All Pieces for Distillations
- Added: Mar 01, 2016
- Length: 21:10
We loved it. We hated it. Now we kind of maybe like it again.
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Feb 04, 2016
- Length: 15:52
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Feb 03, 2016
- Length: 52:52
- Added: Jan 06, 2016
- Length: 22:24
- Purchases: 1
Ten years later and thousands of miles away, Hurricane Katrina lives on.
- Added: Dec 02, 2015
- Length: 27:58
Once upon a time science and the supernatural were not so far apart.
- Added: Nov 18, 2015
- Length: 01:42:26
When we turn nature into a weapon.
- Added: Nov 18, 2015
- Length: 36:16
This is Distillations’s 200th episode, and we’re celebrating! We pored through hundreds of shows and pieced together some of the funniest, grossest...
- Added: Nov 18, 2015
- Length: 37:10
The early days of neuroscience relied on tragedy to strike before doctors could peek inside the brains of humans. Today advanced technology helps s...
- Added: May 28, 2015
- Length: 43:39
In 2014 the United States had 650 reported cases of measles, a disease made preventable by a vaccine introduced 30 years ago. The majority of these...
- Added: Apr 01, 2015
- Length: 01:27:06
Some technologies flash in the pan so quickly they hardly leave a trace (Google Glass anyone?); while others seem to stick around long past their u...
Bought by WTJU
- Added: Apr 01, 2015
- Length: 38:38
- Purchases: 1
During our short time on Earth we humans have created a lot of stuff. Some of it's life-altering, like the device you’re using right now and some o...
- Added: Jan 21, 2015
- Length: 39:39
- Purchases: 2
Thirty years ago an HIV diagnosis was a death sentence. Today, sophisticated drug cocktails known as highly active antiretroviral therapy, or HAART...
Bought by WTJU
- Added: Dec 17, 2014
- Length: 38:57
- Purchases: 1
At the beginning of the 19th century women in the United States had an average of seven or eight children. By 1900 they had only three or four, and...
- Added: Dec 03, 2014
- Length: 40:27
Chemical weapons have played a chilling role in human history ever since World War I. As accounts of recent uses permeate the news, we decided to f...
- Added: Nov 07, 2014
- Length: 44:21
If you asked people which of their senses they most feared losing, they'd probably say sight or hearing. But what about the ability to smell? We ex...
Bought by WTJU
- Added: Sep 25, 2014
- Length: 43:58
- Purchases: 1
Where can you find a teacup, the molar of a goat, and an arrowhead all in one place? At an urban archaeology site, that’s where.
Bought by WTJU
- Added: Aug 12, 2014
- Length: 36:50
- Purchases: 1
This show takes on the frothy subject of beer, and explores the science, culture, and history behind the suds.
Bought by WTJU
- Added: Jul 22, 2014
- Length: 30:45
- Purchases: 1
This episode explores the colorful (and sometimes risk-filled) history of pigments and painters, and the conservators who save paintings from the r...
Bought by WTJU
- Added: Jul 22, 2014
- Length: 30:34
- Purchases: 1
Joe Palca is one of the best science storytellers out there. As an NPR science correspondent he’s covered all sorts of obscure topics, from soccer-...
Bought by WTJU, Radio Newark, and WTJU
- Added: Jul 22, 2014
- Length: 09:03
- Purchases: 3
