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Chemistry For Your Life

Melissa and Jam, Bleav

A podcast that helps you understand the fascinating chemistry hidden in your everyday life. Have you ever wondered why onions make you cry? Or how soap gets your hands clean? What really is margarine, or why do trees change colors in the fall? Melissa is a chemist, and to answer these questions she started a podcast, called Chemistry for your life! In each episode Melissa explains the chemistry behind one of life’s mysteries to Jam, who is definitely not a chemist, but she explains it in a way

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All Episodes

36:23

Why does rain smell?

Chemistry For Your Life ·

2020/02/06

2024 Merch Giveaway!Subscribe to our YouTube channel here: youtube.com/@chemforyourlifeTake a screenshot proving you're subscribed.Email the screenshot to chemforyourlife@gmail.com with the subject line "Giveaway Entry"We'll randomly select a winner and they'll get to choose whatever merch item you want! Check out our merch in the meantime at chemforyourlife.com/store- - - - - - - - - - - - -#029What's that smell? This week, Melissa and Jam explore the chemistry of smell. Now a lot of smell

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36:03

What’s really happening when our hair gets damaged?

Chemistry For Your Life ·

2020/01/30

2024 Merch Giveaway!Subscribe to our YouTube channel here: youtube.com/@chemforyourlifeTake a screenshot proving you're subscribed.Email the screenshot to chemforyourlife@gmail.com with the subject line "Giveaway Entry"We'll randomly select a winner and they'll get to choose whatever merch item you want! Check out our merch in the meantime at chemforyourlife.com/store- - - - - - - - - - - - -#028This week, Melissa and Jam travel even further down the rabbit hole of hair chemistry. How does

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29:24

What gives curly hair its curl?

Chemistry For Your Life ·

2020/01/23

2024 Merch Giveaway!Subscribe to our YouTube channel here: youtube.com/@chemforyourlifeTake a screenshot proving you're subscribed.Email the screenshot to chemforyourlife@gmail.com with the subject line "Giveaway Entry"We'll randomly select a winner and they'll get to choose whatever merch item you want! Check out our merch in the meantime at chemforyourlife.com/store- - - - - - - - - - - - -#027This week, Melissa and Jam dive into the chemistry of something that may not seem like chemistry

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29:38

Bonus: Growing crystals, bobby pins, and how should...

Chemistry For Your Life ·

2020/01/20

2024 Merch Giveaway!Subscribe to our YouTube channel here: youtube.com/@chemforyourlifeTake a screenshot proving you're subscribed.Email the screenshot to chemforyourlife@gmail.com with the subject line "Giveaway Entry"We'll randomly select a winner and they'll get to choose whatever merch item you want! Check out our merch in the meantime at chemforyourlife.com/store- - - - - - - - - - - - -Bonus Episode: Question and Response 5In his month's bonus episode, Melissa and Jam respond to

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32:27

What is the taste of carbonated water?

Chemistry For Your Life ·

2020/01/16

2024 Merch Giveaway!Subscribe to our YouTube channel here: youtube.com/@chemforyourlifeTake a screenshot proving you're subscribed.Email the screenshot to chemforyourlife@gmail.com with the subject line "Giveaway Entry"We'll randomly select a winner and they'll get to choose whatever merch item you want! Check out our merch in the meantime at chemforyourlife.com/store- - - - - - - - - - - - -#026This week, Melissa and Jam discuss part of an often requested topic: carbonation. Does it have a

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38:23

The sea is rising? Should I be scared? (with Renee...

Chemistry For Your Life ·

2020/01/09

2024 Merch Giveaway!Subscribe to our YouTube channel here: youtube.com/@chemforyourlifeTake a screenshot proving you're subscribed.Email the screenshot to chemforyourlife@gmail.com with the subject line "Giveaway Entry"We'll randomly select a winner and they'll get to choose whatever merch item you want! Check out our merch in the meantime at chemforyourlife.com/store- - - - - - - - - - - - -#025This week, Melissa, Jam, and very special guest Renee Collini (Melissa's sister and climate

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27:25

What do rainbows and mirages have in common?

