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Good science takes time... or not? On today's show we explore the extremes. First the longest-running experiment in the world; then the near-instan...
Bought by WTJU
- Added: Aug 29, 2012
- Length: 14:12
- Purchases: 1
A Crash Course in Camping - By Noel Clark: In 2007 the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources researched why people in Minnesota were spending l...
- Added: Aug 21, 2012
- Length: 01:34
This week on Culture Queue, we leave the comfort of Radio K's studios for some fresh air and exercise.
We begin with a report from Producer Noel Cl...
Bought by KVSC
- Added: Aug 21, 2012
- Length: 28:02
- Purchases: 1
We bring you some of our favorite segments from past Distillations episodes this week: animal communication in the Sonoran Desert and the toll of a...
- Added: Aug 04, 2012
- Length: 13:33
This week on Culture Queue, we take you outside your comfort zone to deliver stories from fringe society. Producer Mitch Skinner returns from San D...
- Added: Jul 31, 2012
- Length: 28:55
This wraps up our three-part series Blood, Sweat, and Tears. First, how it feels to lose your ability to cry; then why onions bring on the waterworks.
- Added: Jul 11, 2012
- Length: 15:05
By Mark Sheely. Just an hour north of the Twin Cities and already the towering pines and sparkling lakes begin to fill the scenery. A giant walleye...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Jul 06, 2012
- Length: 01:42
- Purchases: 1
By Mark Sheely. Culture Queue brings you Part Two and the conclusion of our radio play adaptation, The Immortal Ms. Sherlock Holmes. Will Holmes ou...
- Added: Jul 06, 2012
- Length: 01:56
This week from Culture Queue, we're keen as mustard to bring you the thrilling conclusion of our play from across the pond. Join Sherlock, Moriarty...
- Added: Jul 06, 2012
- Length: 24:28
In this episode we continue the three-part series Blood, Sweat, and Tears. First the history of deodorants; then experiments on how perspiration ca...
- Added: Jul 05, 2012
- Length: 16:44
This week on Culture Queue, we "honor" the memories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Orson Welles alike with our lastest radio play. It's "The Immorta...
- Added: Jun 22, 2012
- Length: 33:22
By Brianna Hanson. This week, Culture Queue once again steps into the world of old timey radio drama. Because the University of Minnesota is home t...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Jun 22, 2012
- Length: :40
- Purchases: 1
A Home for the Wild, by Mark Sheely: While lion and tiger cubs are cute and cuddly, they grow up and pack on five hundred pounds, or more. Yet some...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Jun 15, 2012
- Length: 01:28
- Purchases: 1
Booking the Trend, by Mitch Skinner: If print is dead, you wouldn't know it by talking to people in the business. Physical books are still selling.
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Jun 06, 2012
- Length: 01:28
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Jun 01, 2012
- Length: 29:41
- Purchases: 1
Big eyes, soft skin, squeezable cheeks. No doubt, babies are adorable. But in this episode we take a break from our cooing to examine some more ser...
- Added: May 16, 2012
- Length: 13:43
On this episode Don't Cha know were going to be visiting with a person whose going to tell us about a bloody, gory, good time that's about to infec...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: May 15, 2012
- Length: 13:22
- Purchases: 1
Sneezing, itchy eyes, runny nose? We all know what that means: allergies. On this show we look at pet dander, a common cause. Then we talk to a res...
- Added: May 02, 2012
- Length: 14:22
In this episode we look at the diverse history of mass spectrometry, starting with a single question: exactly what is it? Then we dip into CHF's or...
- Added: Mar 31, 2012
- Length: 13:18
In this episode we travel back in time to the Victorian era, when innovative teachers used fairies to convey complicated ideas in chemistry. We ada...
Bought by WTJU
- Added: Mar 16, 2012
- Length: 09:56
- Purchases: 1
On today's show we look at the real and imagined implications of genetic modification in the middle of the 20th century.
- Added: Mar 02, 2012
- Length: 14:40
Pucker up! On this episode we investigate the kiss. First, what's in the saliva we share with each other? Then we interview Sheril Kirshenbaum, aut...
Bought by Prairie Public, KSFR, PRX Remix, and Marfa Public Radio
- Added: Feb 03, 2012
- Length: 12:41
- Purchases: 4
On this episode of Distillations we look at the science of sports. First, we learn how athletes go the distance, chemically speaking. Then we look ...
- Added: Feb 03, 2012
- Length: 11:37
- Purchases: 3
Cheers! On today's episode of Distillations we belly up to the bar to learn about distilled spirits. Then we look ahead to the next morning to dete...
Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KSJD, and Connecticut Public (WNPR)
- Added: Jan 16, 2012
- Length: 13:20
- Purchases: 3
On this episode of Distillations we go straight to the source ... your DNA. First, we learn how technological advances are putting the dream of a $...
- Added: Jan 16, 2012
- Length: 13:29
