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Science unscripted (Spectrum) 11/14/23
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: The future of weather forecasting — and our listeners had some really interesting things to say about tattoos.

Bought by WFHB and Central Florida Public Media


  • Added: Nov 17, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
Science unscripted (Spectrum) 10/31/2023
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Three people. Ever. That's how many have been cured of HIV. We visited one of them to learn about the extraordinarily rare (...

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  • Added: Nov 03, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
Science unscripted - Birdsong and sexual harrassment
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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On this week's show, why are birds and the noise they make so good for us? Also, we learn why the response to sexual harrassment is so much differe...

Bought by Central Florida Public Media and WFHB


  • Added: Oct 13, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
Science unscripted 05/02/2023
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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Weekly roundup – Food for thoughts

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  • Added: May 05, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Science unscripted (DW) 04/11/2023
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Science unscripted from Bonn/Germany.

  • Added: Apr 13, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
Science unscripted 03/07/2023
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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Drunk yourself dizzy? Have a shot of liver hormone

  • Added: Mar 10, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
Science unscripted 02/28/2023
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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Weekly roundup — For couples, 'we-talk' is how to get the harmony going

  • Added: Mar 06, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
Animals Being Jerks
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Animals Being Jerks, Credit: Seth Shostak
They’re cute and cuddly. But they can also be obnoxious. Science writer Mary Roach has numerous tales about how our animal friends don’t always bow...

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  • Added: Oct 10, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 16
Skeptic Check: Brain Gain
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Brain Gain, Credit: Seth Shostak
Looking to boost your brainpower? Luckily, there are products promising to help – smart drugs, neurofeedback exercises, and specially-designed vi...

Bought by CHSR-FM 97.9, KMUN, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WRGY, WHCP-LP Cambridge and more


  • Added: Oct 25, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 11
Radical Cosmology
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Radical Cosmology, Credit: Seth Shostak
400 years ago, some ideas about the cosmos were too scandalous to mention. When the Dominican friar Giordano Bruno suggested the existence of plan...

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  • Added: Oct 18, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 13
Home Invasions
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Home Invasions, Credit: Seth Shostak
As we struggle to control a viral invader that moves silently across the globe and into its victims, we are also besieged by other invasions. Murde...

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  • Added: Oct 04, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 14
AI: Where Does It End?
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: AI: Where Does It End, Credit: Seth Shostak
The benefits of artificial intelligence are manifest and manifold, but can we recognize the drawbacks … and avoid them in time? In this episode, ...

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  • Added: Sep 27, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 14
Skeptic Check: Science Denial
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Science Denial, Credit: Seth Shostak
Climate change isn’t happening. Vaccines make you sick. When it comes to threats to public or environmental health, a surprisingly large fraction...

Bought by WVTF, CHSR-FM 97.9, WRGY, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WHCP-LP Cambridge and more


  • Added: Sep 20, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 14
Cicadas and Zombie Seeds
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Cicadas and Zombie Seeds, Credit: Seth Shostak
Rip van Winkle snoozed for 20 years, and Sleeping Beauty for 100. But seeds in an underground bottle have easily beaten both these records, germina...

Bought by WMUU-LP, CHSR-FM 97.9, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WRGY, WHCP-LP Cambridge and more


  • Added: Jul 12, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 13
Air Apparent
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Air Apparent, Credit: Seth Shostak
It’s easy to take air for granted, but – unlike food and water – you can’t live more than a few minutes without it. This invisible chemical cocktai...

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  • Added: May 31, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 12
Skeptic Check: Flat Earth
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Skeptic Check: Flat Earth, Credit: Seth Shostak
Flat Earthers believe that our planet resembles not a slightly squashed grapefruit but a thick pancake. We look at the difference between a truly ...

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  • Added: Apr 26, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 14
Venom Diagram
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Venom Diagram, Credit: Seth Shostak
Evolution has outfitted some animals with a highly effective mechanism for saying “back off!”. Venoms can ward off predators and disable prey, and...

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  • Added: Apr 12, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 19
Skeptic Check: Useful Delusions
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Skeptic Check: Useful Delusion, Credit: Seth Shostak
Can self-deception be useful? During the pandemic, it has been fashionable to say that we’re “following the science,” and that our behavior is dete...

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  • Added: Mar 29, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 15
Creature Discomforts
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Creature Discomforts, Credit: Creature Discomforts
We love them, fear them, use them – and sometimes eat them, too. But how well do we really know animals? Our impressions are often simplistic. T...

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  • Added: Feb 22, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 16
Mars Attracts
From: Big Picture Science
Caption: Mars Attracts, Credit: Seth Shostak
In a historic trifecta for space exploration, spacecraft of three countries will arrive at Mars in February. We talk to the science lead for the Em...

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  • Added: Feb 08, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
Wiser -- Groks Science Show 2021-02-03
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Dilip Jeste discussed his new book, Wiser.

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Feb 03, 2021
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Write Question - Doug Chadwick
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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We revisit Sarah Aronson's interview with Doug Chadwick from 2017. Wildlife biologist and author Doug Chadwick engages in a lively discussion aroun...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 26, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Supercomputer Showdown
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Supercomputer Showdown, Credit: Seth Shostak
Do you have a hard-to-answer question? The Summit, Sierra, Trinity, Frontier, and Aurora supercomputers are built to tackle it. Summit tops the pet...

Bought by WCNY, KMUN, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WRGY, WYAP and more


  • Added: Jan 18, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 15
Skeptic Check: Betting on Pseudoscience
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Betting on Pseudoscience, Credit: Seth Shostak
Psychics may not be able to predict the future or sense your thoughts. Nonetheless, they rake in big bucks. But the harm from pseudoscience can go ...

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  • Added: Jan 11, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 15
For Good Measure
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
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The reign of Le Grand K has come to an end. After 130 years, this hunk of French metal sitting in a vault will no longer define the kilogram. The n...

Bought by WMUU-LP, CHSR-FM 97.9, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WHCP-LP Cambridge, KBBI Alaska and more


  • Added: Dec 28, 2020
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 14