EPISODE · Apr 20, 2026 · 10 MIN
The Million-Dollar Mistake That Saved Your Life
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A lab technician's careless contamination in 1928 accidentally created the world's first antibiotic—but the real story is how we almost threw penicillin away three times before realizing what we had. From moldy petri dishes to mass production miracles, discover how humanity's greatest medical breakthrough happened despite our best efforts to ignore it. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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A lab technician's careless contamination in 1928 accidentally created the world's first antibiotic—but the real story is how we almost threw penicillin away three times before realizing what we had. From moldy petri dishes to mass production miracles, discover how humanity's greatest medical breakthrough happened despite our best efforts to ignore it.
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