The Episodic Table of Elements

The Episodic Table of Elements


Latest Episodes

The Episodic Table Of Elements Holiday Special
December 20, 2023

Time for the most traditional holiday celebration: A science lesson.

92. Uranium: Two Untold Tales (Live At Harvard)
May 29, 2023

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

91. Protactinium: Decolonize Science
October 19, 2022

Sometimes we need a quiet moment in order to step back and look at the bigger picture.

90. Thorium: Bright Lights, Big City
February 22, 2022

Sure, thorium could provide practically limitless clean energy, but then we couldn't build weapons of mass destruction.

89. Actinium: The Windup… And The Pitchblende
November 08, 2021

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

88. Radium: Several Sordid Affairs
October 18, 2021

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.

87. Francium: Nothing To Do With Cats
September 13, 2021

You don't have to have a degree to do science, but it helps.

86. Radon: It’s Coming From Inside The House
August 23, 2021

You know something's amiss when you set off the radiation alarms while walkingin to the nuclear power plant.

85. Astatine: Pathological Science
August 02, 2021

The story of astatine takes us to Alabama, Dacca, Romania, Vienna, and California, but definitelynot Switzerland.

84. Polonium: The Distinguished Alumna Of Warsaw’s Flying University
July 05, 2021

Sadly, it's no longer possible to purchase this lethally radioactive element for fifteen cents and a cereal boxtop.