STEMs and Seeds

STEMs and Seeds is a weekly historical fiction podcast where we dramatize the life of a hero, villain, or just plain interesting person from the STEM fields!

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Episode 6: William Crookes - Beyond the Veil (Part One)

William Crookes was a scientific polymath. He discovered thallium. He was a master of spectroscopy. He talked to ghosts. ...okay, one of those things may not SEEM scientific, but trust us, it is. After a tragedy befell his family, William Crookes was sucked into the world of the paranormal. Eventually, this would culminate in him joining one of the most mysterious cults of England, but for now, he's just the son of a tailor with his own magazine. Join us in our first-ever two-part episode to lea...

May 02, 2020•44 min

Episode 5: Tycho Brahe - A Nose for Trouble

Copernicus may have proven the Earth goes around the Sun and not vice versa, and Galileo may have been the first person to view the heavens with a telescope, but between those two lies a lesser-known hero of astronomy. Tycho Brahe was the Danish nobleman who worked side by side with Johannes Kepler to build the Rudolphine Tables, one of the most comprehensive and precise star catalogues ever created. The thing is, for a noble Danish astronomer, his children were commoners, he was driven out of D...

Apr 17, 2020•59 min•Season 1Ep. 5

Episode 4: Hedy Lamarr - A-Hedy of Her Time

Hedy Lamarr is most well known as being a Golden Age starlet - well, honestly, she's probably most well known today as being a running joke in Blazing Saddles . But offscreen, she was more than that. She successfully fled the country not once but twice , She worked side-by-side by Howard Hughes. And most importantly, she helped create the most important invention of the 21st century all the way back in 1941. Also, quick trigger warning: the start of this episode talks about how she was manipulat...

Apr 08, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 4

Episode 3: Rosalind Franklin - Double Helix, Double Crossed

DNA - the building block of life itself. One of the greatest scientific discoveries of biology. And its iconic double helix structure was discovered by, of course, Watson and Crick... except for the fact that it absolutely wasn't. Rosalind Franklin was a Jewish woman who, in addition to being a child prodigy, saved lives during The Blitz, housed child refugees, and took one of science's most important photographs. Join us this week on STEMs and Seeds while we explore Rosalind Franklin's life! SO...

Mar 12, 2020•59 min•Season 1Ep. 3

Episode 2: Samuel Morse - I Call Dibs

When you hear the name "Samuel Morse", the first thing that comes to mind is a series of dots and dashes, communicating information through the telegraph wire. But there's more to the man than that. He had a knack for painting, a (thankfully) failed political career, a mess of legal trouble, and, to be honest? Kind of a raging ego. And also a lot of problematic beliefs. Join us this week on STEMs and Seeds while we explore Samuel Morse's life! SOURCES: https://www.famousscientists.org/samuel-mor...

Mar 04, 2020•54 min•Season 1Ep. 2

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