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A podcast about the fascinating true stories behind each element on the periodic table.

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Americium: Mundus Novus

2025/09/27

Many episodes have incorporated geology, but this one is more about geography. (And amateur nuclear science.)

Plutonium: Weapons-Grade

2025/03/03

Element 94 causes a bit of a crisis for our collections.

Neptunium: Great Expectations

2024/08/22

To the person who said, "the episodes are never too long," I'm terribly sorry.

The Episodic Table Of Elements Holiday Special

2023/12/20

Time for the most traditional holiday celebration: A science lesson.

Uranium: Two Untold Tales (Live At Harvard)

2023/05/29

America's worst radioactive accident isn't Three Mile Island, and the Nazi nuclear physicist wasn't assassinated by the famous baseball player.

Protactinium: Decolonize Science

2022/10/19

Sometimes we need a quiet moment in order to step back and look at the bigger picture.

Thorium: Bright Lights, Big City

2022/02/22

Sure, thorium could provide practically limitless clean energy, but then we couldn't build weapons of mass destruction.

Actinium: The Windup... And The Pitchblende

2021/11/08

We all know that radioactive rocks glow in the dark, except they actually don't, except for when they actually do.

Radium: Several Sordid Affairs

2021/10/18

Out of all the characters who encounter radium in this episode, the only one to emerge unscathed is the guy who comes face-to-face with Satan.

Francium: Nothing To Do With Cats

2021/09/13

You don't have to have a degree to do science, but it helps.

Radon: It's Coming From Inside The House

2021/08/23

You know something's amiss when you set off the radiation alarms while walking in to the nuclear power plant.

Astatine: Pathological Science

2021/08/02

The story of astatine takes us to Alabama, Dacca, Romania, Vienna, and California, but definitely not Switzerland.

Polonium: The Distinguished Alumna Of Warsaw's Flying University

2021/07/05

Sadly, it's no longer possible to purchase this lethally radioactive element for fifteen cents and a cereal boxtop.

Bismuth: The Friendly Oddball

2021/06/14

The periodic table shows the natural patterns and trends among the elements. Bismuth does not abide.

Lead: Irrational Self-Interest

2021/05/24

We just can't seem to stop chasing the sweet, sweet taste of element 82.

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4.8 out of 5

326 reviews

Definitekite4065 2025/10/11

Reactions please

Love the pod, but please make a new “reactions” season where you explain what would happen if you combined elements. 🤞🤞🤞

ОшO 2025/10/09

LET’S GO!!!

Americium finally came out!!! SO EXCITED FOR CURIUM!!! Wonder if he’ll mention RTGs again :3

esanthief 2025/10/01

Awaiting curium…

AMERICIUM IS FINALLY OUT, FIRST EPISODE SINCE MARCH! My brother and I are so excited for curium!

Doug in Los Angeles 2025/05/31

the best podcast I’ve heard in any category

Exceptionally written, delivered with enthusiasm and wit, and delivering an incredible variety of informative facts, T.R. Appleton seems to have made ...

totally human 😅 2025/04/15

Great

This podcast is really good, but they need to finish the periodic table, not stop at 98. There is a row left to do!!

P.C.Russell 2025/03/21

please make more!!

i absolutely love this podcast and i find it so educational!! can you please continue with more episodes!!! Thank you so much!!!

BK Uz 24 2025/02/28

Great podcast and amazing storytelling

Listening from Samarkand, Uzbekistan.

Alfred sea 2024/12/23

Alfred c l g

Love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oak🌱seedlings🌈 2024/10/08

ALFRED

Compounds after elements

#ChemistryLover 2024/10/02

I Have Learned SO MUCH!

Thank you T.R.Appleton These podcasts are my go-to free time activity You have cool stories You’re so humorous Please keep going and please don’t stop...

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