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Apt to Adapt
From: Big Picture Science
Caption: Apt to Adapt, Credit: Seth Shostak
Humans are changing their environment faster than their genes can keep pace. This has led to a slew of diseases, from backache to diabetes, says o...

Bought by KUNM, WRGY, WMUU-LP, RadioFreePalmer, and WRIR


  • Added: Jan 11, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 5
A Stellar Job
From: Big Picture Science
Caption: A Stellar Job, Credit: Seth Shostak
Stars do more than just twinkle. These boiling balls of hot plasma can tell us something about other celestial phenomena. They betray the hiding ...

Bought by KREV-LP, WRGY, 91.7 WHUS Storrs, WYSO, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Jan 04, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
You Think; You're So Smart
From: Big Picture Science
Caption: You Think; You're So Smart, Credit: Seth Shostak
Sure you have a big brain; it's the hallmark of Homo sapiens. But that doesn't mean that you've cornered the market on intelligence. Michael Pol...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., RadioFreePalmer, WMUU-LP, WRIR, WRGY and more


  • Added: Dec 28, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
Vegan holiday anxieties? Cannabis oil brownies to the rescue!
From: JL Fields
Series: Easy Vegan with JL Fields
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Fellow vegan, are you feeling anxious about that turkey or ham on the family holiday table? Relax with non-psychoactive "wellness brownies" and veg...

  • Added: Dec 21, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
The vegan diet trend I can get behind: The Taco Cleanse
From: JL Fields
Series: Easy Vegan with JL Fields
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Want to embark on the Taco Based Lifestyle? Meet Jessica Morris and Stephanie Bogdanich, two of the authors of The Taco Cleanse (who want you to re...

Bought by 'The Sea'


  • Added: Nov 30, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 1
Happily Confused
From: Big Picture Science
Caption: Happily Confused, Credit: Seth Shostak
Do you feel happy today? How about happily disgusted? Maybe sadly surprised, or sadly disgusted? Human emotions are complex. But at least they’...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., RadioFreePalmer, WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WRIR and more


  • Added: Nov 30, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 7
Skeptic Check: Paleo Diet
From: Big Picture Science
Caption: Skeptic Check: Paleo Diet, Credit: Seth Shostak
Followers of the Paleo diet say we should eat what our ancestors ate 10,000 years ago, when our genes were perfectly in synch with the environment....

Bought by WRGY, WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., RadioFreePalmer, and WRIR


  • Added: Nov 16, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 5
Skeptic Check: Check the Skeptics
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Skeptic Check: Check the Skeptics, Credit: Seth Shostak
A scientist tells us that more than half of all published scientific studies are wrong, but that science still remains the best tool we have for le...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KRPS, WRGY, 91.7 WHUS Storrs, WRIR and more


  • Added: Oct 26, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 9
Smiley Virus
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Smiley Virus, Credit: Gary Niederhoff
For many, the word virus is a synonym for disease – diseases of humans, plants, and even computers. And yet the vast majority of viruses are not o...

Bought by WMUU-LP, 91.7 WHUS Storrs, WMUU-LP, RadioFreePalmer, WRGY and more


  • Added: Oct 19, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 8
Space for Everyone
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Space for Everyone, Credit: Seth Shostak
Want some great views? Consider buying yourself a ticket to ride … into space. Also, asteroids are not just threats – they’re also an opportunity...

Bought by CHSR-FM 97.9, KRPS, 91.7 WHUS Storrs, KSKQ, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Oct 12, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 9
Martian Madness
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Martian Madness
Sure, you “heart” Mars. It’s the starkly beautiful setting for the new film “The Martian,” and NASA has just announced that the Red Planet has sou...

Bought by CHSR-FM 97.9, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], Delta College Public Radio, WRIR, KREV-LP and more


  • Added: Oct 05, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 20
Skeptic Check: What, We Worry?
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Skeptic Check: What, We Worry?, Credit: Seth Shostak
We all have worries. But as trained observers, scientists learn things that can affect us all. So what troubles them should also trouble us. Fro...

