Podcast Episodes

How can sunlight turn into electricity?

Episode 21

#021

This week, Melissa and Jam explore the chemistry of solar energy. How do we capture energy from the sun and turn it into electricity? Is it as s…

6 years, 8 months ago

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Why does water form droplets?

Episode 20

#020

This week Melissa and Jam explore the chemistry of water and intermolecular forces. Why does it form into droplets? Why can you fill a glass of …

6 years, 9 months ago

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What happens to water in space (and other questions)?

Episode 19

Question and Response #03

This week Melissa and Jam do the last Question and Response episode. We'll continue to do Questions and Responses every mo…

6 years, 9 months ago

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What’s up with foil?

Episode 18

#018

This week Melissa and Jam explore the chemistry of aluminum foil. Why doesn’t it feel hot when we take it out of the oven? How does it cool down…

6 years, 9 months ago

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Why do foods brown when we cook them?

Episode 17

#017

This week Melissa and Jam explore some of the chemistry behind cooking. What happens when you sear a steak? What's going on when you toast toas…

6 years, 9 months ago

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Why do onions make you cry?

Episode 16

#016

This week Melissa and Jam explore the chemistry of onion tears, the emotional reaction we all have, against our will, when cutting onions. Grab …

6 years, 10 months ago

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Green fire?!

Episode 15

#015

This week Melissa and Jam explore a Halloween-themed topic, perfectly-timed for the fact that our episode air date happened to land on Halloween…

6 years, 10 months ago

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What makes artificial sweeteners artificial?

Episode 14

This week Melissa and Jam explore the chemistry of artificial/alternative sweeteners. What are artificial sweeteners? How can something be sweet but …

6 years, 10 months ago

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What even is sunscreen and how does it screen the sun?

Episode 13

This week Melissa and Jam explore the chemistry of not being burned by the big, ominous, flaming ball of radioactive insanity that lights up our skie…

6 years, 10 months ago

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How do geckos stick to walls?

Episode 12

This week Melissa and Jam continue in the category of "sticky" things by exploring how geckos stick to walls. How do they do it? Is it magic? Is it l…

6 years, 11 months ago

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