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- Added: Nov 03, 2018
- Length: 08:21
- Purchases: 1
Science writer Mary Roach talks with author and actor Benjamin Busch.
Bought by WKAR, WCMU Michigan, WKAR, and WDET Detroit Public Radio
- Added: Sep 21, 2018
- Length: 54:31
- Purchases: 4
Big wave surfers are in a class of their own. But Geologist Lori Dengler encourages sticking with giant waves generated by big storms. On this segm...
Bought by Radio Newark
- Added: May 10, 2018
- Length: 01:31
- Purchases: 1
The average household has more than 40 appliances that use electricity when they're off. We help you find and subdue them.
Bought by KFOI Radio
- Added: Feb 07, 2018
- Length: 23:21
- Purchases: 1
Sometimes the setting of the moon is as spectacular as the rising. As it slides down toward the mountains in the horizon it appears larger and larg...
- Added: Dec 31, 2017
- Length: 05:19
HOUR ONE: "Harassment In The Lab" - Sexual harassment happens everywhere, including science. We'll hear stories and possible solutions. HOUR TWO:...
- Added: Dec 01, 2017
- Length: 01:58:57
The 2017 Ig Nobel Prizes were recently awarded at Harvard University. They're given every year for scientific achievements that first make people l...
Bought by KRZA
- Added: Oct 02, 2017
- Length: 18:51
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Sep 22, 2017
- Length: 04:05
- Purchases: 1
I suspect I talk about point-leaf manzantia (Arctostaphylos pungens) every February, as it is the time of year when I’m feeling florally deprived a...
- Added: Mar 16, 2017
- Length: 05:08
March 11, 2017 Inca doves are found all along the borderlands and southward into Mexico. The common name should probably be Aztec dove, as the Inca...
- Added: Mar 16, 2017
- Length: 05:26
The IgNobels are awarded every year at Harvard University for research that first makes people laugh, then makes them think. WTIP's Mike Reeves cha...
- Added: Oct 11, 2016
- Length: 13:54
Ittai Eres and Unjin Lee discuss past winners of the Ig Nobel prizes, and build up hype for this year's awards!
Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.
- Added: Sep 22, 2016
- Length: 34:42
- Purchases: 1
It's the HOLIDAYS! What could possibly go wrong? This week we bring you a Holiday Special about some of the festive season's worst case scenarios. ...
- Added: Jun 03, 2016
- Length: 32:02
- Purchases: 3
We interview the only person from Alaska to make the first cut for the Mars ONE program and also speak to a scientist who thinks sending humans to ...
- Added: Feb 15, 2016
- Length: 29:01
Just how fast and how far can a human go? This week on This Won't Hurt A Bit, the physiology and stories of extreme runners.
- Added: Jan 18, 2016
- Length: 33:16
- Purchases: 3
In this episode, we have given up sitting for two weeks. You know, that practice of putting one’s butt in a chair? Yup. We kissed that goodbye and ...
- Added: Jan 08, 2016
- Length: 33:50
A sound rich narrative interview with former Washington state park ranger and storyteller Jody Maberry
- Added: Aug 07, 2015
- Length: 17:53
A Public Service Announcement For Neurotransmitters
- Added: Jun 12, 2015
- Length: 05:14
- Added: Apr 08, 2015
- Length: 04:57
Before you go to Disneyland, vaccinate your kids to protect Mickey from measles (and bring hand sanitizer to protect your kids from whatever Mickey...
- Added: Feb 08, 2015
- Length: 02:16
When the chemotherapy fails, ask your doctor about a lucky rabbit's foot!
- Added: Jan 12, 2015
- Length: 02:30
Are you rich, frivolous, and obsessed with celebrity? Then climb aboard Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic and die in style!
- Added: Nov 16, 2014
- Length: 02:08
WTIP's Bob Carter chatted with Marc Abrahams, editor of "Annals of Improbable Research, " about the 2014 Ig Nobel prizes recently awarded at Harvar...
- Added: Oct 15, 2014
- Length: 21:18
You know we’re causing a problem for the planet when even the viruses think we’re the worst disease the Earth has ever seen.
- Added: Oct 02, 2014
- Length: 07:53
You’re body doesn’t lie—whether you’ll know it or not, you’re going to love this pleasantly warped body language expert.
- Added: Sep 04, 2014
- Length: 02:52
