The Disappearing Spoon: a science history podcast with Sam Kean

by Sam Kean, Bleav

Category

History

Frequency

Updated Fortnightly

Language

English

A topsy-turvy science-y history podcast by Sam Kean. I examine overlooked stories from our past: the dental superiority of hunter-gatherers, the crooked Nazis who saved thousands of American lives, the American immigrants who developed the most successful cancer screening tool in history, the sex lives of dinosaurs, and much, much more. These are charming little tales that never made the history books, but these small moments can be surprisingly powerful. These are the cases where history gets i...

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Recent Reviews

Disgusting Ads

GA8989•7/15/2026

I love the content of this podcast but I can barely listen to it. ICE and CIA ads? How can someone so devoted to science and science history promote that garbage? I will not be buying Keans books in the future due to this BS

Just another sufferer of TDS

This Ken•5/27/2026

The host like most leftist allows Trump Derangement Syndrome to warp his brain

Good content

sfmn15•12/9/2025

Bad narrator has an anxious delivery that sounds like he’s counting down to an explosion.

Not very accurate

R.A.M.P.•9/7/2025

I am very well-read on one of the covered topics. The episode was riddled with inaccuracies.

Always interesting

Hbauttttttttttt•8/19/2025

I’ve listened for years and am always entertained. I just listened to the audiobook of Sam’s new book Dinner With King Tut. It was unlike anything I’ve ever read before and I loved every minute of it. I figured I owed him a review for both!