Cowboy Chemistry

We're back after a long summer break with the story of real life humble hero Katalin Kariko. Katy started from the bottom and now shes here; she was gatekept, gaslit, and still she girlbossed. So get those COVID vaccines and boosters yall and thank a woman today!  

Do you know what lead poisoning and the hole in the ozone layer have in common? Have a listen and learn a little bit about a man who has caused more deaths than your average dictator, Thomas Midgely Jr. This week's episode is hosted as always by Dylan, and Selena is the guest, so a couple popculture references are in order. Remember kids, dont rub unknown chemicals on your skin and don't eat your deodorant, not matter how delicious it smells! Oh, and shade saves lives bbs. Music by Gwenn Mylls.  

Todays episode is about Nobel Prize winner Carolyn Bertozzi! Our guest is the very funny local comedian Caleb Davis (dont worry, we are all disappointed he didnt know who Tom Morello is). Say no to drugs and to tortillas you find on the football field! Hosted by Dylan Tharpe Eralie, edited by Selena, music by Gwen Mylls.

This is the end of our story about the iconic Marie Anne Paulze-Lavoisier. We talk about the way the French Revolution intertwined with the legacy of our main character; don't you dare call her an assistant you better put some respect on her name! Also, never forget that mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell. Thanks to Ralia for joining us this episode, definitely check out her podcast and catch her at a Lubbock open mic. Hosted as always by Dylan Tharpe Eralie, edited by Selena, music by Gwenn Mylls.

Hello listeners! We have returned to talk about an iconic person in science, Marie Anne Paulze - Lavoisier. Our guest is comedian and vet tech extraordinaire, Ralia! There are a lot of french names in this episode, so we appreciate your patience and your patronage. Hosted by Dylan Tharpe Eralie, music by Gwenn Mylls, edited by Selena.

In this weeks episode we talk to "ranney", an multidisciplinarian in the performing arts, about St. Elmo and HBCUs and how the scientific discoveries made by Black people have gone widely unrecognized in primary education. And that's what you missed on Glee! Hosted as always by Dylan Tharpe Eralie, edited by Selena, music by Gwen Mylls. Sources:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_W._Talley  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Elmo_Brady  https://iiif.lib.harvard.edu/manifests/view/drs:31156549$15i  https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/brady-saint-elmo-1884-1966/  https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/massie-samuel-proctor-1919-2005/  https://chemistry.illinois.edu/spotlight/alumni/brady-st-elmo-1884-1966  https://chemistry.illinois.edu/news/2022-02-23/bringing-life-legacy-st-elmo-brady-sharper-focus  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisk_Jubilee_Singers  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Lavon_Julian  https://www.acs.org/education/whatischemistry/landmarks/st-elmo-brady.html  https://www.sciencehistory.org/historical-profile/st-elmo-brady  Beyond Small Numbers: Voices of African American PhD Chemists 

Hey kids! We are back with a brand new episode about space, the elements, and conspiracy theories with our friend Kristin! Did Neil Degrasse Tyson help write Elton John's hit song "Rocketman"? Listen and find out! Hosted as always by Dylan Tharp Eralie, edited by Selena, and theme music by Gwen Mylls.   Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Przybylski%27s_Star#:~:text=Przybylski's%20Star%20possibly%20also%20contains,and%20einsteinium%20being%20theoretically%20detected.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapidly_oscillating_Ap_star  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ap_and_Bp_stars  https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/317/2/299/1005394?login=true  https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/the-strangest-and-second-strangest-star-in-the-galaxy  https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/477/3/3791/4964763?login=true  https://journals.aps.org/prc/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevC.105.L021302  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0019103580902535?via%3Dihub 

Hey kids! No full episode this week, but we'd love if you would scroll on over to our patreon and subscribe for some bonus content like this little snippet from our first movie review. If you've got any other kind of content you'd like us to make feel free let us know and we will talk about it! 

In honor of Trans awarness week this week we take a break from Chemistry to talk about mental health in the trans community with Dr. Sarah Victor. She is the principle investigator of the tracking risk over time lab, and shares with us the results of her latest research study. 

