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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
In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, we go back over 100 years to hear about the St. Cloud Hospital in the days of the Spanish Influenza p...
- Added: Jun 10, 2021
- Length: 52:33
A generational discussion about nursing as of 2003
- Added: Apr 01, 2021
- Length: 24:08
In this special episode, we go microscopic to learn about viruses. We explore how they work, and we discuss our odds of defeating them. We also lea...
Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle
- Added: Apr 22, 2020
- Length: 49:39
- Purchases: 1
Author Kurt Stinn is the special guest. His new book "Hair- A Human History" is discussed in comparative generational aspects.
- Added: Nov 03, 2017
- Length: 51:26
James Rollins is a prolific novelist who lives in the Sierra Nevada mountains.
- Added: Dec 15, 2016
- Length: 09:17
Math unfairly gets a bad rep in popular culture, but what's so scary about it? Mathematics professor John. E. McCarthy attempts to demystify mathem...
- Added: Mar 12, 2014
- Length: 13:51
Dividing cells are what make up all life. The idea of cell division was first published in 1855, but for nearly a century scientists debated, “How?...
Bought by Listenwise and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Jun 11, 2012
- Length: 07:33
- Purchases: 2
In this edition we talk about ‘The Art Instinct: Beauty, Pleasure and Human Evolution” based on a book by our guest Denis Dutton.
- Added: Nov 16, 2009
- Length: 28:59
Why do smart people do stupid things? This is the question asked by Laurence Gonzales, author of “Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why” and ...
- Added: Nov 10, 2009
- Length: 29:21
Have humans changed in the last 10,000 years? Or are we biologically the same as the last 40-50,000 years. Some recently considered evidence sugges...
- Added: Aug 31, 2009
- Length: 29:39
Profile of the American Museum Of Natural History in New York's Darwin Exhibit
- Added: Dec 23, 2005
- Length: 09:54
- Added: Aug 11, 2005
- Length: 01:37
