Podcast – The Episodic Table of Elements

29. Copper: Wires Crossed

January 14, 2019

6:00 am

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Communications, Douglass Houghton, Electricity, Erie Canal, Geography, Geology, Imperialism, Medicine, Michigan, Mining, Numismatics, Ohio, Painting, Samuel Morse, Stevens T. Mason, Sweden, Toledo

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We get lost in the woods with a couple of little guys in today’s episode, and learn about a lesser-known American Civil War.

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28. Nickel: Face Value

December 31, 2018

6:00 am

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American Civil War, Axel Cornstedt, George Brandt, Joseph Stalin, Joseph Wharton, Norilsk, Numismatics, Satan, Spencer Clark

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From religion to money to politics, nickel finds itself at the center of all kinds of awkward conversations.

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27. Cobalt: Mischief Managed

December 17, 2018

6:00 am

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Albert Einstein, Chien-Shiung Wu, Fallout, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Georg Brandt, Leo Szilard, Magnetism, Medicine, Mining, Mythology, Nobel Prizes, Nuclear Weapons, Parity, Radioactivity, Symmetry, Wolfgang Pauli, Women In Science, World War II

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Cobalt is a tricksy little element, which means the scientists who’ve dealt with it the most are some of the cleverest people to have ever walked the Earth.

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26. Iron: As Above, So Below

December 3, 2018

6:00 am

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Is iron a metal that’s more valuable than gold, or are we forever trapped in its “hated shadow?”

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