More Than Little Red Sticks? (from "Blasts from the Past")

In 1867, dynamite hit the market with a bang after Alfred Nobel figured out a way to create a powerful, yet stable explosive. Before Nobel came along, the go-to explosive was nitroglycerin. But according to Peter Liebhold, curator at the National Museum of American History, nitroglycerin’s instability caused more than a few accidents. Brian and Lizzie talk with Liebhold about dynamite’s precarious origins.