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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

Added: Apr 08, 2022
Length: 04:56
Purchases: 1

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

Added: Mar 31, 2022
Length: 05:00
Purchases: 1

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

Added: Mar 11, 2022
Length: 04:53
Purchases: 1

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

Added: Mar 06, 2022
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 7

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

Added: Feb 15, 2022
Length: 04:48
Purchases: 1

201: Rabbit War

From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk

What happens when you are the Emperor of France and your hunting party plans go completely wrong? You get attacked by rabbits. This isn't a Monty P...

Bought by WRFA-LP and Spokane Public Radio

Added: Feb 15, 2022
Length: 04:47
Purchases: 2

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

Added: Jan 10, 2022
Length: 05:08
Purchases: 1

194: Iris Sphincters

From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk

You might think you're special because you can flex your nostrils or flap your ears--but it turns out that there's a person out there who can volun...

Bought by WRFA-LP

Added: Jan 10, 2022
Length: 11:34
Purchases: 1

631: Solace Of Nature / 632: Going Underground, 10/23/2021

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge

HOUR ONE: "Solace Of Nature" - Wherever you live — city or country, East coast, West coast, or in between — we share common, contemplative experien...

Added: Oct 22, 2021
Length: 01:59:00

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

Added: Oct 11, 2021
Length: 04:32
Purchases: 1

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

Added: Oct 11, 2021
Length: 04:20
Purchases: 1

A Pigeon and a Pine

From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey

The scientific name of the band-tailed pigeon is no longer Columba fasciata, but is Patagioenas fasciata. That’s too bad because I was hoping to st...

Added: Sep 28, 2021
Length: 04:59

Flora and Fauna Report

From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey

Here are some morning glory photos. Above is Ipomoea ternifolia var. leptotoma and the photo below is of some floral chaos featuring the red flower...

Added: Sep 28, 2021
Length: 05:04

Stinging Serpent

From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey

I like the phrase in Arizona Flora about the Loasa family Loasaceae ; it is “remarkable for the diversity and peculiar structure of the hairs.” And...

Added: Sep 28, 2021
Length: 05:05

Faked Their Death

From: KSLU
Series: Rock School

Elvis. Michael Jackson. Tupac. Many believe these people are still alive but faked their death. What is better is that of all the musicians we ...

Bought by WNYO, KSRQ, KWIT, WOUB, KTRL and more

Added: Sep 19, 2021
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 6

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

Added: Aug 22, 2021
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 7

Puzzling The Children's Hour

From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour

The Kids Crew gets puzzled with the world's most syndicated puzzle maker, David L. Hoyt, author of the Jumble puzzle found in more than 600 newspap...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), Allegheny Mountain Radio, KSTK, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio] and more

Added: Aug 16, 2021
Length: 58:00
Purchases: 10

172: Dancing Plague

From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk

During the 1300-1500s there were several accounts of people being afflicted with spontaneous dancing. One group of 400 people were struck with the ...

Bought by WRFA-LP and Spokane Public Radio