Beneath The Surface: Recent Episodes
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Let's go Beneath The Surface and discover how our amazing world supplies so many of the raw materials that enhance our daily lives. This short form podcast is designed to educate listeners in a fun way that will both increase your knowledge and give you a new appreciation for the resources, people, and technology that help make our lives better.
On this extremely spooky Halloween edition of Beneath the Surface, we are talking about the raw materials that are used to make one of the few things that we use once…and only once…in our lives…tombstones!
What do planes, soda cans, and your underarms have in common? You might be surprised to find out! On this episode of Beneath the Surface, we explore the raw material that makes up a product many of us are using every single day to keep the sweat from flowing: Deodorant.
Ever wonder what's in your sunscreen? What is the ingredient/s that are protecting your skin from the sun? Discover with hosts Rustin Hamilton, Chad Sanner and Lora Knopp as they learn and explain the minerals or chemicals used in sunscreen that act as a shield for our skin.
On this episode of Beneath The Surface, we talk about coins! We discuss the timeline of the valuable metals used to make coins and what coins are made out of today. Learn with hosts Rustin Hamilton, Chad Sanner, and Lora Knopp to discover the value of a coin.
On this episode of Beneath The Surface, we discover how Silica Sand is turned into camera lenses. Who knew? Well, special guest and mining consultant Bob Archibald knows, and he’ll help explain how different varieties of sand are used for different purposes and different forms of glass. Our engineer and in-house photographer, Graham Smith, will help tie it all together with some background information about cameras.
We’re heading Beneath The Surface again to find out how raw materials from the earth help us communicate, plan our daily lives and entertain us. Did you know that mobile phones are absolutely loaded with minerals? From Aluminum to gold, you’ll be amazed at how this technology is dependent on the most natural of materials. We’ll break it down with hosts Rustin Hamilton, Lora Knopp and Chad Sanner.
In our first podcast we discover how limestone, and other minerals, are used in toothpaste to help make our teeth our clean and fresh! With hosts Rustin Hamilton, Lora Knopp, and Chad Sanner.