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Each episode of Distillations podcast takes a deep-dive into a moment of science-related history in order to shed light on the present.

PublishesWeeklyEpisodes340Founded16 years ago
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In the wake of the murder of George Floyd and the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a new public interest in health inequities research. With this new focus, there also has come new funding with many researchers and institutions clamoring to receive ... more

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Of all wealthy countries, the United States is the most dangerous place to have a baby. Our maternal mortality rate is abysmal, and over the past five years it’s only gotten worse. And there are huge racial disparities: Black women are three times mo... more

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Certain medical instruments have built-in methods of correcting for race. They’re based on the premise that Black bodies are inherently different from White bodies. The tool that measures kidney function, for example, underestimates how severe some B... more

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When the plague broke out in San Francisco in 1900 the public health department poured all of their energy into stopping its spread in Chinatown, as if Chinatown were the problem. This episode reveals why they did it, what it has to do with race scie... more

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4.6 out of 5 stars from 102 ratings
  • An Indispensable Podcast for Contested Times

    This podcast comes from an institute I love and have supported for over a decade. The Science History Institute, formerly the Chemical Heritage Foundation, is making superb use of its endowment and its resources to produce concise, relevant, informative, incisive, insightful and engrossing series on topics that are important to our understanding and vital to our public discourse. If “mainstream media” makes you angry, then this is your remedy. Set aside time to take in these fantastic history le... more

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    philonous
    United States10 months ago
  • Great season

    I’ve really enjoyed the latest season, especially how they tackle larger topics but also bring it back in to a Philly perspective. Even if you don’t live in Philly, though, these stories and histories are worth a listen.

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    5
    Avid Listener and Learner
    United Statesa year ago
  • Absolutely wonderful. Thank you.

    Podchaser
    5
    phillipmisaacs
    a year ago
  • Dry. The episodes are too short to do any of the topics justice, and they are further broken up into segments.

    Podchaser
    3
    Sarah B
    3 years ago
  • Weird stories and cool facts

    Love the range of topics they cover. Always strange things to learn about with compelling characters.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    public historian
    United States3 years ago

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