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Happy Halloween! Jess talks with UCLA librarian Megan Rosenbloom about the spooky science of uncovering what makes some old books extra rare.
Bought by WORT
- Added: Oct 31, 2023
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
In this special episode, we go microscopic to learn about viruses. We explore how they work, and we discuss our odds of defeating them. We also lea...
Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle
- Added: Apr 22, 2020
- Length: 49:39
- Purchases: 1
This week on the show: What would you ask a Neanderthal? -
We can bring Neanderthals back, a la Jurassic Park, with technologies we have today....
- Added: Mar 19, 2020
- Length: 30:00
Hugo Fruehauf, one of the co-inventors of GPS, explains the nitty-gritty of what GPS is. He also details his critical engineering work on the GPS s...
- Added: Jan 16, 2020
- Length: 32:27
This week on the show: Do you want to live on the moon? -
Look up at the moon when you get a chance. Because this will be the last decade wher...
Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle
- Added: Jul 17, 2019
- Length: 30:00
- Purchases: 1
Physician Maureen Miller describes how perusing a dusty box of autopsy reports from 1987 helped her embrace her new professional future as a pathol...
- Added: Jun 08, 2019
- Length: 33:35
Hospital administrator Galen Laserson recounts the time she got an unexpected call in the middle of the night, which prompted her to learn all abou...
- Added: Jun 06, 2019
- Length: 30:10
This week on the show: What would you ask a Neanderthal?
We can bring Neanderthals back, a la Jurassic Park, with technologies we have today. So...
- Added: Mar 20, 2019
- Length: 30:00
Music & Mans Self Discovery with Dj Spooky aka That Subliminal Kid aka Paul Miller explores the ways in which music documents, inspires, heals and ...
- Added: Mar 23, 2017
- Length: 27:41
Using creative adaptation to overcome the bugs in our systems
- Added: Sep 03, 2014
- Length: 24:35
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
Conversations about ideas and innovations in investigations and imprisonment, the search for justice, and the unexpected intersection of crime and ...
Bought by Spokane Public Radio and NPR Illinois
- Added: Apr 18, 2013
- Length: 51:30
- Purchases: 2
The surprising history of the earth and life's impact on it. Also, a new perspective on the future of the planet: earth will likely be in constant ...
Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, XRAY.fm, KUT, and PRX Remix
- Added: Sep 26, 2012
- Length: 14:32
- Purchases: 4
The CIGARETTE is the deadliest artifact in the history of human civilization. Few discoveries have been so consequential. So begins the work by his...
- Added: Aug 19, 2012
- Length: 28:54
NASA's Chief historian, Bill Barry discusses the impact each generation has had on the space program.
Bought by KVSC and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago
- Added: Jul 23, 2012
- Length: 29:01
- Purchases: 2
My guest this hour is Steven Pinker, who has written a game-changer on the little matter of how quickly humanity is headed for hell or redemption. ...
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.
- Added: Dec 13, 2011
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 1
We dive into the Schrödinger's Cat paradox and ask what it reveals about the nature of quantum mechanics and physics in general.
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: Jul 08, 2011
- Length: 09:48
- Purchases: 2
Sir Patrick Moore talks about his life in astronomy, life on Mars, and playing music with Einstein.
- Added: Feb 19, 2008
- Length: 11:01
