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Surprisingly Brilliant

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A science history podcast uncovering the little-known stories and less-talked-about people behind well-known science & tech. Written & Hosted by Maren Hunsberger & Greg Foot for Seeker

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Time travel? Aliens? Seeing the invisible? This special episode’s tale from science history has them all as Maren takes Greg down the long and winding road science took to understand what is perhaps the most perplexing object in the universe: the bla... more

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2 years ago

The man who changed our understanding of disorders of the brain was a man who couldn't recognize faces himself. He was a man who saw music as a therapeutic tool, who broke all the existing rules for how to talk to and about patients, and who made us ... more

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3 years ago

One bean has changed the world in unexpected ways, and the man behind it was even more extraordinary. This is the story of a man whose genius shone against all odds, how his discoveries shaped much of our modern world, and the science that he could h... more

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3 years ago

Vaccines. They're a big topic of conversation right now. But who discovered them? Who gave the first one? And what was the rather effective method around for hundreds of years before them?? Greg tells Maren a (rather gross) story of pus, pox parties,... more

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3 years ago

The universe speaks in a common language...the mathematics of change. Maren wasn't so sure about math, but after this episode she's a truly changed person. Isaac Newton DID stand on the shoulders of giants to translate the universe...but he also had ... more

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3 years ago

A story in three parts: The discovery of a revolutionary biotechnology that’s used every day by countless scientists. How that works. And the dangerous ideas (& behaviour) of the man who won a Nobel Prize for its invention. Greg tells Maren about Kar... more

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This doctor was a public health pioneer, a visionary in the medical treatments of his day, and a relatively radical voice against the entrenched establishment...but do we only remember him because of this one secret? Maren tells Greg about James Barr... more

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Greg tells Maren about a chemist who develops hit product after hit product, from revolutionising whisky production to developing ‘the first wonder drug'… a man who was once the most famous Japanese person in America but was soon forgotten. This is t... more

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3 years ago

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  • Excellent program!

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    WillTheKnight
    9 months ago
  • Great

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    David....
    3 years ago
  • Surprisingly Brilliant is very interesting and I love the format of a story-teller and listener. Maren is a scientist herself and Greg is a science "communicator" with a background in science history. So, both know their stuff and love science. Each story reveals the human complexity of scientific discovery and they are funny and engaging. I love it!

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    TimTS
    4 years ago
  • I am absolutely addicted to this podcast! Each episode has been so entertaining and absorbing. It's at the perfect level of nerdy and, to top it off, it's presented by two brilliant hosts.

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    5
    emilyxx
    4 years ago
  • Great subject matter and hosts! I am learning a lot!

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    msamanda
    4 years ago

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