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Science's Alliances
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Science's Alliances, Credit: Seth Shostak
A particle physicist-turned-U.S. Congressman, Muppets teach toddlers engineering, and other unique science pairings.

Bought by KREV-LP


  • Added: Dec 05, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
We've Got You Made
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: We've Got You Made, Credit: Seth Shostak
Computers are not only a part of your life, they may soon be a part of you - We’ll hear from the world’s first cyborg as to why we should make nice...

  • Added: Nov 21, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
NASA or What?
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: NASA or What?, Credit: Seth Shostak
NASA in motion: the GRAIL mission takes us back to the moon, and – can you dig it? The rover Curiosity can. It’ll hunt for evidence of Martian lif...

Bought by KZUM


  • Added: Nov 07, 2011
  • Length: 54:01
  • Purchases: 1
What's Your Poison?
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: What's Your Poison?, Credit: Seth Shostak
“Aspirin and Old Lace?” Okay, you’d need a bottle of pills in a cup of elderberry wine, but aspirin can be deadly – hear why dose is key in toxicol...

  • Added: Oct 10, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
Skeptic Check, Beast Of
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Skeptic Check, Beast Of, Credit: Seth Shostak
Zombies, aliens, Bigfoot, oh my - we've covered - or rather uncovered - them all and more on Skeptic Check, our monthly look of critical thinking, ...

Bought by KZUM, KMUN, KREV-LP, and WRIR


  • Added: Oct 03, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
Rend Me Your Ears
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Rend Me Your Ears, Credit: Seth Shostak
Our buzzing, humming, whirling, machine-driven world is a poster child for technological progress, and has driven one man to search for silence; we...

Bought by KSKQ and WRIR


  • Added: Sep 26, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
Seth's Tool Shed
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Seth's Tool Shed, Credit: Seth Shostak
A scheme for finding life on Mars, adopting to climate change, and a new moon of Pluto.

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Sep 05, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
Into the Unknown
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Into the Unknown, Credit: Seth Shostak
From voyages to the bottom of the sea, to the edges of space: join us on treks of modern exploration.

Bought by KSKQ and WRIR


  • Added: Aug 29, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
Swarm in here... Or Is It Just Me?
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Swarm in Here, Credit: Seth Shostak
Collective intelligence is what makes bees and ants so successful – find out how researchers are helping humans to get their collective act together.

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Aug 22, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
Skeptic Check: Plotting Along
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Skeptic Check: Plotting Along, Credit: Seth Shostak
Why conspiracy theories persist – from 9-11 to UFOs to fluoride in our water.

Bought by WVTF, WRIR, and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Aug 15, 2011
  • Length: 54:01
  • Purchases: 3
Written in Code
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Written in Code, Credit: Seth Shostak
Genes aren’t worth much unless they’re turned on – find out what factors influence gene expression and how to unleash your inner-Einstein

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Aug 08, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
Cell! Cell!
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Cell! Cell!, Credit: Seth Shostak
The story of Henrietta Lacks who unwittingly donated her tissue to science in 1951 and whose cells still grow in laboratories around the world today.

Bought by KSKQ, WRIR, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 01, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
Water the Chances
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Water the Chances, Credit: Seth Shostak
Getting the salt out: the most promising technologies for desalination… how astronauts filter “water-closet water” to drink… and, turning salt pond...

Bought by WVTF, WRIR, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 25, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Big Picture
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: The Big Picture, Credit: Ly Ly
How did life begin, what makes up the universe and the true nature of consciousness are some of the biggest puzzlers in science, but answers are in...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KZUM, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WRGY, WHCP-LP Cambridge and more


  • Added: Jul 11, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 27
The Guardian's Science Weekly: Mathematics special + Brian Cox = science squared
From: [redacted] [redacted]
Caption: An equation graph, Credit: websters-online-dictionary.org
Bowing to popular demand, here's our mathematical special; plus Brian Cox, the most famous man in science, pops into the Guardian. No calculators a...

Bought by KUER and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 28, 2011
  • Length: 51:29
  • Purchases: 2
Riddles from the Border Regions, 2/12/11
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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NEARLY WEIGHTLESS...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Feb 09, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Genetic Testing -- Groks Science Show 2010-05-12
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Brandon Colby discussed outsmarting your genes.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KMXT


  • Added: May 12, 2010
  • Length: 25:29
  • Purchases: 2
Essential Engineering -- Groks Science Show 2010-03-31
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Prof. Henry Petroski discussed the essential engineer.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Mar 31, 2010
  • Length: 23:39
  • Purchases: 1
The Last Word on Brushes with the Law
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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High up on that list of the shocks of aging is the first time a cop calls you "sir."

  • Added: Mar 29, 2010
  • Length: 03:14
Commentator Aaron Brown on Acting Happy
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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There's a difference between "a smile" and an actual smile, Aaron calls it his "work smile" or a "strategic deployment of teeth."

  • Added: Mar 22, 2010
  • Length: 03:43
Guido has The Last Word on Acting Happy
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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Guido has the Last Word: Ready on the set! Pretend you're having fun...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2010
  • Length: 05:05
First Contact -- Groks Science Show 2010-03-10
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Prof. Evan Mandery discussed First Contact

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KMXT


  • Added: Mar 10, 2010
  • Length: 27:31
  • Purchases: 2
Eternity Soup -- Groks Science Show 2010-03-03
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Greg Critser discussed Eternity Soup.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KMXT


  • Added: Mar 06, 2010
  • Length: 24:43
  • Purchases: 2
The humble Farmer, December 13, 2009
From: The humble Farmer
Series: The humble Farmer Weekly 59-minute show
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Humorous social commentary and music from the 20s and 30s.

  • Added: Dec 18, 2009
  • Length: 59:00
Darwin to DNA -- Groks Science Show 2009-10-14
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
James Schwartz discussed the history of the gene from Darwin to DNA.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KMXT


  • Added: Oct 14, 2009
  • Length: 27:49
  • Purchases: 2