Inside the Breakthrough - How Science Comes to Life
SciMar with Dan Riskin
4.6from 96 ratings
- 28
- Episodes
- 96
- Ratings
- 2021
- First episode
About Inside the Breakthrough - How Science Comes to Life
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.
- Publisher
- SciMar with Dan Riskin
- Category
- history · science · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 25 Jan 2021
- Latest episode
- 20 Feb 2025
Latest episodes
28 episodes in the feed.
20 Feb 2025
Give it All Away (Best of for 2025)
13 Feb 2025
Seeing it Firsthand (Best of for 2025)
6 Feb 2025
Money Matters (Best of for 2025)
Who has been a guest on Inside the Breakthrough - How Science Comes to Life
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- DAN RISKIN
- Dr Wayne Lautt
- Jennefer Nepinak
- Dr Jason Fung
- Dr Seema Nagpal
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.6 / 5
- 96 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 30 / 100
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- 39
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 51
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