The chemical breakdown & Chemistry in its element

Kat Arney discovers the biological chemistry behind a colourful blood disorder

Super-sweet and packed with preserving power, Mike Freemantle discovers that fructose can help keep things fresh long after the sell-by date

Katrina Krämer speaks to organic chemist Daniel Allwood about a multi-talented molecule that proves that not all radicals live up to their name

Brian Clegg becomes a sleuth to investigate the uses of a deceptively simple Lewis acid

Mike Freemantle discovers a sweet solution to monitoring contaminated water

Kat Arney takes a long, hard look at the story behind those famous little blue pills

Brian Clegg introduces a failed rocket fuel oxidiser with a very tricky structure

Kit Chapman discovers the compound that blighted Nixon's second presidential inauguration by littering the route with dead pigeons

Kat Arney investigates the cancer-causing chemicals that could be lurking in that bag of peanuts

Brian Clegg freshens up the podcast with a spritz of lemon scent, courtesy of neral and geranial, collectively known as citral