Chemistry For Your Life
A podcast that helps you understand the fascinating chemistry hidden in your everyday life.Have you ever wondered why onions make you cry? Or how soap gets your hands clean? What really is margarine, or why do trees chan...
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On the show
- Claire Caballero2 eps
- Nicki Stewart2 eps
- Vince1 ep
Also: Leyte Winfield, Matt Mio, Dr. Joanne Stewart, Vicente Talanquer, Ellen Yezierski, Claire
Audience Interest
- everyday chemistry phenomena
- scientific explanations
Podcast Focus
- chemistry in daily life
- understanding chemical reactions
Publishing Consistency
- 391 episodes produced
- active for 6 years
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Total monthly reach
Based on 1 signal.
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By chart position
- 🇺🇸United States · ChemistryHOME#22.8M to 15M
- 🇬🇧United Kingdom · Chemistry#3137K to 725K
- 🇦🇺Australia · Chemistry#452K to 277K
- 🇸🇪Sweden · Chemistry#143K to 230K
- 🇵🇱PL · Chemistry#143K to 230K
- Per-Episode Audience
Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days
3.6M to 19M🎙 ~2x weekly·418 episodes·Last published 6d ago - Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
7.3M to 38M🇺🇸78%🇬🇧4%🇦🇺1%+13 more - Active Followers
Loyal subscribers who consistently listen
4.0M to 21M
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 10/22/26 | Ask a Chemist: How long do you microwave ice cream? (and other questions) | Why does microwaving ice cream for two five-second bursts feel different from microwaving it once for ten seconds? Can a science podcast make chemistry accessible without accidentally wrapping complicated ideas in answers that feel a little too neat—and what do seeds know about light that we don’t? Melissa and Jam tackle those questions along with protons versus neutrons, refrigerant patents, leaded gasoline, and an important conversation about unexpected ads. It’s a Q&R episode featuring chemistry off the cuff, educational soul-searching, listener corrections, and an unusually serious investigation into optimal ice cream texture. | 44m 38s | ||||||
| 10/15/26 | Is personification helpful or harmful in science? | Do atoms “want” full electron shells, do molecules “prefer” stability, and are electrons really “attacking” each other? Or could it be that while personifying molecules might be quietly teaching us the wrong ideas? Chemistry education researcher Jessie Stenlund joins Melissa and Jam to investigate anthropomorphism, analogies, scientific language, and why a satisfying explanation isn’t necessarily an accurate one. Along the way, Melissa reckons with learning that one of her strongest teaching opinions might need revisiting. | 1h 05m 08s | ||||||
| 10/8/26 | Is science always right? | This week we issue a correction, joining other science publications issuing the same correction. That's kind of an obvious answer to the question of "Is science always right?" So in this episode we explore that question, as well as what happens when science isn't right. And why that's NOT a bad thing. | 34m 34s | ||||||
| 10/1/26 | Can leftovers be healthier than freshly cooked food? | Can cooking pasta, rice, or bread, and then cooling it down, actually make it healthier? Could yesterday’s leftovers affect your blood sugar differently than a freshly cooked meal, or is this just another nutrition “hack” invented by the internet? Melissa and Jam investigate starch, glucose, insulin, digestion, crystallization, and the surprising chemistry that happens while your food sits in the fridge. Plus, the whole thing somehow turns into a Lord of the Rings battle involving glucose, hobbits, and ents, because of course it does. | 44m 52s | ||||||
