Smart Tea Podcast
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A science biography podcast. Listen to the stories about the people who have changed our world through science and innovation.
NEW EPISODE! Our December Thermodynamics Extravaganza continues with the story of Dr. Rudolf Clausius, the physicist who defined the first 2 laws of thermodynamics: 1) energy is conserved and 2) entropy is always increasing. Listen to his story, now streaming! www.smartteapodcast.com/rudolf-claus...
Smart Tea Podcast | Dr. Rudolf Clausius
Part II of our December Thermodynamics Extravaganza! Aarati tells the story of the German scientist who formally stated that 1) energy is conserved and 2) entropy is always increasing.
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December 17, 2025 at 6:29 PM
NEW EPISODE! Our December Thermodynamics Extravaganza continues with the story of Dr. Rudolf Clausius, the physicist who defined the first 2 laws of thermodynamics: 1) energy is conserved and 2) entropy is always increasing. Listen to his story, now streaming! www.smartteapodcast.com/rudolf-claus...
NEW EPISODE! Sadi Carnot was a young French scientist who designed the most perfect )albeit theoretical) stem engine. He is known as the Father of Thermodynamics! Check out his full life story here www.smartteapodcast.com/sadi-carnot
Smart Tea Podcast | Sadi Carnot
Born to one of the most influential families during the French Revolution, Sadi Carnot kickstarted another revolution in physics. His perfect (although theoretical) steam engine transformed the way we...
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December 3, 2025 at 7:41 PM
NEW EPISODE! Sadi Carnot was a young French scientist who designed the most perfect )albeit theoretical) stem engine. He is known as the Father of Thermodynamics! Check out his full life story here www.smartteapodcast.com/sadi-carnot
New episode! This week we are discussing Dr. Virginia Apgar, the obstetric anesthesiologist who came up with a way to assess the health of newborns. The number of lives she has touched is incalculable! Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or here! www.smartteapodcast.com/virginia-apgar
Smart Tea Podcast | Dr. Virginia Apgar
After birth, a quick check to make sure the newborn is beathing and acting normally can be the difference between life and death. Aarati tells the life story of Dr. Virginia Apgar, an obstetric anest...
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November 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
New episode! This week we are discussing Dr. Virginia Apgar, the obstetric anesthesiologist who came up with a way to assess the health of newborns. The number of lives she has touched is incalculable! Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or here! www.smartteapodcast.com/virginia-apgar
Happy birthday to Hedy Lamarr! Check out her story on episode 8 of the Smart Tea podcast! www.smartteapodcast.com/hedy-lamarr
November 10, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Happy birthday to Hedy Lamarr! Check out her story on episode 8 of the Smart Tea podcast! www.smartteapodcast.com/hedy-lamarr
Episode 21 of the Smart Tea podcast covers the life and science of Wilhelm Rontgen! Now streaming wherever you get your podcasts www.smartteapodcast.com/wilhelm-ront...
November 9, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Episode 21 of the Smart Tea podcast covers the life and science of Wilhelm Rontgen! Now streaming wherever you get your podcasts www.smartteapodcast.com/wilhelm-ront...
NEW EPISODE! With holiday travels approaching, this week's podcast episode is about Charles Goodyear, the inventor of vulcanized rubber. His life was SO difficult but his invention literally changed the world. Episode 45 now streaming! #goodyear #podcast #stem www.smartteapodcast.com/charles-good...
November 6, 2025 at 7:50 PM
NEW EPISODE! With holiday travels approaching, this week's podcast episode is about Charles Goodyear, the inventor of vulcanized rubber. His life was SO difficult but his invention literally changed the world. Episode 45 now streaming! #goodyear #podcast #stem www.smartteapodcast.com/charles-good...
Check out episode 4 for Dr. Patricia Bath’s life story! www.smartteapodcast.com/patricia-bath
November 5, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Check out episode 4 for Dr. Patricia Bath’s life story! www.smartteapodcast.com/patricia-bath
Happy Bat Appreciation week! And let's not forget Dr. Donald Griffin, the ultimate bat enthusiast who figured out how bats use echolocation to navigate. Listen to his full story, now streaming wherever you get your podcasts www.smartteapodcast.com/donald-griffin
Smart Tea Podcast | Dr. Donald Griffin
Bat echolocation opened up a whole new world of questions regarding animal behavior. Aarati tells the story of the scientist who first put forward the idea that many animals were self-aware, could str...
