Advertise on podcast: Professor Dave Explains

Now that we've mastered nucleophilic substitution and elimination, we must move on to new territory. Addition reactions! Don't worry, they're super fun.Watch the whole Organic Chemistry playlist: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveOrgChemGeneral Chemistry Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveGenChemBiochemistry Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveBiochemBiology Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveBioClassical Physics Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDavePhysics1Modern Physics Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDavePhysics2Mathematics Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveMathEMAIL► [email protected]► http://patreon.com/ProfessorDaveExplainsCheck out "Is This Wi-Fi Organic?", my book on disarming pseudoscience!Amazon: https://amzn.to/2HtNpVHBookshop: https://bit.ly/39cKADMBarnes and Noble: https://bit.ly/3pUjmrn Book Depository: http://bit.ly/3aOVDlT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Last month I put out a video demonstrating conclusively that Israel has been committing genocide against Palestinians for nearly three years. At the same time I exposed the streamer Destiny (Steven Bonnell II) as a genocide-denying sexual predator and total loser, since he called me a neo-Nazi, and I used that as my excuse to do the Israel video. He and his cult of loser orbiters had a complete meltdown about it, which was expected, so now that the damage control is over, it's time to clap back and even further expose Destiny. His lies about genocide, as well as all of his super creepy sex stuff involving minors and violation of consent. Let's also spend some time on Travis Pangburn, who unexpectedly transformed himself into a Zionist propaganda mill shouting "antisemitism" every ten seconds to come to Destiny's defense, which was equal parts surprising and hilarious. This one slaps, so buckle up.Destiny Loves Genocide: https://youtu.be/DvDvhLkb9msFor those with the courage to witness genocide: https://archivegenocide.com/Benjamin Boyce on Pangburn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5HrkJ9QWxMBrad Parscale and LLM poisoning: https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/israel-brad-parscale-ai-chatbots-gazaIsrael wiping evidence of genocide: https://www.euromedmonitor.org/en/article/7088/Israel-wipes-genocide-evidence-in-Gaza,-carting-off-rubble-and-remains-in-100-trucks-dailyEMAIL► [email protected]► http://patreon.com/ProfessorDaveExplainsCheck out "Is This Wi-Fi Organic?", my book on disarming pseudoscience!Amazon: https://amzn.to/2HtNpVHBookshop: https://bit.ly/39cKADMBarnes and Noble: https://bit.ly/3pUjmrn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As many of you have noticed, I've taken to adding pseudoarcheology charlatans to my list of grifting frauds to debunk. I started out with their godfather, Graham Hancock. That pissed off all of his loser acolytes something awful, prompting one of them, Dan Richards, to make a pathetic response video. So I decided to respond back and bury his dumb face even more than I already have. Apart from crapping on his response video, I also decided to comment on his most recent video on Egyptology, where he shows the world precisely how brainless he is. Strap in, the level of stupidity here will shock even regular viewers of my channel.The Great Big Pseudoarcheology Debunk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JK4Fo6m9C9MWatch all my Pseudoarcheology Debunks: http://bit.ly/ProfDavePseudoarchCheck out Flint Dibble's channel: https://www.youtube.com/@FlintDibbleCheck out Milo Rossi's channel: https://www.youtube.com/@miniminuteman773Bonani 2001 radiocarbon paper: https://journals.uair.arizona.edu/index.php/radiocarbon/article/viewFile/3874/3299Additional commentary: https://archive.archaeology.org/9909/abstracts/pyramids.html2009 recalibration paper: https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/70C1DD44D297BC29CD82A59692A235A1/S0033822200034111a.pdf/reanalysis-of-the-chronological-discrepancies-obtained-by-the-old-and-middle-kingdom-monuments-project.pdfResponse to Sweatman's Göbekli Tepe nonsense: https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/269292938.pdfWatch my other debunks/debates/discussions: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveDebunkEMAIL► [email protected]► http://patreon.com/ProfessorDaveExplainsCheck out "Is This Wi-Fi Organic?", my book on disarming pseudoscience!Amazon: https://amzn.to/2HtNpVHBookshop: https://bit.ly/39cKADMBarnes and Noble: https://bit.ly/3pUjmrn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is different from the redox we knew from general chemistry. It's not so much about highlighting electron transfer as it is about the number of bonds to oxygen that an atom possesses. An oxidation increases a carbon's bonds to oxygen, a reduction reduces a carbon's bonds to oxygen. Makes sense, no? Let's look at some common oxidizing and reducing agents while we're at it.Watch the whole Organic Chemistry playlist: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveOrgChemGeneral Chemistry Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveGenChemBiochemistry Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveBiochemBiology Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveBioClassical Physics Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDavePhysics1Modern Physics Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDavePhysics2Mathematics Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveMathEMAIL► [email protected]► http://patreon.com/ProfessorDaveExplainsCheck out "Is This Wi-Fi Organic?", my book on disarming pseudoscience!Amazon: https://amzn.to/2HtNpVHBookshop: https://bit.ly/39cKADMBarnes and Noble: https://bit.ly/3pUjmrn Book Depository: http://bit.ly/3aOVDlT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When converting sentences in the active voice into passive voice, we will be turning the subject of the sentence into the personal agent. In order to do this, we need to use something called the ablative of agent. Let's learn how to do that now.Script by Patrizia Farina, Professor of Italian at Western Connecticut State University and Purchase College.Watch the whole Latin playlist: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveLatinItalian Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveItalianAmerican History Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveAmericanHistoryPhilosophy Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDavePhiloClassical