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Distillations is the Science History Institute's critically acclaimed flagship podcast. We take deep dives into stories that range from the serious to the eccentric, all to help listeners better understand the surprising science that is all around us.
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- Sep 28, 2026
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- Sep 22, 2026
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Flemmie Kittrell and the Preschool Experiment (opens the original)
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Alexis Pedrick joins Katie Hafner to bring you an episode from The Lost Women of Science Initiative , a non-profit educational organization dedicated to telling the forgotten or untold stories of remarkable female scientists and their groundbreaking work through history. The episode, which originally aired in October 2023, is about Flemmie Kittrell, the first Black woman to earn a PhD in Home Economics. In the early 1960s, Flemmie decided to see what would happen if you gave poor kids a boost ea
Cigarettes in America, Part 2: The Reckoning (opens the original)
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Cigarettes: they provide no nutrition and quench no thirst. They serve no purpose other than being an excuse to take a break from the grind before getting right back to it. And on top of that, they're deadly. As far as American vices go, they might be at the top of the list. So how did they get and stay popular for so long? And why are they making a comeback? This two-part episode dives into the rise of this quintessential American product, the science that proved it was dangerous, and the event
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