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Exploring Alzheimer's
From: Hold That Thought
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David Holtzman, professor and chairman of the neurology department at the Washington University School of Medicine, explores Alzheimer's disease an...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 11:09
  • Purchases: 1
Gravitational Waves -- Groks Science Show 2016-03-02
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Marco Cavaglia discussed gravitational waves and what they can tell us about the universe.

Bought by KPIP-LP, KRZA, WMUU-LP, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Mar 02, 2016
  • Length: 26:35
  • Purchases: 4
First Bite -- Groks Science Show 2016-02-17
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Bee Wilson discusses how we learn to eat and whether we can change our approach to food.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KPIP-LP, WYAP, WMUU-LP, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Feb 16, 2016
  • Length: 30:48
  • Purchases: 5
Gene Editing -- Groks Science Show 2015-12-16
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Hank Greely discussed the medical promises and perils of gene editing technology.

Bought by WYAP and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Dec 16, 2015
  • Length: 33:16
  • Purchases: 2
Prescribing Placebos -- Groks Science Show 2015-12-02
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
John Kelley discusses the mechanisms of the placebo effect and its role in medicine.

Bought by WMUU-LP, WYAP, and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Dec 03, 2015
  • Length: 28:45
  • Purchases: 3
The Sentimental Sense -- Groks Science Show 2015-11-18
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Virginia Barry discusses the neuroscience behind memory and scent.

Bought by KPIP-LP and WYAP


  • Added: Nov 18, 2015
  • Length: 32:36
  • Purchases: 2
An Airplane for Everyone
From: Ben Orlando
Series: History Repeating Itself
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Airplanes in department stores? There was a time in U.S. History when people experienced this reality. But are we any closer today to realizing the...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2015
  • Length: 13:22
Autism's Mysteries -- Groks Science Show 2015-09-02
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Steve Silberman addresses some of the mysteries of autism.

Bought by KPIP-LP, WYAP, and KPVL


  • Added: Sep 02, 2015
  • Length: 30:38
  • Purchases: 3
Driverless -- Groks Science Show 2015-08-26
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Corey Clothier discusses the state of autonomous vehicles.

Bought by KPVL and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 26, 2015
  • Length: 32:59
  • Purchases: 2
A Beautiful Question -- Groks Science Show 2015-07-15
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Frank Wilczek discussed the concept of beauty in physics.

Bought by KPVL and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jul 16, 2015
  • Length: 32:13
  • Purchases: 2
Saving the Planet: Voices From the Planetary Defense Conference
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Some of the attendees at the 2015 Planetary Defense Conference in Frascati, Italy., Credit: ESA CC BY-SA IGO 3.0
We’ve already brought you Planetary Radio Live from the 2015 PDC near Rome, Italy. Now you’ll hear a small sampling of the scientists, engineers, p...

Bought by KMUD, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and KFCF FM


  • Added: Jun 30, 2015
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 5
Girl Power -- Groks Science Show 2015-06-17
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Rachel Swaby discusses women in science.

Bought by WMUU-LP, KPVL, KPIP-LP, and WYAP


  • Added: Jun 18, 2015
  • Length: 25:58
  • Purchases: 4
LightSail Triumphant! A Mission Press Conference
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: LightSail stretches its sails in low Earth orbit., Credit: The Planetary Society
After a roller coaster ride that included a maddening eight-day silence, the LightSail test mission finally achieved all of its major goals. Leader...

Bought by KMUD, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KFCF FM, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and KWMR


  • Added: Jun 14, 2015
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 5
A Cassini Update, and LightSail Spreads Its Wings
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Cassini's last close-up view of Saturn's "creepy" moon, Hyperion., Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute
Our most frequent guest, Cassini Project Scientist Linda Spilker, returns with another update on the magnificent mission at Saturn, including evide...

Bought by KMUD, KFCF FM, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR, and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Jun 09, 2015
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 5
Getting Humans to Mars with Chris Carberry
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: The first human steps onto Mars in this illustration from the 2015 Humans to Mars Report., Credit: Explore Mars, Inc.
Explore Mars revealed the 2015 Humans to Mars Report at a recent conference in Washington. CEO Chris Carberry gives us a quick tour of this realist...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KMUD, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KWMR, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 01, 2015
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 6
Tomorrowland -- Groks Science Show 2015-05-27
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Steven Kotler discusses how science fiction ideas have moved from the imagination of authors to real innovations.

Bought by WYAP, KPIP-LP, and KPVL


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 32:56
  • Purchases: 3
Spiraling Closer to Ceres With the Dawn Mission's Marc Rayman
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Image of Ceres and its mysterious “bright spots” taken by the Dawn spacecraft from 13,600 km (8,400 miles) above the surface., Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
It’s the biggest dwarf planet between here and Pluto, and it has a new permanent resident. The Dawn spacecraft is orbiting Ceres in the asteroid be...

Bought by KMUD, KWMR, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and KFCF FM


  • Added: May 18, 2015
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 4
Alan Stern and the Rise of Pluto
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist’s concept of the New Horizons spacecraft as it approaches Pluto and its largest moon, Charon, in July 2015., Credit: JHUAPL/SwRI
Humankind’s arrival at Pluto is barely two months away. The science and images have already started to flow from New Horizons, according to the mis...

Bought by KMUD, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KWMR, and KFCF FM


  • Added: May 11, 2015
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 5
The Monkey Dance -- Groks Science Show 2015-05-06
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
On this episode, we talk with English professor and cage fighter Dr. Jonathan Gottschall.

Bought by KPIP-LP and KPVL


  • Added: May 07, 2015
  • Length: 26:47
  • Purchases: 2
Vitamania -- Groks Science Show 2015-04-01
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Catherine Price discussed the history of America’s confusion and obsession with vitamins.

Bought by WRNC-LP and KPVL


  • Added: Apr 01, 2015
  • Length: 25:44
  • Purchases: 2
Treating the Individual -- Groks Science Show 2015-03-18
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Eric Green discussed genomic technology and precision medicine.

Bought by KPIP-LP, WYAP, WRNC-LP, and KPVL


  • Added: Mar 18, 2015
  • Length: 44:40
  • Purchases: 4
Virgin Galactic CEO George Whitesides on LauncherOne and the Return of SpaceShipTwo
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Elected officials hear about Virgin Galactic's LauncherOne rocket and WhiteKnightTwo air launch vehicle., Credit: Virgin Galactic
6,000 job-seekers came to the new Long Beach, California home of Virgin Galactic’s LauncherOne rocket on a recent morning. We sit down with CEO Geo...

Bought by KMUD, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KWMR, and KFCF FM


  • Added: Mar 10, 2015
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 5
Sex Differences in the Brain -- Groks Science Show 2015-03-04
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Ruben Gur discusses functional and anatomical sex differences in the brain.

Bought by KPIP-LP, WRNC-LP, WYAP, and KPVL


  • Added: Mar 04, 2015
  • Length: 38:59
  • Purchases: 4
Jonathan Goff Says Let’s Redirect an Asteroid
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist's conception of an astronaut collecting a sample from a retrieved asteroid., Credit: NASA
ARM is the Asteroid Redirect Mission, and sometimes it seems that it doesn’t have a friend in the world. But it does, and Jonathan Goff of Altius S...

Bought by KMUD, KFCF FM, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KRZA, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Feb 23, 2015
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 6
Football Physics -- Groks Science Show 2015-02-18
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Timothy Gay discusses the physics of football.

Bought by KPIP-LP and KPVL


  • Added: Feb 18, 2015
  • Length: 37:56
  • Purchases: 2