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Evolution of the Eye -- Groks Science Show 2014-01-15
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Ivan Schwab tells us the story of eye evolution.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and WRNC-LP


  • Added: Jan 15, 2014
  • Length: 33:03
  • Purchases: 2
Can We Talk?
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Can We Talk?, Credit: Seth Shostak
The evolution of language, “Dr Bugs” on chemical messaging among ants, and mirror neurons that communicate with other brains without you saying a w...

Bought by KSKQ, KKWE Niijii Radio, WRGY, WPSU, KREV-LP and more


  • Added: Jan 06, 2014
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 7
Animal Instinct
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Animal Instinct, Credit: Seth Shostak
What humans can learn from our hairy, feathered, four-legged friends; we may wear suits and play Sudoku, but Homo sapiens are animals all the same.

Bought by WRGY, WPSU, WRIR, WNJR, and KREV-LP


  • Added: Dec 30, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Gap -- Groks Science Show 2013-12-11
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Prof. Thomas Suddendorf discussed the gap between humans and other animals.

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  • Added: Dec 11, 2013
  • Length: 21:41
  • Purchases: 3
Discovering Bird Species -- Groks Science Show 2013-11-20
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
In this episode, Ben Winger, PhD Candidate at the University of Chicago, discusses his research on how new species of birds evolve and his work in ...

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


  • Added: Nov 21, 2013
  • Length: 20:30
  • Purchases: 3
Life Back Then
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Life Back Then, Credit: Seth Shostak
Time keeps on ticking, ticking … and as it does, evolution operates to produce remarkable and transformative changes in species.

Bought by WRGY, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and WNJR


  • Added: Nov 04, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Long Game: Texas' Ongoing Battle for the Direction of the Classroom
From: Trey Kay
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"Long Game" is a new radio documentary about ongoing culture war battles over education in the Lone Star State.

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  • Added: Oct 11, 2013
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 13
Rational Animal -- Groks Science 2013-09-25
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Prof. Douglas T. Kenrick discussed the evolutionary basis of human thinking.

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  • Added: Sep 26, 2013
  • Length: 28:40
  • Purchases: 2
You Say You Want An Evolution?
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: You Say You Want an Evolution?, Credit: Seth Shostak
Just give it time.

Bought by WRGY, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WRIR, and WNJR


  • Added: Sep 16, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
Octopus's Garden -- Groks Science Show 2013-08-21
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Biologists Carrie Albertin and Judit Pungor join us to discuss a strange and wonderful animal, the octopus.

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


  • Added: Aug 22, 2013
  • Length: 25:57
  • Purchases: 3
Doing It -- Groks Science Show 2013-06-26
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Robert Martin discussed the evolution of sexual behaviors in humans.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Jun 26, 2013
  • Length: 24:29
  • Purchases: 1
Skeptic Check: Hostile Climate
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Skeptic Check: Hostile Climate, Credit: Seth Shostak
It’s a record we didn’t want to break. Carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere is at an all-time high. Meanwhile an op-ed in a leading new...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WRGY, WRIR, KREV-LP, KVSC and more


  • Added: May 20, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
Paleofantasies -- Groks Science Show 2013-04-17
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
'Based on a true story' isn't a phrase that only applies to books and movies. It also applies to our conceptions of the past. We're constantly co...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KPVL


  • Added: Apr 18, 2013
  • Length: 27:32
  • Purchases: 2
Anthropocene and Heard
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Anthropocene and Heard, Credit: Seth Shostak
Why climate change and loss of biodiversity may mean goodbye to the "Holocene," and hello to a new geologic epoch, the "Age of Man."

Bought by WRIR, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WNJR, and Royalton Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 01, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
Happy Daze
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Happy Daze, Credit: Seth Shostak
Calling all pessimists – discover why your brain is wired for optimism, the evolutionary advantage of thinking positive and other research into th...

Bought by KSKQ, KCMJ Community Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and WNJR


  • Added: Mar 04, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Field Trip Podcast: Beach Rocks
From: The Field Trip Podcast
Caption: Field Trip Podcast icon, Credit: MIke Smith
This week we go to to the beach with Field Trip Correspondent Laura Hautala and her Science Mom. Yes, we said Science Mom. And don’t worry, it’s no...

Bought by KUER


  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 12:25
  • Purchases: 1
Oh, Rats!
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Oh, Rats!, Credit: Seth Shostak
Before you chase it with a broom, consider this: Without the rat, we might miss critical insights into the nature of stress, cancer … and even love...

Bought by KVSC and KREV-LP


  • Added: Sep 10, 2012
  • Length: 54:32
  • Purchases: 2
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...

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  • Added: Jul 23, 2012
  • Length: 54:01
  • Purchases: 6
Your Inner Macaque -- Groks Science Show 2012-05-02
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Dario Maestripieri joins us to discuss his new book, 'Games Primates Play: An Undercover Investigation of the Evolution and Economics of Human ...

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


  • Added: May 02, 2012
  • Length: 24:47
  • Purchases: 3
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
Seth's Cabinet of Wonders
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Seth's Cabinet of Wonders, Credit: Seth Shostak
A potpourri show: from Sealab … to the next Cosmos series… to software to replace scientists, you never know what you’ll find when you root around ...

Bought by KREV-LP, Yellowstone Public Radio, and KSJD


  • Added: Mar 12, 2012
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 3
A Fish That Walks -- Groks Science Show 2012-02-08
From: Charles Lee
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Heather King joins us to discuss how lungfish walk

  • Added: Feb 08, 2012
  • Length: 24:37
Blues Unlimited #130 - Recycling the Blues: The Origins of Classic Blues Songs
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
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On this episode of Blues Unlimited, we're "recycling the blues" by taking a look at a handful of world-famous, iconic blues songs and tracing their...

Bought by KHNS, WSLR, KHNS, and KTRL


  • Added: Aug 15, 2011
  • Length: 01:58:59
  • Purchases: 4
Biomimicry
From: Sarah Lilley
Caption: Nautilus
Designers, engineers and corporations around the world have begun seriously to study Evolution's most successful problem-solving strategies in natu...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 21, 2011
  • Length: 06:25
  • Purchases: 3
SuperCooperators -- Groks Science Show 2011-05-18
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Martin Nowak discussed supercooperators.

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


  • Added: May 24, 2011
  • Length: 25:35
  • Purchases: 3