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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.