| 9/24/26 | Ask a Chemist: What is "natural gas?" (and other questions) | What’s actually flowing through the “natural gas” pipes connected to your home—and did we get something wrong in our air-conditioning series? Which careers can an organic chemistry student pursue, how do topical pain-relief gels work, and what could make a successful HIV medication suddenly stop working? Melissa and Jam answer listener questions, revisit past episodes, correct the record, and stumble into a genuinely fascinating pharmaceutical mystery. Plus, could more chemistry history and chemistry-education stories be coming to the podcast? | 25m 39s | ||||||
| 9/17/26 | Is red light therapy real or a scam? | Can shining a red light on your face really improve acne, wrinkles, inflammation, or wound healing, or is red light therapy just an expensive skincare scam involving a slightly alarming mask? How could ordinary visible light affect cells beneath your skin, and should you trust the products filling your social media feed? Melissa and Jam investigate photobiomodulation, mitochondria, collagen, blue light, FDA clearance, and the research behind this increasingly popular wellness trend. The answer is more scientifically interesting, and more complicated, than either of them expected. | 47m 38s | ||||||
| 9/10/26 | What the heck is going on inside microwaves? | Melissa finally explains to Jam how microwaves work after making him wait for an entire week. What the heck is going on inside microwaves? How does it do it's thing and make our food tasty? Is it magic? | 24m 00s | ||||||
| 9/3/26 | chemistry lessonspodcast anniversary+3 | Claire | — | — | chemistrypodcast+3 | — | 1h 14m 21s | ||
| 8/27/26 | evaporative coolingair conditioning+3 | — | — | ArizonaHouston | swamp coolerair conditioner+5 | — | 31m 44s | ||
| 8/20/26 | air conditioningrefrigerants+5 | — | Freonpropane+2 | America | air conditioningrefrigerant+6 | — | 53m 21s | ||
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| 8/13/26 | chemistryReddit+4 | — | wireless chargingReddit+1 | — | chemistrymetals+5 | — | 46m 18s | ||
| 8/6/26 | air conditioningrefrigerants+3 | — | Hibiscus Girl Summer | — | air conditionercool air+3 | — | 38m 50s | ||
| 7/30/26 | chemical reactionsfizzy geysers+3 | — | diet cokementos | — | diet cokementos+3 | — | 31m 09s | ||
| 7/23/26 | organic chemistryPhD research+3 | — | — | — | organic chemistryPhD+4 | — | 53m 24s | ||
| 7/20/26 | chemistry educationlearning environments+3 | Leyte Winfield | BCCE Community Conversation | — | chemistry educationstudent empowerment+3 | — | 28m 49s | ||
| 7/16/26 | hair chemistryhair damage+4 | — | — | — | hair damagehair chemistry+4 | — | 34m 48s | ||
| 7/13/26 | neurodiversitychemistry education+3 | Matt Mio | BCCE | — | neurodiversitychemistry+5 | — | 30m 58s | ||
| 7/9/26 | chemistryhairspray+3 | — | hairspray | — | hairspraychemistry+3 | — | 1h 01m 58s | ||
| 7/6/26 | chemistry educationcommunities of practice+3 | Dr. Joanne Stewart | — | — | chemistry teacherseducation+3 | — | 33m 07s | ||
| 7/2/26 | silicone safetylistener questions+5 | — | mosquito wristbandswaterproof mascara+3 | — | siliconesafety+5 | — | 35m 50s | ||
| 6/29/26 | real-world problemschemistry education+3 | Vicente Talanquer | BCCE | — | chemistryeducation+3 | — | 34m 30s | ||
| 6/25/26 | forensic sciencefingerprints+3 | Nicki Stewart | Chemistry For Your Life | — | forensic scientistsfingerprint analysis+3 | — | 54m 42s | ||
| 6/22/26 | chemistry educationscholarly teaching+4 | Ellen Yezierski | BCCEBCCE Community Conversation | — | chemistryeducation+4 | — | 36m 40s | ||
| 6/18/26 | super gluechemistry+3 | — | — | — | super gluechemistry+3 | — | 31m 07s | ||
