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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. 🤞🤞🤞

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ОшO 2025/10/09

LET’S GO!!!

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

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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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