Smart Tea

It's football season! Arpita tells the story of a pathologist who publicized some of the dangers facing NFL players. Come for the football, stay for Dr. Omalu's surprising motives.  Support the show For more information and sources for this episode, visit https://www.smartteapodcast.com. 

Are rats and spiders actually scary or have you just been conditioned to think so? Aarati tells the story of a controversial psychologist whose "Little Albert" experiment on fear went a bit too far.  Support the show For more information and sources for this episode, visit https://www.smartteapodcast.com. 

Ozempic and Wegovy are everywhere, but there is one scientist who has been left out of all the news articles. Arpita tells the story of a female immigrant scientist whose discoveries were the key in creating these wonder drugs.  Support the show For more information and sources for this episode, visit https://www.smartteapodcast.com. 

One person’s curiosity can change the world! Aarati tells the story of a grade school dropout whose drive to learn how things work resulted in the invention of the microwave oven.  Support the show For more information and sources for this episode, visit https://www.smartteapodcast.com. 

Arpita is back with another story in the series on psychedelics. MDMA has an interesting history, but could it have a future in mental health treatment as well?  Support the show For more information and sources for this episode, visit https://www.smartteapodcast.com. 

Blood transfusions were a risky business until this athlete turned surgeon came along. Aarati tells the story of a literal bloody genius! Support the show For more information and sources for this episode, visit https://www.smartteapodcast.com. 

True crime, anyone?! Arpita tells the story of a brilliant physicist who disappeared under mysterious circumstances. Support the show For more information and sources for this episode, visit https://www.smartteapodcast.com. 

You don't need to be a doctor to save lives! Aarati goes into the life of a headstrong fashion designer-turned-chemist, who created polymer based fabrics like spandex, polyester, and Kevlar. Support the show For more information and sources for this episode, visit https://www.smartteapodcast.com. 

An unlikely chemist makes an even unlikelier discovery. Arpita tells the story of how Albert Hofmann brought LSD (and a very memorable bicycle ride) to the western world.  Support the show For more information and sources for this episode, visit https://www.smartteapodcast.com. 

We're heating things up! Aarati tells the story of the pharmacist who created a scale to rate the spiciness of chili peppers.  Support the show For more information and sources for this episode, visit https://www.smartteapodcast.com. 

How did dogs become our best friends? For our 10th episode, Aarati tells the story of Dmitri Belyaev, a Soviet scientist who used foxes to uncover the mysteries of domestication. Support the show For more information and sources for this episode, visit https://www.smartteapodcast.com. 

Who says you need a fancy lab to do science? Aarati tells the story of the man who showed human activity was influencing the climate from the comfort of his own home.  Support the show For more information and sources for this episode, visit https://www.smartteapodcast.com. 

Arpita tells the story of one of the most glamorous movie stars of the early 20th century whose invention changed the way we communicate and laid the foundation for Wi-Fi.   Support the show For more information and sources for this episode, visit https://www.smartteapodcast.com. 

Meet the female mathematician who Einstein thought was a genius! Aarati takes a stab at explaining Noether’s Theorem and the underlying mathematical symmetries of our universe. Support the show For more information and sources for this episode, visit https://www.smartteapodcast.com. 

Is there a way to stay forever young? Arpita tells the story of a Nobel Prize winning scientist who uncovered the truth about our immune system and chased immortality.  Support the show For more information and sources for this episode, visit https://www.smartteapodcast.com. 

HERstory prevailed! Aarati tells the story of a young chemist who extracted a treatment for leprosy and only received credit for her achievement decades after her mysterious death.  Support the show For more information and sources for this episode, visit https://www.smartteapodcast.com. 

Arpita tells the story of a scientist and inventor who kept her EYES on the prize! She crashed through glass ceilings while staying true to her roots.  Support the show For more information and sources for this episode, visit https://www.smartteapodcast.com. 

DON'T break a leg... especially in the Victorian Era. Aarati tells the story of the surgeon who revolutionized medical care with his antiseptic method.  Support the show For more information and sources for this episode, visit https://www.smartteapodcast.com. 

Hyenas and dinosaurs and bears, oh my! Arpita tells the story of the eccentric clergyman who wrote the first account of a dinosaur fossil and laid the foundations of geology and paleontology. Support the show For more information and sources for this episode, visit https://www.smartteapodcast.com. 

We're starting out with a BANG! In our very first episode, Aarati tells the story of the man who invented dynamite and used the fortune he made to found the Nobel Prizes.  Support the show For more information and sources for this episode, visit https://www.smartteapodcast.com. 

Welcome to the Smart Tea Podcast! Support the show For more information and sources for this episode, visit https://www.smartteapodcast.com.