Best of Distillations #2
From: Chemical Heritage Foundation
Series: Distillations - The Chemistry Podcast
Length: 09:33
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We continue to look back at some of our favorite episodes this week at Distillations. First, we look back at the four humors featured in our body chemical episode. Our former host, Robert Hicks, tells us about black bile. Then Jackie Duffin, of Queen?s University in Ontario, and Audra Wolfe talk about the scientific proof needed to verify a miracle, as indicated by the Vatican. Finally Jen Dionisio explains how sound is created by Pop Rocks in Chemistry in Your Cupboard. Element of the Week: Black Bile.
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Piece Description
We continue to look back at some of our favorite episodes this week at Distillations. First, we look back at the four humors featured in our body chemical episode. Our former host, Robert Hicks, tells us about black bile. Then Jackie Duffin, of Queen?s University in Ontario, and Audra Wolfe talk about the scientific proof needed to verify a miracle, as indicated by the Vatican. Finally Jen Dionisio explains how sound is created by Pop Rocks in Chemistry in Your Cupboard. Element of the Week: Black Bile.
Broadcast History
Podcast posted online 8/29/08.
Transcript
0:00 UP THEME MUSIC
Hello, and welcome to Distillations ? weekly extracts from the past, present and future of chemistry. I?m Meir Rinde. This week we?re bringing you highlights from our favorite past episodes. We?ll listen back to a discussion about posthumous miracles, and revisit a crackling commentary about pop rocks.
That?s all coming up on today?s ?best of? episode of Distillations.
MONOLOGUE
Not every element we?ve explored on our show can be found on the periodic table. In our body chemical show from awhile back, we looked at an element that was once considered a basic building block of the human body. Our former host, Robert Hicks, has more in the Element of the Week.
ELEMENT OF THE WEEK (from episode 5 ? body chemical)
Black bile was one of the four humors ? along with yellow bile, phlegm, and blood. The balance of these four elements in the body was believed...
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Timing and Cues
00:00 Opening Credits
00:31 Introduction
00:48 Element of the Week: Black Bile
02:12 A Conversation with Jackie Duffin
06:44 Chemistry in Your Cupboard: Pop Rocks
08:52 Closing Credits
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