Best history of science podcasts?

November 19, 2014 10:04 AM

I'm looking for a really great history of science or weird science podcast(s)!

I love podcasts to death. And lately I've been on a big "weird science history" kick. I love odd out-of-the-way corners of history, like the Bone Wars and the history of self-experimentation and the Soviet biological weapons programme. Unfortunately, I don't have as much time to read books and play around on Wikipedia as I'd like at the moment. Are there podcasts out there that will scratch this itch? They don't have to be currently producing- I'm happy to dig back through the archives if I need to!

Things I already listen to and adore:
Stuff You Missed in History Class (and all the other Stuff podcasts)
Sawbones
Distillations: Stories of Science & Culture
Mysterious Universe
In Our Time
Engines of Our Ingenuity
99% Invisible
The Memory Palace
To the Best of Our Knowledge
The Why Factor
No Such Thing as a Fish
Radiolab

Thanks everyone!

posted by WidgetAlley to Media & Arts (3 answers total)

Best answer: The Life Scientific is often fascinating.
posted by HoraceH at 10:45 AM on November 19, 2014 [1 favorite]

Best answer: These generally cover science present and future, but sometimes the past:

• Inquiring Minds
• Discovery
• The Naked Scientists

Discovery's recent programme about the Moon is well worth listening to.
posted by amestoy at 2:10 PM on November 19, 2014

Best answer: Not weird stuff, but CBC's How to think about science is, with a few exceptions, really really good. But it does have more of a philosophical / "science about science" bent to it.
posted by Pyrogenesis at 2:13 PM on November 19, 2014