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On this episode of Audacious, meet three Ig Nobel Prize winners! Their achievements that first make people laugh, and then make them think.
Bought by KTSW 89.9 and GCR (Global Community Radio)
- Added: Mar 29, 2024
- Length: 50:00
- Purchases: 2
Emergency medicine and helicopter flight physician Mike Abernethy recounts an unexpected run-in at his local Walmart that made him feel as if he’d ...
- Added: May 04, 2023
- Length: 46:55
An improv workshop transforms the way psychiatrist David Elkin approaches a patient on the psych consult service, and catalyzes a philosophical shi...
- Added: Jan 14, 2022
- Length: 46:00
Kendra Carr of Interlochen Public Radio talks with science writer Mary Roach.
Bought by WNMU-FM, Michigan Radio, and WKAR
- Added: Nov 11, 2021
- Length: 54:31
- Purchases: 3
The 29th Ig Nobel Prize ceremony took place on September 12 at Harvard University.
- Added: Nov 12, 2019
- Length: 16:33
After hearing a mentor make an inappropriate joke, medical student Jenny Tiskus grapples with humor's place in the world of medicine.
- Added: Jun 08, 2019
- Length: 37:22
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
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
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
This is Distillations’s 200th episode, and we’re celebrating! We pored through hundreds of shows and pieced together some of the funniest, grossest...
- Added: Nov 18, 2015
- Length: 37:10
Theoretical physicist and string theorist, Brian Greene understands some of the world's most difficult mathematic equations and, here's a neat tric...
- Added: Jul 21, 2015
- Length: 36:23
Join us for an interesting and fun conversation with planetary astronomer, Alessondra Springmann. She’s working on NASA’s Osiris project and could ...
- Added: Jun 12, 2015
- Length: 28:02
Join us for episode sixty-eight, an enlightening conversation with Paul Carrick Ph.D., teacher of philosophy at Gettysburg College. He’s also a bio...
- Added: Feb 21, 2014
- Length: 28:02
It’s the sixty-seventh episode of The Mikie Show! You won’t want to miss this one: We speak with Deirdre Barrett Ph.D., author, psychologist and te...
- Added: Jan 24, 2014
- Length: 28:02
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
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
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
We discuss work-life balance with Dr. Michelle Au, an anesthesiologist and acclaimed author. Since medical school, she has penned “The Underwear Dr...
- Added: Jun 22, 2012
- Length: 29:30
In one of the most entertaining episodes of Radio Rounds to date, hosts Lakshman Swamy and Yojan Patel speak with the one of a kind “ZDoggMD,” the ...
- Added: Jun 21, 2012
- Length: 29:30
Ryan Lehto from Celebritygene.com explains how you can "wear" your favorite Celebrity...
- Added: May 18, 2012
- Length: 04:23
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
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
We have a chat with arborist Bill Eck. He grew up in the forest, like a little elf or something! Seriously, he’s a great guy and he really knows hi...
Bought by KUT
- Added: Nov 10, 2010
- Length: 28:03
- Purchases: 1
Join us for a fascinating discussion with anthropologist Dr. Ellen Basso. She has spent many years living with, studying and writing about the Kala...
Bought by KUT
- Added: Oct 21, 2010
- Length: 28:11
- Purchases: 1
Science is good and fun. We decide to restate that through our conversation with Linda Leigh, botanist, naturalist, farmer. Or is it rancher? We're...
Bought by KUT
- Added: Jun 03, 2010
- Length: 28:02
- Purchases: 1
