Distillations
- Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- https://www.sciencehistory.org/distillations/podcast
- https://www.sciencehistory.org/distillations
Revealing science’s role in a complicated and strange world. Produced by the Science History Institute.
Series
- From: Distillations
- Updated: Apr 23, 2018
- From: Distillations
- Updated: May 03, 2023
Pieces
In this episode we look at questionable appearance enhancers. First the Beauty Historian shares some shocking beauty rituals of yore. Then a look a...
- Added: Apr 30, 2013
- Length: 15:25
In this episode we investigate the science beneath our streets. First how a team of amateur speleologists are keeping Howe Caverns safe. Then a loo...
- Added: Apr 30, 2013
- Length: 16:35
- Purchases: 2
From: Distillations
Without mentors, says Judith Iriarte-Gross, she would have never become a chemist. She talks about the importance of encouragement, the necessity o...
- Added: Apr 22, 2013
- Length: 03:57
The obstacles facing women today have not disappeared—they’ve just become more subtle, says Bonnie Charpentier. In this week’s episode, she discuss...
- Added: Apr 16, 2013
- Length: 03:54
Joan Brennecke talks about how spending Saturdays with her dad pulling apart cars and old calculators led to a lifetime of curiosity.
- Added: Apr 16, 2013
- Length: 04:06
From: Distillations
In a small town in South Carolina, chemistry students at a high school were doing accomplished, innovative work—yet no one was paying attention. De...
- Added: Apr 16, 2013
- Length: 02:41
In this episode we learn how advances in urban agriculture are providing new access to fresh food. First, how hundreds of tons of fishbones are cle...
Bought by WTJU
- Added: Apr 03, 2013
- Length: 18:33
- Purchases: 1
In her role with the Chemical Security Engagement program of the U.S. Department of State, Nancy Jackson travels throughout Asia and the Middle Eas...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Mar 28, 2013
- Length: 03:57
- Purchases: 1
Chemists can be narrowly focused, says Rebecca Guenard. In a field that encourages scientists to follow a pre-defined path, she encourages young wo...
- Added: Mar 28, 2013
- Length: 04:43
In this episode we see old bones made new again. First the ongoing restoration of Philadelphia's 19th Street Baptist Church. Then a discussion abou...
- Added: Mar 20, 2013
- Length: 17:11