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October 27, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Happy Bat Appreciation week! And let's not forget Dr. Donald Griffin, the ultimate bat enthusiast who figured out how bats use echolocation to navigate. Listen to his full story, now streaming wherever you get your podcasts www.smartteapodcast.com/donald-griffin
NEW EPISODE! In the spirit of Halloween, this week on the Smart Tea podcast we peek into the life of Dr. Donald Griffin, the animal behaviorist who coined the term "echolocation" for how bats are able to use sound to navigate. www.smartteapodcast.com/donald-griffin
Smart Tea Podcast | Dr. Donald Griffin
Bat echolocation opened up a whole new world of questions regarding animal behavior. Aarati tells the story of the scientist who first put forward the idea that many animals were self-aware, could str...
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October 22, 2025 at 4:47 PM
NEW EPISODE! In the spirit of Halloween, this week on the Smart Tea podcast we peek into the life of Dr. Donald Griffin, the animal behaviorist who coined the term "echolocation" for how bats are able to use sound to navigate. www.smartteapodcast.com/donald-griffin
Happy birthday to Alfred Nobel! His life was fascinating, from his invention of dynamite to founding the Nobel Prizes! Listen to his full life story in the very first episode of the podcast! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
October 21, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Happy birthday to Alfred Nobel! His life was fascinating, from his invention of dynamite to founding the Nobel Prizes! Listen to his full life story in the very first episode of the podcast! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
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Her work on tamoxifen transformed breast cancer treatment, yet Dr. Dora Richardson’s name faded from history. / Su trabajo transformó el tratamiento del cáncer de mama, pero el nombre de la Dra. Dora Richardson casi se perdió.
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October 16, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Her work on tamoxifen transformed breast cancer treatment, yet Dr. Dora Richardson’s name faded from history. / Su trabajo transformó el tratamiento del cáncer de mama, pero el nombre de la Dra. Dora Richardson casi se perdió.
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Happy National Fossil day! It’s the perfect day to check out episode 2 of the podcast about the life of the eccentric scientist, William Buckland, who discovered the first dinosaur fossil. www.smartteapodcast.com/william-buck...
Smart Tea Podcast | William Buckland
Hyenas and dinosaurs and bears, oh my! Arpita tells the story of the eccentric clergyman who wrote the first account of a dinosaur fossil and laid the foundations of geology and paleontology.
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October 15, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Happy National Fossil day! It’s the perfect day to check out episode 2 of the podcast about the life of the eccentric scientist, William Buckland, who discovered the first dinosaur fossil. www.smartteapodcast.com/william-buck...
NEW EPISODE! This week we are diving into the life of Dr. Alfred Binet, one of the psychologists who developed the very first IQ test. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts! www.smartteapodcast.com/alfred-binet
Smart Tea Podcast | Dr. Alfred Binet
Is intelligence something you are born with or is it a skill you can improve? Aarati tells the story of the self-taught psychologist who came up with the original IQ test to help people across the ent...
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October 8, 2025 at 5:26 PM
NEW EPISODE! This week we are diving into the life of Dr. Alfred Binet, one of the psychologists who developed the very first IQ test. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts! www.smartteapodcast.com/alfred-binet
The Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine has been awarded to Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi, who discovered that regulatory T cells help the immune system determine which cells are invaders that need to be eliminated and which cells are our own!
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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2025
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2025 was awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi “for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance.”
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October 6, 2025 at 12:57 PM
The Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine has been awarded to Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi, who discovered that regulatory T cells help the immune system determine which cells are invaders that need to be eliminated and which cells are our own!
