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Math's Days Are Numbered
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Math's Days Are Numbered, Credit: Seth Shostak
Are math’s days numbered? Some say that algebra is the Latin of today’s world – old school. So what happens if we do away with math class? Forg...

Bought by KSKQ, KREV-LP, RadioFreePalmer, WYAP, KRPS and more


  • Added: Jun 01, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 8
Lost in Translation
From: WDSE
Series: Ojibwe Stories: Gaganoonididaa
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On this episode of Ojibwe Stories: Gaganoonididaa, Dan Jones shares with host Erik Redix an amusing story about miscommunication, and some thoughts...

Bought by Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio, KKWE Niijii Radio, WMUU-LP, and KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: May 20, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Emergence
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Emergence, Credit: Seth Shostak
Your brain is made up of cells. Each one does its own thing. But remarkable behavior emerges when lots of them join up in the grey matter club. ...

Bought by KREV-LP, KUNM, KSKQ, RadioFreePalmer, KRPS and more


  • Added: May 11, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 7
Political Junkie Minisode 5-6-15
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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New Jersey Governor Chris Christie got some bad news last week when two of his former aides were indicted on charges they deliberately blocked traf...

Bought by KCCU Radio, KUER, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WXXI Rochester, and Northeast Indiana Public Radio


  • Added: May 07, 2015
  • Length: 08:59
  • Purchases: 5
Invisible Worlds
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Invisible Worlds, Credit: Seth Shostak
What you can’t see.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, KSKQ, RadioFreePalmer, KRPS, WRIR and more


  • Added: Apr 27, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
Life in Space
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Life in Space
Discovering bacteria on Mars would be big news, but a novel telescope might find intelligent life by detecting the heat of a large alien city. Plu...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, KSKQ, RadioFreePalmer, KRPS, WRGY and more


  • Added: Apr 20, 2015
  • Length: 54:06
  • Purchases: 7
College Life
From: Parichat Songmuang
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Some people make college sound so hard and some make it sound like fun, but what is it really? We have two students who breaks down the generalizat...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2015
  • Length: 17:00
Skeptic Check: Monster Mashup
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Skeptic Check: Monster Mashup, Credit: Seth Shostak
Monsters don’t exist. Except when they do. And extinction is forever, except when it isn’t. From Bigfoot to the coelacanth to the wooly mammoth:...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KSKQ, KRPS, WRGY and more


  • Added: Apr 13, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 7
Jane Goodall on Instinct
From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank
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"Animals were my passion from even before I could speak apparently. When I was about 10, 11 I fell in love with Tarzan" - Jane Goodall, as told to ...

Bought by KZYX, WCNY, KZYX, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KSFR and more


  • Added: Mar 24, 2015
  • Length: 06:42
  • Purchases: 7
Power to the People
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Power to the People
Nikola Tesla gave energy to the masses, but the next generation might electrify their lives with hydrogen-powered cars, nuclear fusion, and orbitin...

Bought by KSKQ, KKWE Niijii Radio, WBWC , RadioFreePalmer, KSKQ and more


  • Added: Mar 23, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 10
Mars-Struck
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Mars-Struck, Credit: Seth Shostak
The private company Mars One says it will land humans on Mars by 2026, but is offering passengers only one-way tickets. Meet a young woman who is r...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KREV-LP, KSKQ, WRGY, KRPS and more


  • Added: Mar 09, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 7
Sesquicentennial Science
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Sesquicentennial Science, Credit: Seth Shostak
We travel to the University of Notre Dame to celebrate the 150th anniversary of its College of Science, and learn how the modern hunt for planets a...

Bought by KPIP-LP, KREV-LP, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KSKQ, KRPS and more


  • Added: Feb 16, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 8
Digging Our Past
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Digging Our Past
Digging Our Past. We hear about two projects that use the tools of modern chemistry and anthropology to deepen our understanding of a dark chapter...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KSKQ, WYAP, KRPS, WRGY and more


  • Added: Feb 02, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
Skeptic Check: Mummy Dearest
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Skeptic Check: Mummy Dearest, Credit: Seth Shostak
Shh …mummy’s the word! We don’t want to provoke the curse of King Tut. We’ll unravel secrets about the famous Egyptian pharaoh, dispel myths abou...

Bought by KPIP-LP, KKWE Niijii Radio, KSKQ, WRGY, KRPS and more


  • Added: Jan 26, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 8
Big Questions Somewhat Answered
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Big Questions Somewhat Answered, Credit: Seth Shostak
Why are we here? What happened after the Big Bang? What is dark matter? Will dark energy tear the universe apart? Each of these big puzzlers is...

Bought by KREV-LP, KSKQ, KRPS, WYAP, WRIR and more


  • Added: Jan 19, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
The Allusionist 2: Bosom Holder
From: The Allusionist
Series: The Allusionist
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There are many synonyms for 'underwear'. There are many synonyms for the body parts you keep in your underwear. But there's only one word for 'bra'...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 13:31
Meet Your Replacements
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Meet Your Replacements, Credit: Seth Shostak
There’s no one like you. At least, not yet. But will the future have androids able to do just about everything, computers hooked directly into yo...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KREV-LP, KRPS, KSKQ, KUNC & The Colorado Sound and more


  • Added: Jan 05, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 11
Independent Quarry Cinema in Cold Spring Defies Corporate Censorship and Fears, Becomes One of a Handful of Minnesota Theaters to Screen Sony's The Interview
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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Recently, Sony was hacked, and because of this hack and the ensuing threats that followed, the company decided not to widely release their film “Th...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 02, 2015
  • Length: 26:39
  • Purchases: 1
Skeptic Check: Got a Sweet Truth?
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Skeptic Check: Got a Sweet Truth, Credit: Seth Shostak
The sweet stuff is getting sour press. Some researchers say sugar is toxic. But should cupcakes be regulated like alcohol?

Bought by KRPS, RadioFreePalmer, WRIR, WRGY, WYAP and more


  • Added: Dec 29, 2014
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
Long Live Longevity
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Long Live Longevity, Credit: Seth Shostak
The science of sticking around: The latest in aging studies, why there's a silver lining for the silver-haired set (older people are happier), and ...

Bought by KSKQ, KKWE Niijii Radio, CHSR-FM 97.9, KAZU Seaside, Calif., WRGY and more


  • Added: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 9
This Land is Island
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: This Land is Island, Credit: Seth Shostak
There are many kinds of islands. There’s your iconic sandy speck of land topped with a palm tree, but there’s also our home planet – an island in ...

Bought by WVTF, KRPS, CHSR-FM 97.9, KREV-LP, WRGY and more


  • Added: Nov 24, 2014
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 8
Light, the Universe, and Everything
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Light, the Universe, and Everything, Credit: Seth Shostak
Universe, cosmology, technology, invention, Big Bang, dark matter, dark energy, time

Bought by Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, KSKQ, WRGY, KREV-LP, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 21, 2014
  • Length: 54:03
  • Purchases: 5