Sidedoor

Cellphones Rock

Listen Later

Cellphones put the power of the world at our fingertips. With the touch of a finger, you can instantly connect with your doctor, have food delivered to your office or simply obliterate your niece at Words with Friends. And it's all made possible by rocks formed millions of years ago, deep underground. Join us as we bust open our devices to figure out how these stones power our phones.

Guests:

Joshua A. Bell, curator of globalization at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History
Michael Wise, geologist in the department of mineral sciences at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History
Josh Lepawsky, professor of geography at Memorial University of Newfoundland

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store
SidedoorBy Smithsonian Institution
  • 4.6
  • 4.6
  • 4.6
  • 4.6
  • 4.6

4.6

2,152 ratings

More shows like Sidedoor

View all
This American Life by This American Life

This American Life

91,032 Listeners

Radiolab by WNYC Studios

Radiolab

43,931 Listeners

99% Invisible by Roman Mars

99% Invisible

26,223 Listeners

Outside/In by NHPR

Outside/In

1,489 Listeners

the memory palace by Nate DiMeo

the memory palace

6,873 Listeners

Radio Diaries by Radio Diaries & Radiotopia

Radio Diaries

1,267 Listeners

The Kitchen Sisters Present by The Kitchen Sisters & Radiotopia

The Kitchen Sisters Present

1,291 Listeners

Gastropod by Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley

Gastropod

3,643 Listeners

Twenty Thousand Hertz by Dallas Taylor

Twenty Thousand Hertz

4,156 Listeners

Decoder Ring by Slate Podcasts

Decoder Ring

2,125 Listeners

Throughline by NPR

Throughline

16,231 Listeners

Points North by Interlochen Public Radio

Points North

281 Listeners

Antiques Roadshow Detours by GBH

Antiques Roadshow Detours

703 Listeners

The Atlas Obscura Podcast by SiriusXM and Atlas Obscura

The Atlas Obscura Podcast

1,715 Listeners

There's More to That by Smithsonian Magazine

There's More to That

129 Listeners