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The Dr. Joe Show

CJAD 800 399 - The Dr. Joe Show: Nitroglycerin, barbiturates, and mummies

Debunking myths and answering questions about the science of everyday life. That's what Dr. Joe Schwarcz has been doing for 30+ years.

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Published 23 Aug 2026

Duration 38:36

Episodes

399-

The Dr. Joe Show: Nitroglycerin, barbiturates, and mummies

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23 Aug 2026

398-

The Dr Joe Show: History of Anesthetics & Musings About Napoleon's Death

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16 Aug 2026

397-

The Dr. Joe Show: DDT - Pros and Cons

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09 Aug 2026

396-

The Dr. Joe Show: The story of killer coconuts

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02 Aug 2026

395-

The Right Chemistry: Should you be putting bananas in your smoothies?

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28 Jul 2026

394-

The Dr. Joe Show: Chemistry in Alice in Wonderland

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26 Jul 2026

393-

The Dr. Joe Show: The story of Typhoid Mary & new research in exosomes with Dr. Angelina Guzzo

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19 Jul 2026

392-

The Dr. Joe Show: Memories of the great Hungarian soccer team of the 1950s & contaminants in toilet paper

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12 Jul 2026

391-

The Dr. Joe Show: Hot dog!

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05 Jul 2026

390-

The Dr. Joe Show: Why does one rotten apple spoil the whole barrel?

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28 Jun 2026

389-

The Dr. Joe Show: Rebirth of the Zeppelin

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21 Jun 2026

388-

The Dr. Joe Show: Dr. Jessica Speir – Discussions about public health

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14 Jun 2026

387-

The Right Chemistry: How does coffee affect sleep quality?

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09 Jun 2026

386-

The Dr. Joe Show: The screwworm fly

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07 Jun 2026

385-

Acetylene - A Canadian Discovery

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31 May 2026

384-

The Right Chemistry: Everything you need to know about pesticides in fuits and vegetables

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26 May 2026

383-

The Dr. Joe Show: Plexiglas

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24 May 2026

382-

The Dr. Joe Show: All about coffee

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17 May 2026

381-

The Dr. Joe Show: The most expensive coffee in the world

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10 May 2026

380-

The Dr. Joe Show: Titanium Dioxide

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03 May 2026

379-

The Dr. Joe Show: Coprolites

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26 Apr 2026

378-

The Dr. Joe Show: Gold

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19 Apr 2026

377-

The Dr. Joe Show: The history of tattoos

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12 Apr 2026

376-

The Right Chemistry: What determines the quality of chocolate?

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07 Apr 2026

375-

The Dr. Joe Show: Easter and Passover stories

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05 Apr 2026

374-

The Dr. Joe Show: Fart Proudly

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29 Mar 2026

373-

The Dr. Joe Show: Lead Poisoning

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22 Mar 2026

372-

The Dr. Joe Show: The history of Oil and Vaseline

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15 Mar 2026

371-

The Right Chemistry: The dangers of TikTok challenges

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10 Mar 2026

370-

The Dr. Joe Show: Vaccination

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08 Mar 2026

369-

The Dr. Joe Show: The Nature of Chemistry

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01 Mar 2026

368-

The Right Chemistry: Bacteria that may boost brain health

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24 Feb 2026

367-

Dr. Joe Show: Nikola Tesla

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22 Feb 2026

366-

The Dr. Joe Show: The secret of dark chocolate

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15 Feb 2026

365-

The Dr. Joe Show: Chocolate and Valentine's Day

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08 Feb 2026

364-

The Dr. Joe Show: Turkish ice cream

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01 Feb 2026

363-

The Dr. Joe Show: Cryonics and Cryotherapy

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25 Jan 2026

362-

The Dr. Joe Show: Nylon and the tragedy of Wallace Carothers

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18 Jan 2026

361-

The Dr. Joe Show: The new American food guidelines

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11 Jan 2026

360-

The Dr. Joe Show: all about tea!

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04 Jan 2026

359-

The Dr. Joe Show: Champagne

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28 Dec 2025

358-

The Dr. Joe Show: Professor Aldini's attempts to bring the dead back to life

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21 Dec 2025

357-

Just Wondering: How do we get olive oil, canola oil, coconut oil?

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15 Dec 2025

356-

The Dr. Joe Show: The Story of Hanukkah

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14 Dec 2025

355-

Dr. Joe Schwarcz on being inducted onto CJAD 800's Wall of Fame

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09 Dec 2025

354-

Dr. Joe Schwarcz on being inducted onto the CJAD 800 Wall of Fame

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09 Dec 2025

353-

The Dr. Joe Show: Frankenstein

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07 Dec 2025

352-

The Dr. Joe Show: Milk Stories

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30 Nov 2025

351-

The Dr. Joe Show: The story of açai berries

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23 Nov 2025

350-

The Dr. Joe Show: Everything you wanted to know about shampoos

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16 Nov 2025

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