| 6/15/26 | How could technology and A.I. change chemistry education? (BCCE 2026) | AI is everywhere in education right now, but is that the only technology chemistry educators should be thinking about? In this bonus BCCE preview episode, Melissa talks with Resa Kelly about technology in chemistry education, from visualizations and videos to flipped classrooms and AI. What do we actually want students to be able to do in a technology-rich world? How should that shape our teaching? And how can educators stay curious without feeling pressured to adopt every new tool that comes along? | 33m 13s | ||||||
| 6/11/26 | forensic sciencecrime shows+4 | Nicki Stewart | CSI | — | forensic sciencecrime shows+5 | — | 37m 04s | ||
| 6/8/26 | chemistry educationBCCE+3 | — | Biennial Conference on Chemical Education | — | BCCEchemistry educators+3 | — | 1h 10m 03s | ||
| 6/4/26 | pencil chemistrygraphite+4 | — | pencil erasergraphite+2 | — | pencil erasergraphite+5 | — | 35m 02s | ||
| 5/28/26 | gemstonescolor+3 | — | Chemistry For Your Life | — | gemstonescolor+3 | — | 44m 40s | ||
| 5/21/26 | pencil chemistrygraphite+4 | — | pencilgraphite+3 | — | pencilgraphite+5 | — | 46m 46s | ||
| 5/14/26 | chemistrylistener questions+4 | — | bleachammonia+3 | British | chemistrylistener questions+6 | — | 34m 57s | ||
| 5/7/26 | Kevlarpolymers+4 | — | Kevlarmedical school | — | Kevlarchemistry+5 | — | 48m 16s | ||
| 4/30/26 | helium shortagescience+3 | — | helium | — | heliumshortage+3 | — | 39m 14s | ||
| 4/23/26 | reverse osmosisaluminum foil+2 | Vince | — | — | chemistryscience+1 | — | 38m 26s | ||
| 4/16/26 | pool smellchlorine+3 | — | — | — | chemistryquestions+1 | — | 32m 28s | ||
| 4/9/26 | diaperscolor change+3 | — | diapers | — | color shifteveryday science+1 | — | 50m 34s | ||
| 4/2/26 | deodorantantiperspirant+1 | — | deodorantantiperspirant | — | smelleveryday substances+1 | — | 46m 41s | ||
| 3/26/26 | bird chemistrycompost+2 | — | — | — | chemistry experimentsbird facts+1 | — | 35m 34s | ||
| 3/19/26 | DEETmosquitos+1 | — | DEET | — | mosquito repellentchemistry+1 | — | 37m 20s | ||
| 3/12/26 | birdsflight+4 | — | — | — | chemistryaviation+2 | — | 40m 00s | ||
| 3/5/26 | pregnancy-related brain changeskoala fingerprints+8 | Claire Caballero | Fun Fact or Fake Factoid | — | game rematchtrue or false+1 | — | 33m 32s | ||
| 2/27/26 | MRINMR+3 | Claire Caballero | — | — | magnetic resonance imagingorganic chemistry+1 | — | 1h 09m 02s | ||
| 2/19/26 | glassliquid+2 | — | — | — | flowwindows+1 | — | 32m 46s | ||
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What the show covers
- chemistry in daily life
- understanding chemical reactions
- explaining scientific mysteries
- accessible science education
Audience interests
- everyday chemistry phenomena
- scientific explanations
- learning new concepts
- fun chemistry facts
Platform reach
- available on major podcast platforms
- growing listener base
- potential for wide distribution
- unknown follower count
Publishing consistency
- 391 episodes produced
- active for 6 years
- weekly episode release
- consistent content delivery
Chart history for Chemistry For Your Life
Peaked at #1 in BE, top 10 in 37 of 50 tracked markets, currently #1 in BE.
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| United States | — | #2 | #2 | — |
| Ireland | — | #2 | #2 | — |
| Finland | — | #2 | #2 | — |
| MY | — | #2 | #2 | — |
| ID | — | #2 | #2 | — |
| CO | — | #2 | #2 | — |
| KE | — | #2 | #2 | — |
| United Kingdom | — | #3 | #3 | — |
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| PH | — | #3 | #3 | — |
| Australia | — | #4 | #4 | — |
| RO | — | #4 | #4 | — |
Chart Positions
50 placements across 44 markets.
Chart Positions
50 placements across 44 markets.