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The BrainFood Show

The Twisting, Turning Road That Gave Us the Microwave Oven

The BrainFood Show

Cloud10

Education, History

4.91.6K Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of The BrainFood Show, Simon Whistler dives into the surprising origins of the microwave oven, from Maxwell's electromagnetic waves to WWII radar tech. Dive into the science and history behind this kitchen staple’s unlikely invention! Author: Gilles Messier Host: Simon Whistler Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Just for we get back to today's episode, do you like feeling awake in the evil time of day known as morning?

0:05.0

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0:13.7

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0:18.4

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0:21.5

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0:26.7

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0:31.9

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0:37.0

just popping the

0:37.7

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0:42.3

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0:46.3

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0:49.2

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0:53.1

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1:12.2

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1:15.4

Thanks to AeroPress for sponsoring our show, and now let's get back to it.

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1:23.5

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1:25.5

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1:31.2

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1:36.8

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