CREDITS

Special thanks to Hilary Domush, Mat Savelli, and Audra Wolfe for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.

distillations@chemheritage.org (Chemical Heritage Foundation) — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 23:04:41 +0000

Today we welcome back author Sam Kean to discuss the secrets and surprises contained in our DNA. He talks to Distillations’ executive producer Jennifer Dionisio.

SHOW CLOCK

00:00 Opening Credits

00:31 Introduction

01:33 Interview: The Violinist’s Thumb

11:44 Closing Credits

CREDITS

Special thanks to Jennifer Dionisio for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.

distillations@chemheritage.org (Chemical Heritage Foundation) — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 08:00:00 +0000

We bring you some of our favorite segments from past Distillations episodes this week: mesmerism, the impacts of climate change, and why its chic to be a geek..

SHOW CLOCK

00:00 Opening Credits

00:32 Introduction

00:44 Mesmerism

04:30 Extreme Effects: Chad and Bangladesh

08:42 Upping STEM's Cool Factor

14:21 Closing Credits

CREDITS

Special thanks to Michal Meyer, Jennifer Dionisio, and Esther D'Amico for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.

Episode 126: Best of Distillations #7

distillations@chemheritage.org (Chemical Heritage Foundation) — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 08:00:00 +0000

We bring you some of our favorite segments from past Distillations episodes this week: Palmer the Poisoner, medicinal maggots, and the placebo effect.

SHOW CLOCK

00:00 Opening Credits

00:32 Introduction

00:49 Palmer the Poisoner

04:15 Maggots

07:09 Modern Placebos: A Necessary Hoax?

12:31 Closing Credits

CREDITS

Special thanks to Jim Voelkel, Margaret E. Wood, and Josh Kurz for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.

Episode 125: Chem-moo-stry

distillations@chemheritage.org (Chemical Heritage Foundation) — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 08:00:00 +0000

Today the Distillations team delves into the weird and wonderful world of its favorite barnyard animal: the cow. First find out why so few populations are lactose tolerant. Then take a literal peek inside the body of one of these creatures.

SHOW CLOCK

00:00 Opening Credits

00:41 Introduction

01:31 Lactose Intolerance

05:40 Porthole Cows

12:50 Closing Credits

CREDITS

Special thanks to Zoe Sullivan and Sarah Hunter for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.

Episode 124: Our Chemical Landscape – The Suburb

distillations@chemheritage.org (Chemical Heritage Foundation) — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 08:00:00 +0000

Today we continue the four-part series: Our Chemical Landscape. These shows look at how science has shaped the city, the suburb, the farm, and the wild. This episode is about the suburb, and how its residents' transportation needs have evolved in the past century.

SHOW CLOCK

00:00 Opening Credits

01:00 Introduction

02:10 History of the Suburb: Electric Cars

05:54 Future of the Suburb: Mass Transit in Austin, TX

13:50 Closing Credits

CREDITS

Special thanks to Lindsay Patterson and Anne Fredrickson for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.

Episode 123: Under the Sea

distillations@chemheritage.org (Chemical Heritage Foundation) — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 08:00:00 +0000

Today Distillations welcomes guest producer Ari Daniel Shapiro, host of the podcast Ocean Gazing, who takes us on a tour of the ocean, revealing how optics can evaluate long-term changes in the oceanic environment and the effects of carbon dioxide on coral reefs.

SHOW CLOCK

00:00 Opening Credits

00:40 Introduction

01:22 CO2 vs. Coral Reefs

07:16 Using Optics on Oceans

11:50 Closing Credits

CREDITS

Special thanks to Ari Daniel Shapiro for guest producing this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.

Episode 122: Our Chemical Landscape – The City

distillations@chemheritage.org (Chemical Heritage Foundation) — Fri, 27 May 2011 08:00:00 +0000

In honor of the International Year of Chemistry, today we begin the four-part series Our Chemical Landscape. These shows look at how science has shaped the city, the suburbs, the farm, and the wild. Today's episode is about the city, and the role of energy in shaping its past and future.

SHOW CLOCK

00:00 Opening Credits

00:31 Introduction

01:40 History of the City: Gas Lighting

06:04 Future of the City: Energy Efficiency

16:16 Closing Credits

CREDITS

Special thanks to Kimberly Haas and Michal Meyer for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.

Episode 121: Geek Chic

distillations@chemheritage.org (Chemical Heritage Foundation) — Fri, 13 May 2011 08:00:00 +0000

Today's show wonders if it's becoming chic to be a geek. First, we see how pop culture portrayals of scientists have boosted their reputations with teenagers. Next, we look at the state of science education in the U.S.

SHOW CLOCK

00:00 Opening Credits

00:32 Introduction

00:57 Upping STEM's Cool Factor

06:58 Science Education in the U.S.

