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2404: The Mysterious Timelessness of Math, 1/23/2024

From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly

Is math like an abstract painting—beautiful equations, with no connection to the world—or is it more like a blueprint for the universe?

Added: Jan 10, 2024
Length: 54:00

780-Scary Space Rock

From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night

Caption: Artists Conception Earth and an Asteroid, Credit: NASA

My Catalina Sky Survey teammate David Rankin was being filmed and interviewed by the NASA 360 crew at our 60 inch telescope on Mt. Lemmon, Arizona ...

Bought by Raven Radio, KUGS Bellingham, Wash., RADIOLEX, KGLP, KNVC Carson City Community Radio and more

Added: Jan 07, 2024
Length: 02:00
Purchases: 9

017: You 2.0: where the self-help industry succeeds, and where it misses the mark, 1/5/2024

From: Embodied
Series: Embodied

Self-help has existed in some form since the dawn of human civilization and has grown into a robust industrial complex. But does self-help really m...

Added: Jan 04, 2024
Length: 58:23

779-What If An Asteroid is About To Impact Earth?

From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night

Caption: Concept of Asteroid Pulversation, Credit: Lubin 2021

A description of a research project whose goal to explore if it would be possible, on short notice, to pulverize a small asteroid so that it woul...

Bought by Raven Radio, KUGS Bellingham, Wash., KNVC Carson City Community Radio, RADIOLEX, WTIP and more

Added: Dec 31, 2023
Length: 02:00
Purchases: 10

778-Two Comets

From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night

Caption: Two Comets in Southern Skies , Credit: Jose J. Chambo (Cometografia)

Matching his wife’s discovery of two comets on the same observing run seven years previously my Catalina Sky Survey team caption Carson Fuls discov...

Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio, KUGS Bellingham, Wash., WTIP, KKRN, Raven Radio and more

Added: Dec 24, 2023
Length: 02:00
Purchases: 9

Will the Future Be Abundant?

From: Open to Debate

Today, humanity is thriving, but there are fears the good times will not last. Will tomorrow be better than today? Those arguing “yes” say people h...

Bought by WMUU-LP

Added: Dec 21, 2023
Length: 54:00
Purchases: 1

2023-12-03 In Awe of Wonder

From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk

Is there a purpose to our sense of wonder, or is it gloriously useless?

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and KICI Iowa City

Added: Dec 04, 2023
Length: 54:00
Purchases: 2

771-Nice PHA

From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night

Caption: Artists Conception Psyche, Credit: NASA

NASA classifies 2023 SZ1 as a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid since it is larger than 140m in diameter and on its current path can come to about 6 t...

Bought by Raven Radio, WYAP, RADIOLEX, KGLP, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio] and more

Added: Nov 05, 2023
Length: 02:00
Purchases: 8

2343: Elisabeth of Bohemia, 10/24/2023

From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly

If the mind and body are distinct substances, how could they ever interact?

Added: Oct 19, 2023
Length: 54:00

005: ‘Integrating the stuff that scares you’: life with schizophrenia, 10/13/2023

From: Embodied
Series: Embodied

The range of diagnoses that make up schizophrenia spectrum disorders are hard to define and tricky to diagnose. An author, an artist and a blogger ...

Added: Oct 11, 2023
Length: 58:23

763-Hogan’s Big Rock

From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night

Caption: Nucleus Comet Wild-2, Credit: NASA

My Catalina Sky Survey teammate Josh Hogan was asteroid hunting in the constellation Sextans with our 60 inch telescope on Mt. Lemmon, Arizona whe...

Bought by Raven Radio, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KGLP, RADIOLEX, WTIP and more

Added: Sep 10, 2023
Length: 02:00
Purchases: 8

In Good Faith - Mauli Jr. Bonner and Bill Richards

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: In Good Faith

Unique experiences with music and medical psychedelics that paved the way for deeper faith.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida

Added: Sep 07, 2023
Length: 52:54
Purchases: 1

762-Kacper’s PHA

From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night

An object like 2023 MN5 impacts Earth once every 90,000 years or so creating a crater 5 miles in diameter an 1800 feet deep in sedimentary rock. 5...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], RADIOLEX, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KKRN, WTIP and more

Added: Sep 03, 2023
Length: 02:00
Purchases: 8

Should We Erase Bad Memories?

From: Open to Debate

Similar to Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, neurotechnology techniques like decoded neurofeedback open the possibility of modifying or erasin...

Bought by WMUU-LP

Added: Aug 17, 2023
Length: 54:00
Purchases: 1

2023-08-06 What Has Replaced Freud?

From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk

Freud may have laid the groundwork for a science of the unconscious, but didn’t he get most of it wrong?

Bought by KMUN, GCR (Global Community Radio), WNYO, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KMUN and more

Added: Aug 07, 2023
Length: 53:59
Purchases: 10

Destroyer of Worlds

From: This Is Science With Jess Phoenix
Series: This Is Science with Jess Phoenix

Jess speaks with Oppenheimer biographer Kai Bird about one of Earth's most influential humans and his scientific and political legacies.

Added: Jul 25, 2023
Length: 29:00

Is the FDA Too Cautious?

From: Open to Debate

While the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) needs to approve safe and effective drugs as quickly as possible to patients who need them, it must al...

Bought by KCPW Salt Lake City and WMUU-LP

Added: Jul 20, 2023
Length: 54:00
Purchases: 2

2332: What Has Replaced Freud?, 8/8/2023

From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly

Freud may have laid the groundwork for a science of the unconscious, but didn’t he get most of it wrong?

Added: Jul 20, 2023
Length: 54:00

2023-07-02 Democracy By Numbers

From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk

Is it mathematically (im)possible to create a true democracy?

Bought by KTSW 89.9, KMUN, GCR (Global Community Radio), KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KTSW 89.9 and more

Added: Jul 03, 2023
Length: 53:59
Purchases: 9

753-Impactor Lights Up The Night Sky

From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night

Caption: Time Lapse Image 2022 WJ1, Credit: Image Credit: Dereck Bowen, Brantford Ontario Canada, November 19, 2022 3:26am

My Catalina Sky Survey teammate David Rankin was asteroid hunting in the constellation of Cetus with our 60 inch telescope on Mt. Lemmon, Arizona w...

Bought by Raven Radio, WYAP, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], RADIOLEX, KGLP and more

Added: Jul 02, 2023
Length: 02:00
Purchases: 7

752 Lunker

From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night

Caption: Comet Johnson, Credit: Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/W. Reach (SSC/Caltech)

My Catalina Sky Survey teammate Jacqueline Fazekas was asteroid hunting , in the evening twilight, with our 60 inch telescope on Mt. Lemmon, Arizo...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KGLP, RADIOLEX, WTIP, KGHI and more

Added: Jun 25, 2023
Length: 02:00
Purchases: 7

Environmental Sound

From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library

On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we responded to a listener request about trees by looking at environmental soundscape recordings,...

Added: Jun 10, 2023
Length: 28:35

2323: Minds and Matter, 6/6/2023

From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly

What can we learn about human consciousness from the minds of animals?

Added: May 30, 2023
Length: 53:59

Is Carbon Capture Essential to Fighting Climate Change?

From: Open to Debate

When it comes to carbon dioxide, 2022 was a record year. So...what can be done? One potential method is called carbon capture and storage, a techno...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WNED Buffalo, and KUNM