Cowboy Chemistry

Cowboy Chemistry

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Cowboy Chemistry episodes

  • Trekkies vs Trekkers and Bad Science

    This week we are talking about Star Trek with the left handed librarian Joshua Salmans! But we also talk about the importance of public libraries, climate change protests, and we make a special announcement. So wash your butt! Hosted by Dylan Tharp Eralie, music by Gwen Mylls, edited by Selena Martinez.

    1 hr 16 min
  • Hallucinogens and Mental Health

    Welcome to the MK Ultra adjacent episode with Dereck Coleman! We get super personal on this episode so thanks for listening and don't be embarrassed or ashamed of your mental health, we all have mash potato brain sometimes. The official stance of this podcast is that drug use is only advisable under the supervision of a doctor or mental health professional in a controlled setting. Also don't take ambien! Hosted by the newly married Dylan Tharp Eralie, music by Gwen Mills, edited by Selena Martinez (mash potato brain).

     

     Sources: 

    https://web.archive.org/web/20150723031539/http://archives.drugabuse.gov/pdf/monographs/146.pdf 

    https://www.camh.ca/en/health-info/mental-illness-and-addiction-index/hallucinogens 

    https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acschemneuro.8b00433 

    https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/healthyliving/hallucinogens 

    https://nida.nih.gov/publications/drugfacts/hallucinogens 

    https://www.bps.org.uk/psychologist/how-do-hallucinogens-work-brain 

    hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/hallucinogenic_drug_psilocybin_eases_existential_anxiety_in_people_with_life_threatening_cancer  

    https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02791072.2022.2044096 

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallucinogen 

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychedelic_drug 

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissociative 

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deliriant 

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_psychedelic_drugs 

     

    1 hr 35 min
  • Chemistry of Paint

    Go sniff paint! We are talking to Danielle Demetria West of East Lubbock Art House! If you're in Lubbock definitely check it out, they feature different local artists all the time and have a lot of free events that encourage people to make art. Did you know that guache is pronounced kinda like guacamole?  Hosted as always by Dylan Gardner, music by Gwen Mylls, sound and editing by Selena Martinez.

    1 hr 3 min
  • Nuclear Anxiety

     Don't worry but maybe buy some iodine pills! We are discussing a very serious topic today with local comedian Aaron Durbin (highly referential). We also talk about tv shows because you gotta take the edge off somehow. Hosted as always by Dylan Gardner, music by Gwen Mylls, edited by Selena.

     

    Sources:

    https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/top-wrap-1-europes-largest-nuclear-power-plant-fire-after-russian-attack-mayor-2022-03-04/  

    https://www.iaea.org/publications/7592/fundamental-safety-principles  

    https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/8/7/fears-of-disaster-after-ukrainian-nuclear-plant-struck-again 

     https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/pressreleases/update-110-iaea-director-general-statement-on-situation-in-ukraine  

    https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/pressreleases/update-111-iaea-director-general-statement-on-situation-in-ukraine  

    https://carnegieendowment.org/2022/03/17/what-comes-after-russia-s-attack-on-ukrainian-nuclear-power-station-pub-86667 

    https://www.npr.org/2022/09/19/1123782942/ukraine-russian-missile-strike-near-nuclear-power-plant 

    48 min
  • Nobel Prizes: How do they work?

    It's awards season! And we are talking about the most important awards of all time with Chrissy Covington from FMX!  Hosted by Dylan Gardner, music by Gwen Mylls, edited and produced by Selena Martinez

    1 hr
  • Alice Ball with Torrie Laine

    Our guest this episode is local artist Torrie Laine. Alice Ball died at the early age of 24 but she made a discovery that would later save countless lives by curing Leprosy. Damn you Dirty Dean! Hosted by Dylan Gardner, music by Gwen Mylls. 

     

    Sources:

    Sources: 

    https://www.biography.com/scientist/alice-ball 

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Ball 

    https://wineurope.eu/the-rape-of-the-discoveries/ 

    Dehn, William M.; Ball, Alice A. (1914). "Benzoylations in Ether Solution". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 36 (10): 2091–2101. doi:10.1021/ja02187a015 

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leprosy#Stigma 

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leprosy_stigma 

    https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/05/when-the-last-patient-dies/394163/ 

    https://www.cnn.com/2015/09/09/health/leprosy-kalaupapa-hawaii 

    1 hr 1 min
  • Penicillin for the People

    We are talking to Chris Hobart, local comedian and pharmacist, about Alexander Fleming and the history of penicillin. Nobel Prize drama ensues! So finish your antibiotics and get your meds from a local caring pharmacist like Chris! Hosted by Dylan Gardner, music by Gwen Mylls, sound engineering by Selena Martinez.

