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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
- Added: Feb 08, 2024
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 1
Another round of great stuff from down under this week on Dollar Country.
Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KSTK, KIYU-FM, KHNS, and WYAP
- Added: May 24, 2023
- Length: 58:00
- Purchases: 5
An hour of old time country music from the forgotten corners of American history.
Bought by KSTK, GCR (Global Community Radio), KIYU-FM, and WYAP
- Added: Aug 17, 2022
- Length: 58:00
- Purchases: 4
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
- Added: Jun 14, 2021
- Length: 04:54
- Purchases: 2
Dr. Rhett Allain and Adam Cortez talk about the real-world implications of superpowers.
- Added: May 13, 2021
- Length: 12:19
Dr. Rhett Allain and Adam Cortez talk about NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
- Added: May 06, 2021
- Length: 12:06
Dr. Rhett Allain and Adam Cortez discuss the importance and the origin of Pi: 3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751058209749445923078...
- Added: May 06, 2021
- Length: 12:11
Rhett Allain and Adam Cortez converse on the topic of Mars and the factors that are unique to the planet.
- Added: May 06, 2021
- Length: 12:38
Dr. Rhett Allain and Adam Cortez discuss the quirkier sides of science.
- Added: May 06, 2021
- Length: 11:40
In this episode, Adam and Rhett dive into the meta and discuss the history, as well as the science behind recording audio.
- Added: Oct 08, 2020
- Length: 13:11
In the episode, our hosts analyze the real implications of Star Wars technology. From the widely-known Light-saber to the concept of artificial gra...
Bought by RadioFreePalmer and Belfast Community Radio
- Added: Jul 27, 2020
- Length: 13:20
- Purchases: 2
Bees like sugary nectar. Turns out, it might just be their own buzzing that makes flowers sweeter.
Bought by Spokane Public Radio
- Added: May 14, 2020
- Length: 03:26
- Purchases: 1
Pandemic: quite a BUZZ word these days. We stay home, wear masks, and wash hands like crazy. But what would bees do? Hint: dance party! Written and...
- Added: May 13, 2020
- Length: 03:00
Dr. Rhett Allain and Todd Delaney discuss the properties of nuclear energy and the waste that is created by it.
Bought by Belfast Community Radio
- Added: Mar 09, 2020
- Length: 11:38
- Purchases: 1
Desert anemone (Anemone tuberosa) is in the Buttercup Family. Buttercups are the genus Ranuculus and the family name is Ranunculaceae. It’s probabl...
- Added: Feb 06, 2020
- Length: 05:01
It's not a power ballad by Lynyrd Skynyrd, and it's not a burrito chain. What is it? The question floods me with curiosity.
Bought by WETD
- Added: Oct 08, 2017
- Length: 03:56
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Sep 05, 2017
- Length: 02:00
It’s the way that folks at the Bisbee farmers Market say, “Oh, you grow the bellota.” that makes me think of that common name as an honorific name ...
- Added: Aug 03, 2017
- Length: 05:02
Healing with Dragon's Blood
- Added: Jul 18, 2017
- Length: 02:00
How Is Plankton Like a Piece of Chalk?
- Added: Jun 19, 2017
- Length: 02:00
Venus Flytraps Count
- Added: Jun 15, 2017
- Length: 02:00
Is Your Surgeon an AC/DC Fan?
- Added: Jun 09, 2017
- Length: 02:00
- Added: May 12, 2017
- Length: 02:00
- Added: Apr 27, 2017
- Length: 02:00
The Mysterious Antikythera Mechanism
- Added: Apr 06, 2017
- Length: 02:00