Earshot Conversations about how things get made

Kitchen Table Chemistry

How ordinary things actually work, explained by people who had to find out the hard way.

Kitchen Table Chemistry Episode 28 3 min

Why heat changes everything about a carrot

Cooking is chemistry that people were doing for thousands of years before anyone could say why it worked. On starch, cell walls, and the difference between boiling and…

0:00 -3:07

Kitchen Table Chemistry Episode 27 1 min

Full speed ahead, and nobody at the wheel

A short one. What actually happens in the engine room when the bridge asks for more, and why the answer used to involve shouting.

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