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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
The faulty—and fatal—race logic of an 18th century yellow fever epidemic.
- Added: May 09, 2023
- Length: 40:50
¿Atrapado en una casa llena de snacks y opciones limitadas para hacer ejercicio? ¿Estás tentado de recurrir a Ben & Jerry en busca de un dulce, dul...
Bought by RADIOLEX
- Added: Oct 31, 2020
- Length: 03:00
- 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
The bubonic plague forced a young Isaac Newton from his studies. How did he turn catastrophe into a year of wonders? For one, he didn’t have Netflix!
Bought by KSQM 91.5 FM
- Added: Apr 06, 2020
- Length: 02:59
- Purchases: 1
2020 has felt like one disaster after another. Is there light at the end of this tunnel? Luckily, history suggests calamities spark innovations tha...
Bought by Spokane Public Radio and KSQM 91.5 FM
- Added: Apr 06, 2020
- Length: 03:00
- Purchases: 2
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
This Valentine’s Day we could have just brought you some sappy love stories from science’s past. But instead we offer you three tales of lust, lone...
- Added: Feb 13, 2019
- Length: 01:17:06
- Added: Apr 23, 2018
- Length: 30:06
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Mar 14, 2018
- Length: 29:57
The kids run into a problem. We explore the physiology of the zombie body.
- Added: Mar 14, 2018
- Length: 27:01
The kids begin their journey to Vandenberg on bikes. We find out about transportation
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Mar 14, 2018
- Length: 23:39
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Mar 12, 2018
- Length: 15:57
- Purchases: 1
This week, we look at how a religious cult of number worshipers on the Italian coast gave rise to modern science, mathematics, philosophy, and musi...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jan 22, 2018
- Length: 30:09
- Purchases: 1
The retrospective of 2017 continues with mixes from Charlottesville to Washington with music and emotions from a turbulent year
Bought by KDUR
- Added: Dec 26, 2017
- Length: 01:00:03
- Purchases: 1
The star... the origin and history of the Christmas tree... and oh, it's a wonderful life!
- Added: Dec 11, 2017
- Length: 02:27:46
This is not normal. This is episode 45 of a series about engineering vocabulary, phrases, acronyms, jargon, and slang.
Bought by WETD
- Added: Nov 21, 2017
- Length: 03:51
- Purchases: 1
For the first time in history, the Roman Senate elects an emperor... sonic weapons attack an American embassy and doom's day is this Saturday!
- Added: Oct 04, 2017
- Length: 02:28:52
Perry Mason themes galore and further trial episodes of the young lady who apportioned axe chops between her father and step-mother... and 911 was ...
- Added: Sep 28, 2017
- Length: 02:20:37
Trump defended it... Obama derided it and the Pope wants to dictate it...
- Added: Sep 03, 2017
- Length: 02:23:52
