Distillations #150 – Sweat

Distillations second installment of Blood, Sweat, and Tears is ripe with great information about sweat. (Get it? HA!) First, our assistant producer Anne Fredrickson has a thoroughly entertaining segment on the history of deodorants, complete with some hilarious archival footage. Then reporter Gretchen Cuda Kroen explains how researchers are using sweat to analyze both the physical and…

Distillations #149 – Blood

  This marks the first installment of Distillations‘ new three-part series Blood, Sweat, and Tears, an exploration of our vital fluids. First, we learn how a series of discoveries in the early 17th century led to our modern understanding of the circulatory system. Then, producer Hannah Hoag explains how the athlete biological passport will help catch…