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Michael Galinsky talks triggers, the power of belief, and why art always prefigures science.
- Added: Jun 10, 2017
- Length: 27:14
Marta Zaraska discussed the biological, cultural and historical reasons behind our obsession with meat.
- Added: Nov 30, 2016
- Length: 32:55
We learn about Synthetic Wine. We also check the Mailbag and cherish a visit from Alex, The Wine Guru, as he discusses Sexy Chardonnay. A fun sho...
- Added: Sep 22, 2016
- Length: 01:00:00
Interview with astrological consultant Jeff Harman. Also featured music from Music X-ray artists.
- Added: Jul 25, 2016
- Length: 59:30
This episode we are talking Radiation. Part of living on Earth is that we are all exposed to low levels of Radiation. We are made of it, we emit it...
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- Added: Jun 03, 2016
- Length: 29:46
- Purchases: 1
Medicine in the movies! We had so much to discuss about the medicine in these movies, that we made this a two-part special. Up next is The Revenant...
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- Added: Jun 03, 2016
- Length: 20:41
- Purchases: 1
Medicine in the Movies! This week we examine medical procedures in cinema.
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- Added: Jun 03, 2016
- Length: 31:55
- Purchases: 1
Welcome to the first episode of This Won't Hurt A Bit. Mel Herbert, ER doc wakes up in the middle of the night to the harrowing sounds of a massive...
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- Added: Jun 02, 2016
- Length: 26:55
- Purchases: 1
Psychologist Jeffrey Zacks explains why people (even psychologists!) get so emotionally involved in movies.
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- Added: Feb 25, 2016
- Length: 12:00
- Purchases: 4
It's the sequel! Psychologist Jeff Zacks returns to explain how our eyes and brains make sense of continuous movie edits.
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- Added: Feb 25, 2016
- Length: 11:39
- Purchases: 3
Animals are easy to love - most of them. But it takes a special breed of human to fall for one particular type animal.
- Added: Jan 15, 2016
- Length: 08:18
He developed a prevailing theory of gravity and labored over calculations concerning the end of the world, but had no use for women! Sir Isaac Newton
- Added: Sep 23, 2015
- Length: 02:52:14
Over the last 150 years there is one subject which has caused much debate. That subject of course is evolution by natural selection. But what does ...
- Added: Aug 23, 2015
- Length: 15:38
On November 24, 1859, "On the Origin of Species" was published. To say that it made a splash would be an understatement. It changed the world.
- Added: Aug 22, 2015
- Length: 17:59
Darwin settled into a life as a naturalist. Whether he liked it or not, his views would find themselves on the world's stage.
- Added: Aug 15, 2015
- Length: 12:23
On 12/27/1831, 22 year old Charles Darwin stood on the deck of the HMS Beagle to bid England farewell.
- Added: Aug 11, 2015
- Length: 13:39
Had Charles Darwin not set foot upon the HMS Beagle the wonderful idea of evolution by natural selection might never have occurred to him.
- Added: Aug 11, 2015
- Length: 15:45
Damon Gameau talks corporate responsibility, the power of information, and Oscar Wilde’s advice.
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- Added: Aug 01, 2015
- Length: 23:01
- Purchases: 1
Oral historian Blanche Girouard talks to the Hon Timothy Palmer about his enthusiasm for dung beetles.
- Added: Apr 17, 2015
- Length: 28:25
They rock and roll them. We're talking about those boulders we all see in the woods. Geologists call them "erratics."
- Added: Dec 17, 2014
- Length: 03:53
The Living Well Show presents a two part interview with Jeffrey M. Smith author of Seeds of Deception: Exposing Industry and Government Lies about ...
- Added: Oct 16, 2014
- Length: 28:32
Can you remember what it was like for you to learn your native language? Probably not, but why is that?
As humans, we begin learning to speak our...
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- Added: Sep 12, 2014
- Length: 07:20
- Purchases: 1
Blake Harris discusses the history of the video game industry.
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- Added: Jun 04, 2014
- Length: 24:32
- Purchases: 4
In this episode, Bo and Kim interview Dr. Michael Shermer. Dr. Michael Shermer is the Founding Publisher of Skeptic magazine, the Executive Direct...
- Added: May 07, 2014
- Length: 53:24
Human beings are a social species. Part of our natural programming, which has evolved as we’ve evolved with the rest of the planet into our current...
- Added: Mar 07, 2014
- Length: 07:20