Bought by CHSR-FM 97.9, WUFT, KKWE Niijii Radio, WYAP, KREV-LP and more


  • Added: Sep 28, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 13
Stranded
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Stranded, Credit: Seth Shostak
Imagine not knowing where you are – and no one else knowing either. Today, that’s pretty unlikely. Digital devices pinpoint our location within ...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, 91.7 WHUS Storrs, WMUU-LP, WRIR, WRGY and more


  • Added: Sep 14, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 8
The Pest of Us
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: The Pest of Us, Credit: Seth Shostak
Picture a cockroach skittering across your kitchen. Eeww. Now imagine it served as an entrée at your local restaurant. There’s good reason these ...

Bought by 91.7 WHUS Storrs, WMUU-LP, RadioFreePalmer, WRIR, WRGY and more


  • Added: Sep 07, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 8
Solar System Vacation
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Solar System Vacation, Credit: Seth Shostak
Ever gone bungee jumping on Venus? Of course not. No one has. However your great-great-great grandchildren might find themselves packing for the...

Bought by CHSR-FM 97.9, WRIR, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Aug 10, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 12
Skeptic Check: Are You Sure You're Sure?
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Skeptic Check: Are You Sure You're Sure?, Credit: Seth Shostak
You know what you know. But you probably don’t know what you don’t know. Few of us do. Scientists say we’re spectacularly incompetent at recogni...

Bought by WVTF, KSKQ, 91.7 WHUS Storrs, RadioFreePalmer, KRPS and more


  • Added: Jul 27, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 13
Forget to Remember
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Forget to Remember, Credit: Seth Shostak
You must not remember this. Indeed, forgetting may be key to having a healthy brain. Our gray matter evolved to forget things, yet we’re building...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WMUU-LP, KSFR, WRGY, WPSU and more


  • Added: Jul 13, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 11
Dogged Pursuit of Pluto
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Dogged Pursuit of Pluto, Credit: Seth Shostak
Pluto is ready for its close up - but the near encounter during this historic flyby will last less than three minutes. Be ready for the action wit...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KREV-LP, WRGY, KSKQ, KPVL and more


  • Added: Jul 10, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 12
Band Camp Exposed
From: Talena Sanders
Series: On Summer (Creative Pulse 2015)
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Memories and experiences from band campers young and old.

  • Added: Jul 01, 2015
  • Length: 05:01
StoryCorps Griot: Mario Loiseau and Mabou Loiseau
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Mario Loiseau (L) and Mabou Loiseau (R)
Mario Loiseau talks with his 9-year-old daughter, Mabou, about why he works so hard to provide for her education.

  • Added: Jul 01, 2015
  • Length: 01:48
#30 MIW - Gina Garro - Elementary School Teacher and Amateur Artist
From: Allegra Bandy
Series: Making It Work Radio
Caption: Gina Garro on MIW, Credit: Oddua Productions
This episode of Making it Work, we will chat with Gina Garro, third grade teacher and amateur artist about how she is keeping Common Core in public...

  • Added: Jun 29, 2015
  • Length: 26:37
What the Hack
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: What the Hack, Credit: Seth Shostak
A computer virus that bombards you with pop-up ads is one thing. A computer virus that shuts down a city’s electric grid is another. Welcome to t...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, WPSU, KUNM, KSKQ, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Jun 29, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 9
Skeptic Check: Evolutionary Arms Race
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Skeptic Check: Evolutionary Arms Race, Credit: Seth Shostak
It's hard to imagine the twists and turns of evolution that gave rise to Homo Sapiens. After all, it required geologic time, and the existence of ...

Bought by KSKQ, RadioFreePalmer, KRPS, WRIR, and WRGY


  • Added: Jun 22, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 5
Getting Lost with Radiolab
From: Hold That Thought
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Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich on what it means to be curious and what it takes to make Radiolab

  • Added: Jun 18, 2015
  • Length: 33:30
It's All Relative
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: It's All Relative, Credit: Seth Shostak
How Einstein’s theories radically changed our ideas about space, time, and gravity. His ideas may be esoteric, but they’re essential to such every...

Bought by Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, CHSR-FM 97.9, RadioFreePalmer, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, KWMR and more


  • Added: Jun 15, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 13