Stereo Chemistry shares voices and stories from the world of chemistry. The show is created by the reporters and editors at Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), an independent news outlet published by the American Chemical Society.
C&EN Uncovered: From Alchemy to AI, and the Funds Behind It All
👤 Episode 1
Stereo Chemistry revisited: 'Wicked amazing scientist' James Harris's untold story
👤 Episode 2
C&EN Uncovered: Behind the scenes of the chaotic COP30
👤 Episode 3
Bonus episode: The ancient, 'juicy' origins of antibiotic resistance
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Bonus episode: The electric innovations that brought lithium-ion batteries online
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Inflection Point: The era-spanning epiphanies that enabled gene editing
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Inflection Point: How under-appreciated critters inspired GLP-1 drugs
👤 Episode 7
MOFs: What is this Nobel-prize-winning group of materials?
👤 Episode 8
Inside the cavernous crystals that won the Chem Nobel
👤 Episode 9
Uncovered: The Strange Copy and Paste Chemistry of Skeletal Editing
👤 Episode 10
Bonus: C&EN's Future of Chemistry Degrees Panel
👤 Episode 11
C&EN Uncovered: Global Top 50 Chemical Firms in 2025
👤 Episode 12
Inflection Point: The mind-bending innovations that built quantum computing
👤 Episode 13
C&EN Uncovered: Will Emerging Technology Lead Us Into A New Antibiotic Golden Age?
👤 Episode 14
Bonus Episode: 'Inflection Point' traces the serendipitous origins of PFAS
👤 Episode 15
C&EN Uncovered: Can altering ocean chemistry fight climate change?
👤 Episode 16
C&EN Uncovered: Turning tides for endotoxin testing
👤 Episode 17
Bonus episode: Introducing Inflection Point
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C&EN Uncovered: Indoor air monitoring goes to school
👤 Episode 19
Stereo Chemistry: How the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was won
👤 Episode 20
C&EN Uncovered: PhD to CEO, how chemistry entrepreneurs are making the jump
👤 Episode 21
C&EN Uncovered: Solvent Waste Levels, EPA Regulations, and Disposal
👤 Episode 22
C&EN Uncovered: Ongoing tragedies in Flint and East Palestine
👤 Episode 23
C&EN Uncovered: Can 'forever chemicals' be destroyed?
👤 Episode 24
C&EN Uncovered: The small-molecule drug renaissance
👤 Episode 25
C&EN Uncovered: The ocean floor is littered with valuable minerals. Should we go get them?
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C&EN Uncovered: The race to report on the Nobel Prizes
👤 Episode 27
C&EN Uncovered: Looking back on 100 years of chemistry
👤 Episode 28
Jennifer DiStefano and Jared Mondschein on the transition from the bench to the policy office
👤 Episode 29
C&EN Uncovered: Making hydrogen is easy; making it green is a challenge
👤 Episode 30
Mining metals and minerals from seawater
👤 Episode 31
C&EN Uncovered: Can tires turn green?
👤 Episode 32
Here's what happens when wastewater treatment facilities fail
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Bonus: Executive producer Kerri Jansen hands over the mic
👤 Episode 34
C&EN Uncovered: The battle for Lake Maurepas
👤 Episode 35
C&EN Uncovered: Lithium iron phosphate comes to North America
👤 Episode 36
Microplastics pollute our drinking water: What are the risks?
👤 Episode 37
C&EN Uncovered: What exascale computing could mean for chemistry
👤 Episode 38
Carolyn Bertozzi and Barry Sharpless reflect on winning the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
👤 Episode 39
BONUS: Click and bioorthogonal chemistry win Nobel Prize in Chemistry
👤 Episode 40
Lithium mining's water use sparks bitter conflicts and novel chemistry
👤 Episode 41
Bonus: For John Goodenough's 100th birthday, we revisit a fan-favorite interview with the renowned scientist
👤 Episode 42
Bonus: Jess Wade on Wikipedia and work-life balance
👤 Episode 43
Bonus: The sticky science of why we eat so much sugar
👤 Episode 44
Bonus: There's more to James Harris's story
👤 Episode 45
Bonus: The helium shortage that wasn't supposed to be
👤 Episode 46
Sarah Reisman and Melanie Sanford on how organic chemistry is changing and how they've learned to choose priorities
👤 Episode 47
Jose-Luis Jimenez and Kimberly Prather on the intersection of aerosol science and the COVID-19 pandemic
👤 Episode 48
Jessica Ray and William Tarpeh on clean water, turning trash into treasure, and life as assistant professors
👤 Episode 49