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Bug Off!
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Bug Off!, Credit: Seth Shostak
Humans have been battling viruses and bacteria since the beginning of time; stories from the frontier of epidemiology.

Bought by WVTF, KSKQ, and KREV-LP


  • Added: Oct 31, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 3
What's Your Poison?
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: What's Your Poison?, Credit: Seth Shostak
“Aspirin and Old Lace?” Okay, you’d need a bottle of pills in a cup of elderberry wine, but aspirin can be deadly – hear why dose is key in toxicol...

  • Added: Oct 10, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
Kaitlin and the Wand
From: Kaitlin Prest
Piece image
Kaitlin's personal introduction to the world's most famous vibrator.

  • Added: Oct 03, 2011
  • Length: 03:11
Skeptic Check, Beast Of
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Skeptic Check, Beast Of, Credit: Seth Shostak
Zombies, aliens, Bigfoot, oh my - we've covered - or rather uncovered - them all and more on Skeptic Check, our monthly look of critical thinking, ...

Bought by KZUM, KMUN, KREV-LP, and WRIR


  • Added: Oct 03, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
Rend Me Your Ears
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Rend Me Your Ears, Credit: Seth Shostak
Our buzzing, humming, whirling, machine-driven world is a poster child for technological progress, and has driven one man to search for silence; we...

Bought by KSKQ and WRIR


  • Added: Sep 26, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
Seth's Tool Shed
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Seth's Tool Shed, Credit: Seth Shostak
A scheme for finding life on Mars, adopting to climate change, and a new moon of Pluto.

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Sep 05, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
Into the Unknown
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Into the Unknown, Credit: Seth Shostak
From voyages to the bottom of the sea, to the edges of space: join us on treks of modern exploration.

Bought by KSKQ and WRIR


  • Added: Aug 29, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
Swarm in here... Or Is It Just Me?
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Swarm in Here, Credit: Seth Shostak
Collective intelligence is what makes bees and ants so successful – find out how researchers are helping humans to get their collective act together.

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Aug 22, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
Skeptic Check: Plotting Along
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Skeptic Check: Plotting Along, Credit: Seth Shostak
Why conspiracy theories persist – from 9-11 to UFOs to fluoride in our water.

Bought by WVTF, WRIR, and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Aug 15, 2011
  • Length: 54:01
  • Purchases: 3
Written in Code
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Written in Code, Credit: Seth Shostak
Genes aren’t worth much unless they’re turned on – find out what factors influence gene expression and how to unleash your inner-Einstein

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Aug 08, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
Cell! Cell!
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Cell! Cell!, Credit: Seth Shostak
The story of Henrietta Lacks who unwittingly donated her tissue to science in 1951 and whose cells still grow in laboratories around the world today.

Bought by KSKQ, WRIR, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 01, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
Water the Chances
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Water the Chances, Credit: Seth Shostak
Getting the salt out: the most promising technologies for desalination… how astronauts filter “water-closet water” to drink… and, turning salt pond...

Bought by WVTF, WRIR, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 25, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Big Picture
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: The Big Picture, Credit: Ly Ly
How did life begin, what makes up the universe and the true nature of consciousness are some of the biggest puzzlers in science, but answers are in...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KZUM, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WRGY, WHCP-LP Cambridge and more


  • Added: Jul 11, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 27
Career Science -- Groks Science Show 2011-04-13
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Peter Feibelman discussed forging a career in science.

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


  • Added: Apr 13, 2011
  • Length: 26:47
  • 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
The Guardian's Science Weekly: Mathematics special + Brian Cox = science squared
From: [redacted] [redacted]
Caption: An equation graph, Credit: websters-online-dictionary.org
Bowing to popular demand, here's our mathematical special; plus Brian Cox, the most famous man in science, pops into the Guardian. No calculators a...

Bought by KUER and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 28, 2011
  • Length: 51:29
  • Purchases: 2
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
Exit 25-Eccentric Druid Billionaires
From: Sam Dingman
Series: The Road 2 Shambala
Piece image
Deceptive fontina, ironic American cheese, hooded cloaks, and H.G. Wells' "The Time Machine."

  • Added: Dec 25, 2010
  • Length: 53:59
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
Commentator Aaron Brown on Inventions
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
Piece image
In 2nd Grade Aaron invented a decorative seat belt cover to encourage kids to buckle up. This invention took him all the way to Washington D.C.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Sep 20, 2010
  • Length: 02:43
  • Purchases: 1

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