
12 episodes

History Science Theatre Matheatre
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5.0 • 14 Ratings
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Human stories behind science concepts and discoveries - dramatized with original music! Each season features a different historical science story, brought to life by a full cast of musical actors. History Science Theatre Podcast is a production of Matheatre. We use theatre to tell stories that inspire excitement about math and science. www.matheatre.com
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Rosalind Franklin Ep.1: Holes in Coal
Rosalind Franklin, an expert on coal and carbons, leaves her homeland of England to embark on a new opportunity in Paris--where she learns the experimental skill that will change the course of her career.
History Science Theatre Podcast is a production of Matheatre (www.matheatre.com). We use live theatre to tell stories that inspire excitement about math and science.
Patreon.com/matheatre; Facebook.com/MatheatreSTEAM; Instagram: matheatre_steam
Script by Ricky Coates and Sadie Bowman
Music and lyrics by Sadie Bowman
Edited by Ricky Coates
Outtro orchestration by Joe McMorrow
Featuring (in order of appearance):
Sadie Bowman as Rosalind Franklin
Llysa Holland as Adrienne Weill
Andrew Litzky as Jacques Mering
Ricky Coates as Vittorio Luzzati
Llysa Holland and Andrew Litzky are the "artistic instigators" of the Seattle-based company, theater simple. Their podcast, Park Bench, invites people to "have a seat and have chat" and is currently exploring the civic issues of VOTING, CITIZENSHIP and CREATIVITY in their mini-series Covid Conversations. You can find theater simple’s Park Bench podcast on Podbean or at theatersimple.org. They hope you think globally and act locally.
Stay tuned for Episode Two! -
Rosalind Franklin Ep.2: What is Life?
An unexpected visitor leaves Rosalind with a dilemma about the scientific mysteries of biological life...and the series of choices that add up to the life of every individual.
History Science Theatre Podcast is a production of Matheatre (www.matheatre.com). We use live theatre to tell stories that inspire excitement about math and science.
Patreon.com/matheatre; Facebook.com/MatheatreSTEAM; Instagram: matheatre_steam
Script by Ricky Coates and Sadie Bowman;
Music and lyrics by Sadie Bowman;
Edited by Ricky Coates;
Outtro orchestration by Joe McMorrow
Featuring (in order of appearance):
Sadie Bowman as Rosalind Franklin
Ricky Coates as Vittorio Luzzati
Chris Martinez as JT Randall
Chris Martinez is a Seattle-based actor, lover of Irish whiskies and good stories, and all around great friend. You can follow him on Instagram at topher.martinez.
Stay tuned for Episode Three! -
Rosalind Franklin Ep.3: Funny Little Lab
Rosalind's first day at King's College yields quite a few surprises.
History Science Theatre Podcast is a production of Matheatre (www.matheatre.com). We use live theatre to tell stories that inspire excitement about math and science.
Patreon.com/matheatre; Facebook.com/MatheatreSTEAM; Instagram: matheatre_steam
Script by Ricky Coates and Sadie Bowman;
Music and lyrics by Sadie Bowman;
Edited by Ricky Coates;
Outtro orchestration by Joe McMorrow
Featuring (in order of appearance):
Sadie Bowman as Rosalind Franklin
Charlie Borchert as The Opinionated Passerby
Chris Martinez as JT Randall
Alec Schillinger as Raymond Gosling
Sam Kean as Maurice Wilkins
Charlie Borchert is a member of the Retro-futurist art rock band Bad September, weaving narratives of desire and loss in a steampunk world careening into war. Their latest album, “The Second Opium Wars” tells the story of the Great War between East and West, chronicling the rise and fall of the mighty Transnational Relay and exploring themes of dreams, loss, and mechanization. You can hear this album and more by Bad September at badseptember.bandcamp.com.
Alec Schillinger composes and produces electronic music under the name Companion Jams. You can find Alec on twitter at @CompanionJams and on youtube, soundcloud, and bandcamp! You can even commission Companion Jams for all your original electronic music needs.
Stay tuned for Episode Four! -
Rosalind Franklin Ep.4: A Thirsty Molecule
Rosalind and Gosling make a big discovery about DNA, and get swept up in big conflict in the lab.
