Distillations | Science History Institute
Hosted by Alexis Pedrick · Science History Institute
4.5from 134 ratings
- 373
- Episodes
- 8
- Transcribed
- 134
- Ratings
- Monthly
- Cadence
- 2007
- First episode
About Distillations | Science History Institute
Distillations is the Science History Institute's critically acclaimed flagship podcast. We take deep dives into stories that range from the serious to the eccentric, all to help listeners better understand the surprising science that is all around us. Hear about everything from the crisis in Alzheimer's research to New England's 19th-century vampire panic in compelling, sometimes-funny, documentary-style audio stories.
- Publisher
- Science History Institute
- Category
- history · science
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 14 Dec 2007
- Latest episode
- 13 Oct 2026
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8 of 373 episodes have a transcript.
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Chasing Shiny Things
Published 13 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Farmers typically relied upon debt and they're constantly repaying loans with money that is worth more than the money that they borrowed when deflation takes place. Imagine you're a farmer and you take out a loan for $100 to buy seeds. But then deflation happens and the price of the crops you're selling drops. You still have to pay back the original $100 But now you can only sell your crops for $70. This created a lot of anxiety. So some people started thinking about how silver could help. Because silver might not be as valuable as gold, but there's a lot more of it. What about a system where the paper currency was backed by both gold and silver? […]
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- 4.5 / 5
- 94 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.6 / 5
- 40 ratings
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