Podcasts by MICROCOSM - The hidden worlds of science and history
Discovering the subjects and stories that get unjustly glossed over in life and education, brothers Ross and Jeremy Snyder bring you some of their favorite topics in science and history, from bafflingly brilliant fungi to astonishing revolutions in China. This is a podcast dedicated to the absurd, hilarious, and wondrous details that get left out of high school classes, and the ways that science and history make the world around us.
Further podcasts by Jeremy Snyder and Ross Snyder
Podcast on the topic Naturwissenschaften
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Pyramids and Propaganda from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Join us in learning about Napoleon's conquest of Egypt before his international rise to fame. With everything from mass naval campaigns to vast systems of propaganda, Ross walks us through a little...
ListenThe Story of Stardust from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Jeremy explains the origins of everything- the dramatic story of how an endless expanse of diffuse hydrogen was forged into the complex and dynamic universe of today, all through the thermonuclear ...
ListenHijacking Hiroshima from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Ross describes the unknown past behind the atomic bomb. After the United States dropped the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, most Americans grew used to the idea that we did it to end the war and s...
ListenThe Disappearing Squid from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Jeremy explains some of the mechanisms and mysteries behind one of nature's greatest disappearing acts- the cephalopod. What gives fascinating animals like octopuses and squids the world's mos...
ListenMao's Furnace from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Ross explores the Great Leap Forward in China under Mao Zedong, an unprecedented push for rapid industrialization that turned into utter demographic disaster. One embodiment from this eff...
ListenThe Fungus Among Us from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Jeremy explores the incredible world of fungi. From the trees in your backyard to the ant colonies of Costa Rica, fungi are far more pervasive and complex than just your average mushroom, and play ...
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