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Skeptic Check: Flat Earth
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Skeptic Check: Flat Earth, Credit: Seth Shostak
Flat Earthers believe that our planet resembles not a slightly squashed grapefruit but a thick pancake. We look at the difference between a truly ...

Bought by CHSR-FM 97.9, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WRGY, WHCP-LP Cambridge, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Apr 26, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 14
Venom Diagram
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Venom Diagram, Credit: Seth Shostak
Evolution has outfitted some animals with a highly effective mechanism for saying “back off!”. Venoms can ward off predators and disable prey, and...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WCNY, WUFT, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, KBBI Alaska and more


  • Added: Apr 12, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 19
Skeptic Check: Useful Delusions
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Skeptic Check: Useful Delusion, Credit: Seth Shostak
Can self-deception be useful? During the pandemic, it has been fashionable to say that we’re “following the science,” and that our behavior is dete...

Bought by WMUU-LP, CHSR-FM 97.9, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WRGY, KBBI Alaska and more


  • Added: Mar 29, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 15
WRM45 - Will & Peace
From: KRSC
Series: The Will Rogers Minute
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Will Rogers thought about peace often, but didn't always trust it

  • Added: Mar 09, 2021
  • Length: :59
Creature Discomforts
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Creature Discomforts, Credit: Creature Discomforts
We love them, fear them, use them – and sometimes eat them, too. But how well do we really know animals? Our impressions are often simplistic. T...

Bought by CHSR-FM 97.9, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, KBBI Alaska, WXXI Rochester, WRGY and more


  • Added: Feb 22, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 16
Mars Attracts
From: Big Picture Science
Caption: Mars Attracts, Credit: Seth Shostak
In a historic trifecta for space exploration, spacecraft of three countries will arrive at Mars in February. We talk to the science lead for the Em...

Bought by WRGY, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WHCP-LP Cambridge, WMUU-LP, KMXT and more


  • Added: Feb 08, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
Supercomputer Showdown
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Supercomputer Showdown, Credit: Seth Shostak
Do you have a hard-to-answer question? The Summit, Sierra, Trinity, Frontier, and Aurora supercomputers are built to tackle it. Summit tops the pet...

Bought by WCNY, KMUN, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WRGY, WYAP and more


  • Added: Jan 18, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 15
Novelist and Non-Fiction Author Stewart O'Nan: Part Two
From: New Letters on the Air
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Stewart O'Nan, the author of 20 plus books including EMILY, ALONE and LAST NIGHT AT THE LOBSTER, reads from his later novel, CITY OF SECRETS, and d...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Jan 14, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Skeptic Check: Betting on Pseudoscience
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Betting on Pseudoscience, Credit: Seth Shostak
Psychics may not be able to predict the future or sense your thoughts. Nonetheless, they rake in big bucks. But the harm from pseudoscience can go ...

Bought by CHSR-FM 97.9, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, KBBI Alaska, WMUU-LP, WRGY and more


  • Added: Jan 11, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 15
For Good Measure
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
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The reign of Le Grand K has come to an end. After 130 years, this hunk of French metal sitting in a vault will no longer define the kilogram. The n...

Bought by WMUU-LP, CHSR-FM 97.9, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WHCP-LP Cambridge, KBBI Alaska and more


  • Added: Dec 28, 2020
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 14
Handling the Holidays
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Handling the Holidays, Credit: Seth Shostak
The stress of the holidays can make you want to hide under the covers with a warm cup of cocoa. From gift buying to family gatherings, the holiday...

Bought by WUFT, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KTXK, KZUM, WUFT and more


  • Added: Dec 21, 2020
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 17
Christmas Dreaming
From: Will Duchon
Series: The Night Cafe
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Jazz vocals for Christmas by singers new and familiar.

Bought by KCME


  • Added: Dec 19, 2020
  • Length: 01:00:14
  • Purchases: 1
WRM 35 - Will on Election Results
From: KRSC
Series: The Will Rogers Minute
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Will liked to joke about the election results, no matter which party came out on top

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Dec 08, 2020
  • Length: :59
  • Purchases: 1
Our Christmas List
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This week is our first of two Christmas shows this year. Everybody has a Christmas list so we're doing a Christmas list show. Top songs. Biggest...

Bought by KUHB, WYAP, KSRQ, KWIT, WOUB and more


  • Added: Dec 07, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Sex Post Facto
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Sex Post Facto, Credit: Seth Shostak
Birds do it, bees do it, but humans may not do it for much longer – at least not for having kids. Instead, babies will be made in the lab, with ge...

Bought by WMUU-LP, CHSR-FM 97.9, KMUN, WRGY, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Nov 16, 2020
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 16
Time Travel Agents
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Time Travel Agents, Credit: Seth Shostak
Hey, let’s meet last week for coffee. Okay, we can’t meet in the past… yet. But is it only a matter of time before we time travel? Physicists have ...

Bought by WMUU-LP, CHSR-FM 97.9, WUFT, WRGY, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Nov 09, 2020
  • Length: 54:03
  • Purchases: 15
WRM31 - Will on Presidents
From: KRSC
Series: The Will Rogers Minute
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Will Rogers shares his humor about Presidents and the elections that get to that position.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Nov 03, 2020
  • Length: 01:01
  • Purchases: 1
Skeptic Check: Stay Skeptical
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Skeptic Check: Stay Skeptical, Credit: Seth Shostak
Whether you call it hooey, codswallop, or malarky, misinformation is not what it used to be. It’s harder to spot now. New-school BS is often cloake...

Bought by WVTF, CHSR-FM 97.9, KMUN, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, KBBI Alaska and more


  • Added: Oct 26, 2020
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 15
Geology is Destiny
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Geology is Destiny, Credit: Seth Shostak
Geology is big history. If the Ice Age had been a bit warmer, the U.S. might have only 13 states. But humanity has introduced its own geologic er...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KMUN, CHSR-FM 97.9, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WRGY and more


  • Added: Oct 12, 2020
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 16
WRM28 - Will Performs For A President
From: KRSC
Series: The Will Rogers Minute
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Will Rogers once performed for a sitting US President. Find out how it went.

  • Added: Oct 05, 2020
  • Length: :59
WRM27 - Election Day
From: KRSC
Series: The Will Rogers Minute
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Will's was born on Election Day, which set the perfect tone for his political humor and commentary

  • Added: Sep 22, 2020
  • Length: 01:01
WRM14 - What Fathers Really Want on Father's Day
From: KRSC
Series: The Will Rogers Minute
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What do fathers really want to celebrate their day? Will gives his thoughts.

  • Added: Sep 15, 2020
  • Length: 01:01
WRM21 - Will the Cowboy
From: KRSC
Series: The Will Rogers Minute
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Will Rogers not only promoted the cowboy lifestyle, he lived it

  • Added: Sep 15, 2020
  • Length: :59
WRM26 - Chart Your Own Course
From: KRSC
Series: The Will Rogers Minute
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Will believed that doing something your own way, even if it doesn't work, is better than doing the same thing as everyone else

  • Added: Sep 15, 2020
  • Length: :59
WRM25 - Will Rogers on Football
From: KRSC
Series: The Will Rogers Minute
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While Rogers was known for his love of baseball, he had some great things to say about football, as well

  • Added: Sep 15, 2020
  • Length: :59