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In this episode Dr. Emma Nagouse (You're Dead To Me) and Dan Smith (Bastille) are talking about scientific genius and double Nobel Prize-winner Marie Curie, who inspired Dan's somewhat accurate song Marie & Polonium, which you can hear on Bastille Presents... \"&\": https://bastille.lnk.to/ampersandstore.


Rejected by her country, she named her (first) world-changing discovery after it; rejected by the academic establishment, she won two Nobel Prizes. But just how brilliant WAS she?


(This episode contains a potentially upsetting description of Pierre Curie's death.)


You can find out more about all the people we're talking about in this series at ampersand.bastillebastille.com.


Say hello at muses@leadmojo.co.uk.


Muses: An Ampersand Podcast is presented by Dan Smith and Dr. Emma Nagouse. The researcher was Genevieve Johnson, and it was produced by Dr. Emma Nagouse and Ed Morrish for Lead Mojo productions.


Cover photography by Bo Morgan, taken at the Walker Art Gallery, in Liverpool

Cover design by Chris Barker

Episode artwork by Harriet Bruce

Recorded at Plosive Studios

Mixed by Miles Wheway


Thanks to Dr. Melissa Gustin for arranging the location for the cover art, and to Moira Mack and Charlie Barnes for their help with the jingle


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