10:51 Closing Credits

CREDITS

Special thanks to Esther D'Amico and Tom Tritton for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.

Episode 120: Nuclear Medicine

distillations@chemheritage.org (Chemical Heritage Foundation) — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 08:00:00 +0000

In the midst of Japan's nuclear crisis, it's easy to forget that radioactive isotopes are often employed to save human lives. This week we look at diagnostic and therapeutic applications of nuclear medicine.

SHOW CLOCK

00:00 Opening Credits

00:32 Introduction

01:10 Radioiodine

03:59 Interview with Abass Alavi and Andrew Newberg

10:51 Closing Credits

CREDITS

Special thanks to Hilary Domush, Michal Meyer, and Anne Fredrickson for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.

Episode 119: Climate Change

distillations@chemheritage.org (Chemical Heritage Foundation) — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 08:00:00 +0000

One of this century's great challenges will be mitigating the effects of our steadily warming planet. In today's episode we explore the consequences of our changing climate.

SHOW CLOCK

00:00 Opening Credits

00:32 Introduction

01:11 Extreme Effects: Chad and Bangladesh

05:13 Interview with Susan Solomon

12:24 Closing Credits

CREDITS

Special thanks to Jennifer Dionisio for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.

Episode 118: Placebos

distillations@chemheritage.org (Chemical Heritage Foundation) — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 08:00:00 +0000

This week, we celebrate April Fools' Day with a little medical trickery. First, we learn about Franz Mesmer's questionable 18th-century cures. Next we hear how fooling the brain is sometimes the only way to get accurate scientific results.

SHOW CLOCK

00:00 Opening Credits

00:31 Introduction

01:08 Mesmerism

05:06 Modern Placebos: A Necessary Hoax?

10:27 Closing Credits

CREDITS

Special thanks to Michal Meyer and Josh Kurz for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.

Episode 117: Women's History Month

distillations@chemheritage.org (Chemical Heritage Foundation) — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 08:00:00 +0000

TIn this episode we learn about lesser-known women in the sciences. We start with Dorothy Hodgkin, the third woman to win a Nobel Prize in chemistry, and end with a tour spotlighting important females whose stories are told in CHF's museum.

SHOW CLOCK

00:00 Opening Credits

00:31 Introduction

00:54 Dorothy Hodgkin

03:49 CHF Museum Tour

11:23 Closing Credits

CREDITS

Special thanks to Jennifer Dionisio, Gigi Naglak, and Anne Fredrickson for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.

Episode 116: Crime Fighters

distillations@chemheritage.org (Chemical Heritage Foundation) — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 08:00:00 +0000

From primetime to print, forensic scientists are usually depicted as courtroom heroes, but their real-life work makes for more than a thrilling story. On today's episode we look at how one such scientist sealed the fate of Palmer the Poisoner in the 19th century. Then we speak with forensic scientist Mike Eyring, whose team helped solve the biggest serial murder case in U.S. history.

SHOW CLOCK

00:00 Opening Credits

00:32 Introduction

01:17 Palmer the Poisoner

04:59 Interview with Michael Eyring

13:59 Closing Credits

CREDITS

Special thanks to James Voelkel, Peter O'Dowd, and Esther D'Amico for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.

Episode 115: Black History Month

distillations@chemheritage.org (Chemical Heritage Foundation) — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 08:00:00 +0000

In honor of Black History Month, we reveal the lesser known accomplishments of George Washington Carver, and also pull from our oral history collection the stories of two African-American women fighting to make their way in the chemistry field.

SHOW CLOCK

00:00 Opening Credits

00:32 Introduction

00:57 George Washington Carver

04:01 Oral History: Reatha Clark King and Linda Meade-Tollin

13:59 Closing Credits

CREDITS

Special thanks toHilary Domush and Sarah Hunter for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.

Episode 114: Elements of Expression

distillations@chemheritage.org (Chemical Heritage Foundation) — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 08:00:00 +0000

In this episode we learn about how the mass production of oil paints spawned a new artistic movement and get a tour of artist Dove Bradshaw's studio.

SHOW CLOCK

00:00 Opening Credits

00:32 Introduction

01:43 The Evolution of Oil Paints

04:21 Interview with Dove Bradshaw

11:27Closing Credits

CREDITS

Special thanks to Jennifer Dionisio and Ashley Milne-Tyne for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.

Episode 113: Burning Rubber

distillations@chemheritage.org (Chemical Heritage Foundation) — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 08:00:00 +0000

Rubber has played a shockingly dramatic role in our political and military history. In today's episode we revisit the consequences of the natural rubber shortage during WWII, and how a similar shortage might affect us today.

SHOW CLOCK

00:00 Opening Credits

00:32 Introduction

01:00 Natural vs. Synthetic Rubber

04:12 Interview with Mark Finlay

12:03 Closing Credits

CREDITS

Special thanks to Jennifer Dionisio, Sarah Hunter, and Hilary Domush for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.