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Happy birthday to James Lind, the naval doctor who figured out that eating citrus fruit could cure scurvy! Listen to his full story in episode 39 of the Smart Tea podcast. Now streaming wherever you get your podcasts! #onthisday www.smartteapodcast.com/james-lind
Smart Tea Podcast | Dr. James Lind
An orange a day keeps the scurvy away! Aarati tells the story of the 18th century naval physician who set up the very first clinical trial to figure out what treatments for scurvy actually held (sea)w...
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October 4, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Happy birthday to James Lind, the naval doctor who figured out that eating citrus fruit could cure scurvy! Listen to his full story in episode 39 of the Smart Tea podcast. Now streaming wherever you get your podcasts! #onthisday www.smartteapodcast.com/james-lind
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"I do know that when talking to people who perhaps think very differently, the only chance you have of getting them to think in a different way is to touch the heart." — Dr. Jane Goodall (1934-2025)
Thanks, Jane, for touching our hearts.
Thanks, Jane, for touching our hearts.
October 1, 2025 at 9:18 PM
"I do know that when talking to people who perhaps think very differently, the only chance you have of getting them to think in a different way is to touch the heart." — Dr. Jane Goodall (1934-2025)
Thanks, Jane, for touching our hearts.
Thanks, Jane, for touching our hearts.
NEW EPISODE! 🌍 It's #NYCW2025 and we wanted to add the hope and optimism this week by coving the story of Dr. Mario Molina. He, along with Drs. Sherwood Rowland and Paul Crutzen, won the Nobel Prize for discovering that CFCs were depleting the ozone layer. www.smartteapodcast.com/mario-molina
Smart Tea Podcast | Dr. Mario Molina
At the turn of the century, the world came together to ban chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) after scientists found evidence that they were destroying the Earth's protective ozone layer. Aarati tells the sto...
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September 24, 2025 at 5:50 PM
NEW EPISODE! 🌍 It's #NYCW2025 and we wanted to add the hope and optimism this week by coving the story of Dr. Mario Molina. He, along with Drs. Sherwood Rowland and Paul Crutzen, won the Nobel Prize for discovering that CFCs were depleting the ozone layer. www.smartteapodcast.com/mario-molina
Happy birthday to Roxie Laybourne, the first forensic ornithologist! Her work in aviation saved countless lives (bird and human alike). Listen to her full story in episode 31 of the podcast! www.smartteapodcast.com/roxie-laybou... #onthisday #womeninscience
Smart Tea Podcast | Roxie Laybourne
Any pilot will tell you, bird strikes are unfortunately a common occurrence. But thanks to Roxie's work, the skies are less dangerous for airplanes and our flying feathered friends. Aarati tells her s...
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September 15, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Happy birthday to Roxie Laybourne, the first forensic ornithologist! Her work in aviation saved countless lives (bird and human alike). Listen to her full story in episode 31 of the podcast! www.smartteapodcast.com/roxie-laybou... #onthisday #womeninscience
NEW EPISODE ALERT! Join us as we take a deep dive into the life of Dr. Eugenie Clark, a.k.a. The Shark Lady! 🦈 #sciencepodcast www.smartteapodcast.com/eugenie-clark
Smart Tea Podcast | Dr. Eugenie Clark
Dive into the extraordinary life of the marine biologist who transformed our understanding of the ocean and the animals that live in it. Aarati tells the story of Dr. Eugenia Clark's lifelong obsessio...
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September 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
NEW EPISODE ALERT! Join us as we take a deep dive into the life of Dr. Eugenie Clark, a.k.a. The Shark Lady! 🦈 #sciencepodcast www.smartteapodcast.com/eugenie-clark
NEW EPISODE! Dr. Thomas Brock was fascinated by organisms that survive in extreme conditions. He and his student Hudson Freeze discovered Thermus Aquaticus, a microbe that could survive in near boiling water... and it ended up revolutionizing biotech. Listen now! www.smartteapodcast.com/thomas-brock
Smart Tea Podcast | Dr. Thomas Brock
Can you handle the heat? Aarati tells the story of the nature-loving scientist whose discovery of Thermus aquaticus, a microbe living in the hot waters of Yellowstone Park, helped make PCR one of the ...
