Baking soda and baking powder: what’s the dif...

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Alex Schmidt and Katie Goldin explore why baking soda is secretly incredibly fascinating.

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What is so magical about baking soda? It's used in in cooking, cleaning, deodorizing and many more applications. What gives it such amazing properties for everything?   ... We explain like i'm five!   Thank you to the r/explainlikeimfive community, and specifically the following ...  Show more

Today, Josh and Nicole are joined by Jessie Sheehan to talk about the chemistry behind baking!Leave us a voicemail at (833) DOG-POD1Check out the video version of this podcast: http://youtube.com/@mythicalkitchen