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Episode 36: Olympics

Episode 36: Olympics

Distillations | Science History Institute · Science History Institute

August 15, 200811m 43s

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Show Notes

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 https://sciencehistory.org/stories/distillations-pod/olympics/