EPISODE · May 12, 2026 · 8 MIN
Unintended Consequences - Episode 7 - May 12, 2026
Segment 1 — The Hook In the spring of 1928, a young engineer named Thomas Midgley Jr. stood in a laboratory in Dayton, Ohio, and demonstrated that a new synthetic gas could be breathed without harm and would not catch fire even when a lit match was held to it. The compound, dichlorodifluoromethane, soon became known as Freon-12. ... AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated voice synthesis for audio production.
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Segment 1 — The Hook In the spring of 1928, a young engineer named Thomas Midgley Jr. stood in a laboratory in Dayton, Ohio, and demonstrated that a new synthetic gas could be breathed without harm and would not catch fire even when a lit match was held to it. The compound, dichlorodifluoromethane, soon became known as Freon-12. ... AI Disclosure: This podcast is curated by Patrick but uses AI-generated voice synthesis for audio production.
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