Pandemics & Pathogens Past & Present

Wrap Up Ep. 31

chemsmith1@gmail.com (Tim C. Smith) — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 23:48:01 +0000

A review of a few basics. The end. 7 min

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Extinct Isotopes Ep. 30

chemsmith1@gmail.com (Tim C. Smith) — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 23:46:06 +0000

What are extinct isotopes and what do they tell us? 10 min

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Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator Ep. 29

chemsmith1@gmail.com (Tim C. Smith) — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 23:42:46 +0000

What’s an RTG? How does it work? RTG accidents. 12 min

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Murder By Isotope Ep. 28

chemsmith1@gmail.com (Tim C. Smith) — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 23:39:35 +0000

Have isotopes been used to kill people? Of course they have. 12 min

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Detecting Isotopes Ep. 27

chemsmith1@gmail.com (Tim C. Smith) — Sun, 03 Apr 2022 23:38:40 +0000

Methods to detects isotopes. The Geiger counter. The scintillation counter. Mass spectrometry. Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. 11 min

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Decay Series Ep. 26

chemsmith1@gmail.com (Tim C. Smith) — Sun, 03 Apr 2022 23:34:43 +0000

What is a decay series? A few extra facts about Uranium. 12 min

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U-235 Fission Ep. 25

chemsmith1@gmail.com (Tim C. Smith) — Sun, 03 Apr 2022 23:30:43 +0000

How does a U-235 atomic bomb work? How does fission work. What’s a chain reaction? 9 min

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Kik The Woolly Mammoth Ep. 24

chemsmith1@gmail.com (Tim C. Smith) — Thu, 31 Mar 2022 23:56:02 +0000

Who was Kik and how were isotopes used to learn about him? 6 min

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Krypton-86 Ep. 23

chemsmith1@gmail.com (Tim C. Smith) — Thu, 31 Mar 2022 23:47:15 +0000

The discovery of Krypton. It’s properties. It’s uses and some Krypton trivia. 8 min

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Cosmogenic Isotopes Ep. 22

chemsmith1@gmail.com (Tim C. Smith) — Thu, 31 Mar 2022 23:43:14 +0000

What are cosmogenic isotopes? What can they tell us? 6 min

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Americium-241 Ep. 21

chemsmith1@gmail.com (Tim C. Smith) — Tue, 22 Feb 2022 00:55:43 +0000

How did this element get its name? Where would you find it? Can you make a nuclear bomb from a household item? 5 min

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Isotope Clumping Ep. 20

chemsmith1@gmail.com (Tim C. Smith) — Tue, 22 Feb 2022 00:50:29 +0000

What is isotope clumping and what can it tell us? 10 min

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Positron Emission Tomography Ep. 19

chemsmith1@gmail.com (Tim C. Smith) — Tue, 22 Feb 2022 00:47:34 +0000

Positrons! So cool. Check it out. 8 min

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Radioimaging Ep. 18

chemsmith1@gmail.com (Tim C. Smith) — Tue, 22 Feb 2022 00:44:40 +0000

How are isotopes used in medical imaging? 5 min

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Targeted Radioisotope Therapy Ep. 17

chemsmith1@gmail.com (Tim C. Smith) — Tue, 22 Feb 2022 00:42:24 +0000

How is targeted radioisotope therapy different from brachytherapy? 7 min

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Brachytherapy Ep. 16

chemsmith1@gmail.com (Tim C. Smith) — Tue, 22 Feb 2022 00:38:16 +0000

What is brachytherapy and how are isotopes involved? 5 min

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Urea Breath Test Ep. 15

chemsmith1@gmail.com (Tim C. Smith) — Mon, 14 Feb 2022 00:52:50 +0000

What is the urea breath test used for and how are isotopes involved? 6 min

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Doubly Labeled Water Ep. 14

chemsmith1@gmail.com (Tim C. Smith) — Mon, 14 Feb 2022 00:47:34 +0000

What is double labeled water? How is it useful? 14 min

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Heavy Water Ep. 13

chemsmith1@gmail.com (Tim C. Smith) — Sun, 13 Feb 2022 01:11:06 +0000

What is heavy water? What are its properties? 12 min

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Zinc Tracers & Biomarkers Ep. 12

chemsmith1@gmail.com (Tim C. Smith) — Sun, 13 Feb 2022 01:07:51 +0000

What is a tracer? How are isotopes involved? 7 min

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Ötzi the Iceman Ep. 11

chemsmith1@gmail.com (Tim C. Smith) — Sun, 13 Feb 2022 01:02:48 +0000

Who was Ötzi? What did isotopes tell us about him? 9 min

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King Richard III Ep. 10

chemsmith1@gmail.com (Tim C. Smith) — Fri, 11 Feb 2022 02:15:11 +0000

What did isotopes tell us about King Richard III? 9 min

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Isotope Fractionation Ep. 9

chemsmith1@gmail.com (Tim C. Smith) — Fri, 11 Feb 2022 02:08:21 +0000

What is isotope fractionation? How is it used? 7 min

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Carbon Dating Ep. 8

chemsmith1@gmail.com (Tim C. Smith) — Fri, 11 Feb 2022 01:09:29 +0000

What is carbon dating? Also, what are Seuss Effects? 8 min

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Primordial Isotopes Ep. 7

chemsmith1@gmail.com (Tim C. Smith) — Fri, 11 Feb 2022 01:05:48 +0000

What are primordial isotopes? Also some random isotope facts. 9 min

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Types of Radioactive Decay Ep. 6

chemsmith1@gmail.com (Tim C. Smith) — Fri, 11 Feb 2022 00:48:03 +0000

What is radioactive decay? How do atoms decay? 9 min

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Stable vs Radioactive Ep. 5

chemsmith1@gmail.com (Tim C. Smith) — Tue, 08 Feb 2022 00:54:27 +0000

Some isotopes are stable. Some are radioactive. What’s the difference? 12 min

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What’s an Isotope? Ep. 4

chemsmith1@gmail.com (Tim C. Smith) — Tue, 08 Feb 2022 00:50:51 +0000

How isotopes are defined. Examples. 9 min

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Atoms. Ep. 3

chemsmith1@gmail.com (Tim C. Smith) — Tue, 08 Feb 2022 00:47:46 +0000

How atoms are constructed. 6 min

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The Standard Model. Ep. 2

chemsmith1@gmail.com (Tim C. Smith) — Mon, 07 Feb 2022 00:57:19 +0000

A review of what particles make up the universe. 6 min

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It’s About Isotopes. Ep. 1

chemsmith1@gmail.com (Tim C. Smith) — Mon, 07 Feb 2022 00:07:28 +0000

Why isotopes? An introduction to the series. 4 min

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Special Topic: COVID-19 Vaccines. Ep. 34

chemsmith1@gmail.com (Tim C. Smith) — Wed, 04 Nov 2020 01:12:42 +0000

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 companies have vaccines in trials. 21 min

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Special Topic: The He Jainku Controversy. Ep. 33

chemsmith1@gmail.com (Tim C. Smith) — Wed, 04 Nov 2020 01:09:29 +0000

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

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Special Topic: How Pandemics End. Ep. 32

chemsmith1@gmail.com (Tim C. Smith) — Wed, 04 Nov 2020 01:08:01 +0000

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

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