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Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Microbial ecologist Jack Gilbert joins us to discuss the Earth Microbiome Project.

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


  • Added: Jan 16, 2013
  • Length: 31:58
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Terry Chay discusses social networks, viral marketing, and the Obama campaign.

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


  • Added: Jan 10, 2013
  • Length: 27:02
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Jason MacLean joined us to discuss this Hebbian plasticity and the past, present, and future of research on neuronal networks.

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


  • Added: Jan 02, 2013
  • Length: 27:21
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
David Quammen discussed animal infections and the next human pandemic.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KMXT


  • Added: Dec 25, 2012
  • Length: 27:21
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Joe Romm
How will our current climate policies and actions be viewed by future generations? Our first guest this week on Sea Change Radio is pretty sure our...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 18, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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"Stop drinking milk!" Bobby speaks with Dr. Daniel Twogood, a D.C. from California who wrote a new book entitled "Chronic Pain Gone 90 Days". Dr. D...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2012
  • Length: 51:51
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Terry Chay discussed the relationship between science and social activism, and the open web.

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


  • Added: Dec 13, 2012
  • Length: 30:09
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Richard Heinberg
Last year, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and energy consultant Daniel Yergin published his long-awaited sequel to the The Prize called The Quest: E...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 13, 2012
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Astronomer and blogger Dr. Phil Plait joins us to discuss science literacy.

Bought by KRZA, KPIP-LP, KKWE Niijii Radio, KMXT, and KPVL


  • Added: Dec 05, 2012
  • Length: 28:05
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: John Englander
Our planet’s rising oceans are no longer the purview of pessimistic doomsayers – they are the new reality. This week’s guests on Sea Change Radio a...

  • Added: Dec 05, 2012
  • Length: 29:59
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Prof. James D. Miller discussed the economic impacts of a technological singularity.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KMXT, WRNC-LP, and KPVL


  • Added: Nov 28, 2012
  • Length: 22:43
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Nuclear Roulette, Credit: cover design by Matthew Simmons
In his new book, Gar Smith dismantles the core arguments behind the nuclear industrial complex’s “Nuclear renaissance.” While some critiques are fa...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Nov 27, 2012
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Protein folding, i.e. how a long chain of amino acids attains its three-dimensional structure, is an incredibly complex problem. To solve it, scien...

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


  • Added: Nov 21, 2012
  • Length: 22:37
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Laure Segurel talks about the origins of the ABO blood type and Alexei Kitaev discusses quantum computing.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, WRNC-LP, and KMXT


  • Added: Nov 15, 2012
  • Length: 25:57
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Frederick Kaufman
In the last five years the world has seen two devastating spikes in the price of food, and according to journalist and professor Frederick Kaufman,...

Bought by KZYX and KCBX


  • Added: Nov 01, 2012
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Kevin Dutton discussed the wisdom of psychopaths.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, WRNC-LP, and KMXT


  • Added: Oct 31, 2012
  • Length: 29:58
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Daniel Botkin
According to a recent Gallup Poll, 46 percent of Americans believe in creationism. Is this belief hurting our planet? In his new book, professor, ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 27, 2012
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Prof. Massimo Pigliucci discusses the combination of science and philosophy.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, WRNC-LP, and KMXT


  • Added: Oct 24, 2012
  • Length: 27:50
  • Purchases: 3
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How do chemicals in our environment affect the developing fetus? Join Food Sleuth Radio Host and registered dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her ...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2012
  • Length: 28:00
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Nataly Kelly joins us to discuss language translation.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KMXT


  • Added: Oct 18, 2012
  • Length: 26:54
  • Purchases: 2
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Now that scientists are able to create fertile mammal eggs using stem cells, many people are asking some tough ethical questions. Has science gone ...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 02:06
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With real economic benefits and perceived environmental ones, local food has been branded as an ethical alternative to the mass-produced variety. B...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 02:10
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Scott Barrett gives an overview of the international climate regime to reduce greenhouse gases.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, WRNC-LP, and KMXT


  • Added: Oct 11, 2012
  • Length: 30:17
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Jason Mark
Have you ever been to the dump? It’s a pretty smelly place. Part of what you’re smelling is methane, a powerful greenhouse gas that’s created as bi...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 27, 2012
  • Length: 30:01
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Robert Cantu discussed recognizing and treating concussions in young athletes.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, WRNC-LP, and KMXT


  • Added: Sep 26, 2012
  • Length: 25:23
  • Purchases: 3