Physics Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDavePhysics1Modern Physics Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDavePhysics2General Chemistry Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveGenChemOrganic Chemistry Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveOrgChemBiochemistry Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveBiochemBiology Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveBioEMAIL► [email protected]► http://patreon.com/ProfessorDaveExplainsCheck out "Is This Wi-Fi Organic?", my book on disarming pseudoscience!Amazon: https://amzn.to/2HtNpVHBookshop: https://bit.ly/39cKADMBarnes and Noble: https://bit.ly/3pUjmrn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Now that we know what differential equations are, we have to learn how to classify them. We have to know whether a DE is ordinary or partial, linear or nonlinear, homogenous or nonhomogenous, autonomous or nonautonomous. We have to be able to determine both the order and the degree of the DE. We have to know the difference between explicit, implicit, and general solutions. We have to know what boundary conditions mean. Let's go over all of this together!Script by Lorcan NichollsWatch the whole Differential Equations playlist: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveDiffeqWatch the whole Mathematics playlist: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveMathClassical Physics Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDavePhysics1Modern Physics Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDavePhysics2General Chemistry Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveGenChemOrganic Chemistry Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveOrgChemBiochemistry Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveBiochemBiology Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveBioEMAIL► [email protected]► http://patreon.com/ProfessorDaveExplainsCheck out "Is This Wi-Fi Organic?", my book on disarming pseudoscience!Amazon: https://amzn.to/2HtNpVHBookshop: https://bit.ly/39cKADMBarnes and Noble: https://bit.ly/3pUjmrn Book Depository: http://bit.ly/3aOVDlT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How are alkanes halogenated? Look and see. It has to do with free radicals, of course.Watch the whole Organic Chemistry playlist: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveOrgChemGeneral Chemistry Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveGenChemBiochemistry Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveBiochemBiology Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveBioClassical Physics Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDavePhysics1Modern Physics Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDavePhysics2Mathematics Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveMathEMAIL► [email protected]► http://patreon.com/ProfessorDaveExplainsCheck out "Is This Wi-Fi Organic?", my book on disarming pseudoscience!Amazon: https://amzn.to/2HtNpVHBookshop: https://bit.ly/39cKADMBarnes and Noble: https://bit.ly/3pUjmrn Book Depository: http://bit.ly/3aOVDlT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Continuing with Medieval Poland, let's examine rulers like Zbigniew, Wladislaw the Short, Casimir the Great, and the Jagiellonian Dynasty.Script by Peter WyetznerWatch the whole World History playlist: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveWorldHistoryAmerican History Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveAmericanHistoryItalian Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveItalianClassical Physics Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDavePhysics1Modern Physics Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDavePhysics2General Chemistry Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveGenChemOrganic Chemistry Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveOrgChemBiochemistry Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveBiochemBiology Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveBioEMAIL► [email protected]► http://patreon.com/ProfessorDaveExplainsCheck out "Is This Wi-Fi Organic?", my book on disarming pseudoscience!Amazon: https://amzn.to/2HtNpVHBookshop: https://bit.ly/39cKADMBarnes and Noble: https://bit.ly/3pUjmrn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Now that we can simplify expressions with roots and exponents, we can pretty easily solve equations that contain them, too. We still are just undoing operations that the variable is participating in, we just have to take square roots instead of adding and subtracting. Give it a try, you'll do great!Watch the whole Mathematics playlist: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveMathClassical Physics Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDavePhysics1Modern Physics Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDavePhysics2General Chemistry Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveGenChemOrganic Chemistry Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveOrgChemBiochemistry Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveBiochemBiology Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveBioEMAIL► [email protected]► http://patreon.com/ProfessorDaveExplainsCheck out "Is This Wi-Fi Organic?", my book on disarming pseudoscience!Amazon: https://amzn.to/2HtNpVHBookshop: https://bit.ly/39cKADMBarnes and Noble: https://bit.ly/3pUjmrn Book Depository: http://bit.ly/3aOVDlT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You may have heard the term perimeter before, in like a spy movie or something. What does it mean in geometry? Find out here!Watch the whole Mathematics playlist: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveMathClassical Physics Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDavePhysics1Modern Physics Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDavePhysics2General Chemistry Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveGenChemOrganic Chemistry Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveOrgChemBiochemistry Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveBiochemBiology Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveBioEMAIL► [email protected]► http://patreon.com/ProfessorDaveExplainsCheck out "Is This Wi-Fi Organic?", my book on disarming pseudoscience!Amazon: https://amzn.to/2HtNpVHBookshop: https://bit.ly/39cKADMBarnes and Noble: https://bit.ly/3pUjmrn Book Depository: http://bit.ly/3aOVDlT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why is SN2 a one-step reaction and SN1 a two-step reaction! Argh! Just listen to Dave, he'll tell you about