Inside the Breakthrough - How Science Comes to Life

By SciMar with Dan Riskin

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In Season 2 of the series we will share a new collection of surprising and unusual stories from the history of science. In each episode we will feature two seemingly unrelated stories from the past. Then, Dan Riskin will connect the dots between those stories and offer insight into how that history impacts modern medical research. We are learning from the past so we can understand the present, and inform the future. Along the way we will learn how a professor at Stanford turned mild mannered young men into cruel vicious prison guards, and how the Irish Potato Famine really had nothing to do with potatoes. We will ask questions such as: “Did we learn the wrong lesson from the sinking of the Titanic?” “How many people did Orson Wells actually fool?” and “What exactly is Maple Syrup Urine Disease?” In these ten episodes we will also follow along with SciMar as they take their breakthrough science into the testing phase. Will the things they discovered in a row of test tubes in the lab be repeatable in real people? And will that prove to be the final cure for type 2 diabetes? So, if you are intrigued by science, get excited about the process of discovery, and want to have the best stories at your next dinner party, this is the show for you. We promise a season full of guinea pigs, Corona beer, shipwrecks, and cobras. -- The series is produced by SciMar, a medical research company developing a new way to detect, treat and cure type 2 diabetes. Rather than insulin from the pancreas, they are focused on hepatalin, a hormone that comes from the liver. We will use historical stories to shine a light on where this modern company is headed.

Episode Date
Spreading the News
Feb 14, 2022
Guinea Pigs
Jan 31, 2022
Follow the Money
Jan 17, 2022
Old Meets New
Jan 03, 2022
Too Much or Too Little?
Dec 13, 2021
Unintended Consequences
Nov 29, 2021
Double Blind
Nov 15, 2021
Tools for Testing
Nov 01, 2021
The Trouble With Trials
Oct 18, 2021
What's in a Name?
Oct 04, 2021
Introducing Season 2
Sep 20, 2021
Bonus Episode – How We Got Here
Sep 01, 2021
Seeing It With Your Own Eyes
May 31, 2021
Going Back to Square One
May 17, 2021
Why Giving It All Away Doesn’t Always Work
May 03, 2021
Generations: What Newton taught Einstein
Apr 19, 2021
When Snake Oil Enters the Courtroom
Apr 05, 2021
Diversity, Leaded Gasoline, and Carjacking
Mar 22, 2021
Why Unpopular Science is Good Science
Mar 08, 2021
Ross Geller and Marie Curie are Outsiders
Feb 22, 2021
How Bad Timing Killed the Electric Car
Feb 08, 2021
Eureka! Before and After
Jan 25, 2021
Introducing, Inside the Breakthrough
Jan 05, 2021