Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science

<p><em>The Disappearing Spoon</em>, a <a href= "https://www.sciencehistory.org/news/the-disappearing-spoon">podcast collaboration</a> between the Science History Institute and <em>New York Times</em> best-selling author Sam Kean, returns for its second season on October 5, 2021.</p> <p>To celebrate, our producer, Rigoberto Hernandez, sat down with Kean to talk about his new book <em>The Icepick Surgeon: Murder, Fraud, Sabotage Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science</em>. This interview is a great companion piece for <em>The Disappearing Spoon</em> series since some of the stories in the book relate directly to some of the stories in the upcoming season.</p> <p>In this interview Kean talks about some of the case studies in his book, including how Thomas Edison shifted his ethics on the death penalty because of a grudge, how a part-time chemist from Philadelphia became an unlikely spy, and how an American doctor purposefully infected people in Guatemala with venereal diseases—all in the name of science.</p> <p>Hosts: <a href= "https://www.sciencehistory.org/profile/alexis-j-pedrick">Alexis Pedrick</a> and <a href= "https://www.sciencehistory.org/profile/elisabeth-berry-drago">Elisabeth Berry Drago</a><br /> Senior Producer: <a href= "https://www.sciencehistory.org/profile/mariel-carr">Mariel Carr</a><br /> Producer: <a href= "https://www.sciencehistory.org/profile/rigoberto-hernandez">Rigoberto Hernandez</a><br /> Audio Engineer: <a href="http://jamesmorrison.pressfolios.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">J</a><a href= "https://www.podbrain.org/">onathan Pfeffer</a></p>