Episode 112: Nuclear Power

distillations@chemheritage.org (Chemical Heritage Foundation) — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 08:00:00 +0000

On this episode we learn about the history and future of nuclear power, in the U.S. and abroad.

SHOW CLOCK

00:00 Opening Credits

00:31 Introduction

01:08 History of the Nuclear Power Industry

04:13 Interview with Keith Moser

10:38 Closing Credits

CREDITS

Special thanks to Jennifer Dionisio for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.

Episode 111: A Distillations Carol

distillations@chemheritage.org (Chemical Heritage Foundation) — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 08:00:00 +0000

On this episode we are visited by the ghosts of chemistry's past, present, and future, who teach us about Greek fire, red sludge, and the future of the sun.

SHOW CLOCK

00:00 Opening Credits

00:30 Introduction

00:44 Greek Fire

03:14 Hungarian Red Sludge

09:46 Death of the Sun

13:13 Closing Credits

CREDITS

Special thanks to Stefan Bos, Michal Meyer, and Dana Ricci for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.

Episode 110: Essential Elements - Air

distillations@chemheritage.org (Chemical Heritage Foundation) — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 08:00:00 +0000

This week we continue our four-part series about earth, air, water, and fire. Today’s episode is about air and how the gases in it have been changing ever since Day 1.

SHOW CLOCK

00:00 Opening Credits

00:32 Introduction

01:11 A Brief History of Air

05:14 Breathing Toxic Soup

12:45 Closing Credits

CREDITS

Special thanks to Bob Kenworthy and Jim Burress for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.

Episode 109: East Meets West

distillations@chemheritage.org (Chemical Heritage Foundation) — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 08:00:00 +0000

On today's show we look at the Western perspective of Eastern medicine. First yogic breathing; then acupuncture.

SHOW CLOCK

00:00 Opening Credits

00:27 Introduction

00:59 Acupuncture

03:29 Yogic Breathing

08:25 Closing Credits

CREDITS

Special thanks to Gretchen Cuda and Jennifer Dionisio for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.

Episode 108: Essential Elements - Fire

distillations@chemheritage.org (Chemical Heritage Foundation) — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 08:00:00 +0000

This week we continue our four-part series about earth, air, water, and fire. Today’s episode is about fire and how humans have tried to protect themselves from it.

SHOW CLOCK

00:00 Opening Credits

00:32 Introduction

01:12 Flame Retardants

03:54 Third Degree Burns

12:36 Closing Credits

CREDITS

Special thanks to Anna Boiko-Weyrauch and Victoria Indivero for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.

Episode 107: Medical Gross Out

distillations@chemheritage.org (Chemical Heritage Foundation) — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 08:00:00 +0000

Today’s show will have your skin crawling… literally. In honor of Halloween we bring you a show revealing a scarier (and squirmier) side of science.

SHOW CLOCK

00:00 Opening Credits

00:27 Introduction

00:54 Forensic Anthropology

04:06 A Conversation with Robert Hicks and His Leeches

11:47 Maggots

14:39 Closing Credits

CREDITS

Special thanks to Margaret E. Wood and Michal Meyer for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.

Episode 106: Essential Elements – Water

distillations@chemheritage.org (Chemical Heritage Foundation) — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 08:00:00 +0000

This week we continue our 4-part series about earth, air, water, and fire. Today’s episode is about water and the many ways to ensure it is potable.

SHOW CLOCK

00:00 Opening Credits

00:31 Introduction

01:28 Portable Water Purification

05:24 Desalination Plant on the River Thames

14:01 Closing Credits

CREDITS

Special thanks to Nina Perry and Jennifer Dionisio for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.

Elemental Memoir Lesson Plan

distillations@chemheritage.org (Chemical Heritage Foundation) — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 08:00:00 +0000

Episode 105: Periodic Table Contents

distillations@chemheritage.org (Chemical Heritage Foundation) — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 08:00:00 +0000

In this week’s episode we pay tribute to the periodic table. We talk to Sam Kean, author of the best-selling book The Disappearing Spoon and hear an excerpt from Primo Levi’s book The Periodic Table.

SHOW CLOCK

00:00 Opening Credits

00:31 Introduction

01:21 Interview with Sam Kean

09:28 "Carbon," from The Periodic Table by Primo Levi

12:57 Competition - Elemental Memoir

13:31 Closing Credits

CREDITS

Special thanks to Michal Meyer and Mia Lobel for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.

Episode 104: Essential Elements – Earth

distillations@chemheritage.org (Chemical Heritage Foundation) — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 08:00:00 +0000

This week we begin our four-part series about earth, air, water, and fire. Today’s episode is about earth and the Marcellus Shale.

