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	Title	Pub. Date	Duration
	95. Americium: Mundus Novus	27 sept. 2025	00:36:51
Many episodes have incorporated geology, but this one is more about geography. (And amateur nuclear science.)
	94. Plutonium: Weapons-Grade	03 mars 2025
Element 94 causes a bit of a crisis for our collections.
	93. Neptunium: Great Expectations	22 août 2024	01:07:57
To the person who said, "the episodes are never too long," I'm terribly sorry.
	The Episodic Table Of Elements Holiday Special	20 déc. 2023	00:26:47
Time for the most traditional holiday celebration: A science lesson.
	92. Uranium: Two Untold Tales (Live At Harvard)	29 mai 2023	00:45:00
America's worst radioactive accident isn't Three Mile Island, and the Nazi nuclear physicist wasn't assassinated by the famous baseball player.
	91. Protactinium: Decolonize Science	19 oct. 2022	00:21:37
Sometimes we need a quiet moment in order to step back and look at the bigger picture.
	90. Thorium: Bright Lights, Big City	22 févr. 2022	00:18:33
Sure, thorium could provide practically limitless clean energy, but then we couldn't build weapons of mass destruction.
	89. Actinium: The Windup… And The Pitchblende	08 nov. 2021	00:15:33
We all know that radioactive rocks glow in the dark, except they actually don't, except for when they actually do.
	88. Radium: Several Sordid Affairs	18 oct. 2021	00:33:41
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.
	87. Francium: Nothing To Do With Cats	13 sept. 2021	00:15:23
You don't have to have a degree to do science, but it helps.
	86. Radon: It’s Coming From Inside The House	23 août 2021	00:21:11
You know something's amiss when you set off the radiation alarms while walking in to the nuclear power plant.
	85. Astatine: Pathological Science	02 août 2021	00:19:30
The story of astatine takes us to Alabama, Dacca, Romania, Vienna, and California, but definitely not Switzerland.
	84. Polonium: The Distinguished Alumna Of Warsaw’s Flying University	05 juil. 2021	00:19:17
Sadly, it's no longer possible to purchase this lethally radioactive element for fifteen cents and a cereal boxtop.
	83. Bismuth: The Friendly Oddball	14 juin 2021	00:18:03
The periodic table shows the natural patterns and trends among the elements. Bismuth does not abide.
	82. Lead: Irrational Self-Interest	24 mai 2021	00:26:29
We just can't seem to stop chasing the sweet, sweet taste of element 82.
	81. Thallium: It Rides A Pale Horse	26 avr. 2021	00:24:12
In which we learn how reading mystery novels might very well save a life.
	80. Mercury: Fatally Toxic And Probably In Your Mouth	12 avr. 2021	00:22:19
Even if you hate tuna, have flawless teeth, and only use digital thermometers, humans have historically not been shy about getting a mouthful of mercury.
	79. Gold: Lump Sum	29 mars 2021	00:28:43
All other metals step aside, because today we deal with the king of elements.
	78. Platinum: A Tous Les Temps, A Tous Les Peuples	15 mars 2021	00:21:01
Sometimes, being set in stone isn't permanent enough.
	77. Iridium: T. Rex And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day	01 mars 2021	00:26:12
Alvarez noticed a great disturbance in the rocks, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.
	76. Osmium: It Stinks!	08 févr. 2021	00:19:00
This entire episode serves as cautionary advice to anyone seeking to add osmium to their element collection.
	75. Rhenium: A Love Of Two Brains	25 janv. 2021	00:13:48
Witness an incredible, unbreakable bond between two who couldn't be more alike. We'll also learn about a married couple.
	74. Tungsten: What Is The Atom We Love?	11 janv. 2021	00:22:11
All right, everybody settle down. Welcome to the weekly meeting of the National Association Of W Lovers.
	73. Tantalum: Mystery Meat	28 déc. 2020	00:13:11
Once more, the periodic table drags us to hell -- this time by way of ancient Greece.
	72. Hafnium: The Isomer Bomb	14 déc. 2020	00:16:29
The science suggests hafnium can't be used to create a gamma ray bomb, but that won't stop the U.S. government from trying.
