The Periodic Table of Episodes

We’re filling in a periodic table as we go, episode by episode, right here!

All episodes are posted here for convenience’s sake, including Episode 0: Everything The Light Touches and The Episodic Table Of Elements Holiday Special. Hovering over an element will display the episode’s title. Start from the beginning, pick your favorite obscure element, or throw a dart at the dang thing and see where you land!

A quick note about quality: You might notice that earlier episodes, especially the first three or five, tend to be a little rougher around the edges than the later ones. (At least, I hope the later ones sound better.) It definitely took me a little while to find my footing as a host and editor. It’s tempting for me to go back and re-record those episodes, but I think there actually might be some value in keeping a record of my progress as a podcaster available. If nothing else, take it as evidence that podcasting is a medium that truly has low barriers to entry.

1. Hydrogen: Close To The Sun
2. Helium: Above All That
3. Lithium: The Element Of Surprise
4. Beryllium: The Modern Sisyphus
5. Boron: Working Hard, Or Hardly Working?
6. Carbon: The Circle Of Life
7. Nitrogen: Taking The Bad With The Good
8. Oxygen: Take What You Can Get
9. Fluorine: Tyger Tyger, Burning Bright
10. Neon: A Sign Of The Times
11. Sodium: What’s In Na?
12. Magnesium: White Light/White Heat
13. Aluminium: War Of The Words
14. Silicon: Tool Of All Trades
15. Phosphorus: Dealing With The Devil
16. Sulfur: No Mistakes, Just Happy Accidents
17. Chlorine: Too High Or Too Low, There Ain’t No In-Betweens
18. Argon: More Than Meets The Eye
19. Potassium: An Undeserved Reputation
20. Calcium: Stone And Bone
21. Scandium: Spoiling For A Fight
22. Titanium: Dignity Over Dentures
23. Vanadium: Beauty In The Background
24. Chromium: I’ll Be Your Mirror
25. Manganese: Undercover Operations
26. Iron: As Above, So Below
27. Cobalt: Mischief Managed
28. Nickel: Face Value
29. Copper: Wires Crossed
30. Zinc: The Lecture Circuit
31. Gallium: The Wet Bandits
32. Germanium: Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
33. Arsenic: It’s Not Easy Being Green
34. Selenium: A Fit Of Heat And Light
35. Bromine: Come At Me
36. Krypton: It’s A Metric
37. Rubidium: What’s Cooler Than Being Cool?
38. Strontium: Little Town
39. Yttrium: It’s A Quiet Village
40. Zirconium: Burning Up, Melting Down
41. Niobium: No More Tears
42. Molybdenum: Conventional Weapons
43. Technetium: Naturally Synthetic
44. Ruthenium: The Glow Cloud
45. Rhodium: The Most Precious Metal
46. Palladium: The Old Razzle Dazzle
47. Silver: Our Own Image
48. Cadmium: Don’t You Know That You’re Toxic?
49. Indium: The Spectre Of Isaac
50. Tin: Your Metal Pal Who’s Fun To Be With
51. Antimony: Can You Return An Inheritance?
52. Tellurium: To Hell You Ride
53. Iodine: Purple Haze
54. Xenon: Ignoble Gas
55. Caesium: A Brief History Of Time
56. Barium: Glow-Getter
57. Lanthanum: Hidden In Plain Sight
58. Cerium: Light My Fire
59. Praseodymium: Grandiloquent Sesquipedalianism
60. Neodymium: Anarchy And Order
61. Promethium: What A Friend We Have In Prometheus
62. Samarium: Eponymous Honorarium
63. Europium: The Age Of Enlightenment
64. Gadolinium: Three Wise Men
65. Terbium: The Joy Of Tedium
66. Dysprosium: Hard To Get
67. Holmium: This Magnet Moment
68. Erbium: Hyperlink
69. Thulium: Out Of The Way
70. Ytterbium: White Gold
71. Lutetium: Swampland Centaurs
72. Hafnium: The Isomer Bomb
73. Tantalum: Mystery Meat
74. Tungsten: What Is The Atom We Love?
75. Rhenium: A Love Of Two Brains
76. Osmium: It Stinks!
77. Iridium: T. Rex And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
78. Platinum: A Tous Les Temps, A Tous Les Peuples
79. Gold: Lump Sum
80. Mercury: Fatally Toxic And Probably In Your Mouth
81. Thallium: It Rides A Pale Horse
82. Lead: Irrational Self-Interest
83. Bismuth: The Friendly Oddball
84. Polonium: The Distinguished Alumna Of Warsaw’s Flying University
85. Astatine: Pathological Science
86. Radon: It’s Coming From Inside The House
87. Francium: Nothing To Do With Cats
88. Radium: Several Sordid Affairs
89. Actinium: The Windup… And The Pitchblende
90. Thorium: Bright Lights, Big City
91. Protactinium: Decolonize Science
92. Uranium: Two Untold Tales (Live At Harvard)
93. Neptunium: Great Expectations
94. Plutonium: Weapons-Grade