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Elements

Published: March 25, 2021, 4 p.m.

Scientists took about 300 years to lay out the Periodic Table into neat rows and columns. In one hour, we\u2019re going to mess it all up.\xa0 This episode, we enlist journalists, poets, musicians, and even a physicist\xa0to help us tell stories of matter that matters. You\u2019ll never look at that chart the same way again.

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Special thanks to Emotive Fruition\xa0for organizing poetry performances and to the mighty Sylvan Esso\xa0for composing 'Jaime's Song', both inspired by\xa0this episode.

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Thanks also to Sam Kean, Chris Howk, Brian Fields and to Paul Dresher and Ned Rothenberg for the use of their song "Untold Story:The Edge of Sleep".\xa0

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Check out Jaime Lowe's book\xa0Mental: Lithium, Love and Losing My Mind

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