	71. Lutetium: Swampland Centaurs	16 nov. 2020	00:14:44
Let us ensure we remember the lanthanide series before we leave it behind once and for all.
	70. Ytterbium: White Gold	02 nov. 2020	00:14:58
When Johann Bottger failed to turn lead into gold, porcelain made a pretty good consolation prize.
	69. Thulium: Out Of The Way	19 oct. 2020	00:14:48
We'll go to the land of the ice and snow... and figure out exactly where that is, too.
	68. Erbium: Hyperlink	05 oct. 2020	00:19:14
Element 68 plays an important role in stitching together the World Wide Web -- for better or for worse.
	67. Holmium: This Magnet Moment	24 août 2020	00:12:19
Holmium: Equally beloved by theoretical physicists and Jedi Knights.
	66. Dysprosium: Hard To Get	10 août 2020	00:09:43
You spin me right round, baby, right round, like a windmill, baby, right round round round.
	65. Terbium: The Joy of Tedium	27 juil. 2020	00:14:06
For more than one reason, element 65 makes the short list of "most annoying elements."
	64. Gadolinium: Three Wise Men	13 juil. 2020	00:18:07
Like Luke Skywalker, today's tale takes a farmboy to greatness.
	63. Europium: The Age Of Enlightenment	22 juin 2020	00:14:13
As element collectors, may we all one day be as fortunate as Frank Harold Spedding.
	62. Samarium: Eponymous Honorarium	01 juin 2020	00:13:52
We hear all sorts of incredible stories on this podcast, but today we'll meet the most unbelievable character of all time: A friendly bureaucrat.
	61. Promethium: What A Friend We Have In Prometheus	18 mai 2020	00:18:30
We've met mythological light-bearers before, but this one possesses a decidedly nobler spirit.
	60. Neodymium: Anarchy And Order	04 mai 2020	00:20:05
Decades of complex geopolitical chaos ultimately result in one afternoon's rather embarrassing hospital visit.
	59. Praseodymium: Grandiloquent Sesquipedalianism	20 avr. 2020	00:24:08
Sometimes, the most interesting aspect of an element has nothing to do with chemistry at all.
	58. Cerium: Light My Fire	02 avr. 2020	00:16:12
It's the most common flint you'll find, except it's not actually flint at all.
	57. Lanthanum: Hidden In Plain Sight	23 mars 2020	00:14:39
Let's uncover element 57, and find out why the "rare earths" are neither rare nor earths nor an empire.
	56. Barium: Glow-Getter	09 mars 2020	00:13:33
When you really want to suck all the air out of a room, barium will help you out.
	55. Caesium: A Brief History Of Time	24 févr. 2020	00:30:19
We'll trace the history of the most important caesium-based technology all the way back to its original roots: a stick.
	54. Xenon: Ignoble Gas	10 févr. 2020	00:21:14
Truly strange things start to happen when you breathe this rarefied air.
	53. Iodine: Purple Haze	27 janv. 2020	00:24:20
We'll pull in our elemental haul from the sea while Lady Jane Davy spits in the ocean.
	52. Tellurium: To Hell You Ride	30 déc. 2019	00:23:29
Collecting elements can be risky business. Tellurium is one of those elements that poses a dire threat -- not to one's health, but to the element collector's reputation in polite society.
	51. Antimony: Can You Return An Inheritance?	16 déc. 2019	00:37:46
It's like an Everlasting Gobstopper, but Willy Wonka is a fratricidal German monk.
	50. Tin: Your Metal Pal Who’s Fun To Be With	25 nov. 2019	00:28:54
We've palled around with tin for thousands of years, but you should know that it's a fair-weather friend.
	49. Indium: The Spectre Of Isaac	11 nov. 2019	00:33:15
The story of indium is pretty straightforward, but its namesake is practically impossible to pin down.
	48. Cadmium: Don’t You Know That You’re Toxic?	28 oct. 2019	00:18:32
Cadmium will let you choose among a range of orange-ish hues, but it's some pretty awful news if you contract the "cadmium blues."
	47. Silver: Our Own Image	14 oct. 2019	00:34:11
Silver is more than just a precious metal. It's also a reflection of ourselves.

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