Episode 108: Essential Elements - Fire
Mike Mcaneny's hand and arm, healed with artificial skin. Photo by Anna Boiko-Weyrauch.
November 12, 2010 | Distillations Staff
This week we continue our first series within Distillations. In this 4-part series we are looking at the four classical elements, one per show—earth, air, water, and fire. Today’s episode is about fire. We look at the different ways people have tried to protect themselves from fire. First find out about flame retardants and the legislation that required their use in households around the country. And next, producer Anna Boiko-Weyrauch talks to a burn victim who needed the artificial skin, Integra, to help heal his badly charred body.
Show Clock
00:00 Opening Credits
00:32 Introduction
01:12 Flame Retardants
03:54 Third Degree Burn
12:36 Closing Credits
Mike Mcaneny. Photo by Anna Boiko-Weyrauch.
Credits
Our theme music is composed by Dave Kaufman. Additional music from Music Alley. Additional music includes “Fire,” by Cyclops, “The Waysider,” by Neil Milton, “Santos Boots 3,” by Brian Kinsella, and “Sail to the Sun,” by Whose World?.
Photos by Anna Boiko-Weyrauch.