the mechanism, intermediate, and lack of stereospecificity for the SN1 reaction. Look out for racemic mixtures!Watch the whole Organic Chemistry playlist: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveOrgChemGeneral Chemistry Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveGenChemBiochemistry Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveBiochemBiology Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveBioClassical Physics Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDavePhysics1Modern Physics Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDavePhysics2Mathematics Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveMathEMAIL► [email protected]► http://patreon.com/ProfessorDaveExplainsCheck out "Is This Wi-Fi Organic?", my book on disarming pseudoscience!Amazon: https://amzn.to/2HtNpVHBookshop: https://bit.ly/39cKADMBarnes and Noble: https://bit.ly/3pUjmrn Book Depository: http://bit.ly/3aOVDlT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After the success of Apollo 7, all eyes were on the moon, and sending astronauts into lunar orbit. But the decision to do this in the mission immediately following Apollo 7 was a bold and risky move, based on the perceived status of the Soviet space program, which ultimately paid off. Apollo 8 sent astronauts Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders all the way to the moon, the first humans to ever get so far away from Earth. They orbited the moon ten times, gathering an enormous amount of data to inform the selection of future landing sites, and then returned home safely. The famous photo "Earthrise" was taken on this mission, along with many other incredible images of the Earth from deep space, the first such images ever collected.Script by Jackson TylerWatch the whole Apollo Program playlist: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveApolloClassical Physics Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDavePhysics1Modern Physics Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDavePhysics2Astronomy/Astrophysics Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveAstronomyMathematics Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveMathsEMAIL► [email protected]► http://patreon.com/ProfessorDaveExplainsCheck out "Is This Wi-Fi Organic?", my book on disarming pseudoscience!Amazon: https://amzn.to/2HtNpVHBookshop: https://bit.ly/39cKADMBarnes and Noble: https://bit.ly/3pUjmrn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Martin Van Buren was an interesting fellow. He was the first president born after American independence from Britain, so he was the first president actually born an American citizen. Also, he was the first president of non-British ancestry, as his parents were Dutch. He was a senator, a governor, Secretary of State, and Vice President, all before becoming President. Oh, and he co-founded the Democratic Party. What didn't this guy do? Let's learn some more!Script by Michael ThomasWatch the whole American History playlist: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveAmericanHistoryItalian Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveItalianClassical Physics Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDavePhysics1Modern Physics Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDavePhysics2General Chemistry Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveGenChemOrganic Chemistry Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveOrgChemBiochemistry Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveBiochemBiology Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveBioEMAIL► [email protected]► http://patreon.com/ProfessorDaveExplainsCheck out "Is This Wi-Fi Organic?", my book on disarming pseudoscience!Amazon: https://amzn.to/2HtNpVHBookshop: https://bit.ly/39cKADMBarnes and Noble: https://bit.ly/3pUjmrn Book Depository: http://bit.ly/3aOVDlT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's EZ to assign E and Z absolute configuration to alkenes. Guess which convention we get to use? Cahn-Ingold-Prelog is back! Don't forget, zee zame zide. You have to say it with a German accent, or you lose points on the quiz.Watch the whole Organic Chemistry playlist: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveOrgChemGeneral Chemistry Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveGenChemBiochemistry Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveBiochemBiology Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveBioClassical Physics Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDavePhysics1Modern Physics Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDavePhysics2Mathematics Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveMathEMAIL► [email protected]► http://patreon.com/ProfessorDaveExplainsCheck out "Is This Wi-Fi Organic?", my book on disarming pseudoscience!Amazon: https://amzn.to/2HtNpVHBookshop: https://bit.ly/39cKADMBarnes and Noble: https://bit.ly/3pUjmrn Book Depository: http://bit.ly/3aOVDlT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sabine is back! Your favorite salty German anti-science propaganda peddling fraud is in the spotlight again. This time, she's not just badmouthing academics and glazing the oligarchy, she's outing herself as fully racist! Legitimately, completely racist. It's absolutely glorious to behold. But don't worry, there's still lots of anti-science propaganda and pro-oligarchy slop to cover, since we haven't checked in with her in over a year. So let's expose her as racist and then mock some of her more recent content. Hooray!Watch all my content exposing Sabine: https://bit.ly/ProfDaveSabineRigorous analysis of Arday media coverage: https://newscord.org/editorials/jason-arday-pile-onScientists debunk Cofnas: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09515089.2020.1805199Byline Times documenting the Peter Thiel connection: https://bylinetimes.com/2026/08/18/the-peter-thiel-linked-race-science-network-that-penetrated-cambridge-university-and-targeted-jason-arday/Astronomy/Astrophysics Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveAstronomyClassical Physics Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDavePhysics1Modern Physics Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDavePhysics2Watch all my debunks: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveDebunkEMAIL► [email protected]► http://patreon.com/ProfessorDaveExplainsCheck out "Is This Wi-Fi Organic?", my book on disarming pseudoscience!Amazon: https://amzn.to/2HtNpVHBookshop: https://bit.ly/39cKADMBarnes and Noble: https://bit.ly/3pUjmrn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices