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Cody Cassidy / Soap’s Origin

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Cody Cassidy / Soap’s Origin

Soap is a pretty basic formula: fat + alkali. While we tend to think of clean, fresh smelling bars, early soap was not so clean cut… hear how soap likely got its start and why it works to get us clean. 

Click above to listen to part 1 of Soap, Skin, Sleep, featuring Cody Cassidy, Author of “Who Ate the First Oyster: The Extraordinary People Behind the Greatest Firsts in History.”

Soap, Skin, Sleep:
Part 1: Cody Cassidy / Soap’s Origin
Part 2: Nina Jablonski / Skin Shield
Part 3: Eti Ben Simon / Healing Sleep

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