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Emotion Roadmap explained with an example from a caller, Jim, who wants to make sure his new partner, and his son and daughter, who are all meeting...
- Added: Dec 21, 2022
- Length: 23:29
Have you ever accidentally dropped something in a lake? Plenty of Minnesotans have. That's why lake and river bottoms are full of artifacts and boa...
- Added: Oct 27, 2022
- Length: 06:38
If Beluga whales treat a Narwhal like he’s been one of their own, who’s to say he isn’t?
- Added: Feb 28, 2021
- Length: 02:30
Long-time mushroom enthusiast Andre Kohler takes us on a foraging trip through the Santa Monica mountains.
- Added: Jun 26, 2020
- Length: 02:28
Medical homes are producing better patient outcomes by a variety of measures. Patients seen in this environment get more primary and preventive car...
- Added: Aug 23, 2019
- Length: 06:08
Miami-based sculptor Robert Chambers lived in Everglades National Park for one month in 2018, as a Fellow in the Artist in Residence in Everglades ...
- Added: Mar 04, 2019
- Length: 11:31
This Valentine’s Day we could have just brought you some sappy love stories from science’s past. But instead we offer you three tales of lust, lone...
- Added: Feb 13, 2019
- Length: 01:17:06
World in Progress: A lab for the future – Smart Cities in Finland -
The "Smart cities" of the future will be digital and connected, using smar...
- Added: May 02, 2018
- Length: 30:00
For over 20 years, Jerry Taylor was a leading spokesperson for climate skepticism. He waged TV battles against climate activists on the likes of CN...
- Added: Nov 06, 2017
- Length: 41:51
“If you’re listening to this while driving a car, obviously, leave your eyes open.” In this special appendix to our recent episode on psychoacousti...
- Added: Jun 15, 2017
- Length: 08:35
The sounds of: Water; Guana Tolomato River; saltwater; September 2016; Warm; 80 degrees.
- Added: Jan 27, 2017
- Length: 01:01
An asteroid hunter wishes for a birthday comet but instead the Universe gave her an asteroid.
Bought by KRSC, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KENW and more
- Added: Nov 29, 2015
- Length: 02:00
- Purchases: 7
When you look up at the sky the last thing you probably think about is the law. But space is exactly where the next frontier of law is being played...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KALW, and New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Nov 24, 2015
- Length: 14:42
- Purchases: 3
This is Distillations’s 200th episode, and we’re celebrating! We pored through hundreds of shows and pieced together some of the funniest, grossest...
- Added: Nov 18, 2015
- Length: 37:10
A sound rich narrative interview with former Washington state park ranger and storyteller Jody Maberry
- Added: Aug 07, 2015
- Length: 17:53
The early days of neuroscience relied on tragedy to strike before doctors could peek inside the brains of humans. Today advanced technology helps s...
- Added: May 28, 2015
- Length: 43:39
For some bears, weird spring weather was a wake-up call. For humans, not so much.
- Added: May 15, 2015
- Length: 08:47
In 2014 the United States had 650 reported cases of measles, a disease made preventable by a vaccine introduced 30 years ago. The majority of these...
- Added: Apr 01, 2015
- Length: 01:27:06
Where can you find a teacup, the molar of a goat, and an arrowhead all in one place? At an urban archaeology site, that’s where.
Bought by WTJU
- Added: Aug 12, 2014
- Length: 36:50
- Purchases: 1
This show takes on the frothy subject of beer, and explores the science, culture, and history behind the suds.
Bought by WTJU
- Added: Jul 22, 2014
- Length: 30:45
- Purchases: 1
Peter Morgan can decide what he wants to do in his dreams. A research psychiatrist at Yale University, Dr. Morgan studies and practices lucid dream...
- Added: Nov 14, 2012
- Length: 11:56
Kevin King is a painter. His paintings aren't controversial, but his medium is.
Bought by KUOW, New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Apr 06, 2012
- Length: 04:44
- Purchases: 4
A web-based video game called FoldIt uses crowd-sourcing in the hopes of solving some very big -- er, tiny -- biological problems.
- Added: Jul 22, 2011
- Length: 06:17
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
Nuclear waste will be with us for thousands of years. But the signs we use to warn people about its location will likely have to change.
Bought by PRX Remix and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Jul 20, 2011
- Length: 06:04
- Purchases: 2
