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Dr. Vamsee Thalluri presents Break Through, where we tell the stories behind the medical breakthroughs that change the world. Each episode dives into a single breakthrough: a drug, a discovery, a technology. And you'll get the medicine too, but only what you need to make the story land. Most of the things that quietly shape your life didn't arrive with fireworks. They arrived by accident, by mistake – or because one person, often in the wrong place at the wrong time, refused to accept 'this is just how it is'. None of it was inevitable. And that's the point. Some breakthroughs are ...

In Season 2 of the series we will share a new collection of surprising and unusual stories from the history of science. In each episode we will feature two seemingly unrelated stories from the past. Then, Dan Riskin will connect the dots between those stories and offer insight into how that history impacts modern medical research. We are learning from the past so we can understand the present, and inform the future. Along the way we will learn how a professor at Stanford turned mild mannered young men into cruel vicious prison guards, and how the Irish Potato Famine really had nothing to do ...

Beautiful Mistakes explores how some of humanity's most revolutionary innovations emerged not from careful planning but from errors, accidents, and unexpected results. Hosted by Ezra Wade, each episode examines a pivotal "mistake" that transformed science, medicine, or technology, forever changing how we live. Through Wade's signature blend of historical insight and wry commentary, the series celebrates the role of serendipity in human progress and reveals how being wrong in the right way can sometimes be more valuable than being right. From the laboratory to the bedroom, these stories ...