In Season 2 of the series we will share a new collection of surprising and unusual stories from the history of science. In each episode we will feature two seemingly unrelated stories from the past. Then, Dan Riskin will connect the dots between those stories and offer insight into how that history impacts modern medical research. We are learning from the past so we can understand the present, and inform the future. Along the way we will learn how a professor at Stanford turned mild mannered young men into cruel vicious prison guards, and how the Irish Potato Famine really had nothing to do with potatoes. We will ask questions such as: “Did we learn the wrong lesson from the sinking of the Titanic?” “How many people did Orson Wells actually fool?” and “What exactly is Maple Syrup Urine Disease?” In these ten episodes we will also follow along with SciMar as they take their breakthrough science into the testing phase. Will the things they discovered in a row of test tubes in the lab be repeatable in real people? And will that prove to be the final cure for type 2 diabetes? So, if you are intrigued by science, get excited about the process of discovery, and want to have the best stories at your next dinner party, this is the show for you. We promise a season full of guinea pigs, Corona beer, shipwrecks, and cobras. -- The series is produced by SciMar, a medical research company developing a new way to detect, treat and cure type 2 diabetes. Rather than insulin from the pancreas, they are focused on hepatalin, a hormone that comes from the liver. We will use historical stories to shine a light on where this modern company is headed.
Title | Date published | ||
Spreading the News | 2022-02-14 | ||
Guinea Pigs | 2022-01-31 | ||
Follow the Money | 2022-01-17 | ||
Old Meets New | 2022-01-03 | ||
Too Much or Too Little? | 2021-12-13 | ||
Unintended Consequences | 2021-11-29 | ||
Double Blind | 2021-11-15 | ||
Tools for Testing | 2021-11-01 | ||
The Trouble With Trials | 2021-10-18 | ||
What's in a Name? | 2021-10-04 | ||
Introducing Season 2 | 2021-09-20 | ||
Bonus Episode – How We Got Here | 2021-09-01 | ||
Seeing It With Your Own Eyes | 2021-05-31 | ||
Going Back to Square One | 2021-05-17 | ||
Why Giving It All Away Doesn’t Always Work | 2021-05-03 | ||
Generations: What Newton taught Einstein | 2021-04-19 | ||
When Snake Oil Enters the Courtroom | 2021-04-05 | ||
Diversity, Leaded Gasoline, and Carjacking | 2021-03-22 | ||
Why Unpopular Science is Good Science | 2021-03-08 | ||
Ross Geller and Marie Curie are Outsiders | 2021-02-22 |