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December 12, 2016 16 mins

Rita Levi-Montalcini worked with homemade tools in her bedroom laboratory when she and her family were forced into hiding during World War II. The findings from her bedroom lab were the beginning of her Nobel-winning research and life obsession.

Music in this episode:
Illway by Blue Dot Sessions
Pineapple by Podington Bear
New England is Interesting by BOPD
Poppyseed by Podington Bear
Sunset Part 2 by Podington Bear
Wonder Cycle by Chris Zabriskie
Uneasy by Blue Dot Sessions
Cylinder Two by Chris Zabriskie
Books by Jahzzar
Danse Morialta by Kevin MacLeod
Autumn Fields by Lee Rosevere
Golden by Little Glass Men
Silver Felt (Instrumental) by Loch Lomond

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