Trace Material

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Trace Material breaks down the building blocks of our constructed environment, one material at a time. What can plastic tell us about suburbanization? What does redlining have to do with lead paint? And how did a president’s bias shape what our walls are made of?

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Trace Material Series Trailer

Oct 31st, 2019 3:00 PM

Music for this trailer is an adapted version of the song Greylock by Blue Dot Sessions, licensed under CC 4.0.

Season 1 Trailer

Apr 1st, 2020 5:00 AM

Trace Material is a new podcast from Parsons Healthy Materials Lab exploring the intersection of our lives and the lives of the materials that surround us. Each season we dig into a material you might find in your home to discover what it can tell us about our history, our culture, and our bodies. In our first season, we’re exploring the miracle plant that is hemp.

Introducing Trace Material

Apr 8th, 2020 4:00 AM

Welcome to Trace Material, a new podcast from Parsons Healthy Materials Lab. HML Co-directors Alison Mears and Jonsara Ruth make the case for digging into the materials we surround ourselves with every day and introduce you to your hosts for season one.

Hemp in the Bluegrass

Apr 8th, 2020 5:00 AM

We’re going back in time to before hemp was considered controversial. To explain where we are today and why it’s such a hot button issue, we’re going to trace hemp’s history in the United States by looking back at the early American hemp economy. Who benefited and who suffered?

Pot's Benevolent Cousin

Apr 22nd, 2020 5:00 AM

Who’s responsible for the downfall of hemp? How could a plant that was proven to be so useful just up and vanish? We hear from cannabis historian Emily Dufton who helps us answer those questions and many more.

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