SHOW CLOCK

00:00 Opening Credits

00:31 Introduction

01:40 The Geologic History of the Marcellus Shale

06:04 The Marcellus Shale Today

13:31 Closing Credits

CREDITS

Special thanks to Michal Meyer and Susan Phillips for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.

distillations@chemheritage.org (Chemical Heritage Foundation) — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 08:00:00 +0000

Episode 99: Summer BBQ

distillations@chemheritage.org (Chemical Heritage Foundation) — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 08:00:00 +0000

Halfway through July, we are just about in the middle of summer. So we thought it would be appropriate to talk about meat and barbecuing in this week’s episode of Distillations.

SHOW CLOCK

00:00 Opening Credits

00:31 Introduction

01:01 Chemical Agent: Papain

03:51 Conversation with Roger Horowitz

09:17 Carcinogens and Grilled Meat

11:22 Closing Credits

CREDITS

Special thanks to Victoria Indivero, Michal Meyer, and James Voelkel for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.

Episode 98: Climate Engineering

distillations@chemheritage.org (Chemical Heritage Foundation) — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 08:00:00 +0000

As atmospheric carbon dioxide increases, does the world have to get hotter? Controlling the earth’s weather and climate is this week’s topic.

SHOW CLOCK

00:00 Opening Credits

00:26 Introduction

01:11 Chemical Agent: Silver Iodide

03:02 Interview: James R. Fleming on Climate Engineering

07:47 Storing Carbon with Phytoplankton

11:19 Closing Credits

CREDITS

Special thanks to Michal Meyer and Hilary Domush for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.

Episode 97: Immortality

distillations@chemheritage.org (Chemical Heritage Foundation) — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 08:00:00 +0000

If you could live forever, would you? Though most believe this to be a hypothetical question, there are some scientific processes that impart eternal life, or something like that, to actual creatures on earth.

distillations@chemheritage.org (Chemical Heritage Foundation) — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:00:00 +0000

This week we’re looking back at some of our favorite Distillations episodes.

SHOW CLOCK

00:00 Opening Credits

00:32 Introduction

00:50 Element of the Week: Platinum

03:03 Making Mauvine

08:30 Mystery Solved! Damascus Steel

11:17 Closing Credits

CREDITS

Special thanks to Hilary Domush and Chi Chan for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.

Episode 38: Best of Distillations #2

distillations@chemheritage.org (Chemical Heritage Foundation) — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:00:00 +0000

We continue to look back at some of our favorite episodes this week at Distillations.

SHOW CLOCK

00:00 Opening Credits

00:31 Introduction

00:48 Element of the Week: Black Bile

02:12 A Conversation with Jackie Duffin

06:44 Chemistry in Your Cupboard: Pop Rocks

08:52 Closing Credits

CREDITS

Special thanks to Erin McLeary, Robert Hicks, and Chi Chan for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.

Episode 36: Olympics

distillations@chemheritage.org (Chemical Heritage Foundation) — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 08:00:00 +0000

Addicted to the Olympics? Take a break from too much video with 12 minutes of audio. On today’s show, we investigate Olympic mysteries, from the flame of the torch to the composition of those so-called gold medals.

SHOW CLOCK

00:00 Opening Credits

00:31 Introduction

01:12 Element of the Week: Gold

03:13 Mystery Solved! The Olympic Torch

06:01 Citizen Air Quality Monitoring

10:43 Quote: Albert Camus

11:03 Closing Credits

CREDITS

Special thanks to Hilary Domush and Andrew Stelzer for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.

Episode 35: Things We Wear

distillations@chemheritage.org (Chemical Heritage Foundation) — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 08:00:00 +0000

This week we discuss the chemistry behind what we wear. Many modern fabrics include synthetic materials, and these synthetics would not be possible without chemistry.

SHOW CLOCK

00:00 Opening Credits

00:31 Introduction

01:00 Element of the Week: Aluminum

03:20 Leather Tanning in India

08:18 Chemistry in Your Cupboard: Pantyhose

11:02 Robert’s Farewell

11:20 Quote: Mark Twain

11:33 Closing Credits

CREDITS

Special thanks to Erin McLeary, Jean Parker, and Jennifer Dionisio for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.

Episode 34: Criminal Chemistry

distillations@chemheritage.org (Chemical Heritage Foundation) — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 08:00:00 +0000

We’re rather fond of chemistry here at Distillations, but even we have to admit that not everyone who’s interested in chemistry is inspired purely by a love of science. On today’s show we explore the uses of chemistry on either side of the law.

SHOW CLOCK

00:00 Opening Credits

00:31 Introduction

01:08 Element of the Week: Arsenic

03:12 A Conversation with Jay Aronson

07:34 Review: Breaking Bad

10:58 Quote: Emma Goldman

11:09 Closing Credits

CREDITS

Special thanks to Jennifer Dionisio for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.