History Science Theatre Podcast is a production of Matheatre (www.matheatre.com). We use live theatre to tell stories that inspire excitement about math and science.
Patreon.com/matheatre; Facebook.com/MatheatreSTEAM; Instagram: matheatre_steam
Script by Ricky Coates and Sadie Bowman;
Music and lyrics by Sadie Bowman;
Edited by Ricky Coates;
Outtro orchestration by Joe McMorrow
Featuring (in order of appearance):
Sadie Bowman as Rosalind Franklin
Alec Schillinger as Raymond Gosling
Sam Kean as Maurice Wilkins
Chris Martinez as JT Randall
Sam Kean is the New York Times bestselling author of five pop science books--including The Disappearing Spoon, The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons, The Violinist's Thumb, Caesar's Last Breath and The Bastard Brigade. He is also the host of The Disappearing Spoon podcast, presenting topsy-turvy real life science stories where the footnotes become the story. Find The Disappearing Spoon podcast at www.samkean.com/podcast.
Stay tuned for Episode Five! -
Rosalind Franklin Ep.5: Base Pairs
Amid escalating tensions at Kings College, a pair of visitors throw a twist into Rosalind's research.
History Science Theatre Podcast is a production of Matheatre (www.matheatre.com). We use live theatre to tell stories that inspire excitement about math and science.
Patreon.com/matheatre; Facebook.com/MatheatreSTEAM; Instagram: matheatre_steam
Script by Ricky Coates and Sadie Bowman;
Music and lyrics by Sadie Bowman;
Edited by Ricky Coates;
Outtro orchestration by Joe McMorrow
Featuring (in order of appearance):
Sadie Bowman as Rosalind Franklin
Alec Schillinger as Raymond Gosling
Sam Kean as Maurice Wilkins
Joe McMorrow as Francis Crick
Marc Gutman as James Watson
Marc Gutman is a former math teacher and co-founder of Matheatre (along with Sadie Bowman). Marc’s parody songs about Calculus back in the mid-2000s launched a thousand ships, including this one.
Joe McMorrow collaborates with Marc on Matheatre’s sister project, icanhasmath. Together Marc and Joe have produced an expansive repertoire of math songs, available at icanhasmath.bandcamp.com.
Stay tuned for Episode Six! -
Rosalind Franklin Ep.6: Photograph 51
Rosalind makes some hard choices about her own life as the structure of life itself begins to be revealed.
History Science Theatre Podcast is a production of Matheatre (www.matheatre.com). We use live theatre to tell stories that inspire excitement about math and science.
Patreon.com/matheatre; Facebook.com/MatheatreSTEAM; Instagram: matheatre_steam
Script by Ricky Coates and Sadie Bowman;
Music and lyrics by Sadie Bowman;
Edited by Ricky Coates;
Outtro orchestration by Joe McMorrow
Featuring (in order of appearance):
Sadie Bowman as Rosalind Franklin
Alec Schillinger as Raymond Gosling
Marc Gutman as James Watson
Sam Kean as Maurice Wilkins
Joe McMorrow as Francis Crick
Join us at Patreon.com/matheatre for exclusive materials including historical notes and bonus episodes that delve deeper into the science of the show!
Sadie Bowman and Ricky Coates are the co-artistic directors of Matheatre, using live theatre to tell stories that inspire excitement about math and science. We offer a variety of live, interactive distance learning programs, as well as fully produced touring stage shows (once it's safe to be back out on tour again). Find out how to book us at www.matheatre.com.
Stay tuned for Episode Seven!
Customer Reviews
X-ray crystallography...
...when that’s the phrase your kids are singing to themselves around the house, you know you’ve found something special!! Our whole family LOVED this podcast! We were listening before all the episodes were released and the kids begged us to check -“Is the next one available, yet??” We listened in the car and had great RNA discussions (def a first on that topic!). The humor, song and honestly science presented so they could click in had them hooked. Awesome!
I laughed. I cried. I learned.
Historical scientific storytelling at its finest! The musicality had me tapping my toes every episode. Thank you Matheatre for revealing the whole story behind one of the world’s most important scientists, in such an entertaining way.
An entertaining and educational audio drama, with music!
I listen to lots of educational podcasts, and lots of audio dramas. But this one is a musical in addition to all that! Very cool.