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EPISODE · Jul 4, 2025 · 15 MIN

The science and delight of fireworks!

from On The Record · host WYPR 88.1 FM Baltimore

What makes a firework work? On this Independence Day we speak with John Conkling, who was a chemist and former director of the American Pyrotechnic Association. This is an encore presentation, Conkling died in 2019. He describes what goes inside fireworks to make audiences say oooh and aaaah!

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What makes a firework work? On this Independence Day we speak with John Conkling, who was a chemist and former director of the American Pyrotechnic Association. This is an encore presentation, Conkling died in 2019. He describes what goes inside...

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