Inflection Point: A time-traveling science history podcast

Take a trip through chemical space and time with C&EN's award-winning podcast: Inflection Point. Our show leans on C&EN's 100-year archive to trace today's headline topics back to their disparate and surprising roots. In each episode, David and Gina explore three lesser-known moments in science history that ultimately led us to current-day breakthroughs. With help from expert C&EN reporters, this show examines how discoveries from our past have shaped our present and will change our future.

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Inflection Point: A time-traveling science history podcast

Sorting out the controversial history of plastics recycling

Nuclear fusion stumped us for a century. Can it fuel the future?

Can we carbon-capture our way out of climate change?

Retinol: The magical molecule's bizarre history

Bonus: Celebrating 1 year of Inflection Point!

The electric innovations that brought lithium-ion batteries online

The ancient, 'juicy' origins of antibiotic resistance

The era-spanning epiphanies that enabled gene editing

How under-appreciated critters inspired GLP-1 drugs

The many materials that made microplastics possible