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Episode 36: Olympics

Category: Science & Medicine
Duration: 00:11:43
Publish Date: 2008-08-15 03:00:00
Description:

Addicted to the Olympics? Take a break from too much video with 12 minutes of audio. On today’s show, we investigate Olympic mysteries, from the flame of the torch to the composition of those so-called gold medals.

SHOW CLOCK

00:00 Opening Credits

00:31 Introduction

01:12 Element of the Week: Gold

03:13 Mystery Solved! The Olympic Torch

06:01 Citizen Air Quality Monitoring

10:43 Quote: Albert Camus

11:03 Closing Credits

CREDITS

Special thanks to Hilary Domush and Andrew Stelzer for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.

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