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Science unscripted (DW) 01/09/2024 - Weekly roundup — Buk, buk, buk, buk... ba-gawk!
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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Chickens can communicate emotions (like exasperation), and we humans can understand it. Also, our listeners have a wild variety of new status symbo...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, Central Florida Public Media, and WFHB


  • Added: Jan 11, 2024
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 3
National Writers Series: Mary Roach
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series
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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
Taming Energy Vampires
From: Wendy Ring
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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
Our Semi-Biannual Public Service Wine Show!
From: Free Epistemology with Mark Solomon
Series: The Wine Fellers Radio Program
Caption: The Wine Fellers
A Special Wine Show geared towards helping the public with wine-related issues and other dilemmas. Alex comes on the show to discuss Ridiculously ...

  • Added: Jan 03, 2017
  • Length: 01:00:00
Bug-a-thon!
From: Free Epistemology with Mark Solomon
Series: The Wine Fellers Radio Program
Caption: Bugs
We pair fine wine with large insects as Dr. Bryan Stuart from the NC Museum of Natural Sciences supervises. An entertaining show for anyone who ha...

  • Added: Sep 27, 2016
  • Length: 01:00:00
Synthetic Wine?
From: Free Epistemology with Mark Solomon
Series: The Wine Fellers Radio Program
Caption: Red Solo Wine Glass
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
BugFest!
From: Free Epistemology with Mark Solomon
Series: The Wine Fellers Radio Program
Caption: Waxworms & Salsa
We pair fine wine with insects as Dr. Magdalena Sorger, entomologist with the NC Museum of Natural Sciences, discusses her love of Ants. A fun sho...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2016
  • Length: 01:00:00
Two Guys On Your Head: Deja Vu
From: KUT
Series: Two Guys On Your Head
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Have you ever traveled to a new place and suddenly, randomly, you experience this overwhelming sense of familiarity with what you’re seeing, like y...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2013
  • Length: 07:20
The MIkie Show #57, Pete
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Join us as we speak with Dr. Peter Mitchell, Orthopedic Surgeon, specialized in foot and ankle. You see, I had this bunion and I… nevermind. He’s a...

  • Added: Dec 07, 2012
  • Length: 28:02
The Mikie Show #52, Glenn (again)
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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We’re very excited to have a return visit from our dear friend Glenn Berger PhD. Yes, he’s back for another discussion about us, our minds, how we ...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2012
  • Length: 28:02
The Mikie Show #51, Margaret
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Join us as we speak with paleoecologist extraordinaire, Margaret B. Davis. She is one of the world’s foremost scholars of palynology, a branch of p...

  • Added: Jul 11, 2012
  • Length: 27:59
Clever Apes: Demystifying dinosaurs
From: WBEZ
Series: WBEZ's Clever Apes
Caption: Paleontologist Paul Sereno
Why do dinosaurs ignite our imaginations and why do we have so many misconceptions about them? In this episode, Gabriel Spitzer tackles those quest...

Bought by KUT and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Mar 30, 2011
  • Length: 08:47
  • Purchases: 2
The Mikie Show #31, Michael
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Episode thirty-one! They exclaimed. It’s an exclamatory remark! Okay, I’m calm now. Join us for a discussion with Dr. Michael Miles, a practitioner...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Feb 17, 2011
  • Length: 28:03
  • Purchases: 1
Linguistic Ambiguity -- Groks Science Show 2010-01-20
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Prof. Dallin D. Oaks discussed the structural ambiguities of the English language.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Jan 20, 2010
  • Length: 25:25
  • Purchases: 1
Baby Brains -- Groks Science Show 2009-07-01
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Charles Fernyhough discussed what it is like inside a baby's mind.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KMXT


  • Added: Jun 30, 2009
  • Length: 26:40
  • Purchases: 2
Human Biology -- Groks Science Show 2009-06-17
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Hannah Holmes discusses the biology of the well-dressed ape

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Jun 16, 2009
  • Length: 30:31
  • Purchases: 1
Flotsametrics -- Groks Science Show 2009-04-29
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Curt Ebbesmeyer discussed flotsametrics and the floating world.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KMXT


  • Added: May 01, 2009
  • Length: 27:37
  • Purchases: 2
Curiosity Aroused Pilot
From: Rebecca Watson
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Looking at the world from a skeptical perspective

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, WGBH Radio Boston, Texas Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUT-HD and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2007
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 10
Seeing Voices: Baldness, Bond Villains & the Noah Adams Moment
From: Rebecca Sheir
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Why we might not look the way we sound -- and vice-versa.

Bought by KZSC


  • Added: Nov 19, 2006
  • Length: 06:51
  • Purchases: 1