Chapter 1 of The Space Merchants by C. M. Kornbluth and Frederik Pohl, 1952.

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Science Story Time #13: Chapter 1.3 – The Space Merchants

Chapter 1 of Star Gods by Jack Lovejoy, 1978. Cover copy: “Were they Earth’s salvation – or it’s doom?”

Science Story Time #12: Chapter 1.2 – Star Gods

Chapter 1 of City at World’s End by Edmond Hamilton, 1957.

Science Story Time #11: Chapter 1.1 – City at World’s End

Introducing 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!

Science Story Time #10: Chapter 1.0 – Introduction

Today 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.

Science Story Time #9: Best Buds, Bad Suds #1

Today 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.

Science Story Time #8: Centralia, PA with a Geophysicist

Today 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, […]

Science Story Time #7:Thomas Edison’s Job Test with an Accountant

Today 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 […]

Science Story Time #6: Nitrogen Fixation with a Political Scientist

Today 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 […]

Science Story Time #5: The “Friendly Atom” with a NASA scientist

I talk with my friend Elyse about philanthropy in modern day America and the historical trends that led to how charitable dollars are distributed today. Time to get your Junto on! Also, here is the link to the book chapter by Peter Hall that I read from: http://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/phall/Powell%20Essay-Final%20-%20rev.pdf. Enjoy!

Science Story Time #4: Philanthropy with a social scientist

I talk with my friend Amy about the history of food science in the United States. Corrections! At the 45 minute mark I say 73% of the US population is in the agricultural sector when the actual number is 7.3%. Also, the blueberry was domesticated in 1908 and first commercially sold in 1916 in Whitebog, […]

Science Story Time #3: Food Science with an Organic Farmer

I talk with my friend Jim about the men who built rockets and their plans for Mars. http://sciencestorytime.podomatic.com/enclosure/2015-07-20T12_27_27-07_00.m4a

Science Story Time #2: Mars exploration with an aerospace engineer

I talk with my friend Jim about the troubled history of the battery and the man who loved them. http://sciencestorytime.podomatic.com/enclosure/2015-07-20T12_21_51-07_00.m4a

Science Story Time #1: the battery with an aerospace engineer

A discussion of mad science by scientists.