This week, we share the first half of a two-part series on the secret history of chemistry with Taylor Perry. We chat about education, history, and the progenitor of chemistry: alchemy.

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Music:

• Intro: "I Ain't Got No Home in this World" by Woody Guthrie
• Interlude: "Mastermind" by Detlron 3030
• Outro: "Dispossession" by Northlane