Plastics: The Problems and Possibilities

Cleaning is not a chore any of us like doing, but what if you had to clean up a crime scene?  What if you had to make all your cleaning products to clean up that crime scene...from scratch? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Thanks for listening to our first season! We will be back in March but wanted to share some opportunities and quick sneak peeks of what we have coming up on Simply Complex and How To Make Everything. For more information, please visit: https://makeeverything.tv/simplycomplex Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this Valentine’s Day episode, we examine the ways in which interpersonal relationships have gotten easier in modern life and what ways they have become more complicated. https://makeeverything.tv/simplycomplex Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tribal cultures used to think that a camera taking their image could capture their souls.  Today, millions of people document their daily lives by photographing and posting their every action. We now spend so much time documenting life, are we forgetting to experience it?  We ask the question: In a different way, if cameras are indeed stealing our souls? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The glass we interact with most may be transparent, but the process in making it from scratch is anything but clear cut. In this episode, Andy and Taylor discuss the perils of making clear glass from sand and the complexities finding the right flux and annealing process. For more information, please visit: https://makeeverything.tv/simplycomplex Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Refrigerators are everywhere - in the kitchen, climate control, bombs, supercomputers, and spacecraft. In this episode, Andy, Taylor, and Brian, with the help of science writer and author Tom Jackson, explore the explosive history of deadly fridges, ice harvesting empires, and how the science of refrigeration is leading the way to quantum computing, teleportation, and immortality. For more information and show notes, please visit https://makeeverything.tv/simplycomplex. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The invention of plastic has forever changed humankind.  It has led to many amazing discoveries and saved millions of lives. However, “disposable” plastics have now become a looming threat to the oceans and future human life.  In this episode, we attempt to deconstruct the plastics problem with some help from Adrian Grenier’s Organization Lonely Whale and the people who brought us Earth Day. For more details and show notes, please visit: https://makeeverything.tv/simplycomplex Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When all of our digital devices manage our calendar for us, we kind of take for granted how complex of a tracking system the calendar is. Some months have 31 days while others have 28 days...then there’s leap year! All of these rules with the calendar came from a lot of conflict and compromise throughout the ages.  We discuss how the calendar has evolved through the ages and if it will continue to withstand the test of time. With Special Guest YouTuber Joe Scott and Mathematics Professor, Math-magician and TED speaker Arthur Benjamin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Andy, Brian, and Taylor compare Christmas traditions and talk about how human sacrifice and shooting guns led to exchanging gifts with family on Christmas. Chris interviews and asks a Santa Claus about breaking and entering and if Amazon is edging him out of the gift-giving market. For more details and show notes, please visit https://makeeverything.tv/simplycomplex. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Coffee helps millions of people wake up in the morning but rarely do we consider the complex process that transforms the subtle flavor differences of coffees around the world. In this episode, we take a deeper look at the flavor of coffee, interview an expert in coffee roasting and sourcing, and talk about Andy's journey to Mexico to make his morning cup of coffee completely from scratch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices