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2016 IgNobel prizes awarded
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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The IgNobels are awarded every year at Harvard University for research that first makes people laugh, then makes them think. WTIP's Mike Reeves cha...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2016
  • Length: 13:54
Attack Squirrels, Zombies and a Park Ranger
From: Bryan Orr
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A sound rich narrative interview with former Washington state park ranger and storyteller Jody Maberry

  • Added: Aug 07, 2015
  • Length: 17:53
Interview with Professor Gross
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Caption: Doopsies
For a show about embarrassment, my co-anchor Molly and I interviewed UW Sociology Professor Edward Gross.

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 04:58
Music for Animals
From: Britt Wray
Caption: Black Prairie plays a concert for 52 wolves at Wolf Haven sanctuary in Washington State., Credit: Carli Davidson
There's a music industry for pets out there. But what kind of music do animals like? A woman who studies how non-human creatures go mad throws conc...

Bought by ABC, KVNF, 'The Sea', New Hampshire Public Radio, WABE and more


  • Added: Jan 10, 2015
  • Length: 08:23
  • Purchases: 6
StoryCorps: Joanna and Bob Ebenstein
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Joanna Ebenstein holding a taxidermy two-headed duckling at the Morbid Anatomy Museum in Gowanus, Brooklyn.
Joanna Ebenstein, founder of the Morbid Anatomy Museum, tells her father, Bob, about the childhood...

Bought by WEZU, Radio Newark, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 31, 2014
  • Length: 02:04
  • Purchases: 3
Mad Scientists of Music - Episode 6 - Postcards From The Edge
From: Gareth Stack
Series: Mad Scientists of Music
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The final episode of the series looks at the future of Irish experimental music. We find out how techniques like ‘Live Coding’ (where computer prog...

  • Added: Jul 08, 2014
  • Length: 30:01
10: Rhythm Discovery (Standard Length)
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds (Standard Length)
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Drums, Wind Chimes and Meteorites are all forms of percussion in the Rhythm Discovery Center in Indianapolis.

  • Added: Apr 22, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
Science Frog
From: Alison Bruzek
Series: Bottom of the Hour
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Science Frog explains an important phenomenon.

  • Added: Mar 12, 2014
  • Length: 01:08
The 23rd First Annual IgNobels, recognizing wacky science that makes you laugh, then think
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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WTIP's Buck Benson chatted recently with Marc Abrahams of Improbable Research, which publishes a magazine and awards the IgNobel Prizes for researc...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Sep 24, 2013
  • Length: 16:50
  • Purchases: 1
NYT best-selling author Mary Roach visits The Roadhouse
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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WTIP's Dave Seaton chatted recently with the delightful Mary Roach, author of quirky science books like "Stiff," "Bonk," and "Packing for Mars." H...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 30, 2013
  • Length: 22:04
  • Purchases: 1
10: Rhythm Discovery
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
Caption: The 'Shimmer Wall'
Drums, Wind Chimes and Meteorites are all forms of percussion in the Rhythm Discovery Center in Indianapolis.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 10, 2013
  • Length: 12:55
  • Purchases: 1
Besides looking good, the Emergency Bra could save your life
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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WTIP's Buck Benson spoke recently with Dr. Elena Bodnar, founder & president of the Trauma Risk Management Research Institute in Chicago, about her...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Oct 31, 2012
  • Length: 21:16
  • Purchases: 1
Scat-sniffing dogs help researchers study, protect wildlife
From: WTIP
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Buck Benson of WTIP chatted recently with Dr. Sam Wasser, director of the Center for Conservation Biology at the University of Washington, about an...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Oct 10, 2012
  • Length: 21:52
  • Purchases: 1
How Birds Talk
From: With Good Reason
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People used to think alarm calls made by birds just meant "danger, danger!" But it turns out, birds are more specific than that. They can even aler...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Oct 03, 2012
  • Length: 08:10
  • Purchases: 1
Slightly Funnier Than Placebo
From: Radio Rounds
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In one of the most entertaining episodes of Radio Rounds to date, hosts Lakshman Swamy and Yojan Patel speak with the one of a kind “ZDoggMD,” the ...

