The Disappearing Spoon: a science history podcast with Sam Kean

A topsy-turvy science-y history podcast by Sam Kean. I examine overlooked stories from our past: the dental superiority of hunter-gatherers, the crooked Nazis who saved thousands of American lives, the American immigrants who developed the most successful cancer screening tool in history, the sex lives of dinosaurs, and much, much more. These are charming little tales that never made the history books, but these small moments can be surprisingly powerful. These are the cases where history gets inverted, where the footnote becomes the real story.

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S12 E2·
6 hours ago
6 hours ago
17 mins
S12 E1·
April 7
April 7
19 mins
S11 E10·
Dec 16, 2025
Dec 16, 2025
18 mins
E9·
Dec 9, 2025
Dec 9, 2025
18 mins
S11 E7·
Nov 18, 2025
Nov 18, 2025
19 mins
S11 E6·
Nov 11, 2025
Nov 11, 2025
18 mins
S11 E5·
Nov 4, 2025
Nov 4, 2025
19 mins
S11 E4·
Oct 28, 2025
Oct 28, 2025
18 mins
S11 E3·
Oct 21, 2025
Oct 21, 2025
18 mins