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! 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...
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...
India is apparently also home to sciapods which “are in the habit of lying on their backs, during the time of extreme heat, and protect themselves from the sun by the shade of their feet” 😆 Loved researching Pliny the Elder for our episode on him!
August 13, 2025 at 11:44 PM
India is apparently also home to sciapods which “are in the habit of lying on their backs, during the time of extreme heat, and protect themselves from the sun by the shade of their feet” 😆 Loved researching Pliny the Elder for our episode on him!
Happy birthday to Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey! Her refusal to approve thalidomide in the US for treating pregnant women saved countless babies and their families from hardship and heartache. Listen to her full story on episode 36 of the #podcast www.smartteapodcast.com/frances-oldh...
July 24, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Happy birthday to Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey! Her refusal to approve thalidomide in the US for treating pregnant women saved countless babies and their families from hardship and heartache. Listen to her full story on episode 36 of the #podcast www.smartteapodcast.com/frances-oldh...
The Poison Squad really took one for the team. ☠️ Listen to episode 22 about Dr. Harvey Wiley and the founding the the FDA— now streaming wherever you get you podcasts!
(And we’ll be releasing an episode this week about another scientist in the FDA so it’s the perfect time to get caught up!)
(And we’ll be releasing an episode this week about another scientist in the FDA so it’s the perfect time to get caught up!)
July 9, 2025 at 2:22 AM
The Poison Squad really took one for the team. ☠️ Listen to episode 22 about Dr. Harvey Wiley and the founding the the FDA— now streaming wherever you get you podcasts!
(And we’ll be releasing an episode this week about another scientist in the FDA so it’s the perfect time to get caught up!)
(And we’ll be releasing an episode this week about another scientist in the FDA so it’s the perfect time to get caught up!)
THANK YOU to all of our listeners for helping us reach this #podcast milestone! We are looking forward to bringing you even more stories of incredible scientists throughout history in the future!
May 15, 2025 at 4:32 AM
THANK YOU to all of our listeners for helping us reach this #podcast milestone! We are looking forward to bringing you even more stories of incredible scientists throughout history in the future!
#onthisday we celebrate the birth of Dr. Santiago Ramon y Cajal, the artists, neuroscientist, and Nobel Prize winner. We covered his story on episode 30 of the Smart Tea podcast, now streaming wherever you like to listen!
May 1, 2025 at 7:14 PM
#onthisday we celebrate the birth of Dr. Santiago Ramon y Cajal, the artists, neuroscientist, and Nobel Prize winner. We covered his story on episode 30 of the Smart Tea podcast, now streaming wherever you like to listen!
Happy 125th birthday, Charles Richter! Who would have guessed that is fascination with the stars would have ultimately made him a world famous seismologist? Listen to his full story from childhood to his final legacy on episode 26 of the podcast!
www.smartteapodcast.com/charles-rich...
www.smartteapodcast.com/charles-rich...
April 26, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Happy 125th birthday, Charles Richter! Who would have guessed that is fascination with the stars would have ultimately made him a world famous seismologist? Listen to his full story from childhood to his final legacy on episode 26 of the podcast!
www.smartteapodcast.com/charles-rich...
www.smartteapodcast.com/charles-rich...
Happy Earth Day! Guy Callendar was the first scientist to make the connection that human activity was responsible for climate change. He did this at home, with no fancy lab equipment or grants to fund his research. Want to listen to the whole story? Check out episode 9 of the Smart Tea podcast!
April 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Happy Earth Day! Guy Callendar was the first scientist to make the connection that human activity was responsible for climate change. He did this at home, with no fancy lab equipment or grants to fund his research. Want to listen to the whole story? Check out episode 9 of the Smart Tea podcast!
The alleged bird strike! Another short clip from episode 31. Roxie Laybourne: The Feather Inspector is now streaming wherever you get your podcasts! Or, link to the full episode here www.smartteapodcast.com/roxie-laybou...
