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Brian Dunning takes on a bevy of student questions with topics ranging from nuclear waste to fad diets to drinking one's own urine.
- Added: Apr 19, 2024
- Length: 59:00
Okaay, April Fools Day is upon us, so let's have a little fun and nominate some of your national leaders for the biggest fool prize, and of course...
- Added: Mar 27, 2024
- Length: 02:59
Looking down the barrel at 2024, from our perch in the High Desert. Mojave thunderstorms, the strange maxims of the ancient temples, Christmas-tree...
- Added: Dec 09, 2023
- Length: 28:00
Thanksgiving is coming up – and once again turkey will be the star of the show. But there’s always an issue with side dishes. No worries, a busines...
- Added: Nov 16, 2023
- Length: 02:30
Congress is wrangling over the Farm Bill, which includes over $3 billion for giant agriculture corporations and multimillionaire "farmers" who don'...
- Added: Sep 08, 2023
- Length: 02:57
I said I wasn’t gonna do it, but in the end I gave in. Went to see the Barbie movie. She’s still tall, thin, white, sporting signature long blond h...
- Added: Aug 02, 2023
- Length: 03:00
What do spy balloons and inflation have in common? Amusing and informative ... great news piece covering current events
- Added: Feb 05, 2023
- Length: 05:18
Every 5 years, the FDA has to renegotiate billions of dollars in user fees with the drug and medical device companies it regulates. Congress has to...
- Added: Feb 28, 2022
- Length: 18:33
This week on the show: A year of environment stories (holiday special) -
In this special episode, we reflect on a year of environmental reportin...
Bought by WXDU and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]
- Added: Dec 25, 2021
- Length: 30:00
- Purchases: 2
We talk big moves in the NFL as Cam Newton signs back with the Panthers and OBJ signs with the Rams. We also give an update on the Robert Sarver ha...
- Added: Nov 12, 2021
- Length: 59:57
This week on the show: Are there COVID-19 vaccines that don't require a needle? How, exactly, do feelings of boredom affect the spread of the coro...
- Added: Mar 04, 2021
- Length: 30:00
Might be a nutty new year on the national news, but here in the desert we are just trying to get along and not got crushed. With guest Brendan Maze...
Bought by KFCF FM
- Added: Jan 09, 2021
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
Carol Anderson, a professor at Emory University, discusses her book, “One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy.” John...
- Added: Unknown
- Length: 53:58
This week on the show: Megafauna -
From whether the coronavirus crisis is helping or hurting the iconic wildlife of Kenya, to reintroducing k...
Bought by WXDU, WFIU, and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]
- Added: Sep 11, 2020
- Length: 30:00
- Purchases: 3
This week on the show: Schools open, antibodies fall & horses and llamas help -
In this episode, co-host Gabe returns from the worst-hit coun...
- Added: Aug 20, 2020
- Length: 30:00
This week on the show: I wish I could remember your phone number -
Feeling forgetful? Then join us for a memory master class from a German world...
- Added: Aug 09, 2020
- Length: 30:00
This week on the show: Looking for evidence -
Cyborgs are real, they're here already, and we'd love to introduce you to them. Also, if you like ...
Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle
- Added: Jan 08, 2020
- Length: 30:00
- Purchases: 1
This week on the show: We visit a German traditional Christmas market — with a difference. The Icelandic Christmas cat makes a comeback. Militan...
- Added: Dec 26, 2019
- Length: 58:59
This week on the show: Intercourse and the art of communication -
People who are good with emojis have more sex, but hold your emoji horses befo...
Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle
- Added: Aug 29, 2019
- Length: 30:00
- Purchases: 1
This week on the show: Just imagine it -
A new study shows you can "imagine" your way toward liking a place more than you do right now, how to i...
- Added: Aug 21, 2019
- Length: 30:00
Celebrating the Month of our founder Cesar Chavez through his own words and with the people who were closer to him.
- Added: Apr 24, 2019
- Length: 01:01
Pickles and Pizza conduct this 115th Episode of Bobby Pickles’ Podcast with Full Stomachs ON-LOCATION from the Sunny South Florida Home of Infamous...
- Added: Jan 30, 2019
- Length: 01:13:07
Join Political Junkie Ken Rudin and an all-star lineup of political reporters, commentators and special guests for a full hour of analysis of the 2...
Bought by Troy Public Radio, WJSU, Spokane Public Radio, KVNF, and KAZU Seaside, Calif.
- Added: Oct 31, 2018
- Length: 53:58
- Purchases: 5
This week on the show: Can an electronic dog nose perform better than the biological one? Also, why sweat smells, a dip into perfume and Cambodia's...
- Added: Sep 25, 2018
- Length: 29:58
Mark Galeotti joins us for War College’s Russian election special. The winner, Vladimir Putin, was never in doubt, but what’s the sham election all...
- Added: Mar 19, 2018
- Length: 33:56
