Episode 22: Vulcanized Rubber

We usually take modern rubber for granted, but in this episode, Jared and Andrew dive into the incredible history of this miracle material. They discuss the discovery of the vulcanization process by Charles Goodyear all the way through Ford's abandoned corporate towns in the jungle to the present.

Articles Discussed:

• 2014 Kohjiya & Ikeda. Chemistry, manufacture and applications of natural rubber [LINK]
• 1994 Science & Technology of Rubber [LINK]
• 1939 Fisher, Vulcanization of rubber vulcanization of rubber [LINK]
• 2009 Grandin, Fordlandia: the rise and fall of Henry Ford's forgotten jungle city [LINK]

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Materialism Team: Andrew Falkowski (co-creator, co-host, production) and Jared Duffy (production, marketing, and editing)

Keywords: vulcanized rubber history Charles Goodyear Fordlandia

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