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
Recent Episodes
DEC 9, 2021
The Impossible Picture
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 black hole.
64 MIN
SEP 27, 2021
Introducing: Work Check
Introducing a new podcast from our friends at Atlassian
21 MIN
APR 30, 2021
The Helplessly Human Doctor
The man who changed our understanding of disorders of the brain was a man who couldn't recognize faces himself.
67 MIN
FEB 18, 2021
The Lifesaving Bean
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 have done...if society had let him.
59 MIN
FEB 11, 2021
The Half-Walnut of Pus
Greg tells Maren a (rather gross) story of pus, pox parties, and… cuckoos?
61 MIN
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