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This special broadcast from Aspen Public Radio was recorded live at the 2023 Aspen Psychedelic Symposium earlier this year. “The Neuroscience of Ps...
Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif.
- Added: Oct 10, 2023
- Length: 58:00
- Purchases: 1
HOUR ONE: "Time Beyond The Clock" - What's wrong with the way we tell time? What if we lived with no clocks at all? HOUR TWO: "Up All Night" - On...
- Added: Dec 31, 2021
- Length: 01:59:00
HOUR ONE: "Our Time Of Mourning" - The pandemic is waning in many places. But before we go back to normal life, let's not forget to mourn our loss...
- Added: Jun 18, 2021
- Length: 01:59:01
HOUR ONE: "The Resilient Brain" - In 1848, an explosion drove an iron rod through the skull of a railroad foreman. Find out how it changed science ...
- Added: Oct 09, 2020
- Length: 01:58:58
HOUR ONE: "Outside The Mental Illness Box" - There must be another way to treat mental illness. Exercise? Horror movies? LSD? This hour, think outs...
- Added: Aug 14, 2020
- Length: 01:58:57
HOUR ONE: "Jazz Migration" - Jazz is an American cornerstone, but its roots are in Africa. We'll follow the migration this hour. HOUR TWO: "Is th...
- Added: Jul 03, 2020
- Length: 01:58:58
HOUR ONE: "Breaking The Chains" - You can trace a direct line from slavery to the mass incarceration of Black men. Should we defund the police? How...
- Added: Jun 19, 2020
- Length: 01:58:58
HOUR ONE: "Our Virtual Reality" - One of the most popular video games during the pandemic is "Animal Crossing." Can our virtual existence give us r...
- Added: May 15, 2020
- Length: 01:58:58
Desirable robots are creepy, strangely alluring and technologically improbable. As part of my podcast series Imaginary Worlds, I explore whether th...
Bought by WABE
- Added: Dec 27, 2019
- Length: 15:45
- Purchases: 1
Can hope co-exist with cataclysmic realities like climate change? We conclude our "Hope" series with a look at the future.
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
HOUR ONE: "Should You Delete Facebook?" - Thinking about leaving Facebook, Twitter or Instagram? We'll consider the pros and cons of logging off so...
- Added: Dec 21, 2018
- Length: 01:58:58
Twenty-five years before Fukushima the worst nuclear disaster occurred in the Soviet Union.
- Added: Jul 20, 2018
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
HOUR ONE: "Empathy for Monsters" - The American soldiers who guarded Saddam Hussein came to like and care about him. This hour: Should we feel empa...
- Added: Jan 17, 2018
- Length: 01:58:58
HOUR ONE: "Could Psychedelic Drugs Save Your Life?" - Psychedelic science is back and the early results are extraordinary. If you knew LSD could he...
- Added: Sep 21, 2017
- Length: 01:58:57
How do you get your news – and how do you think your news gets to you? The pathway of information flow involves layers of decisions that in many wa...
- Added: Apr 14, 2016
- Length: 35:48
Cryptocurrencies could revolutionize money and finance. But even more than that, they symbolize how trust is changing as we increasingly rely on te...
- Added: Apr 14, 2016
- Length: 25:24
Big data is revolutionizing health and medicine, from genomics to wearable technologies to precision health. But is our medical care system prepare...
- Added: Apr 14, 2016
- Length: 26:51
What is the future of work? Today, all of our careers are being transformed by big data, from how we find it, to how we collaborate with others, to...
- Added: Apr 14, 2016
- Length: 22:15
Urinary incontinence is more common than you think, but it's tough to talk about. Learn about all the treatments and technologies that can treat it.
Bought by KALW, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix
- Added: Apr 04, 2016
- Length: 08:40
- Purchases: 4
In this episode, we talk with a man married to a doll, and we begin the debate over the issue of intimate relationships with synthetic beings.
- Added: Apr 30, 2015
- Length: 19:13
Most of us can’t throw away our smartphone or cut ourselves off from the Internet. But we can rethink our relationship with the digital world.
- Added: Mar 18, 2015
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Today, we hear increasing talk about Big Data, supposedly about to revolutionize everything from the way wars are fought and policies are shaped to...
- Added: Jun 19, 2014
- Length: 02:00
From: Distillations
Marinda Wu chose her particular graduate program because she wanted to work for a famous professor. But when she arrived, she was told the professo...
Bought by WTJU
- Added: May 20, 2013
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 1
In this short episode we hear about a terrifying phlebotomy experience and the callouses doctors must develop to protect themselves from death.
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: Jul 08, 2011
- Length: 06:16
- Purchases: 2
