Distillations Episode 150: Sweat
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Series: Distillations - Blood, Sweat, and Tears
Length: 16:44
Sure or unsure? However you're feeling, Distillations is back with the second episode of the three-part series Blood, Sweat, and Tears. These vital fluids are more than just bodily emissions—they can also be considered the purest expressions of our humanity, at least metaphorically speaking. But of course, our focus is science, so for our second installment we parse the chemistry of sweat. First our assistant producer Anne Fredrickson recounts the history of deodorants. Then reporter Gretchen Cuda-Kroen learns how researchers are using sweat to analyze the health of their patients.
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Sure or unsure? However you're feeling, Distillations is back with the second episode of the three-part series Blood, Sweat, and Tears. These vital fluids are more than just bodily emissions—they can also be considered the purest expressions of our humanity, at least metaphorically speaking. But of course, our focus is science, so for our second installment we parse the chemistry of sweat. First our assistant producer Anne Fredrickson recounts the history of deodorants. Then reporter Gretchen Cuda-Kroen learns how researchers are using sweat to analyze the health of their patients.
Broadcast History
Podcast on June 22, 2012.
Timing and Cues
00:00 Opening Credits
00:43 Introduction
01:54 Antiperspirants
07:48 Sweat Diagnostics
15:40 Closing Credits
Additional Credits
Music from the Free Music Archive includes "Ricky Dee," by Bandana Splits. This episode also features “The Whistler and His Dog,” by Arthur Pryors Band, "More And More," by Blood, Sweat & Tears, and "Sweat (A La La La Long)," by Inner Circle.
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