Episode 33: Molecular Gastronomy

distillations@chemheritage.org (Chemical Heritage Foundation) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +0000

The term molecular gastronomy can sound pretentious, but food writer Harold McGee describes it as “the science of deliciousness.” Learn more about the science of food (and deliciousness) in this week’s episode.

SHOW CLOCK

00:00 Opening Credits

00:30 Introduction

01:14 Element of the Week: Bismuth

03:39 Mystery Solved! The Perfect Egg

06:28 Chemistry in the Kitchen: Making Mousse Without Dairy

11:04 Quote: Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

11:19 Closing Credits

CREDITS

Special thanks to Chi Chan for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.

Episode 32: Religious Experience

distillations@chemheritage.org (Chemical Heritage Foundation) — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +0000

There’s an old stereotype that portrays science and religion as inevitably mired in conflict. On today’s show we look past the clichés—evolution and Galileo and all that—for some areas where the two have something constructive to say to each other.

SHOW CLOCK

00:00 Opening Credits

00:32 Introduction

01:01 Element of the Week: Pneuma

03:00 A Conversation with Jackie Duffin

07:55 Mystery Solved! Zombies

10:42 Quote: Albert Einstein

11:02 Closing Credits

CREDITS

Special thanks to Robert Hicks for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.

Episode 31: Motherhood

distillations@chemheritage.org (Chemical Heritage Foundation) — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +0000

What makes motherhood scientific? This week, we try to answer, with a look at motherhood, pregnancy, and science.

SHOW CLOCK

00:00 Opening Credits

00:32 Introduction

01:06 Element of the Week: Curium

03:43 A Conversation with Janet Golden

07:55 Chemistry in Your Cupboard: Home Pregnancy Tests

11:07 Quote: Katharine Whitehorn

11:29 Closing Credits

CREDITS

Special thanks to Erin McLeary for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.

Episode 30: American Chemistry

distillations@chemheritage.org (Chemical Heritage Foundation) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +0000

Chemistry has been part of the American experience ever since the settlers at Jamestown built a lab for blowing glass and assaying metal (you can learn more on our Jamestown episode). Today we celebrate the 4th of July with a tribute to American scientific and technological achievements—and we’ve thrown in some fireworks, just for fun.

SHOW CLOCK

00:00 Opening Credits

00:31 Introduction

00:57 Element of the Week: Americium

03:03 A Conversation with Dale Keairns

07:22 Mystery Solved! Fireworks

09:54 Quote: Vannevar Bush

10:25 Closing Credits

CREDITS

Special thanks to Chi Chan for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.

Episode 29: Left Behind

distillations@chemheritage.org (Chemical Heritage Foundation) — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:00:00 +0000

Matter can neither be created nor destroyed. So when you take your garbage out to the curb every week, do you ever stop to think about where it’s going? In this week’s episode, Jori Lewis explores how New York City is trying to make it easier for residents to recycle their electronic waste.

SHOW CLOCK

00:00 Opening Credits

00:31 Introduction

01:15 Element of the Week: Cadmium

03:25 Conversation with Demir Hamami

07:16 Recycling Electronics

11:23 Quote: Chinese proverb

11:32 Closing Credits

CREDITS

Special thanks to Jody Roberts for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.

Episode 28: Summer

distillations@chemheritage.org (Chemical Heritage Foundation) — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 08:00:00 +0000

Summer 2008 officially begins today, June 20, at 7:50 EDT (at least in the Northern Hemisphere). Here at Distillations, we’re celebrating with a show dedicated to poolside lounging.

SHOW CLOCK

00:00 Opening Credits

00:31 Introduction

00:58 Element of the Week: Titanium

02:57 Chemistry in Your Cupboard: Chlorination

05:22 Mystery Solved! Why do we float?

07:42 Quote: Henry James

08:00 Closing Credits

CREDITS

Special thanks to David Caruso for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.

Episode 27: Illumination

distillations@chemheritage.org (Chemical Heritage Foundation) — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:00:00 +0000

Illumination has been a quest of humans for centuries now—both in terms of the cerebral and the physical. In today’s episode we focus on the physical type of illumination.

SHOW CLOCK

00:00 Opening Credits

00:32 Introduction

01:14 Element of the Week: Sodium

04:09 Chemistry of Bioluminescence

09:10 Mystery Solved: Glowing in the Dark

11:08 Quote: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

11:24 Closing Credits

CREDITS

Special thanks to Hilary Domush and Ann Dornfeld for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.

Episode 26: Performance

distillations@chemheritage.org (Chemical Heritage Foundation) — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 08:00:00 +0000

Baseball, track, swimming, biking—is there any sport that hasn’t suffered a scandal in the past few years? It turns out that the obvious culprits—performance enhancing drugs—are just the tip of the iceberg for how chemistry can alter athletic competition. In today’s show we look at some of the chemistry going on both inside and outside athletes’ bodies.

