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Science unscripted (Spectrum) 01/23/2024 - Video games help you recover from work
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week we dive into whether video games help us recover from work stress. (Spoiler: They absolutely do. But there is a catch.)

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


  • Added: Jan 25, 2024
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 3
Science unscripted (Spectrum) 11/14/23
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: The future of weather forecasting — and our listeners had some really interesting things to say about tattoos.

Bought by WFHB and Central Florida Public Media


  • Added: Nov 17, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
Wiser -- Groks Science Show 2021-02-03
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Dilip Jeste discussed his new book, Wiser.

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Feb 03, 2021
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 1
Videojuegos por una causa
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Edición Especial de la Pandemia en Español
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¿Te pasas la cuarentena jugando a videojuegos? Aprende como tú y tu ordenador podéis ayudar a los científicos a encontrar una cura para el nuevo co...

Bought by RADIOLEX


  • Added: Nov 07, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Metales poderosos
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Edición Especial de la Pandemia en Español
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¿Quieres protegerte de una pandemia? Aprende de la historia y comienza a trabajar con ... ¡cobre!

Bought by RADIOLEX


  • Added: Oct 14, 2020
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1
Mighty Metals
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Special Pandemic Edition
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Want to protect yourself from a pandemic? Take a page out of history’s book and start working with... copper!

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Apr 14, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Panicked Purchases
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Special Pandemic Edition
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Why would a pandemic lead to toilet paper hoarding? Uncertain times result in irrational decisions when faced with the aisle of a grocery store. Th...

Bought by KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Apr 14, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Protecting the Herd
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Special Pandemic Edition
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All contagions come to an end. But how? Herd immunity is inevitable. How we get there is up to us.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Apr 06, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Gaming For a Cause
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Special Pandemic Edition
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Spending your quarantine gaming? Learn how you and your computer can help scientists search for a cure to the new coronavirus! All while you sleep!

Bought by KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Apr 06, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Is 20-Something Too Late For A Guy To Get The HPV Vaccine?
From: Side Effects Public Media
Caption: Jake Harper, 29, is Side Effects Public Media's resident hypochondriac. His newest health anxiety stems from the human papillomavirus, or HPV., Credit: Brian Paul/Side Effects
A generation of young men missed out on the HPV vaccine. Now, Side Effects Public Media's 29-year-old correspondent wonders if that’s putting him a...

  • Added: Aug 22, 2016
  • Length: 03:23
Yale’s Debra Fischer and the Ever More Precise Search for New Worlds
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: In this laser frequency comb, colorized for illustrative purposes, the solid lines are the star spectrum and the dots are the artificial laser spectrum. The dark gaps in the star spectrum represent different chemical elements in the starlight. Long-term s, Credit: European Southern Observatory
It’s terribly hard to find exoplanets that look like our homeworld. The search requires development of astoundingly powerful and precise instrumen...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Oct 13, 2014
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 1
Planetary Radio Live With Mike Rowe of Dirty Jobs at the USA Science and Engineering Festival
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Planetary Radio Live at the 2014 USASEF, Credit: Loren Roberts
Join thousands of space and science geeks at the world’s biggest public science event in Washington DC. On the Einstein stage to talk about dirty ...

Bought by WMNF, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and WESM 91.3 FM


  • Added: Apr 29, 2014
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 3
Nuclear Plume Paranoia
From: Nathan Callahan
Series: The SoCal Byte
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AMA Approved Radiation

  • Added: Mar 16, 2012
  • Length: 07:08
The Mikie Show #48, George
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Here it is, another new show! This time we speak with George Bradley. He is a master of herpetology, meaning he collects, manages, identifies and p...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Feb 08, 2012
  • Length: 28:03
  • Purchases: 1
The Mikie Show #43, Sarah
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Hurrah, it’s another show about stuff I don’t know! Yes, this episode we speak with Sarah Mattson, planetary photographic cartographer, you know, I...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Nov 01, 2011
  • Length: 28:02
  • Purchases: 1
The Panic Virus -- Groks Science Show 2011-05-04
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Author and journalist Seth Mnookin discusses his recent book, "The Panic Virus: A True Story of Medicine, Science, and Fear".

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


  • Added: May 04, 2011
  • Length: 32:11
  • Purchases: 3
Zombie Politics -- Groks Science Show 2011-04-06
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dan Drezner discussed zombie politics.

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


  • Added: Apr 07, 2011
  • Length: 25:39
  • Purchases: 3
Pet Cloning -- Groks Science Show 2011-02-02
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
John Woestendiek discussed the science and practice of cloning pets

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


  • Added: Feb 01, 2011
  • Length: 32:36
  • Purchases: 3
Essential Oils -- Groks Science Show 2011-01-26
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Cass Ingram discussed essential oil treatments for the cold and flu.

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


  • Added: Jan 26, 2011
  • Length: 25:50
  • Purchases: 3
Behavioral Happiness -- Groks Science Show 2011-01-19
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Shawn Achor discussed the science of happiness.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KMXT


  • Added: Jan 19, 2011
  • Length: 34:01
  • Purchases: 2
Ig Nobel 2010 -- Groks Science Show 2010-12-22
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Marc Abrahams discussed the winners of the 2010 Ig Nobel Prize.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KMXT


  • Added: Dec 22, 2010
  • Length: 29:05
  • Purchases: 2
Sustainable Fungi -- Groks Science Show 2010-12-15
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Sue Van Hook discussed the wonders of the mysterious fungi

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KMXT


  • Added: Dec 17, 2010
  • Length: 27:34
  • Purchases: 2
Geek Cooking -- Groks Science Show 2010-11-24
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Jeff Potter discussed cooking for geeks.

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


  • Added: Nov 24, 2010
  • Length: 29:58
  • Purchases: 3
Cheap Genome -- Groks Science Show 2010-09-29
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Kevin Davies discussed the thousand dollar genome.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KMXT


  • Added: Sep 29, 2010
  • Length: 25:25
  • Purchases: 2
Unconventional Archaeology -- Groks Science Show 2010-07-28
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Donald Ryan discussed unconventional archaeology.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KMXT


  • Added: Jul 28, 2010
  • Length: 29:42
  • Purchases: 2