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Brian Dunning takes on a bevy of student questions with topics ranging from nuclear waste to fad diets to drinking one's own urine.
- Added: Apr 19, 2024
- Length: 59:00
The 90 Second Naturalist February 2023 Modules
Bought by KCBX, Mountain Streams Radio WKYW-LP, and Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi)
- Added: Jan 30, 2023
- Length: 29:59
- Purchases: 3
John Kennedy is a puppeteer on Sesame Street where he plays Mumford the Magician. His other credits include work on The Muppets, Dinosaurs, The Wu...
- Added: Aug 02, 2022
- Length: 01:39:10
Songwriter and broadcaster Ty Hager's special interview with Tony Arata, songwriter of "The Dance." Part one of four.
- Added: Oct 22, 2019
- Length: 10:25
March 14th is Pi Day! The irrational number that is the ratio between the circumference of a circle to its diameter. Its Pi day! 3.141592.........
- Added: Mar 13, 2018
- Length: 01:09
Today we study the tricks of writing bad letters of recommendation and Dave & Doug talk to a professor of psychology about meeting the needs of her...
- Added: Oct 11, 2017
- Length: 23:12
Chocolate: food of the gods, balm of our hearts, and, at one point in time, a symbol of sacrifice and stand-in for human blood. In this episode, we...
- Added: Feb 10, 2017
- Length: 23:59
- Purchases: 2
- Added: Dec 21, 2016
- Length: 02:00
Why Do We Love Junk Food?
- Added: Dec 21, 2016
- Length: 02:00
Smoking has been around since at least 5000BC. This episode we discuss the myriad problems with smoking. Specifically we discuss the effects of Cig...
Bought by WART FM
- Added: Jun 02, 2016
- Length: 24:52
- Purchases: 1
Can you drink your own urine? Run yourself to death? This week we explore the science and physiology of how extreme heat effects our bodies.
Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KVSC, WYAP, and WART FM
- Added: May 27, 2016
- Length: 26:50
- Purchases: 4
Just how fast and how far can a human go? This week on This Won't Hurt A Bit, the physiology and stories of extreme runners.
- Added: Jan 18, 2016
- Length: 33:16
- Purchases: 3
Why do we all sound like idiots when we talk to babies?
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and PRX Remix
- Added: Oct 08, 2015
- Length: 11:37
- Purchases: 2
The saying, “sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me,” is really not as accurate as we would like it to be. Words are a p...
Bought by WTJU
- Added: Nov 15, 2013
- Length: 07:21
- Purchases: 1
Money, money, money, money! The best way for artists to bring in the dough today is to take the show on the road. This week we follow our Highest...
- Added: Jun 24, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
Chords, chords, and more chords. That's what makes Rock music so flippin' awesome to listen to. We'll be taking a look at famous chords used on var...
- Added: May 16, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
In this episode we discuss how Jack's conquest of the giant relates to 19th century English colonialism with the help of scholar Brian Szumsky. We ...
- Added: Mar 29, 2013
- Length: 22:35
In 1793, the American circus was born, and ever since, it has been a large part of our culture. Also featured: A professor of organic chemistry sha...
- Added: Oct 03, 2011
- Length: 29:00
One of the most disgusting creatures is in fact one of the most useful. Join Paula Kahumbu and Dino Martins on a smelly journey of discovery.
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: Oct 31, 2010
- Length: 03:29
- Purchases: 2
On today's show I talk with Dr. Louis Hyman, an expert in the history of debt. Not only was it great talking with him but we chatted just as long o...
- Added: Oct 08, 2010
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Learn about a former school parent and trustee, Laird Bell, and about what our school was like in the 1930s, 1940s and 1960s.
Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network
- Added: Oct 13, 2008
- Length: 07:15
- Purchases: 1
Well, believe it or not, Odessa is famous for...you got it...conservation!
- Added: Mar 28, 2007
- Length: 01:32
