Radiolab is an NPR show with an odd pacing, and that's saying something when I - a confirmed fan of This American Life - say that it's got an odd pacing.
Each week they tell three or so stories with a unifying theme. In this episode, the theme is the elements. There's a series of element poems, a story about lithium and its effect on the brain, a quick interview with Derek Mueller about the origin of the elements (along the line of the most astounding fact), an interesting use of carbon, and the search for subatomic particles.
The ties aren't as perfectly scientific, but they're exploring some interesting aspects of compounds, so I'll recommend it.
There's also the shorter Radiolab excerpt about Mendeleev's periodic table of the elements and Oliver Sacks's collection.
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