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What is that weird smell? It's called trimethylamine (TMA) and for most of us it stinks like rotten fish. For a small percentage of people it smell...
- Added: Mar 30, 2021
- Length: 05:04
What if we burned calories the same way cars use gas for fuel? Amy fell down the comparison hole trying to figure out the "car calories" for humans...
- Added: Mar 30, 2021
- Length: 04:54
Who knew a tiny animal could contain such a multitude of cool facts? For our 150th episode we dive into the life of the shrew. It's a phenomenal cr...
- Added: Feb 21, 2021
- Length: 05:00
In WWI and WWII women were super sneaky and ingenious using their yarn and knitting needles to covertly transport coded messages. That's right, tod...
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- Added: Feb 02, 2021
- Length: 04:45
- Purchases: 1
On July 6th, 1930 Fred Newton dipped a toe into the Mississippi river and explained to reporters that he planned to swim from Minneapolis to New Or...
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- Added: Dec 23, 2020
- Length: 04:59
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Tonight on The Sound we hear from Winona rock band Rogue the Wolf. Earlier this year the band released an acoustic EP titled “In Stereo”. Tonight w...
- Added: Dec 02, 2020
- Length: 40:16
A word on sound quality: We're still recording remotely. Just pretend Amy is on the moon, reporting from her own personal spaceship.
Besides the ...
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- Added: Nov 10, 2020
- Length: 05:09
- Purchases: 1
An accidental discovery by scientist Jonathan G. Martin lead to a surprise at his bird feeder. Turns out Flying Squirrels in the United States have...
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- Added: Nov 10, 2020
- Length: 04:53
- Purchases: 1
ManPurse and Mike Breen New Releases. It is refreshing to have new fall CD releases from Arizona artists, perhaps the first within our region sent ...
- Added: Oct 28, 2020
- Length: 58:00
Great piano and great taste from relative newcomer Isiah J. Thompson followed by historic Red Garland get us going, for saxophone may we introduce ...
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- Added: Oct 13, 2020
- Length: 01:59:58
- Purchases: 9
Jackass clover is Wislizenia refracta and the botanical name of clammy weed is Polanisia dodecandra. They are both in the Cleome family Cleomaceae....
- Added: Sep 21, 2020
- Length: 04:36
An engineer will feel at home
when surrounded by many an ohm.
This is Episode 90 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fas...
- Added: Sep 01, 2020
- Length: 06:16
In 1930, the Kutol company came up with a putty to clean coal dust off of walls. Impending bankruptcy forced them to shift gears to find new ways o...
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- Added: Jul 23, 2020
- Length: 04:53
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Is there a standard I may have missed?
Time to consult the engineers at NIST.
This is Episode 88 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show ...
- Added: Jul 19, 2020
- Length: 06:50
It happens every year, temperatures drop for some needed relief from summer, kids go back to school, leaves start changing, and the fall season is...
- Added: May 26, 2020
- Length: 33:56
It's freezing but that flock of ducks is standing barefoot on an icy pond. Why don't they have frostbite? Turns out, ducks (any many other birds) h...
- Added: Mar 20, 2020
- Length: 04:37
WNMC’s Jazz For the Tradition March Jazz Birthdays hour two hosted by Ted Alan and Hacksaw Tom. A couple jazz musicians born in early March were Ba...
- Added: Mar 04, 2020
- Length: 58:00
What happens when you cross a intestinal invading fungus or bacteria with carbohydrates? You get very very drunk. Trace explores the weird world of...
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- Added: Feb 20, 2020
- Length: 04:13
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Can living in a more enriching environment increase your ability to learn and make you more relaxed? Dr. Kelly Lambert set out to answer this quest...
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- Added: Jan 21, 2020
- Length: 05:00
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From: Brian Bahouth
Dom Flemons is an American singer/songwriter who has been recording albums and touring for the last 15 years. He rose to prominence with the Africa...
- Added: Jan 15, 2020
- Length: 31:16
Helen Abramson grew up in the Meadowlands area. She has fond memories of celebrations at the Bohemian National Hall and is a treasure trove of loc...
- Added: Jan 03, 2020
- Length: 14:32
Either way you spell it, you either love that black candy or can't get away fast enough. Amy dives into why.
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- Added: Dec 03, 2019
- Length: 06:27
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Trend setting science from 1975. We can't tell you anything else, it would spoil the surprise!
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- Added: Nov 24, 2019
- Length: 05:11
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This show is all over the place. Fall gets me excited and fall color is a crazy combination of fall blooming plants and leaves changing color on ot...
- Added: Nov 13, 2019
- Length: 05:14
Salvia officinalis is known as cooking sage or garden sage. It is a sage and I say that because folks seem to apply the name sage to many other gen...
- Added: Nov 13, 2019
- Length: 05:11
