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The Episodic Table of Elements

by T. R. Appleton

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Americium: Mundus Novus

September 27, 2025 · 37 min

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

March 3, 2025

Element 94 causes a bit of a crisis for our collections.
Neptunium: Great Expectations

August 22, 2024 · 1 hr 8 min

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

December 20, 2023 · 27 min

♪ O chemistry, o chemistry, the study of all matter ♫
Uranium: Two Untold Tales (Live At Harvard)

May 29, 2023 · 45 min

America's worst radioactive accident isn't Three Mile Island, and the Nazi nuclear physicist wasn't assassinated by the famous baseball player.

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Protactinium: Decolonize Science

October 19, 2022 · 22 min

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

February 22, 2022 · 19 min

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

November 8, 2021 · 16 min

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

October 18, 2021 · 34 min

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.
Francium: Nothing To Do With Cats

September 13, 2021 · 15 min

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

August 23, 2021 · 21 min

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

August 2, 2021 · 20 min

The story of astatine takes us to Alabama, Dacca, Romania, Vienna, and California, but definitely not Switzerland.