Unsung Science

By: CBS News
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  • Hear the untold stories of mind-blowing achievements in science and tech. “CBS Sunday Morning” correspondent and six-time Emmy winner David Pogue takes you behind the scenes into the creation stories of the world’s greatest advances and the people behind them. From transportation, food, space, internet, and health, creators reveal their inspirations and roadblocks they encountered in bringing their breakthroughs to the public. Hear all-new episodes of the award-winning Unsung Science podcast every other Friday.
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Episodes
  • Grand Finale: A Pop Song is Born

    Grand Finale: A Pop Song is Born
    Dec 8 2023

    In the days of old, creating a song required a composer, a lyricist, an arranger, a recording engineer, a band or orchestra. Today, in the pop world, a single person often handles those jobs in a single studio. In this extraordinary episode, you’ll hear two-time Grammy winner Oak Felder create a new song, in real time, start to finish—and you’ll gain incredible insight into how technology and talent team up to produce art.

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    49 mins
  • Electric Planes Take Off

    Electric Planes Take Off
    Nov 24 2023

    Planes contribute 9% of the world’s carbon pollution, but electrifying them has always seemed impossible; batteries have never been powerful or light enough to carry themselves. But in 2023, batteries reached a tipping point in power and weight. Beta Technologies, based in Vermont, is flying its six-passenger vertical-takeoff airplanes every day. David Pogue was there at takeoff.

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    36 mins
  • Genetics, Votes, and Colin Firth

    Genetics, Votes, and Colin Firth
    Nov 10 2023

    The U.S. has fallen into polarized, partisan, political bickering. Online, liberals and conservatives seem to despise each other. But nobody seems to stop to ask: How did we get our liberal and conservative views in the first place? We formed our opinions by carefully weighing the issues and thoughtfully choosing a stance, right? Well, no; turns out over half of our political leanings are determined, incredibly, by our genes. In this episode: How we figured that out, and what it means for our future.

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    38 mins

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Science the news reports overlooked

Have been watching David on CBS Sunday Morning for years. Now get to enjoy his podcasts. If your interested in science you'll love these stories.

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This was Great. It should be put out there for all those people that think the COVID vac. Came out too fast. 15 years in development isn’t fast.
Thanks to these two scientists for all their work.

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SUPERBLY ENTERTAINING, SNEAKILY INFORMATIVE ❣️

I WISH THIS COULD REPLACE THE NIGHTLY NEWS. DAVID POGUE MAKES LEARNING STUFF YOU REALLY OUGHT TO PAY ATTENTION TO SO ENTERTAINING THAT YOU DON'T REALIZE THAT HE'S SNUCK IN IMPORTANT INFORMATION UNTIL IT'S OVER, AND HE ALWAYS LEAVES YOU WANTING MORE. (THESE PODCASTS REALLY SHOULD LAST MORE THAN 5 MINUTES EACH -- OH! WAIT!)
His Preview of his new book, "How to Prepare for Climate Change" brought the future to the present in an eye popping way. (I just grabbed a copy.) This is a must read, especially for anyone contemplating pulling up stakes and heading somewhere else in the near future. We're taking his advise and heading for Switzerland ( just as soon as we get our hands on the winning Lotto.) His "iPhone Unlocked" and "Mac Unlocked" are household bibles in our home.

Every one who loves the Sify/Fantasy genre will especially enjoy the podcast on invented languages for the big and small screens.

But every episode is a gem! Pogue has a voice made for story telling and is fun to listen to while doing boring chores or just unwinding (some yarn).

If you find yourself enjoying them, please leave a great review so that there will be a Season 2. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👍❣️

If You've never seen him you can tune into his segments on CBS Sunday Morning.

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