Introducing: Unsung Science with David Pogue
Unsung Science
CBS News
4.9 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 27 September 2021
⏱️ 4 minutes
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The untold stories of mind-blowing achievements in science and tech. Host David Pogue takes you behind the scenes into the worlds of the people who’ve built the best in transportation, entertainment, food, Hear the untold stories of mind-blowing achievements in science and tech. Host David Pogue, five-time Emmy winner and “CBS Sunday Morning” correspondent, takes you behind the scenes into the worlds of the people who’ve built the best in transportation, entertainment, food, internet, and health. Creators reveal their inspirations and roadblocks they encountered in bringing their breakthroughs to the public.internet, and health.
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| 0:25.3 | up on the latest episodes without the ads. For two decades FBI agent Robert Hansen |
| 0:31.0 | sold secrets to the Kremlin. He violated everything that my FBI stood for. Hansen was the most |
| 0:37.0 | damaging spy in FBI history and his betrayals didn't end there. Do I hate him? No, I don't |
| 0:42.2 | hate anyone. But his motive, I would love to know what his true motive so I can get that out of me. |
| 0:48.6 | How did he do it? Why? Follow agent of betrayal to double life of Robert Hansen wherever you |
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| 1:01.4 | If anything has got a chance of solving the world's problems, it's science and technology. |
| 1:06.6 | So the next time there's a coronavirus, we'll have the vaccine made to stop the next pandemic. |
| 1:13.4 | And every breakthrough was the result of somebody doing the breaking through. |
| 1:18.2 | Let's say you've got a billion dollar interbank loan. You're charging interest by the microsecond. |
| 1:24.8 | The earth is slowing down. It actually makes a difference. |
| 1:28.4 | This is Unsung Science, where we tell the untold creation stories behind the most mind-blowing |
| 1:35.4 | advances in science and tech from the characters involved. From their first inspiration to the times |
| 1:42.2 | they almost gave up. The origins of the mRNA vaccine told by the scientist who was demoted for |
| 1:49.0 | suggesting the idea. Nobody invited us, nobody cared and I didn't get funding. We have to thank |
| 1:55.8 | those people who showed me the door, kicked me around without them. I don't think that there would |
| 2:01.0 | be Pfizer vaccine. The linguist whose full-time job is creating fake languages for Hollywood movies |
| 2:07.4 | and shows, like Game of Thrones. The vocabulary of Dothraki is very thematic. Bring to me foregoats. |
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