Chemistry For Your Life ·

2020/01/02

2024 Merch Giveaway!Subscribe to our YouTube channel here: youtube.com/@chemforyourlifeTake a screenshot proving you're subscribed.Email the screenshot to chemforyourlife@gmail.com with the subject line "Giveaway Entry"We'll randomly select a winner and they'll get to choose whatever merch item you want! Check out our merch in the meantime at chemforyourlife.com/store- - - - - - - - - - - - -#024This week, Melissa and Jam explore three very different, but related, light phenomena. We'll

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30:46

How do snowflakes form and look so cool?

Chemistry For Your Life ·

2019/12/26

2024 Merch Giveaway!Subscribe to our YouTube channel here: youtube.com/@chemforyourlifeTake a screenshot proving you're subscribed.Email the screenshot to chemforyourlife@gmail.com with the subject line "Giveaway Entry"We'll randomly select a winner and they'll get to choose whatever merch item you want! Check out our merch in the meantime at chemforyourlife.com/store- - - - - - - - - - - - -#023This week, Melissa and Jam explore the wintery chemistry of snowflakes. How do they form? How

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31:56

What are antioxidants and are they even good for you?

Chemistry For Your Life ·

2019/12/19

2024 Merch Giveaway!Subscribe to our YouTube channel here: youtube.com/@chemforyourlifeTake a screenshot proving you're subscribed.Email the screenshot to chemforyourlife@gmail.com with the subject line "Giveaway Entry"We'll randomly select a winner and they'll get to choose whatever merch item you want! Check out our merch in the meantime at chemforyourlife.com/store- - - - - - - - - - - - -#022This week, Melissa and Jam explore the chemistry of antioxidants. What are they? Is it just

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21:35

Bonus: Do solar farms kill birds (and other questions)?

Chemistry For Your Life ·

2019/12/16

2024 Merch Giveaway!Subscribe to our YouTube channel here: youtube.com/@chemforyourlifeTake a screenshot proving you're subscribed.Email the screenshot to chemforyourlife@gmail.com with the subject line "Giveaway Entry"We'll randomly select a winner and they'll get to choose whatever merch item you want! Check out our merch in the meantime at chemforyourlife.com/store- - - - - - - - - - - - -Bonus Episode: Question and Response 4Welcome to the new home for our Question and Response

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32:05

How can sunlight turn into electricity?

Chemistry For Your Life ·

2019/12/12

2024 Merch Giveaway!Subscribe to our YouTube channel here: youtube.com/@chemforyourlifeTake a screenshot proving you're subscribed.Email the screenshot to chemforyourlife@gmail.com with the subject line "Giveaway Entry"We'll randomly select a winner and they'll get to choose whatever merch item you want! Check out our merch in the meantime at chemforyourlife.com/store- - - - - - - - - - - - -#021This week, Melissa and Jam explore the chemistry of solar energy. How do we capture energy from

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34:53

Why does water form droplets?

Chemistry For Your Life ·

2019/12/05

2024 Merch Giveaway!Subscribe to our YouTube channel here: youtube.com/@chemforyourlifeTake a screenshot proving you're subscribed.Email the screenshot to chemforyourlife@gmail.com with the subject line "Giveaway Entry"We'll randomly select a winner and they'll get to choose whatever merch item you want! Check out our merch in the meantime at chemforyourlife.com/store- - - - - - - - - - - - -#020This week Melissa and Jam explore the chemistry of water and intermolecular forces. Why does it

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21:58

What happens to water in space (and other questions)?

Chemistry For Your Life ·

2019/11/28

2024 Merch Giveaway!Subscribe to our YouTube channel here: youtube.com/@chemforyourlifeTake a screenshot proving you're subscribed.Email the screenshot to chemforyourlife@gmail.com with the subject line "Giveaway Entry"We'll randomly select a winner and they'll get to choose whatever merch item you want! Check out our merch in the meantime at chemforyourlife.com/store- - - - - - - - - - - - -Question and Response #03This week Melissa and Jam do the last Question and Response episode. We'll

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31:55

What’s up with foil?

