FAQs about Science Story Time!:How many episodes does Science Story Time! have?The podcast currently has 18 episodes available.
August 17, 2020Science Story Time #13: Chapter 1.3 – The Space MerchantsChapter 1 of The Space Merchants by C. M. Kornbluth and Frederik Pohl, 1952....more0minPlay
August 11, 2020Science Story Time #12: Chapter 1.2 – Star GodsChapter 1 of Star Gods by Jack Lovejoy, 1978. Cover copy: “Were they Earth’s salvation – or it’s doom?”...more0minPlay
August 07, 2020Science Story Time #11: Chapter 1.1 – City at World’s EndChapter 1 of City at World’s End by Edmond Hamilton, 1957....more0minPlay
August 07, 2020Science Story Time #10: Chapter 1.0 – IntroductionIntroducing Chapter 1, a new podcast where I read the first chapter to pulpy 1950s-1980s sci-fi novels. Are they good? Who knows? I found them in a box in my closet. Let’s see!...more0minPlay
November 25, 2018Science Story Time #9: Best Buds, Bad Suds #1Today I talk with my friends Parth, Colin, and Amy about some of the strangest beers America has to offer and then, for better or worse, we drink them....more0minPlay
March 26, 2017Science Story Time #8: Centralia, PA with a GeophysicistToday I interview my friend Sean, who is a lawyer-turned-geophysicist and then talk to him about the long and strange history of Centralia, PA....more0minPlay
April 03, 2016Science Story Time #7:Thomas Edison’s Job Test with an AccountantToday I talk about the Thomas Edison employment quiz with my friend Edward who is an accountant. This test was considered the definitive IQ test in the 1920s and determined if you could work for the man, the miracle, the mastermind who was the Wizard of Menlo Park. How well can you do? As always, […]...more0minPlay
April 03, 2016Science Story Time #7:Thomas Edison’s Job Test with an AccountantToday I talk about the Thomas Edison employment quiz with my friend Edward who is an accountant. This test was considered the definitive IQ test in the 1920s and determined if you could work for the man, the miracle, the mastermind who was the Wizard of Menlo Park. How well can you do? As always, […]...more0minPlay
February 25, 2016Science Story Time #6: Nitrogen Fixation with a Political ScientistToday I talk with my friend Don about the complicated history of Fritz Haber. Haber won a Nobel Prize for discovering a way to fix nitrogen from the atmosphere, leading to manmade fertilizer and increasing the world’s food supply by up to 50%. He also developed chemical weapons during WWI. My numbers for current nitrogen […]...more0minPlay
October 14, 2015Science Story Time #5: The “Friendly Atom” with a NASA scientistToday I talk with my friend Ben who designs electrical propulsion systems at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory for NASA! We discuss his current work and what the future looks like for efficient space travel and then talk about the plans that the US government had for peaceful applications of nuclear weapons with Project Plowshare in […]...more0minPlay
FAQs about Science Story Time!:How many episodes does Science Story Time! have?The podcast currently has 18 episodes available.