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August 27, 2025 at 7:37 PM
NEW EPISODE! Dr. Thomas Brock was fascinated by organisms that survive in extreme conditions. He and his student Hudson Freeze discovered Thermus Aquaticus, a microbe that could survive in near boiling water... and it ended up revolutionizing biotech. Listen now! www.smartteapodcast.com/thomas-brock
🍊NEW EPISODE! 🍊This week we are diving into the life of James Lind, a naval surgeon who set up the first ever clinical trial! His controlled experiment proved that "an orange a day keeps the scurvy away". Listen to episode 39 our now wherever you get your podcasts! www.smartteapodcast.com/james-lind
Smart Tea Podcast | Dr. James Lind
An orange a day keeps the scurvy away! Aarati tells the story of the 18th century naval physician who set up the very first clinical trial to figure out what treatments for scurvy actually held (sea)w...
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August 13, 2025 at 5:19 PM
🍊NEW EPISODE! 🍊This week we are diving into the life of James Lind, a naval surgeon who set up the first ever clinical trial! His controlled experiment proved that "an orange a day keeps the scurvy away". Listen to episode 39 our now wherever you get your podcasts! www.smartteapodcast.com/james-lind
Happy birthday to Dr. José Manuel Rodríguez Delgado, the neuroscientist who stopped a charging bull in it’s tracks. He invented the stimoceiver which stimulates the brain via electrical pulses. Basically mind control! Listen to the full episode here www.smartteapodcast.com/jose-delgado
Smart Tea Podcast | Dr. Jose Delgado
Mind control is more than science fiction! Arpita tells the story of a scientist who could make charging bulls stop dead in their tracks and cats lick at invisible bowls of milk.
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August 8, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Happy birthday to Dr. José Manuel Rodríguez Delgado, the neuroscientist who stopped a charging bull in it’s tracks. He invented the stimoceiver which stimulates the brain via electrical pulses. Basically mind control! Listen to the full episode here www.smartteapodcast.com/jose-delgado
Happy birthday to Ettore Majorana! This brilliant physicist made some breakthrough discoveries about atomic particles (neutrinos!) and then just vanished into thin air. Where did he go? What happened to him? Listen to episode 14 and let us know your theories! www.smartteapodcast.com/ettore-major...
Smart Tea Podcast | Ettore Majorana
Arpita tells the story of a brilliant physicist who disappeared under mysterious circumstances. True crime, anyone?!
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August 5, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Happy birthday to Ettore Majorana! This brilliant physicist made some breakthrough discoveries about atomic particles (neutrinos!) and then just vanished into thin air. Where did he go? What happened to him? Listen to episode 14 and let us know your theories! www.smartteapodcast.com/ettore-major...
NEW EPISODE! This week on the podcast, we are talking about Alessandro Volta, inventor of the first battery! Today, batteries power everything from laptops to cell phones to electric cars. Special thanks to @greenjuice.wtf for inspiring this episode!
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Smart Tea Podcast | Alessandro Volta
So much of our modern life runs on batteries: laptops, cell phones, electric cars, watches, remotes, even toothbrushes! Aarati tells the story of the Italian scientist who settled a decade long debat...
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July 30, 2025 at 4:45 PM
NEW EPISODE! This week on the podcast, we are talking about Alessandro Volta, inventor of the first battery! Today, batteries power everything from laptops to cell phones to electric cars. Special thanks to @greenjuice.wtf for inspiring this episode!
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Happy birthday to Dr. William Dement, the sleep doctor! Thanks to him, sleep disorders are now a recognized field of study and we understand how sleep is regulated by our brain. Check out the full episode wherever you get your podcasts! www.smartteapodcast.com/william-dement
Smart Tea Podcast | Dr. William Dement
We spend about 33% of our lives sleeping but during that time, our brain is still incredibly active. In this episode, we talk about Dr. William Dement, the Stanford professor who set up the first slee...
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July 29, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Happy birthday to Dr. William Dement, the sleep doctor! Thanks to him, sleep disorders are now a recognized field of study and we understand how sleep is regulated by our brain. Check out the full episode wherever you get your podcasts! www.smartteapodcast.com/william-dement