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501

The High Middle Ages Part 1: Large-Scale Societal Changes

502

Third Declension Latin Nouns: Special Nouns – Vīs and Others

503

Graphing Lines in Standard Form (ax + by = c)

504

The Very Expected Meltdown of Ashton Forbes

505

Mocking Subboor’s Pathetic Post-Debate Damage Control

506

Graphing Lines in Slope-Intercept Form (y = mx + b)

507

Carbohydrates Part 1: Simple Sugars and Fischer Projections

508

Stille Reaction

509

Enzymes: Nature's Factory Workers

510

Moon Landing Deniers are Idiots: Bart Sibrel Debunked (Part 2 of 2)

511

Graphing Higher-Degree Polynomials: The Leading Coefficient Test and Finding Zeros

512

Protein Structure

513

Automated Fingerprint Identification System and Fingerprints in the Courtroom

514

Molecular Biologist Chandni Kumar (Get to Know a Scientist!)

515

Amino Acids

516

Discussing the Ethics of Veganism With a Live Caller (Skeptic Haven)

517

Introduction to Biochemistry

518

Linear Second-Order Differential Equations Part 2: Non-Homogeneous Differential Equations

519

Discussion With Hamilton Morris (The Cultural Complexities of Disarming Pseudoscience)

520

Practice Problem: Aromaticity

521

Third Person Pronouns in Latin (is-ea-id)

522

Graphing Lines in Algebra: Understanding Slopes and Y-Intercepts

523

Practice Problem: Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution Rates

524

Discussing Grounds For Morality With a Live Caller (Skeptic Haven)

525

Practice Problem: Energy Diagrams

526

Phylogeny and the Tree of Life

527

The High Middle Ages Part 2: Crusades and Inquisitions

528

Practice Problems: Labeling Carbons

529

Grifter Tier List: Who is the Biggest Scumbag I've Debunked?

530

Professor Dave is a Stupid Toxic Jerkface!

531

Practice Problem: Crossed Aldol Products

532

Negishi Reaction

533

Making Fun of Subboor With Planet Peterson

534

Practice Problem: Ozonolysis Reactions

535

Discussion on the Science Counterpunch Podcast (The Urgency of Science Communication)

536

Mendelian Genetics and Punnett Squares

537

Practice Problem: Diels-Alder Reactions

538

Introduction to Amniota: Characteristics of the Amniotes

539

Graphing Conic Sections Part 4: Hyperbolas

540

Practice Problem: IUPAC Nomenclature Examples

541

Professor Jiang is an Idiot (Predictive History Reaction)

542

Practice Problem: Newman Projections of Conformational Isomers

543

Introduction to Quantum Electrodynamics (QED)

544

Invertebrate Chordates Part 2: Subphylum Tunicata (Tunicates)

545

Practice Problem: Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution Multi-Step Pathway

546

Echinoderm Diversity Part 2: Classes Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea (Sea Stars and Brittle Stars)

547

Discussing Religious Influence on Politics With a Live Caller (Skeptic Haven)

548

Practice Problem: Grignard Reactions

549

The Demonstrative (īdem-eadem-idem)

550

Practice Problem: Oxidizing Agents

551

The Telepathy Tapes Are a Scam (Ky Dickens Debunked)

552

Graphing in Algebra: Ordered Pairs and the Coordinate Plane

553

Practice Problem: Reducing Agents

554

Graphing Conic Sections Part 3: Parabolas in Standard Form

555

Class Mammalia: Evolution and Description of the Synapsid Amniotes

556

Practice Problem: Analyzing Acid-Base Equilibria

557

Practice Problem: Acidity of Carboxylic Acids

558

Hiyama Reaction

559

Joe Biden: Pandemic and Inflation (2021 – 2025)

560

Hemiacetals, Acetals, and Imines

561

Latin Vocabulary: Colors

562

Metatron is a Whiny Little Baby

563

Practice Problem: Assigning Molecular Structure From an NMR Spectrum

564

Mammalian Body Systems

565

Practice Problem: Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution Retrosynthesis

566

Practice Problem: Torque on a Mobile

567

Graphing Conic Sections Part 2: Ellipses

568

Discussing the Validity of Empiricism With a Live Caller (Skeptic Haven)

569

Protecting Groups

570

Introduction to Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD)

571

Leaving Group Derivatives

572

Introducing the Perfect System in Latin: Present Perfect

573

Retrosynthetic Analysis

574

Terrence Howard: Back in the Saddle!

575

Rob Stadler is Even Dumber Than We Thought (Featuring Gutsick Gibbon and Creation Myths)

576

Disarming Climate Change Denial Tropes (Featuring Peter Hadfield aka Potholer54)

577

Practice Problem: Drawing Substitution and Elimination Products (SN1/SN2/E1/E2)

578

Late Middle Ages Part 1: Hundred Years’ War and the Black Death

579

Reactions of Epoxides

580

Bart Sibrel Continues to Humiliate Himself (Moon Landing Denial)

581

IR Spectroscopy

582

The Evolution of Populations: Natural Selection, Genetic Drift, and Gene Flow

583

Manipulating Rational Expressions: Simplification and Operations

584

Kumada Reaction

585

Mass Spectrometry

586

Discussing Deprogramming From Religion With a Live Caller (Skeptic Haven)

587

NMR Spectroscopy

588

Mammalian Diversity Part 1: Egg-Laying Mammals (Monotremes)

589

Ancient India Part 1: The Indus Valley Civilization (3500 – 2000 BCE)

590

RFK Jr. is Dangerously Stupid

591

Practice Problem: Retrosynthesis of an Alcohol

592

Flat Earthers are FREAKING OUT About Artemis II

593

Practice Problem: Mechanism - Reaction of an Epoxide

594

Introduction to the Weak Interaction

595

Graphing Conic Sections Part 1: Circles

596

Practice Problem: Synthetic Strategy

597

Meiosis, Gametes, and the Human Life Cycle

598

Baiting Flat Earth Dave With AI Images (Artemis Bonus Episode!)

599

Practice Problem: Mechanism - Acid Catalysis

600

The Pluperfect Indicative: Past Perfect Tense