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Michael Glab speaks with researchers at IU about working to develop drugs that can prevent the onset of dementia on this week’s episode of Big Talk.

  • Added: Apr 20, 2017
  • Length: 09:03
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Michael Glab talks with Heather Bradshaw about the active compounds in marijuana and how they may or may not be useful as medicines on this week’s ...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2017
  • Length: 08:49
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Is marijuana a harmless way to relax or a dangerous gateway drug? The science says “No” and “We don’t know,” respectively.

  • Added: Mar 19, 2017
  • Length: 07:56
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The force behind Bloomington’s Science on Tap talks with Michael Glab about faith and physics on this week’s episode of Big Talk.

  • Added: Feb 02, 2017
  • Length: 08:40
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A local Martin Luther King Day event is geared toward climate action. We hear more on that in this week’s edition of Big Talk with Michael Glab.

  • Added: Jan 12, 2017
  • Length: 09:01
Caption: One of many illustrations from "Star Trek, The Official Guide to Our Universe", Credit: CBS
The Night Sky Guy, Andrew Fazekas, talks about his beautiful new, Star Trek-inspired guide to the real wonders of astronomy. Emily Lakdawalla has ...

Bought by KMUD, KFCF FM, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Oct 10, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Caption: Skeptic Check: Science and the Election, Credit: Seth Shostak
It’s a divisive election year, but there is public consensus that science and technology policy issues matter. So why aren’t the candidates discus...

Bought by XRAY.fm, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Oct 10, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 8
Caption: Alan Schwartz
A high percentage of children in the United States are getting diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, or ADHD, as it’s become known.

Bought by KCBX and KCBX


  • Added: Sep 13, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Hospitals are adopting new guidelines aimed at reducing addiction to painkillers. News Director Joe Crawford has more on these new guidelines on to...

  • Added: Jun 23, 2016
  • Length: 09:01
Caption: Odegaard Writing and Research Center, Credit: OWRC
Riding on the heels of the recent release of Captain America: Civil War, the Character Development team gathers three OWRC tutors—our creative dire...

  • Added: May 15, 2016
  • Length: 19:45
Caption: Dr. Steven Hatch
In his book, Dr. Steven Hatch cuts to the chase. Readers get a sense of the challenges in all areas of modern medicine.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 23, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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In this last installment of our three-part series on workplace ethics in collaboration with EthicalSystems.org, we take an honest look at cheating....

  • Added: Jun 10, 2015
  • Length: 30:21
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In this second podcast in our collaboration with EthicalSystems.org, we examine negotiation. Turning again to behavioral science for insight, we le...

  • Added: May 18, 2015
  • Length: 25:06
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Mark Seeley, climatologist, meteorologist, and MPR commentator, is just out with the revised edition of his best-selling book, "Minnesota Weather A...

  • Added: May 05, 2015
  • Length: 26:13
Caption: Dr. Richard A. Deyo
One of the most frustrating medical complaints for patients and doctors is back pain. Professionals and patients expect the usual medical diagnosis...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 04, 2014
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Joe Palca tracks a story at NPR, Credit: Photo courtesy of Joe Palca
Joe Palca is one of the best science storytellers out there. As an NPR science correspondent he’s covered all sorts of obscure topics, from soccer-...

Bought by WTJU, Radio Newark, and WTJU


  • Added: Jul 22, 2014
  • Length: 09:03
  • Purchases: 3
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The Babble Machine, takes its name from a fictional device referenced in The H.G. Wells novel, The Sleeper Awakes.

  • Added: Apr 22, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
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Dr. Art Markman and Dr. Robert Duke explain more about the ways advertising works, and why it’s important to understand the madness behind the “Mad...

Bought by WCSU-FM


  • Added: Aug 30, 2013
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Today, we take a little bit of break from talking about science to instead talk about how media covers science, particularly the reporting on genet...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2013
  • Length: 29:15
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Rick Bounds and Dorothy Biernack talk about how they met.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: May 17, 2013
  • Length: 02:27
  • Purchases: 1
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Conversations about new technologies and how we are interacting with them in a very human way.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 30, 2013
  • Length: 51:30
  • Purchases: 1
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The Babble Machine, takes its name from a fictional device referenced in The H.G. Wells novel, The Sleeper Awakes.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 02, 2013
  • Length: 11:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Bay Area composer Christopher Hedge designed the sound for the Academy of Science's Morrison Planetarium
If you've been to the planetarium at the California Academy of Sciences recently, then you've heard Christopher Hedge's work on the show "Life: A C...

Bought by KUT and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 27, 2011
  • Length: 08:36
  • Purchases: 2
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A special effects wizard pulls back the curtain. Coming up, the future of 3D printing… and bullies two-point-oh.

  • Added: Nov 30, 2010
  • Length: 28:59
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I felt nervous about changes in technology and unsure of where the future was heading. I knew I was not the only one. Was I the only one?

Bought by XRAY.fm and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 27, 2010
  • Length: 14:50
  • Purchases: 2