Episode 166: Alchemy After Dark
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Just in time for Valentine's Day we explore the sexier side of alchemy. Historian Joel Klein explains how alchemists used passionate prose to disguise the details of their secret experiments.
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00:00 Opening Credits
00:44 Introduction
02:07 Interview: Joel Klein
13:28 Closing Credits
CREDITS
Special thanks to Joel Klein for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.
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