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The Mikie Show #18, Linda
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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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
Dinoflagellates
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
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A musical from the bottom of the food chain ... billions of these microscopic luminescent creatures in every bucket of the salty sea.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: May 13, 2010
  • Length: 05:45
  • Purchases: 1
Cocoa And Lazer Guns
From: Littleglobe
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Interesting and scary facts about the nuts and bolts of love.

  • Added: Mar 22, 2010
  • Length: 03:45
A Year to Remember
From: Deus Ex Machina
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A playwright's personal journey backward and forward in time captured in a series of poignant and humorous essays on the nature of time, mind, exis...

  • Added: Feb 12, 2010
  • Length: 50:17
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
The Mikie Show #6 Skylar
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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A very interesting discussion with Skylar Kahn, certified master grapho-analyst and forensic document examiner. In other words, a handwriting analy...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Dec 13, 2009
  • Length: 28:13
  • Purchases: 1
Probing Through Whiskers
From: NPR Intern Edition
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The secret meaning of mustaches, dissected.

  • Added: Nov 29, 2009
  • Length: 03:31
Space Ash (or Sending your ashes into space)
From: Cooper St. James
Caption: PRX default Piece image
For the man or women that HAD everything...send your ashes into space when you die. I found a company that can handle this service for you.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Nov 29, 2009
  • Length: 08:09
  • Purchases: 1
The enigma of existence -- and the economy -- on ThoughtCast!
From: Jenny Attiyeh
Caption: Jim Holt, Credit: Michael Todd
ThoughtCast speaks with science writer Jim Holt about his upcoming book on the "Puzzle of Existence", followed by interviews with MIT economist Jam...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jul 21, 2009
  • Length: 56:22
  • 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
The Life of Death
From: Deborah Pardes
Series: Get Smart Radio
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When someone's life end's, another person's job begins...

  • Added: Jun 29, 2009
  • Length: 01:00:16
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
Sexology -- Groks Science Show 2009-05-20
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Sharon Moalem discussed how sex works.

Bought by KPIP-LP and KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: May 20, 2009
  • Length: 29:52
  • Purchases: 2
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
The Secret Ingredient
From: The Ladies Village Improvement Society
Caption: Maria Meza, Credit: flikr.com
What is the secret ingredient?

  • Added: Apr 24, 2009
  • Length: 29:08
Darwin, Cyborgs, and the Future of Humanity
From: Lacy Roberts
Caption: check out mondolithic.com, Credit: Kenn Brown via mondolithic.com
Lacy Roberts and Charles Darwin muse on what's in store.

Bought by CKMO


  • Added: Feb 24, 2009
  • Length: 09:19
  • Purchases: 1
My Prostate Diaries
From: Hearing Voices
Series: Hearing Voices
Caption: Poster for stage-play, Credit: Salt Lake Acting Company
A Slight Discomfort

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), PRX Remix, Remix Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and KGLT


  • Added: Jan 29, 2009
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 5
Elevate this!
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Scientists are studying a new emotion: elevation. Ian heads straight for the basement.

  • Added: Dec 29, 2008
  • Length: 02:03
Hunting for Ants
From: Sarah P. Reynolds
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Adam Lazarus is a myrmecologist who spends most days in the woods loking for ants, even though it leaves him feeling a little guilty.

Bought by PRX Remix and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 10, 2008
  • Length: 04:31
  • Purchases: 2
Sarcasm
From: KVNF
Series: Belief Systems and Other B.S.
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A meditation on the brain structure that appreciates sarcasm.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Mar 26, 2008
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 1
Alaska's Trumpets of Doom
From: John Ryan
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The science behind the songs of Alaska's humpback whales

  • Added: Feb 13, 2008
  • Length: 04:25
Tipping Point Jumps Shark!
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Tipping point meme loses lustre! Ian examines why.

  • Added: Feb 10, 2008
  • Length: 02:39
The Trouble with Cyborgs
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
IF everybody's a cyborg, who's doing tech support?

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Feb 06, 2008
  • Length: 02:46
  • Purchases: 1
Deep Voices = Sex Appeal?
From: Next Generation Radio
Series: NPR's Next Generation Radio
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Scientists study if if true that women like men with deeper voices

Bought by WHYY and 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: Jan 04, 2008
  • Length: 03:10
  • 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