Ötzi the Iceman Ep. 11
Who was Ötzi? What did isotopes tell us about him? 9 min Pandemics & Pathogens Past & Present Podcastchemsmith1@gmail.comFacebookTwitter @chemsmithInstagram @timcsmith1961 Direct Link to episode
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About Pandemics, Epidemics, Outbreaks, Viruses, and Other Pathogens in History
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King Richard III Ep. 10
What did isotopes tell us about King Richard III? 9 min Pandemics & Pathogens Past & Present Podcastchemsmith1@gmail.comFacebookTwitter @chemsmithInstagram @timcsmith1961 Direct Link to episode
Isotope Fractionation Ep. 9
What is isotope fractionation? How is it used? 7 min Pandemics & Pathogens Past & Present Podcastchemsmith1@gmail.comFacebookTwitter @chemsmithInstagram @timcsmith1961 Direct Link to episode
Carbon Dating Ep. 8
What is carbon dating? Also, what are Seuss Effects? 8 min Pandemics & Pathogens Past & Present Podcastchemsmith1@gmail.comFacebookTwitter @chemsmithInstagram @timcsmith1961 Direct Link to episode
Primordial Isotopes Ep. 7
What are primordial isotopes? Also some random isotope facts. 9 min Pandemics & Pathogens Past & Present Podcastchemsmith1@gmail.comFacebookTwitter @chemsmithInstagram @timcsmith1961 Direct Link to episode
Types of Radioactive Decay Ep. 6
What is radioactive decay? How do atoms decay? 9 min Pandemics & Pathogens Past & Present Podcastchemsmith1@gmail.comFacebookTwitter @chemsmithInstagram @timcsmith1961 Direct Link to episode
Stable vs Radioactive Ep. 5
Some isotopes are stable. Some are radioactive. What’s the difference? 12 min Pandemics & Pathogens Past & Present Podcastchemsmith1@gmail.comFacebookTwitter @chemsmithInstagram @timcsmith1961 Direct Link to episode
What’s an Isotope? Ep. 4
How isotopes are defined. Examples. 9 min Pandemics & Pathogens Past & Present Podcastchemsmith1@gmail.comFacebookTwitter @chemsmithInstagram @timcsmith1961 Direct Link to episode
Atoms. Ep. 3
How atoms are constructed. 6 min Pandemics & Pathogens Past & Present Podcastchemsmith1@gmail.comFacebookTwitter @chemsmithInstagram @timcsmith1961 Direct Link to episode
The Standard Model. Ep. 2
A review of what particles make up the universe. 6 min Pandemics & Pathogens Past & Present Podcastchemsmith1@gmail.comFacebookTwitter @chemsmithInstagram @timcsmith1961 Direct Link to episode
It’s About Isotopes. Ep. 1
Why isotopes? An introduction to the series. 4 min Pandemics & Pathogens Past & Present Podcastchemsmith1@gmail.comFacebookTwitter @chemsmithInstagram @timcsmith1961 Direct Link to episode
Special Topic: COVID-19 Vaccines. Ep. 34
First I discuss the phases of drug or vaccine trials, then discuss the immune system, and finally outline the various approaches to COVID-19 vaccines (which largely applies to vaccines in general), including very recent advances in types of vaccines, and what the COVID-19 vaccine picture looks like in the Fall of 2020 – what companiesContinue reading "Special Topic: COVID-19 Vaccines. Ep. 34"
Special Topic: The He Jainku Controversy. Ep. 33
What did this guy do? Why was it so controversial? Hint: It involves CRISPR (Ep 31) and adeno-associated retroviruses (Ep 10) and making “designer babies.” 13 min Pandemics & Pathogens Past & Present Podcastchemsmith1@gmail.comFacebookTwitter @chemsmithInstagram @timcsmith1961 Direct Link to episode
Special Topic: How Pandemics End. Ep. 32
First, I revisit the smallpox vaccine. Then I review a Ted Talk by Alex Rosenthal regarding how pandemics can end via three possible strategies. 12 min Pandemics & Pathogens Past & Present Podcastchemsmith1@gmail.comFacebookTwitter @chemsmithInstagram @timcsmith1961 Direct Link to episode