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Just in time for Valentine's Day we explore the sexier side of alchemy. Historian Joel Klein explains how alchemists used passionate prose to disgu...
Bought by WDBM
- Added: Feb 05, 2013
- Length: 13:59
- Purchases: 1
Latitude News Podcast #7 — From War on Drugs to legal weed, where will the U.S. lead the world next?
From: Latitude News
A short, strange history of marijuana in the U.S., Mexico and everywhere else
Bought by KUT
- Added: Feb 01, 2013
- Length: 15:06
- Purchases: 1
Today your taste buds take center stage. First, how super-tasters' genetic gift might afford them better health. Then the art of imitation flavors.
Bought by WTJU
- Added: Jan 23, 2013
- Length: 16:09
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Jan 08, 2013
- Length: 01:58:00
- Purchases: 9
- Added: Jan 01, 2013
- Length: 01:58:00
- Purchases: 10
Backup show # 1.
- Added: Dec 04, 2012
- Length: 01:58:00
- Purchases: 10
Today we begin the three-part series: A Day in the Life, spotlighting the common chemistry of morning, noon, and night. First, a look at what's lur...
- Added: Nov 27, 2012
- Length: 14:21
Treasure or toxin? In this episode we follow Teflon's rise from happy accident to indispensable tool at work, home, and even war.
- Added: Nov 15, 2012
- Length: 15:14
As part of the 10th anniversary of one of CBC's premier current affairs programs, The Current, an interview from 2006 with the author Kurt Vonnegut...
- Added: Nov 01, 2012
- Length: 22:59
In this episode we welcome back author Sam Kean to discuss the secrets and surprises contained in our DNA.
- Added: Oct 31, 2012
- Length: 12:22
In this episode, a conversation between two alchemy experts: James Voelkel, who curated CHF’s exhibit The Alchemical Quest, and Lawrence Principe, ...
- Added: Oct 18, 2012
- Length: 13:58
On today's show we track the evolution of smog from symbol of industrial progress to public-health catastrophe.
- Added: Oct 09, 2012
- Length: 14:19
John Berryman was a widely known poet, and teacher at the University of Minnesota. This is a recording of John Berryman reading his poem titled "Dr...
- Added: Oct 03, 2012
- Length: 02:37
The tales of Paul Bunyan and his friends have captivated Minnesotans for over 100 years. Statutes of the lumberjack can be found in the towns of A...
- Added: Sep 25, 2012
- Length: 05:56
In this episode we test your gag reflex. First an exploration of rank, funky cheeses made from your own body's bacteria. Then the history of how di...
- Added: Sep 18, 2012
- Length: 13:13
The Brave New Workshop has helped launch the careers of humorists such as Al Franken and Tom Davis, the first head writers for Saturday Night Live...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Sep 15, 2012
- Length: 05:01
- Purchases: 1
Ahoy, mateys. Join us on the ocean floor. In this episode we look at sunken ships: how they are preserved, and what they can tell us about past civ...
- Added: Sep 05, 2012
- Length: 15:35
- Purchases: 2
Greg Herrick, president of the Aviation Foundation of America and aviation buff, is the proud owner of a rare 1954 Aerocar (yes, a car with wings)...
- Added: Aug 24, 2012
- Length: 23:15
Remember Dick Powell the actor? How about Dick Powell the jazz banjo player? He’s just one of many obscure early jazz performers heard in this pro...
- Added: Aug 21, 2012
- Length: 58:55
A little something for everyone.
Bought by KEOS, KMXT, KWMR, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KKRN and more
- Added: Aug 08, 2012
- Length: 01:57:59
- Purchases: 9
We bring you some of our favorite segments from past Distillations episodes this week: attempts to contact aliens in space and the secret behind th...
- Added: Aug 04, 2012
- Length: 15:34
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
For the third week of August (8/19): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a pioneering female of tejano music
- Added: Aug 02, 2012
- Length: 01:40
For the second week of December (12/8): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a man who helped build a gospel music empire.
- Added: Jul 30, 2012
- Length: 01:40
New Sides of Old Friends.
- Added: Jul 18, 2012
- Length: 01:58:00
- Purchases: 8
