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This week on the show:
Denying COVID was 'airborne' — and later acknowledging it was — will likely go down as one of the worst mistakes ever made i...
- Added: Sep 09, 2022
- Length: 30:00
At my age I should being thinking more of getting rid of clutter rather than adding to it. I like to tell our daughters Katy and Sarah that some da...
- Added: Jul 19, 2022
- Length: 04:23
Tecoma stans angustata is in the Bignonia family Bignoniaceae and there are a bunch of species of Tecoma starting here in the borderlands with our ...
- Added: May 04, 2022
- Length: 04:51
I do love wandering around little towns and Willcox is fun. And by the way, it was my friend and Willcox resident Steve Marlatt who reminded me of ...
- Added: Jun 01, 2021
- Length: 04:55
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
This week on the show: Homo instagrammus -
Who on earth would pay 29 euros to take photos in front of blindingly pink backdrops? Instagrammer...
- Added: Dec 13, 2018
- Length: 30:00
At one point when I was reading about the age of water I came across some research indicating that some of the water molecules we drink could be 4....
- Added: May 02, 2018
- Length: 05:09
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
For some bears, weird spring weather was a wake-up call. For humans, not so much.
- Added: May 15, 2015
- Length: 08:47
If you asked people which of their senses they most feared losing, they'd probably say sight or hearing. But what about the ability to smell? We ex...
Bought by WTJU
- Added: Sep 25, 2014
- Length: 43:58
- Purchases: 1
This episode explores the colorful (and sometimes risk-filled) history of pigments and painters, and the conservators who save paintings from the r...
Bought by WTJU
- Added: Jul 22, 2014
- Length: 30:34
- Purchases: 1
Joe Palca is one of the best science storytellers out there. As an NPR science correspondent he’s covered all sorts of obscure topics, from soccer-...
Bought by WTJU, Radio Newark, and WTJU
- Added: Jul 22, 2014
- Length: 09:03
- Purchases: 3
Have you ever wondered how chicken nuggets are made? Or what propylene glycol monostearate, monocalcium phosphate, or other listed ingredients are ...
Bought by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, WTJU, RadioFreePalmer, and WYAP
- Added: Jul 22, 2014
- Length: 27:24
- Purchases: 4
George Adamson could think like a lion and be like a lion. David Coulson describes a terrifying experience with George and Maggie and Dennis? Maggi...
- Added: Aug 14, 2012
- Length: 05:19