April 16, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The alleged bird strike! Another short clip from episode 31. Roxie Laybourne: The Feather Inspector is now streaming wherever you get your podcasts! Or, link to the full episode here www.smartteapodcast.com/roxie-laybou...
Happy #worldquantum day! 🥳 Here is a short clip from episode 28 where we talk about Dr. Elmer S. Imes, the spectroscopist who gave us experimental proof that the rotation of molecules is quantized. Listen to the full episode wherever you get your podcasts!
April 14, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Happy #worldquantum day! 🥳 Here is a short clip from episode 28 where we talk about Dr. Elmer S. Imes, the spectroscopist who gave us experimental proof that the rotation of molecules is quantized. Listen to the full episode wherever you get your podcasts!
The Chicken Cannon! Who knew a 10lb bird could bring down an entire plane? Here's another clip from episode 31 of the #podcast. Listen to Roxie Laybourne: The Feather Inspector now streaming everywhere.
April 13, 2025 at 7:27 AM
The Chicken Cannon! Who knew a 10lb bird could bring down an entire plane? Here's another clip from episode 31 of the #podcast. Listen to Roxie Laybourne: The Feather Inspector now streaming everywhere.
A short snippet from our latest podcast episode on Roxie Laybourne, the forensic ornithologist who used bird feathers to solve crime! Now streaming wherever you get your podcasts! #womeninstem #aviation
April 11, 2025 at 8:44 PM
A short snippet from our latest podcast episode on Roxie Laybourne, the forensic ornithologist who used bird feathers to solve crime! Now streaming wherever you get your podcasts! #womeninstem #aviation
Roxie Laybourne was always interested in #aviation, but as a woman in the 1930s, becoming a pilot was not an option. So, she became an ornithologist at the Smithsonian and started helping the FAA make the skies safer for everyone. Listen to her story now! www.smartteapodcast.com/roxie-laybou...
April 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Roxie Laybourne was always interested in #aviation, but as a woman in the 1930s, becoming a pilot was not an option. So, she became an ornithologist at the Smithsonian and started helping the FAA make the skies safer for everyone. Listen to her story now! www.smartteapodcast.com/roxie-laybou...
Happy #InternationalWomensDay! Did you know we have a playlist on our YouTube channel dedicated to female scientists and innovators? Like Brigitte Askonas, who nurtured countless immunologists. Or Stephanie Kwolek, inventor of Kevlar. Listen to their stories here www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
March 8, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Happy #InternationalWomensDay! Did you know we have a playlist on our YouTube channel dedicated to female scientists and innovators? Like Brigitte Askonas, who nurtured countless immunologists. Or Stephanie Kwolek, inventor of Kevlar. Listen to their stories here www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
I guess that's one way to justify your interest in the occult to your rocket scientist colleagues....
Episode 25 on Jack Parsons, founder of the Jet Propulsion Lab is out now wherever you get your podcasts! www.smartteapodcast.com/jack-parsons
Episode 25 on Jack Parsons, founder of the Jet Propulsion Lab is out now wherever you get your podcasts! www.smartteapodcast.com/jack-parsons
February 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I guess that's one way to justify your interest in the occult to your rocket scientist colleagues....
Episode 25 on Jack Parsons, founder of the Jet Propulsion Lab is out now wherever you get your podcasts! www.smartteapodcast.com/jack-parsons
Episode 25 on Jack Parsons, founder of the Jet Propulsion Lab is out now wherever you get your podcasts! www.smartteapodcast.com/jack-parsons
A short clip from episode 5 about Alice Ball, a brilliant young scientist who figured out a complicated chemistry problem in record time! Listen to the full episode wherever you get your podcasts. #BlackHistoryMonth www.smartteapodcast.com/alice-ball
February 6, 2025 at 8:35 PM
A short clip from episode 5 about Alice Ball, a brilliant young scientist who figured out a complicated chemistry problem in record time! Listen to the full episode wherever you get your podcasts. #BlackHistoryMonth www.smartteapodcast.com/alice-ball
Cataract surgery was revolutionized by Dr. Patricia Bath, a brilliant eye doctor who believed eyesight was a human right.
