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Skeptic Check: Your Inner Lab Coat
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Skeptic Check: Your Inner Lab Coat, Credit: Seth Shostak
Sherlock Holmes doesn’t have a science degree, yet he thinks rationally like a scientist. You can too! Learn the secrets of being irritatingly lo...

Bought by WVTF, WMUU-LP, WMUU-LP, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WRST-FM Oshkosh and more


  • Added: Mar 26, 2018
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 12
Ripley Bullen - Ed Schmidt
From: Kara Morgan
Series: Voices of Spanish Point
Caption: Ripley Bullen
Archeologist Ripley Bullen written and presented by Ed Schmidt

  • Added: Apr 10, 2017
  • Length: 06:42
AMOS 17.114: Llama Dung, 6/8/2017
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Llama Dung

  • Added: Mar 28, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
Going All to Species
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Going All to Species, Credit: Seth Shostak
The fossilized bones of Homo naledi are may hold a special place in our ancestry: a link between us and our ape-like ancestors. Some anthropologis...

Bought by WMUU-LP, CHSR-FM 97.9, WRIR, KCMJ Community Radio, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio] and more


  • Added: Feb 13, 2017
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 26
Secret of Our Success -- Groks Science Show 2016-08-03
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Joseph Henrich discussed How Culture Is Driving Human Evolution.

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Aug 04, 2016
  • Length: 24:50
  • Purchases: 1
Surviving the Anthropocene
From: Big Picture Science
Caption: Surviving the Anthropocene, Credit: Seth Shostak
The world is hot, and getting hotter, and our species is changing the planet with urbanization, deforestation, and industrial waste. Some say we’v...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KUNM, KREV-LP, RadioFreePalmer, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Jun 13, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 7
Surfeit of the Vitalist
From: Big Picture Science
Caption: Surfeit of the Vitalest, Credit: Seth Shostak
In the century and a half since Charles Darwin wrote his seminal On the Origin of the Species, our understanding of evolution has changed quite a b...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WMUU-LP, WRIR, and WRGY


  • Added: Apr 11, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
Apt to Adapt
From: Big Picture Science
Caption: Apt to Adapt, Credit: Seth Shostak
Humans are changing their environment faster than their genes can keep pace. This has led to a slew of diseases, from backache to diabetes, says o...

Bought by KUNM, WRGY, WMUU-LP, RadioFreePalmer, and WRIR


  • Added: Jan 11, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 5
Skeptic Check: Evolutionary Arms Race
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Skeptic Check: Evolutionary Arms Race, Credit: Seth Shostak
It's hard to imagine the twists and turns of evolution that gave rise to Homo Sapiens. After all, it required geologic time, and the existence of ...

Bought by KSKQ, RadioFreePalmer, KRPS, WRIR, and WRGY


  • Added: Jun 22, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 5
Living Ourselves to Death
From: Ben Orlando
Series: History Repeating Itself
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Concepts like extreme choice and mobility are some of the modern realities leading us toward depression and suicide. In this episode, we look at fo...

  • Added: Mar 08, 2015
  • Length: 12:48
Digging Our Past
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Digging Our Past
Digging Our Past. We hear about two projects that use the tools of modern chemistry and anthropology to deepen our understanding of a dark chapter...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KSKQ, WYAP, KRPS, WRGY and more


  • Added: Feb 02, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
Skeptic Check: Mummy Dearest
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Skeptic Check: Mummy Dearest, Credit: Seth Shostak
Shh …mummy’s the word! We don’t want to provoke the curse of King Tut. We’ll unravel secrets about the famous Egyptian pharaoh, dispel myths abou...

Bought by KPIP-LP, KKWE Niijii Radio, KSKQ, WRGY, KRPS and more


  • Added: Jan 26, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 8
Olympics for the Rest of Us
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Olympics for the Rest of Us, Credit: Seth Shostak
It’s easy to praise the extraordinary abilities of the athletes. Let’s celebrate the extreme averageness of the rest of us. From beer bellies to...

Bought by KSKQ, WRIR, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KHEN-LP, KVSC and more


  • Added: Jul 23, 2012
  • Length: 54:01
  • Purchases: 6
Early Adapters
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Early Adapters, Credit: Seth Shostak
How Homo sapiens can wield technology to adapt to the onslaught of climate change, a growing population, and the blitz of hi-tech.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and KREV-LP


  • Added: Apr 23, 2012
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 2
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