The Episodic Table of Elements

Episodes

• 95. Americium: Mundus Novus 27.09.2025 36m

  Many episodes have incorporated geology, but this one is more about geography. (And amateur nuclear science.)
• 94. Plutonium: Weapons-Grade 03.03.2025

  Element 94 causes a bit of a crisis for our collections.
• 93. Neptunium: Great Expectations 22.08.2024 1h 7m

  To the person who said, "the episodes are never too long," I'm terribly sorry.
• The Episodic Table Of Elements Holiday Special 20.12.2023 26m

  ♪ O chemistry, o chemistry, the study of all matter ♫
• 92. Uranium: Two Untold Tales (Live At Harvard) 29.05.2023 45m

  America's worst radioactive accident isn't Three Mile Island, and the Nazi nuclear physicist wasn't assassinated by the famous baseball player.
• 91. Protactinium: Decolonize Science 19.10.2022 21m

  Sometimes we need a quiet moment in order to step back and look at the bigger picture.
• 90. Thorium: Bright Lights, Big City 22.02.2022 18m

  Sure, thorium could provide practically limitless clean energy, but then we couldn't build weapons of mass destruction.
• 89. Actinium: The Windup… And The Pitchblende 08.11.2021 15m

  We all know that radioactive rocks glow in the dark, except they actually don't, except for when they actually do.
• 88. Radium: Several Sordid Affairs 18.10.2021 33m

  Out of all the characters who encounter radium in this episode, the only one to emerge unscathed is the guy who comes face-to-face with Satan.
• 87. Francium: Nothing To Do With Cats 13.09.2021 15m

  You don't have to have a degree to do science, but it helps.
• 86. Radon: It’s Coming From Inside The House 23.08.2021 21m

  You know something's amiss when you set off the radiation alarms while walking in to the nuclear power plant.
• 85. Astatine: Pathological Science 02.08.2021 19m

  The story of astatine takes us to Alabama, Dacca, Romania, Vienna, and California, but definitely not Switzerland.
• 84. Polonium: The Distinguished Alumna Of Warsaw’s Flying University 05.07.2021 19m

  Sadly, it's no longer possible to purchase this lethally radioactive element for fifteen cents and a cereal boxtop.
• 83. Bismuth: The Friendly Oddball 14.06.2021 18m

  The periodic table shows the natural patterns and trends among the elements. Bismuth does not abide.
• 82. Lead: Irrational Self-Interest 24.05.2021 26m

  We just can't seem to stop chasing the sweet, sweet taste of element 82.
• 81. Thallium: It Rides A Pale Horse 26.04.2021 24m

  In which we learn how reading mystery novels might very well save a life.
• 80. Mercury: Fatally Toxic And Probably In Your Mouth 12.04.2021 22m

  Even if you hate tuna, have flawless teeth, and only use digital thermometers, humans have historically not been shy about getting a mouthful of mercury.
• 79. Gold: Lump Sum 29.03.2021 28m

  All other metals step aside, because today we deal with the king of elements.
• 78. Platinum: A Tous Les Temps, A Tous Les Peuples 15.03.2021 21m

  Sometimes, being set in stone isn't permanent enough.
• 77. Iridium: T. Rex And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day 01.03.2021 26m

  Alvarez noticed a great disturbance in the rocks, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.