    #shewaited

     

    Sources:

    Sources: 

    https://www.britannica.com/science/penicillin 

    https://web.archive.org/web/20070202025710/http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/nobelprize_facts.html 

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5823360/ 

    https://web.archive.org/web/20081215084216/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,771900,00.html  

    https://www.britannica.com/science/history-of-medicine/Medicine-in-the-20th-century#ref35670 

    https://zenodo.org/record/2098298#.YxzzJnbMJPY 

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4520913/ 

    The enchanted Ring by John c. Sheehan 

    Napolean’s Buttons by Penny Le Couteur and Jay Burreson 

    https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/5/16-1556_article  

    http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/nov2003.html  

    https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/whatischemistry/landmarks/penicillin.html  

    1 hr 29 min
  • Science of Beer

     Grab a drink let's learn about beer with certified beer server Kelsey Snipes! We almost made it one whole episode without talking about Nazis! Hosted as always by Dylan Gardner, music by Gwen Mylls.

     

     

    1 hr 20 min
  • Live Fast Dye Young Pt2

    We continue our story about the beginnings of hair dye with Val Burba! Surprise surprise, there's nazis in this episode too! As always your host is Dylan Gardner  and music by Gwen Mylls.

    https://set.adelaide.edu.au/news/list/2019/08/20/why-is-the-colour-blue-so-rare-in-nature#:~:text=Blue%20is%20a%20very%20prominent,far%20fewer%20animals%20are%20blue. 

    https://www.quantamagazine.org/why-are-plants-green-to-reduce-the-noise-in-photosynthesis-20200730/ 

    https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/06/200625144900.htm 

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picric_acid 

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hair_coloring#cite_note-30 

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Schueller 

    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/titan-who-founded-loreal-built-his-brand-shoulders-nazis-180964805/ 

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Or%C3%A9al#History 

    https://web.archive.org/web/20120505045702/http://gladwell.com/2011/2011_03_28_a_color_of_money.html 

    https://www.forbes.com/2005/03/18/cz_sh_0318oreal_bill05.html?sh=201cbbb975fc 

    https://www.forbes.com/static/bill2005/LIRF6EZ.html?passListId=10&passYear=2005&passListType=Person&uniqueId=F6EZ&datatype=Person 

    https://web.archive.org/web/20110604000405/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,157348,00.html 

    https://books.google.com/books?id=nDYVAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA82#v=onepage&q&f=false 

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3634302/ 

    https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajnt/article/view/57599 

    39 min
  • Live Fast Dye Young

     Bad girls doing hair! This episode is about the history and science of hair dye and surprise nazis once again! Do we have to cancel aspirin now? Find out with our guest, local comedian and cosmetologist, the radiant Val Burba. Follow her on instagram @valburbacomedy and of course follow us on all the social medias. Hosted as always by Dylan Gardner and music by Gwen Mylls.

     

    Sources:

    https://set.adelaide.edu.au/news/list/2019/08/20/why-is-the-colour-blue-so-rare-in-nature#:~:text=Blue%20is%20a%20very%20prominent,far%20fewer%20animals%20are%20blue. 

    https://www.quantamagazine.org/why-are-plants-green-to-reduce-the-noise-in-photosynthesis-20200730/ 

    https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/06/200625144900.htm 

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picric_acid 

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hair_coloring#cite_note-30 

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Schueller 

    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/titan-who-founded-loreal-built-his-brand-shoulders-nazis-180964805/ 

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Or%C3%A9al#History 

    https://web.archive.org/web/20120505045702/http://gladwell.com/2011/2011_03_28_a_color_of_money.html 

    https://www.forbes.com/2005/03/18/cz_sh_0318oreal_bill05.html?sh=201cbbb975fc 

    https://www.forbes.com/static/bill2005/LIRF6EZ.html?passListId=10&passYear=2005&passListType=Person&uniqueId=F6EZ&datatype=Person 

    https://web.archive.org/web/20110604000405/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,157348,00.html 

    https://books.google.com/books?id=nDYVAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA82#v=onepage&q&f=false 

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3634302/ 

    https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajnt/article/view/57599 

    31 min

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