  • Added: Jun 21, 2012
  • Length: 29:30
Nugget Man
From: Marion Kane
Caption: Dr. Robert C. Baker
The story of the late Dr. Robert Baker, famous food scientist at Cornell, who invented the chicken nugget.

  • Added: May 07, 2012
  • Length: 21:53
Clever Apes: Paper covers rock
From: WBEZ
Series: WBEZ's Clever Apes
Caption: Rock paper scissors, and its variations, may lie hidden in the math that underlies natural systems. (WBEZ/Gabriel Spitzer), Credit: (WBEZ/Gabriel Spitzer)
Behind the workings of nature, there is math. It's the blueprint for galaxies and atoms. But WBEZ's science experiment is about to make it look eas...

Bought by WTJU, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 23, 2011
  • Length: 08:15
  • Purchases: 3
Clever Apes: Secret lives of nuclear scientists
From: WBEZ
Series: WBEZ's Clever Apes
Caption: Marius Stan and Dan Pancake lead double lives on top of their scientific pursuits.
We explore the secret lives of nuclear scientists and learn why these brainiacs are way more interesting than you’d have ever imagined.

Bought by WTJU and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Nov 10, 2011
  • Length: 08:20
  • Purchases: 2
Clever Apes: Trick of the lgiht
From: WBEZ
Series: WBEZ's Clever Apes
Caption: Lisa Utschig holds a vial of the protein active in photosynthesis.
In this installment, we consider why photosynthesis remains a puzzle to science. And we’ll find out how a research team at Argonne National Laborat...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and KUT


  • Added: Aug 02, 2011
  • Length: 08:59
  • Purchases: 2
The Three Card Monte
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sift
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Should we resolve inconsistent beliefs... or let them be?

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 08, 2011
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 2
Clever Apes: Seeking the grail
From: WBEZ
Series: WBEZ's Clever Apes
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There are certain questions that get scientists really excited – discoveries that are big, tantalizing, and often, far out of reach. Even if they’r...

Bought by WDBM, WTJU, KUT, and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: May 18, 2011
  • Length: 08:40
  • Purchases: 4
Bay Area composer scores the soundtrack of outer space
From: KALW
Caption: Bay Area composer Christopher Hedge designed the sound for the Academy of Science's Morrison Planetarium
If you've been to the planetarium at the California Academy of Sciences recently, then you've heard Christopher Hedge's work on the show "Life: A C...

Bought by KUT and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 27, 2011
  • Length: 08:36
  • Purchases: 2
Clever Apes: Yuck
From: WBEZ
Series: WBEZ's Clever Apes
Caption: Bill Stanley holds the skull of an African rat he discovered. It's being cleaned by carrion beetles.
In this episode, host Gabriel Spitzer explores the dirty work of science, from flesh-eating beetles working at a museum to creepy crawlers that fin...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Apr 13, 2011
  • Length: 08:42
  • Purchases: 1
Clever Apes: Demystifying dinosaurs
From: WBEZ
Series: WBEZ's Clever Apes
Caption: Paleontologist Paul Sereno
Why do dinosaurs ignite our imaginations and why do we have so many misconceptions about them? In this episode, Gabriel Spitzer tackles those quest...

Bought by KUT and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Mar 30, 2011
  • Length: 08:47
  • Purchases: 2
Clever Apes: Sense abilities
From: WBEZ
Series: WBEZ's Clever Apes
Caption: www.wbez.org/cleverapes
In this episode, host Gabriel Spitzer explores the realm of the senses, finding out how cochlear implants are opening up a world of sound for the h...

Bought by KUT, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 25, 2011
  • Length: 08:47
  • Purchases: 3