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Podcast Profile: Unsung Science

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46 episodes
2021 to 2023
Median: 39 minutes
Collection: Science


Description (podcaster-provided):

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.


Themes and summary (AI-generated based on podcaster-provided show and episode descriptions):

➤ origin stories of inventions • space exploration and planetary defense • climate, conservation, sustainable tech • internet, AI, deepfakes, digital standards • health, genetics, vaccines, wearables, placebo science • accessibility innovations

This podcast tells behind-the-scenes origin stories of notable breakthroughs in science and technology, with host David Pogue focusing on how big ideas move from concept to real-world impact. Across the episodes, creators, engineers, researchers, and industry leaders explain the inspirations, experiments, setbacks, and unexpected compromises that shaped inventions and discoveries people now encounter in everyday life.

A major thread is modern computing and consumer technology: how large-scale digital services operate, how standards and interfaces become universal, and how online trust is threatened and defended through approaches to misinformation, deepfakes, and automated abuse. The show also looks at how data and machine learning are applied in areas like mapping, accessibility, and health monitoring.

Another recurring theme is transportation and aerospace engineering, from electric aviation and space exploration to planetary defense. Listeners hear about the design constraints, testing regimes, and operational realities involved in high-stakes systems, including ambitious space instruments and novel flight platforms.

Health and biology stories examine how scientific advances translate into medicine and public benefit, including genetics, vaccine development, placebo effects, and the use of DNA databases in forensic investigations. Environmental and climate-related episodes explore practical interventions—from shipping and plastics to conservation technologies, water security, biodiversity restoration, and preparedness for climate-driven disasters.

The series also occasionally moves into adjacent “applied science” domains such as language construction and modern music production, emphasizing how tools and technique intersect with human creativity. Overall, the focus is on the people and processes behind advances, not just the end results.


Episodes:
Episode Image Grand Finale: A Pop Song is Born
2023-Dec-08
52 minutes
Episode Image Electric Planes Take Off
2023-Nov-24
40 minutes
Episode Image Genetics, Votes, and Colin Firth
2023-Nov-10
41 minutes
Episode Image How Does Google Maps Do It?
2023-Oct-26
32 minutes
Episode Image How Cool Tech is Saving the Whales
2023-Oct-13
40 minutes
Episode Image How the Webb Telescope Sees Back in Time
2023-Sep-29
43 minutes
Episode Image Inside Elon Musk's Brain
2023-Sep-16
39 minutes
Episode Image Screaming Babies, Noise Canceling, and You
2023-Sep-01
41 minutes
Episode Image The Pulse-Pounding Origin Story of USB-C
2023-Aug-18
44 minutes
Episode Image CeCe Moore Cracks Cold Cases with Genealogy
2023-Aug-04
43 minutes
Episode Image What if Placebos ARE the Medicine?
2023-Jul-21
34 minutes
Episode Image The Man Who Invented QR Codes
2023-Jul-07
37 minutes
Episode Image Inside the Lost Titanic Sub: An Update
2023-Jun-23
46 minutes
Episode Image How Doug Lindsay Invented His Own Surgery
2023-Jun-09
41 minutes
Episode Image The Power of an Empty Metal Box
2023-May-26
39 minutes
Episode Image From Klingon to Dothraki: Constructed Languages for Hollywood
2023-May-12
39 minutes
Episode Image The Million-Dollar Toothpaste Tube
2023-Apr-28
41 minutes
Episode Image The Rewilded Farm
2023-Mar-31
37 minutes
Episode Image NASA Redirects an Asteroid
2023-Mar-17
35 minutes
Episode Image How They Found the Shipwreck Endurance
2023-Mar-03
43 minutes
Episode Image Deepfakes: Big Tech Fights Back
2023-Feb-17
31 minutes
Episode Image The Mars Helicopter That Would Not Die
2023-Feb-03
50 minutes
Episode Image ChatGPT and the End of Writing
2023-Jan-20
35 minutes
Episode Image Introducing: Season 2 of Unsung Science with David Pogue
2023-Jan-13
4 minutes
Episode Image Back to Titanic Part 2
2022-Dec-19
38 minutes
Episode Image Back to Titanic Part 1
2022-Nov-27
40 minutes
Episode Image The Secret of Baby Carrots
2022-Nov-20
30 minutes
Episode Image How Impossible Meats Might Save the Earth
2022-Feb-11
40 minutes
Episode Image The Man Who Stopped the Spammers
2022-Feb-04
32 minutes
Episode Image Where Emoji Come From
2022-Jan-28
36 minutes
Episode Image How the Fitbit Knows You're Dreaming
2022-Jan-21
36 minutes
Episode Image Subtitles for the Blind
2022-Jan-14
52 minutes
Episode Image Chainsaws, Women, and the Cape Town Drought
2022-Jan-07
40 minutes
Episode Image How to Prepare for Wildfires
2021-Dec-31
59 minutes
Episode Image Where to Live in the Climate-Change Era
2021-Dec-24
60 minutes
Episode Image Leap Seconds, Smear Seconds, and the Slowing of the Earth
2021-Dec-17
39 minutes
Episode Image How the Cellphone was Born: Three Months of Craziness
2021-Dec-10
37 minutes
Episode Image How Apple and Microsoft Built the Seeing-Eye Phone
2021-Dec-03
49 minutes
Episode Image How to Prepare for Climate Change: Intro
2021-Nov-26
7 minutes
Episode Image Who Makes the Fake Languages for Hollywood?
2021-Nov-19
39 minutes
Episode Image How NASA's $2 Billion Rover Landed Itself on Mars: "Seven Minutes of Terror"
2021-Nov-12
43 minutes
Episode Image Tornado Alley is Shifting Eastward—and We're Not Ready
2021-Nov-05
34 minutes
Episode Image Audio Deepfakes and the End of Trust
2021-Oct-29
45 minutes
Episode Image How We Almost Blew the Vaccine
2021-Oct-22
41 minutes
Episode Image What Happened to the Mosquitoes in Fresno?
2021-Oct-15
38 minutes
Episode Image Introducing: Unsung Science with David Pogue
2021-Sep-27
3 minutes