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Pretending to be Proper

From: KMUW

We look at some "rules" of the language that were mostly just made up so people could feel like they were speaking proper English.

Bought by KECG and KRPS

Sneaky Rules We Don't Know We Follow

From: KMUW

Some of us like to be rule breakers, but here are a few rules of the English language we can’t help but follow. And we probably don’t even know the...

Bought by KRPS

Grave Robbers

From: KSLU
Series: Rock School

Elvis was not always buried on the Graceland property. After an attempted grave robbing, he was moved there. In fact, many musicians' graves have...

Bought by WMTNradio, KHNS, KWIT, Harford Community Radio, KSRQ and more

212: Peanut Butter Diamonds

From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk

With enough pressure and heat, just about anything with enough carbon in it could become a diamond. And thankfully for us, when a scientist was ask...

Bought by WRFA-LP

2214: Refeed: Writing Comedy with Ali LeRoi + Writing the Young Adult, 4/7/2022

From: Austin Film Festival's On Story®
Series: Austin Film Festival's On Story®

This week on On Story we’ll hear from comedy veteran Ali LeRoi who’s longtime collaboration with comedian Chris Rock resulted in Everybody Hates Ch...

209: Detachable Tails

From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk

In cases of emergency, lizards pop off their tails to get away. Evolution made it possible for that tail to stay on when tugged but not twisted. It...

Bought by WRFA-LP

206 part two: Skeet Shooting Fish

From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk

Sure, Archerfish can use a squirt of water to knock prey into the water to be eaten. But researchers wanted to know, could they count?

Bought by WRFA-LP

TV Themes that Became Hits

From: KSLU
Series: Rock School

Here's the game. Name a TV theme song that then became a hit on the pop chart. You cannot choose a song that was first a hit and then used for a ...

Bought by WKPW, KSRQ, KTRL, KHNS, KWIT and more

202: Honeypot Ants

From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk

Imagine you're an ant living in an arid climate. There's no grocery stores! How do you keep enough food on hand for when things are scarce? You won...

Bought by WRFA-LP

197: Singing Gorillas

From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk

Give a captive gorilla tasty food, they often vocalize in ways that sound a lot like singing. It's so charming! But scientists thought this "singin...

Bought by WRFA-LP

187: Animal Buddy Cops

From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk

In an unexpected turn of events, two predators with very different hunting styles work cooperatively. During the summer months, badgers and coyotes...

Bought by WRFA-LP

184: Dog Days of Summer

From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk

It's fall now, but we recorded this episode during the dog days of August. The sky wore a blanket of wildfire smoke and daytime lows were in the mi...

Bought by WRFA-LP

Band Fan Bases

From: KSLU
Series: Rock School

You have heard of the KISS Army, right? That what KISS fans call themselves. But did you know that other bands and musicians also have nicknames ...

Bought by WYAP, KSRQ, WNYO, KWIT, Harford Community Radio and more

173: Mushroom Lightning

From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk

There's a long tradition of Japanese folklore around the possible relationship between large mushroom harvests and lightning. Researchers decided t...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and WRFA-LP

167: Wormnado

From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk

When out on a walk, Tiffanie Fisher spotted a giant ring of worms and snapped a picture. She posted the photo in the hopes that someone could expla...

Bought by WRFA-LP and Spokane Public Radio

165: Silently Screaming Tomato

From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk

In a pitched battle against voracious tomato fruit worms, (aka. corn earworms or cotton bollworm) tomato plants have one sneaky defense...a wasp. I...

Bought by WRFA-LP and Spokane Public Radio

164: Bumblebee Tunnel

From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk

Researcher Sridhar Ravi of UNSW Canberra looks to the humble bumblebee to answer questions about how to program a more nimble drone. The way he and...

Bought by WRFA-LP

2119: Seinfeld: A Retrospective + A Conversation with Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, 5/13/2021

From: Austin Film Festival's On Story®
Series: Austin Film Festival's On Story®

This week on On Story we’ll hear from Seinfeld writer David Mandel. And later will hear from screenwriting duo Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewsk...

Vaccines

From: KSLU
Series: STEM Science Radio

Rhett Allain and Adam Cortez discuss the science behind the vaccines and why they work

159: Wanna Cuttle?

From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk

Can a cuttlefish master a test that very young children often struggle to pass? Instead of using marshmallows like we do with people, scientists us...

Bought by WRFA-LP

Parody Bands

From: KSLU
Series: Rock School

This week was inspired by the Spinal Tap debut back in 1984. Once I started doing the research, there was simply a large group of bands that are b...

Bought by KSRQ, KWIT, Harford Community Radio, and WOUB

149: History of Bandanas

From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk

Originating in India, the western version of the red bandana began in 1800s England with the use of snuff. Over the years the pattern has changed s...

146: Snail Knights

From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk

There are over 70 examples of knights fighting snails in illuminated manuscripts from the 1300s. But why? First meme? A silly inside joke? A weird ...

139: Mummy Passport

From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk

Ramesses II (Also known as Ramses or Rameses) became Pharaoh at the age of 14, had more children than any other Egyptian ruler, and reigned during ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio

136: Sneaky Potato

From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk

In 1532 the Spanish found out what everyone in South America already knew--potatoes are amazing. But when they brought them back to Europe the rece...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio

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