This week we are talking about Star Trek with the left handed librarian Joshua Salmans! But we also talk about the importance of public libraries, climate change protests, and we make a special announcement. So wash your butt! Hosted by Dylan Tharp Eralie, music by Gwen Mylls, edited by Selena Martinez.

Welcome to the MK Ultra adjacent episode with Dereck Coleman! We get super personal on this episode so thanks for listening and don't be embarrassed or ashamed of your mental health, we all have mash potato brain sometimes. The official stance of this podcast is that drug use is only advisable under the supervision of a doctor or mental health professional in a controlled setting. Also don't take ambien! Hosted by the newly married Dylan Tharp Eralie, music by Gwen Mills, edited by Selena Martinez (mash potato brain).    Sources:  https://web.archive.org/web/20150723031539/http://archives.drugabuse.gov/pdf/monographs/146.pdf  https://www.camh.ca/en/health-info/mental-illness-and-addiction-index/hallucinogens  https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acschemneuro.8b00433  https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/healthyliving/hallucinogens  https://nida.nih.gov/publications/drugfacts/hallucinogens  https://www.bps.org.uk/psychologist/how-do-hallucinogens-work-brain  hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/hallucinogenic_drug_psilocybin_eases_existential_anxiety_in_people_with_life_threatening_cancer   https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02791072.2022.2044096  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallucinogen  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychedelic_drug  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissociative  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deliriant  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_psychedelic_drugs   

Go sniff paint! We are talking to Danielle Demetria West of East Lubbock Art House! If you're in Lubbock definitely check it out, they feature different local artists all the time and have a lot of free events that encourage people to make art. Did you know that guache is pronounced kinda like guacamole?  Hosted as always by Dylan Gardner, music by Gwen Mylls, sound and editing by Selena Martinez.

 Don't worry but maybe buy some iodine pills! We are discussing a very serious topic today with local comedian Aaron Durbin (highly referential). We also talk about tv shows because you gotta take the edge off somehow. Hosted as always by Dylan Gardner, music by Gwen Mylls, edited by Selena.   Sources: https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/top-wrap-1-europes-largest-nuclear-power-plant-fire-after-russian-attack-mayor-2022-03-04/   https://www.iaea.org/publications/7592/fundamental-safety-principles   https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/8/7/fears-of-disaster-after-ukrainian-nuclear-plant-struck-again   https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/pressreleases/update-110-iaea-director-general-statement-on-situation-in-ukraine   https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/pressreleases/update-111-iaea-director-general-statement-on-situation-in-ukraine   https://carnegieendowment.org/2022/03/17/what-comes-after-russia-s-attack-on-ukrainian-nuclear-power-station-pub-86667  https://www.npr.org/2022/09/19/1123782942/ukraine-russian-missile-strike-near-nuclear-power-plant 

It's awards season! And we are talking about the most important awards of all time with Chrissy Covington from FMX!  Hosted by Dylan Gardner, music by Gwen Mylls, edited and produced by Selena Martinez

Our guest this episode is local artist Torrie Laine. Alice Ball died at the early age of 24 but she made a discovery that would later save countless lives by curing Leprosy. Damn you Dirty Dean! Hosted by Dylan Gardner, music by Gwen Mylls.    Sources: Sources:  https://www.biography.com/scientist/alice-ball  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Ball  https://wineurope.eu/the-rape-of-the-discoveries/  Dehn, William M.; Ball, Alice A. (1914). "Benzoylations in Ether Solution". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 36 (10): 2091–2101. doi:10.1021/ja02187a015  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leprosy#Stigma  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leprosy_stigma  https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/05/when-the-last-patient-dies/394163/  https://www.cnn.com/2015/09/09/health/leprosy-kalaupapa-hawaii 