Chemistry For Your Life ·

2019/11/21

2024 Merch Giveaway!Subscribe to our YouTube channel here: youtube.com/@chemforyourlifeTake a screenshot proving you're subscribed.Email the screenshot to chemforyourlife@gmail.com with the subject line "Giveaway Entry"We'll randomly select a winner and they'll get to choose whatever merch item you want! Check out our merch in the meantime at chemforyourlife.com/store- - - - - - - - - - - - -#018This week Melissa and Jam explore the chemistry of aluminum foil. Why doesn’t it feel hot when

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35:37

Why do foods brown when we cook them?

Chemistry For Your Life ·

2019/11/14

2024 Merch Giveaway!Subscribe to our YouTube channel here: youtube.com/@chemforyourlifeTake a screenshot proving you're subscribed.Email the screenshot to chemforyourlife@gmail.com with the subject line "Giveaway Entry"We'll randomly select a winner and they'll get to choose whatever merch item you want! Check out our merch in the meantime at chemforyourlife.com/store- - - - - - - - - - - - -#017This week Melissa and Jam explore some of the chemistry behind cooking. What happens when you

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34:45

Why do onions make you cry?

Chemistry For Your Life ·

2019/11/07

2024 Merch Giveaway!Subscribe to our YouTube channel here: youtube.com/@chemforyourlifeTake a screenshot proving you're subscribed.Email the screenshot to chemforyourlife@gmail.com with the subject line "Giveaway Entry"We'll randomly select a winner and they'll get to choose whatever merch item you want! Check out our merch in the meantime at chemforyourlife.com/store- - - - - - - - - - - - -#016This week Melissa and Jam explore the chemistry of onion tears, the emotional reaction we all

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25:51

Green fire?!

Chemistry For Your Life ·

2019/10/31

2024 Merch Giveaway!Subscribe to our YouTube channel here: youtube.com/@chemforyourlifeTake a screenshot proving you're subscribed.Email the screenshot to chemforyourlife@gmail.com with the subject line "Giveaway Entry"We'll randomly select a winner and they'll get to choose whatever merch item you want! Check out our merch in the meantime at chemforyourlife.com/store- - - - - - - - - - - - -#015This week Melissa and Jam explore a Halloween-themed topic, perfectly-timed for the fact that

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29:03

What makes artificial sweeteners artificial?

Chemistry For Your Life ·

2019/10/24

2024 Merch Giveaway!Subscribe to our YouTube channel here: youtube.com/@chemforyourlifeTake a screenshot proving you're subscribed.Email the screenshot to chemforyourlife@gmail.com with the subject line "Giveaway Entry"We'll randomly select a winner and they'll get to choose whatever merch item you want! Check out our merch in the meantime at chemforyourlife.com/store- - - - - - - - - - - - -This week Melissa and Jam explore the chemistry of artificial/alternative sweeteners. What are

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30:50

What even is sunscreen and how does it screen the sun?

Chemistry For Your Life ·

2019/10/17

2024 Merch Giveaway!Subscribe to our YouTube channel here: youtube.com/@chemforyourlifeTake a screenshot proving you're subscribed.Email the screenshot to chemforyourlife@gmail.com with the subject line "Giveaway Entry"We'll randomly select a winner and they'll get to choose whatever merch item you want! Check out our merch in the meantime at chemforyourlife.com/store- - - - - - - - - - - - -This week Melissa and Jam explore the chemistry of not being burned by the big, ominous, flaming

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31:46

How do geckos stick to walls?

Chemistry For Your Life ·

2019/10/10

2024 Merch Giveaway!Subscribe to our YouTube channel here: youtube.com/@chemforyourlifeTake a screenshot proving you're subscribed.Email the screenshot to chemforyourlife@gmail.com with the subject line "Giveaway Entry"We'll randomly select a winner and they'll get to choose whatever merch item you want! Check out our merch in the meantime at chemforyourlife.com/store- - - - - - - - - - - - -This week Melissa and Jam continue in the category of "sticky" things by exploring how geckos stick

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