Listen to her full story on the #podcast! www.smartteapodcast.com/patricia-bath
Listen to her full story on the #podcast! www.smartteapodcast.com/patricia-bath
January 19, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Cataract surgery was revolutionized by Dr. Patricia Bath, a brilliant eye doctor who believed eyesight was a human right.
Listen to her full story on the #podcast! www.smartteapodcast.com/patricia-bath
Listen to her full story on the #podcast! www.smartteapodcast.com/patricia-bath
Celebrating #alberthofmann, the scientist who elucidated LSD! His full story is covered in episode 12 of the podcast: www.smartteapodcast.com/albert-hofmann
January 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Celebrating #alberthofmann, the scientist who elucidated LSD! His full story is covered in episode 12 of the podcast: www.smartteapodcast.com/albert-hofmann
When Guy Callendar discovered that human industrial activity was causing #climate change, he thought it would be BENEFICIAL to the planet. He never could have anticipated the enormous scale of carbon emissions today. Listen to his story on the #podcast www.smartteapodcast.com/guy-callendar
January 9, 2025 at 5:43 PM
When Guy Callendar discovered that human industrial activity was causing #climate change, he thought it would be BENEFICIAL to the planet. He never could have anticipated the enormous scale of carbon emissions today. Listen to his story on the #podcast www.smartteapodcast.com/guy-callendar
Charles Drew played football, baseball, & ran track. He won an athletic scholarship to Amherst, making him one of 13 black students in a school of 600. Yet he ended up going from an athlete to an expert in blood storage and transfusion. Listen to his story here: www.smartteapodcast.com/charles-drew
January 2, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Charles Drew played football, baseball, & ran track. He won an athletic scholarship to Amherst, making him one of 13 black students in a school of 600. Yet he ended up going from an athlete to an expert in blood storage and transfusion. Listen to his story here: www.smartteapodcast.com/charles-drew
All the scientists we've talked about so far in the #podcast have been truly inspiring. From MDMA to climate change to the conservation laws of physics... we've learned quite a bit and we can't wait to keep learning in 2025!
January 2, 2025 at 5:25 AM
All the scientists we've talked about so far in the #podcast have been truly inspiring. From MDMA to climate change to the conservation laws of physics... we've learned quite a bit and we can't wait to keep learning in 2025!
Albert Einstein wrote that Emmy Noether was "the most significant creative mathematical genius thus far produced since the higher education of women began." Episode 7 of the #podcast covers her life story and work in #physics, symmetry, and conservation laws. www.smartteapodcast.com/emmy-noether
December 29, 2024 at 6:46 PM
Albert Einstein wrote that Emmy Noether was "the most significant creative mathematical genius thus far produced since the higher education of women began." Episode 7 of the #podcast covers her life story and work in #physics, symmetry, and conservation laws. www.smartteapodcast.com/emmy-noether
When his first wife died young from TB and his 2nd wife nearly died from typhoid, Elie Metchnikoff started studying #longevity. His research helped us understand #immunity and his hype about #probiotics led to a yogurt craze that's still ongoing! Listen at www.smartteapodcast.com/elie-metchni...
December 23, 2024 at 11:49 PM
When his first wife died young from TB and his 2nd wife nearly died from typhoid, Elie Metchnikoff started studying #longevity. His research helped us understand #immunity and his hype about #probiotics led to a yogurt craze that's still ongoing! Listen at www.smartteapodcast.com/elie-metchni...
Hedy Lamarr epitomizes brains & beauty. During WWII, this Hollywood starlet developed a secure way for ships to launch torpedoes without enemy interference. Her Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum is what we base wireless tech on today! Listen to the #podcast at www.smartteapodcast.com/hedy-lamarr
December 22, 2024 at 6:52 PM
Hedy Lamarr epitomizes brains & beauty. During WWII, this Hollywood starlet developed a secure way for ships to launch torpedoes without enemy interference. Her Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum is what we base wireless tech on today! Listen to the #podcast at www.smartteapodcast.com/hedy-lamarr