We are talking to Chris Hobart, local comedian and pharmacist, about Alexander Fleming and the history of penicillin. Nobel Prize drama ensues! So finish your antibiotics and get your meds from a local caring pharmacist like Chris! Hosted by Dylan Gardner, music by Gwen Mylls, sound engineering by Selena Martinez. #shewaited   Sources: Sources:  https://www.britannica.com/science/penicillin  https://web.archive.org/web/20070202025710/http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/nobelprize_facts.html  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5823360/  https://web.archive.org/web/20081215084216/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,771900,00.html   https://www.britannica.com/science/history-of-medicine/Medicine-in-the-20th-century#ref35670  https://zenodo.org/record/2098298#.YxzzJnbMJPY  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4520913/  The enchanted Ring by John c. Sheehan  Napolean’s Buttons by Penny Le Couteur and Jay Burreson  https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/5/16-1556_article   http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/nov2003.html   https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/whatischemistry/landmarks/penicillin.html  

 Grab a drink let's learn about beer with certified beer server Kelsey Snipes! We almost made it one whole episode without talking about Nazis! Hosted as always by Dylan Gardner, music by Gwen Mylls.    

We continue our story about the beginnings of hair dye with Val Burba! Surprise surprise, there's nazis in this episode too! As always your host is Dylan Gardner  and music by Gwen Mylls. https://set.adelaide.edu.au/news/list/2019/08/20/why-is-the-colour-blue-so-rare-in-nature#:~:text=Blue%20is%20a%20very%20prominent,far%20fewer%20animals%20are%20blue.  https://www.quantamagazine.org/why-are-plants-green-to-reduce-the-noise-in-photosynthesis-20200730/  https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/06/200625144900.htm  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picric_acid  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hair_coloring#cite_note-30  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Schueller  https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/titan-who-founded-loreal-built-his-brand-shoulders-nazis-180964805/  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Or%C3%A9al#History  https://web.archive.org/web/20120505045702/http://gladwell.com/2011/2011_03_28_a_color_of_money.html  https://www.forbes.com/2005/03/18/cz_sh_0318oreal_bill05.html?sh=201cbbb975fc  https://www.forbes.com/static/bill2005/LIRF6EZ.html?passListId=10&passYear=2005&passListType=Person&uniqueId=F6EZ&datatype=Person  https://web.archive.org/web/20110604000405/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,157348,00.html  https://books.google.com/books?id=nDYVAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA82#v=onepage&q&f=false  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3634302/ 

 Bad girls doing hair! This episode is about the history and science of hair dye and surprise nazis once again! Do we have to cancel aspirin now? Find out with our guest, local comedian and cosmetologist, the radiant Val Burba. Follow her on instagram @valburbacomedy and of course follow us on all the social medias. Hosted as always by Dylan Gardner and music by Gwen Mylls.   Sources: https://set.adelaide.edu.au/news/list/2019/08/20/why-is-the-colour-blue-so-rare-in-nature#:~:text=Blue%20is%20a%20very%20prominent,far%20fewer%20animals%20are%20blue.  https://www.quantamagazine.org/why-are-plants-green-to-reduce-the-noise-in-photosynthesis-20200730/  https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/06/200625144900.htm  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picric_acid  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hair_coloring#cite_note-30  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Schueller  https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/titan-who-founded-loreal-built-his-brand-shoulders-nazis-180964805/  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Or%C3%A9al#History  https://web.archive.org/web/20120505045702/http://gladwell.com/2011/2011_03_28_a_color_of_money.html  https://www.forbes.com/2005/03/18/cz_sh_0318oreal_bill05.html?sh=201cbbb975fc  https://www.forbes.com/static/bill2005/LIRF6EZ.html?passListId=10&passYear=2005&passListType=Person&uniqueId=F6EZ&datatype=Person  https://web.archive.org/web/20110604000405/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,157348,00.html  https://books.google.com/books?id=nDYVAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA82#v=onepage&q&f=false  p

Watch out! Some fresh hot science news coming at ya! With your host Dylan and guest/editor Selena.    Sources: https://www.science.org/content/article/potential-fabrication-research-images-threatens-key-theory-alzheimers-disease?cookieSet=1 https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/26/allegations-of-fabricated-research-undermine-key-alzheimers-theory.html