On this episode of Paperweight Radio we discuss plastic. Featured are material scientist Paul Tangney on the history and material properties of plastic; the sociologists Dominik Bartmanski and Ian Woodward on the rise of vinyl in the digital age; art historian Matt Lodder on plastic surgery in fine art practice; communications scholar Emily Yochim on young men and skateboard culture; and archaeologist Sara Perry on the plasticity of media in the curator-audience relationship.