SHOW CLOCK

00:00 Opening Credits

00:31 Introduction

01:10 Element of the Week: Potassium

02:56 A Conversation with John Hoberman

07:28 Chemistry in Your Cupboard

10:48 Quote: Damon Hill

11:00 Closing Credits

CREDITS

Special thanks to Erin McLeary for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.

Episode 25: The Chemistry of Time

distillations@chemheritage.org (Chemical Heritage Foundation) — Fri, 30 May 2008 08:00:00 +0000

There are four fundamental qualities: time, length, mass, and temperature. All other units can be derived from them, but these four can’t be broken down any further. This week we focus on time—the measurement that orders our lives.

SHOW CLOCK

00:00 Opening Credits

00:32 Introduction

01:30 Element of the Week: Ruthenium

03:59 Chemistry in Your Cupboard: Pressure Cooker

06:20 The Atomic Clock

10:37 Quote: William Faulkner

10:51 Closing Credits

CREDITS

Special thanks to Eric Mack and Audra Wolfe for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.

Episode 24: Beer and Brewing

distillations@chemheritage.org (Chemical Heritage Foundation) — Fri, 23 May 2008 08:00:00 +0000

What do Isaac Newton, yeast, and Harold Urey have in common? They all come under the research microscope of Chemical Heritage Foundation fellows.

SHOW CLOCK

00:00 Opening Credits

00:31 Introduction

01:04 Element of the Week: Calcium

02:57 Chemistry in Your Cupboard: Hops

05:44 A Visit to Dogfish Head Brewery

09:57 Quote: Ben Franklin

10:10 Closing Credits

CREDITS

Special thanks to Hilary Domush and Joel Rose for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.

Episode 23: Preservation

distillations@chemheritage.org (Chemical Heritage Foundation) — Fri, 16 May 2008 08:00:00 +0000

Entropy is defined as the degree of disorder in a system, and according to the Second Law of Thermodynamics entropy is always increasing. Preservation is a way that humans are trying to beat entropy, and this week we look at why and how we preserve.

SHOW CLOCK

00:00 Opening Credits

00:32 Introduction

01:08 Element of the Week: Argon

03:24 Conversation with Ronn Wade

07:29 Frozen Dead Guy Days

11:28 Quote: Neil Rollinson

11:44 Closing Credits

CREDITS

Special thanks to Eric Mack and Audra Wolfe for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.

Episode 22: Virtual Classrooms

distillations@chemheritage.org (Chemical Heritage Foundation) — Fri, 09 May 2008 08:00:00 +0000

Blogs, YouTube, Facebook, and wikis are just a few of so-called Web 2.0 technologies that are transforming the look and feel of science on the Web.

SHOW CLOCK

00:00 Opening Credits

00:32 Introduction

01:04 Conversation with John Horrigan

05:00 Element of the Week

08:01 Science Education in the Era of No Child Left Behind

10:58 Quote: Mary Shelley

11:16 Closing Credits

CREDITS

Special thanks to Audra Wolfe for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.

Episode 21: Sound

distillations@chemheritage.org (Chemical Heritage Foundation) — Fri, 02 May 2008 08:00:00 +0000

Sound is often thought to be a science of physics, but on today’s show we consider its chemistry.

SHOW CLOCK

00:00 Opening Credits

00:31 Introduction

01:11 Element of the Week: Neodymium

03:03 Chemistry in Your Cupboard: Pop Rocks

05:43 Sonic Art: Experimental Musical Instruments

10:43 Quote: Ludiwg van Beethoven

11:08 Closing Credits

CREDITS

Special thanks to Chi Chan and Catherine Girardeau for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.

Episode 20: Spring Cleaning

distillations@chemheritage.org (Chemical Heritage Foundation) — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:00:00 +0000

Tuesday, April 22 was Earth Day. Amid all the hubbub about “going green,” it’s a fair question to ask how much power individual consumers have to reduce their environmental impact.

SHOW CLOCK

00:00 Opening Credits

00:32 Introduction

01:18 Element of the Week: Fluorine

02:48 REACH: A New Approach to Chemical Regulation

07:44 A Conversation with John Mullins, Sun and Earth

10:38 Quote: Francis Bacon

10:54 Closing Credits

CREDITS

Special thanks to Jori Lewis and Jody Roberts for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.

Episode 18: Beyond the Chip

distillations@chemheritage.org (Chemical Heritage Foundation) — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 08:00:00 +0000

Semiconductors are at the heart of countless electronic devices. Although we often think of Silicon Valley as being built on computer chips, the companies that make the chips often depend upon materials and equipment manufacturers who build the component parts. On today’s show we explore some of the unheralded companies that have made the Digital Revolution possible.

SHOW CLOCK

00:00 Opening Credits

00:32 Introduction

01:20 Element of the Week: Silicon

02:46 Conversation with Griff Resor

06:26 Virtual Tour of the Computer History Museum

10:52 Quote: N. Bruce Hannay

11:05 Closing Credits

CREDITS

Special thanks to Hyungsub Choi and Mia Lobel for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.

Episode 19: Jamestown

distillations@chemheritage.org (Chemical Heritage Foundation) — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 08:00:00 +0000

Jamestown celebrated its 400th anniversary last year. Many people may know that it was the first permanent English settlement in North America, but less commonly known is that Jamestown was also the birthplace of the American chemical enterprise.

SHOW CLOCK

00:00 Opening Credits

00:32 Introduction

01:16 Mystery Solved

04:00 Element of the Week: Strontium

06:24 Visiting Josh Simpson’s Glassblowing Studio

10:13 Quote: Captain John Smith

10:23 Closing Credits

CREDITS

Special thanks to Robert Hicks and Amy Mayer for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.

Episode 17: Dual Use

distillations@chemheritage.org (Chemical Heritage Foundation) — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:00:00 +0000

Science has long been a component of warfare, and in this week’s episode we look at how it has played a part in both destruction and preservation during times of war.

SHOW CLOCK

00:00 Opening Credits

00:32 Introduction

01:19 Conversation with Jeffrey Johnson

07:35 Element of the Week: Chlorine

09:35 Review of This Republic of Suffering

11:46 Quote: William Jennings Bryan

11:56 Closing Credits

CREDITS

Special thanks to David Caruso for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.

Episode 16: Vitamania!

distillations@chemheritage.org (Chemical Heritage Foundation) — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:00:00 +0000

In today’s show we take a closer look at vitamins, the tiny substances that are vital to our health.

SHOW CLOCK

00:00 Opening Credits

00:31 Introduction

01:39 Mystery Solved: Rickets

04:35 Element of the Week: Iron

06:41 Making Vitaming C

10:18 Quotation: George Bernard Shaw

10:38 Closing Credits

CREDITS

Special thanks to Jocelyn Ford and Anke Timmermann for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.

Episode 15: The Art of Science

distillations@chemheritage.org (Chemical Heritage Foundation) — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 08:00:00 +0000

While chemistry often plays a silent role in art, such as synthetic additives in acrylic paints, both artists and scientists have consciously chosen to intersect the two.

SHOW CLOCK

00:00 Opening Credits

00:32 Introduction

01:09 Element of the Week: Neon

03:37 Commentary: Self-Grown Pictures

06:54 ChemArtists

10:51 Quote: Bo Malmstrom

11:04 Closing Credits

CREDITS

Special thanks to Erin McLeary and Audra Wolfe for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.

Episode 14: Blockbuster Science

distillations@chemheritage.org (Chemical Heritage Foundation) — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 08:00:00 +0000

Is science on the silver screen any less real than science in the lab? A crew from CHF attempts to answer this question with a visit to a new Star Wars exhibit at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia.

SHOW CLOCK

00:00 Opening Credits

00:32 Introduction

00:50 Element of the Week: Krypton

02:28 Commentary: Cartoons as Science?

06:15 Exhibit Review: Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination

11:10 Quote: Lex Luthor

11:30 Closing Credits

CREDITS

Special thanks to Jody Roberts, Jennifer Landry, and Tori Indivero for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.

Episode 13: The Nanoscale

distillations@chemheritage.org (Chemical Heritage Foundation) — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 08:00:00 +0000

You’ve heard the hype—but what’s nanotechnology really all about? Today’s show is an investigation into the current reality and the future potential of nanotechnology.

SHOW CLOCK

00:00 Opening Credits

00:31 Introduction

01:32 Element of the Week: Carbon

03:08 Conversation with George Whitesides

07:51 Mystery Solved! Damascus Steel

10:49 Quote: Richard Smalley

11:08 Closing Credits

CREDITS

Special thanks to Chi Chan for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.

Episode 12: Chemistry as Technology

distillations@chemheritage.org (Chemical Heritage Foundation) — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:00:00 +0000

In today’s world, technology is seemingly ubiquitous. Chemistry plays a role in many technologies and may be obvious in some products, but is quite invisible in others.

SHOW CLOCK

00:00 Opening Credits

00:32 Introduction

01:39 Element of the Week: Uranium

04:13 Mystery Solved: Liquid Crystal Displays

06:51 Hydrogenation

10:59 Quote: Karl Compton

11:19 Closing Credits

CREDITS

Special thanks to Victoria Indivero, Jody Roberts, and Catherine Girardeau for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.

Episode 11: Wonder Drugs

distillations@chemheritage.org (Chemical Heritage Foundation) — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:00:00 +0000

From antibiotics to chemotherapy, modern pharmaceuticals have transformed the experience of illness in the 20th century. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, the founder and chairman of Biocon, Ltd., joins us for a discussion of how the global business of pharmaceuticals is changing the culture of science in India.

