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First Bite -- Groks Science Show 2016-02-17
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Bee Wilson discusses how we learn to eat and whether we can change our approach to food.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KPIP-LP, WYAP, WMUU-LP, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Feb 16, 2016
  • Length: 30:48
  • Purchases: 5
Confidence Game -- Groks Science Show 2016-01-27
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Maria Konnikova discussed the confidence game.

Bought by WMUU-LP and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jan 28, 2016
  • Length: 20:28
  • Purchases: 2
Gene Editing -- Groks Science Show 2015-12-16
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Hank Greely discussed the medical promises and perils of gene editing technology.

Bought by WYAP and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Dec 16, 2015
  • Length: 33:16
  • Purchases: 2
Prescribing Placebos -- Groks Science Show 2015-12-02
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
John Kelley discusses the mechanisms of the placebo effect and its role in medicine.

Bought by WMUU-LP, WYAP, and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Dec 03, 2015
  • Length: 28:45
  • Purchases: 3
Mixed Fires -- Groks Science Show 2015-09-23
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dominick DellaSalla discussed the importance of mixed severity fires.

Bought by KRZA, KPIP-LP, and WYAP


  • Added: Sep 24, 2015
  • Length: 14:38
  • Purchases: 3
SuperBetter -- Groks Science Show 2015-09-16
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Jane McGonigal discussed a gameful mindset.

Bought by KPIP-LP and KPVL


  • Added: Sep 16, 2015
  • Length: 32:36
  • Purchases: 2
Keeping a Hand in Mind: Reading and Writing in a Digital World
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
Piece image
A discussion about how online reading affects our thinking with Naomi Baron, author of Words Onscreen, and Karin James, Director of the Cognition a...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2015
  • Length: 01:02:11
Zen and the Art of Cytology in Africa -- Groks Science Show 2015-07-01
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Drs. Jeffrey Mueller and Allison Cavallo discussed their mission trips to Nigeria.

Bought by KPVL and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jul 01, 2015
  • Length: 13:09
  • Purchases: 2
02 - Makers
From: Peabody Essex Museum
Series: The PEMcast
Caption: The PEMcast, Credit: Chip Van Dyke
Are you a maker?

  • Added: Jun 05, 2015
  • Length: 31:08
The Future Earth -- Groks Science Show 2015-05-20
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Nobel Laureate Yuan T. Lee discusses the Future Earth program and shares his thoughts on sustainability and science.

Bought by KPIP-LP, KPVL, and KRZA


  • Added: May 28, 2015
  • Length: 26:33
  • Purchases: 3
Tomorrowland -- Groks Science Show 2015-05-27
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Steven Kotler discusses how science fiction ideas have moved from the imagination of authors to real innovations.

Bought by WYAP, KPIP-LP, and KPVL


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 32:56
  • Purchases: 3
Vitamania -- Groks Science Show 2015-04-01
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Catherine Price discussed the history of America’s confusion and obsession with vitamins.

Bought by WRNC-LP and KPVL


  • Added: Apr 01, 2015
  • Length: 25:44
  • Purchases: 2
Treating the Individual -- Groks Science Show 2015-03-18
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Eric Green discussed genomic technology and precision medicine.

Bought by KPIP-LP, WYAP, WRNC-LP, and KPVL


  • Added: Mar 18, 2015
  • Length: 44:40
  • Purchases: 4
Tunor Detection -- Groks Science Show 2015-03-11
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Sanjiv Gambir discusses the detection of tumor cells using blood sampling.

Bought by KPVL


  • Added: Mar 17, 2015
  • Length: 16:34
  • Purchases: 1
Sex Differences in the Brain -- Groks Science Show 2015-03-04
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Ruben Gur discusses functional and anatomical sex differences in the brain.

Bought by KPIP-LP, WRNC-LP, WYAP, and KPVL


  • Added: Mar 04, 2015
  • Length: 38:59
  • Purchases: 4
The Conversation -- Groks Science Show 2015-02-25
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Angelo Volandes discusses end-of-life medical care.

Bought by KPVL and KVSC


  • Added: Feb 24, 2015
  • Length: 16:43
  • Purchases: 2
Breaking the Rulers: The Neoliberal University
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
Piece image
In this episode we try to make clear what the term Neoliberal means and see how it can be applied to the world of the American University, and in ...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2014
  • Length: 55:53
Age of Opportunity -- Groks Science Show 2014-10-29
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Laurence Steinberg discussed the neuroscience of adolescence.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KPVL, WRNC-LP, and WYAP


  • Added: Oct 29, 2014
  • Length: 31:37
  • Purchases: 4
The End of Absence -- Groks Science Show 2014-09-03
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Michael Harris discusses what the impact of constant connectedness means for the well being of future generations.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KMUD, KPVL, and WYAP


  • Added: Sep 03, 2014
  • Length: 27:41
  • Purchases: 4
Once More With Feelin' -- Groks Science Show 2014-08-20
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Sliman Bensmaia explains the sense of touch.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KMUD, WYAP, and KPVL


  • Added: Aug 20, 2014
  • Length: 28:18
  • Purchases: 4
A Starlight Festival Cassini Mission Update
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Cassini Mission Project Scientist Linda Spilker, Credit: Mat Kaplan
Cassini Project Scientist Linda Spilker joins us at the first Starlight Festival in Big Bear Lake, California. The science leader of the ongoing Sa...

Bought by WESM 91.3 FM


  • Added: Jun 03, 2014
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 1
Neutrino Hunters -- Groks Science Show 2014-02-12
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Astrophysicist Dr. Ray Jayawardhana discusses the hunt for neutrinos.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, WRNC-LP, KPVL, and KTXK


  • Added: Feb 13, 2014
  • Length: 34:01
  • Purchases: 4
From Earth to the Edge of the Universe: A New Edition of "The Cosmos"
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: New 4th Edition of "The Cosmos", Credit: Cambridge University Press
Astronomers Jay Pasachoff and Alex Filippenko have just published the 4th edition of “The Cosmos: Astronomy in the New Millenium.” They join us fo...

Bought by WMNF, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KSKQ, WESM 91.3 FM, and WOUB


  • Added: Jan 21, 2014
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 5
Evolution of the Eye -- Groks Science Show 2014-01-15
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Ivan Schwab tells us the story of eye evolution.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and WRNC-LP


  • Added: Jan 15, 2014
  • Length: 33:03
  • Purchases: 2
Tinkering
From: Phil Mariage
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A generational discussion about 'tinkering' over the decades.

  • Added: May 05, 2013
  • Length: 29:00