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Special Episode - This Is Science Thanks
From: This Is Science With Jess Phoenix
Series: This Is Science with Jess Phoenix
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Need some pumpkin pi to go with that leftover turkey? Jess highlights her favorite reasons to be thankful for science in this season of gratitude.

  • Added: Nov 28, 2023
  • Length: 18:00
Cybersecurity Awareness Month, with Nicole Bushong
From: Pius Wong
Series: The K12 Engineering Education Podcast
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As part of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, cybersecurity engineer Nicole Bushong shares essential cybersecurity habits and tools for keepin...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2022
  • Length: 01:42:33
anti-pattern
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
Caption: Spaghetti code is an example of an anti-pattern., Credit: Pios Labs
My code is as long as here to Saturn but condensed and confused in an anti-pattern. This is Episode 104 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informa...

  • Added: Mar 26, 2021
  • Length: 07:44
'Rona Ramadan
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Special Pandemic Edition
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Many Muslims fast during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. This year, it falls within the coronavirus pandemic and people are curious about the he...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif. and WYAP


  • Added: May 27, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Protecting the Herd
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Special Pandemic Edition
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All contagions come to an end. But how? Herd immunity is inevitable. How we get there is up to us.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Apr 06, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Mask
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Special Pandemic Edition
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Masks are not just for villains and superheroes! For centuries, we have depended on face masks for protection. From handkerchiefs to the N-95, how ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Apr 06, 2020
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 2
Gaming For a Cause
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Special Pandemic Edition
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Spending your quarantine gaming? Learn how you and your computer can help scientists search for a cure to the new coronavirus! All while you sleep!

Bought by KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Apr 06, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Newton-flix
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Special Pandemic Edition
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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
Soapy Surfactants
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Special Pandemic Edition
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Is washing our hands with soap really the best we can do to protect ourselves from coronavirus? Let's take a look at the history and chemistry of s...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Apr 06, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Silver Lining
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Special Pandemic Edition
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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
Welcome! from Sandra Tsing Loh
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Special Pandemic Edition
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Loh Down on Science host Sandra Tsing Loh intros the Loh Down on Science: Special Pandemic Edition

Bought by KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Apr 06, 2020
  • Length: 02:40
  • Purchases: 1
Career Advice for New Electrical and Software Engineers
From: Pius Wong
Series: The K12 Engineering Education Podcast
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What should you look for in your first engineering job? How do you bridge high school, college, internships, and then finally full-time work? Is c...

  • Added: Sep 18, 2019
  • Length: 40:41
Cybersecurity and Being Human
From: Pius Wong
Series: The K12 Engineering Education Podcast
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Cybersecurity professional Nicole Bushong discusses cyber threats, data privacy, hacking, women in tech, dyslexia, and empathy, all related to her ...

  • Added: Jul 08, 2019
  • Length: 53:47
Hope, Part One: Where Does It Come From?
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: Hope (A Three Part Series from To the Best of Our Knowledge)
Caption: Hope (A Three Part Series)
We begin our three part series on hope. Is it something we’re innately born with or something we can choose to have?

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KTRT RADIO INC, KICI Iowa City, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and KBIA


  • Added: May 07, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 5
Teaching Ethics
From: Pius Wong
Series: The K12 Engineering Education Podcast
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How do you teach ethics to engineering students? Guests Dr. Beccy Hambright and Richard Burgess talk about their experience tackling that question...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Jan 21, 2019
  • Length: 48:02
  • Purchases: 1
An Architect in the Classroom
From: Pius Wong
Series: The K12 Engineering Education Podcast
Caption: The cover art for this episode pictures the underside of stairways in the Austin Central Library, photographed during the conversation., Credit: Pius Wong
What skills does a professional architect bring to high school education? Guest Kelly Foster explains, as he shares his experience as both a practi...

  • Added: Sep 10, 2018
  • Length: 48:32
Capitalism in Crisis Ep16: Knowing When We Do Not Know
From: Jim Sawyer
Series: Capitalism In Crisis
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Science is a process of determining what is reality objectively. How do we sift the subjective from the objective for understanding economic propos...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2016
  • Length: 03:59
Two Guys on Your Head: Writer's Block
From: KUT
Series: Two Guys On Your Head
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Writer’s block! That phrase might induce panic and a recollection of a familiar experience. It’s a very common phenomenon. So, what is it? When...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2014
  • Length: 07:19
Two Guys on Your Head: Praise
From: KUT
Series: Two Guys On Your Head
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“Hey, you’re smart!” That feels good to hear, doesn’t it? Praise always feels good to hear, but not all praise motivates us to try new things, ch...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 21, 2014
  • Length: 07:20
  • Purchases: 1
Two Guys on Your Head: Resolutions
From: KUT
Series: Two Guys On Your Head
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It’s that time of the year when we resolve to drink less, exercise more, save money, etc. It may feel really good to intend to do “better” in the n...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WMPG, and Georgia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Dec 27, 2013
  • Length: 07:20
  • Purchases: 3
Two Guys on Your Head: Aging and The Brain
From: KUT
Series: Two Guys On Your Head
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Life is terminal. Whether we like it or not, time marches on, and as it does, we age. One of the most challenging realities for everyone to face ...

  • Added: Dec 05, 2013
  • Length: 07:20
Two Guys on Your Head: Relationships and Technology
From: KUT
Series: Two Guys On Your Head
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If you live in the modern world, as I’m sure you do, you’re probably very familiar with the common occurrence of witnessing two people standing ne...

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Nov 11, 2013
  • Length: 07:20
  • Purchases: 1
Two Guys On Your Head: School and Boredom
From: KUT
Series: Two Guys On Your Head
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In this episode of Two Guys on Your Head Dr. Art Markman and Dr. Robert Duke talk about some of the historical and present day factors that contrib...

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Aug 23, 2013
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 1
Two Guys On Your Head: Distance
From: KUT
Series: Two Guys On Your Head
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In this episode of Two Guys on Your Head the doctors Art Markman and Robert Duke discuss “distance” with KUT’s Rebecca McInroy.

  • Added: Aug 16, 2013
  • Length: 07:29
Sexology -- Groks Science Show 2009-05-20
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Sharon Moalem discussed how sex works.

Bought by KPIP-LP and KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: May 20, 2009
  • Length: 29:52
  • Purchases: 2