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In 1804 Dr. Troxler discovered he could make pastel dots on paper disappear if he stared at them for long enough. Blink, and they would reappear. T...
- Added: Jun 05, 2019
- Length: 03:24
Need to string some wire through your house or clean a particle accelerator? You might need a science ferret.
Bought by Spokane Public Radio
- Added: May 28, 2019
- Length: 03:09
- Purchases: 1
Taking Rate the Remake to another level with a show entirely of originals and sometimes the more popular versions plus their remake.
- Added: May 19, 2019
- Length: 01:56:43
Minneapolis and St. Paul are known as the Twin Cities, but relationships weren’t always so sisterly. During the summer of the 1890 census, both cit...
- Added: May 16, 2019
- Length: 04:38
Can Flatworms remember how to find food after re-growing their heads? Science rolled up its sleeves and found out.
Bought by Spokane Public Radio
- Added: May 14, 2019
- Length: 04:47
- Purchases: 1
Listener and friend of the show, Rick, programs, and co-hosts this edition of #abftp!
- Added: May 12, 2019
- Length: 01:56:43
Why do we want to crush-hug cute things like babies and young animals? It may have something to do with adorableness overload and how our brains co...
- Added: May 09, 2019
- Length: 03:50
Three women, two countries, one shared experience: Motherhood. From giving birth to receiving support – our producer Melissa Gerr looks at the role...
Bought by KICI Iowa City, KICI Iowa City, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: May 09, 2019
- Length: 24:46
- Purchases: 3
Listener and friend of the show, Todd, programs, and co-hosts this edition of #abftp!
- Added: May 05, 2019
- Length: 02:00:25
- Added: Apr 29, 2019
- Length: 01:53:12
Springtime Mix & Match: Listener requests, big names thru town in history, a local record label. SOCAL grooving, southwest jazz, blues & country. V...
- Added: Apr 23, 2019
- Length: 58:00
- Added: Apr 22, 2019
- Length: 01:57:01
The pretzel, known as a “Brezel” or “Brezn” in German, is not an ordinary pastry. It has a century-old history full of myths and stories. Where did...
Bought by KICI Iowa City and KICI Iowa City
- Added: Apr 03, 2019
- Length: 33:17
- Purchases: 2
The internet claims lobsters are immortal. Amy pulls a Dana Scully and debunks the heck out of that idea.
Bought by Spokane Public Radio
- Added: Mar 26, 2019
- Length: 04:35
- Purchases: 1
Hosted by Carl Wiman and Hacksaw Tom, Radio 586 AZ Roots for 03-20 to 03-26-19, show # 291: Hear French/Arizona fusion, originals and trombones fro...
- Added: Mar 19, 2019
- Length: 58:00
Jumping out of an airplane without a parachute?! We explore a study that explains how sometimes, if you look at the data in just the right way, bac...
- Added: Mar 19, 2019
- Length: 02:40
- Added: Mar 18, 2019
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
Amy and Trace went on an epic field trip around our home town of Spokane and found all sorts of canned gems, like a whole chicken, silkworms and ch...
- Added: Feb 14, 2019
- Length: 07:53
A quiet masterwork from Lillian Hellman.
Bought by KKRN, WCPN, Spokane Public Radio, KMUN, KWMR and more
- Added: Jan 15, 2019
- Length: 01:57:59
- Purchases: 24
On this episode of The Live Feed, KQAL and Winona State University are proud to present, Over the Back Fence, a community variety show from the St....
- Added: Oct 19, 2018
- Length: 58:16
Science writer Mary Roach talks with author and actor Benjamin Busch.
Bought by WKAR, WCMU Michigan, WKAR, and WDET Detroit Public Radio
- Added: Sep 21, 2018
- Length: 54:31
- Purchases: 4
During the last 8 years, this program has gone where no other radio program has gone before - probably because they know better. I've tackled the t...
- Added: Sep 11, 2018
- Length: 59:00
A euology for the great St. Ann pothole, Deborah.
[A Satire Piece on the State of Roads in New Orleans, LA]
- Added: Sep 10, 2018
- Length: 05:06
Super powers that cause others to shrug and think, "who cares." The super power to move clouds with your eyes, to turn oxygen into carbon dioxide...
- Added: Sep 03, 2018
- Length: 03:32:49
Broadcast 8/23/18 on Ozcatradio.com and KZCT-FM Vallejo, CA this show is with the theme "Animals". Yes, an easy theme, but inspired by traveling a...
- Added: Aug 24, 2018
- Length: 02:58:58