SHOW CLOCK

00:00 Opening Credits

00:31 Introduction

01:14 Element of the Week: Sulfur

02:44 A Conversation with Kiran Mazumdar Shaw

07:50 The Complicated Legacy of Modern Pharmaceuticals

10:44 Quote: Hans Zinsser

11:00 Closing Credits

CREDITS

Special thanks to David Caruso for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.

Episode 10: Color

distillations@chemheritage.org (Chemical Heritage Foundation) — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 08:00:00 +0000

Color literally fills our world, and it plays a dominant role in how we perceive our surroundings. Scientists have been fascinated with the question of what color is ever since Isaac Newton discovered that white light contains the entire color spectrum.

SHOW CLOCK

00:00 Opening Credits

00:32 Introduction

01:09 Element of the Week: Chromium

02:54 Chemistry in Your Cupboard

05:12 Making Mauvine

10:47 Quote: Claude Monet

11:06 Closing Credits

CREDITS

Special thanks to Hilary Domush for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.

Episode 9: The Love Show

distillations@chemheritage.org (Chemical Heritage Foundation) — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 08:00:00 +0000

Please note: In today’s episode we have included more mature content than a typical show.

A Valentine for our listeners, this show is dedicated to the chemistry of love. In today’s show, we explain why passion has always been associated with fire and how the stars can influence your love life.

SHOW CLOCK

00:00 Opening Credits

00:32 Introduction

00:54 Element of the Week: Fire

02:45 Mystery Solved: Aphrodisiacs

05:46 Precise as Pastry

10:03 Quote: Robert Burton

10:31 Closing Credits

CREDITS

Special thanks to Anke Timmermann for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.

Episode 8: Chemistry in the Classroom

distillations@chemheritage.org (Chemical Heritage Foundation) — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 08:00:00 +0000

Today’s show takes a look at how scientists and educators are reinventing American science education. We chat with Tom Tritton, former president of Haverford College and CHF’s new president and CEO, about how to introduce liberal arts students to science—and just as importantly, vice versa.

SHOW CLOCK

00:00 Opening Credits

00:32 Introduction

01:23 Interview with Tom Tritton

04:45 Element of the Week: Hydrogen

07:22 Chemistry in Second Life

11:02 Quote: John Mason Brown

11:15 Closing Credits

CREDITS

Special thanks to Audra Wolfe for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.

Episode 7: Electronics

distillations@chemheritage.org (Chemical Heritage Foundation) — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 08:00:00 +0000

We don’t normally think of computers, radios, and cell phones as products of chemistry, but none of these devices would be possible without specialized chemical manufacturing components and techniques. The integrated circuits at the heart of these tools depend on the unique electrical properties of certain inorganic elements such as silicon, germanium, and gallium.

SHOW CLOCK

00:00 Opening Credits

00:31 Introduction

01:30 Element of the Week: Germanium

03:25 Conversation with Henry Kressel

07:35 Listener feedback

09:55 Quote: William Shockley

10:15 Closing Credits

CREDITS

Special thanks to Anke Timmermann for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.

distillations@chemheritage.org (Chemical Heritage Foundation) — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 08:00:00 +0000

This week, in honor of the holiday season, we’re offering a toast to chemistry. We’ll explain what makes champagne bubble, and why size matters when you’re talking about carbonation.

SHOW CLOCK

00:00 Opening Credits

00:32 Introduction

01:03 Element of the Week: Phosphorus

02:48 The Science behind Champagne Bubbles

05:57 Quote of the Week: Graham Greene

06:16 Closing Credits

CREDITS

Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.

Episode 2: Cleaning Up

distillations@chemheritage.org (Chemical Heritage Foundation) — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 08:00:00 +0000

After the recent oil spills in the San Francisco Bay and the Kerch Strait, Distillations delves into the reality of cleaning up human-made messes.

SHOW CLOCK

00:00 Opening Credits

00:32 Introduction

00:55 Commentary by Jody Roberts

02:55 Element of the Week: Mercury

04:44 Cleaning up the San Francisco oil spill

09:12 Quote of the Week: Barry Commoner

09:44 Closing Credits

CREDITS

Special thanks to Jody Roberts for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.

Episode 1: Communicating Chemistry

distillations@chemheritage.org (Chemical Heritage Foundation) — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 08:00:00 +0000

How do scientists explain what they do to the larger public, and how can historians help? In this first episode of Distillations, we explore this question by looking at phlogiston, an obsolete element once thought to explain combustion.

SHOW CLOCK

00:00 Opening Credits

00:42 The periodic table

01:52 Element of the Week: Phlogiston

04:02 Interview with Paul Smith, director of lecture demonstrations in the department of chemistry, Purdue University

09:16 Quote of the week: Primo Levi

09:43 Closing Credits

CREDITS

Special thanks to Anke Timmermann for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.