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Constant Wonder - Getting Giddy in the Quiet World of Plants

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

He's not easily deterred, but this day of bug bites and fog almost got the best of him. Mike Dilger tries to hunt down 1,000 flowering plants on th...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)

Constant Wonder - Glimmers of Awe: The Fascinating World of Fireflies

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

Facing the loss of her cabin in the Smokies, Lynn Faust began to pay more attention to the synchronous fireflies there, sparking a lifelong passion.

California Termites and the Atmosphere

From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio

California is famous for its picturesque sunsets, year-round mild weather, excellent surf, and largely progressive politics, including forward-thin...

Constant Wonder - Love and Loss and Elephants

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

How a stylish Parisienne came to be the owner of an elephant and rhino sanctuary in South Africa.

885: Does AI dream? / 886: Why do we have so much stuff?, 3/30/2024

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge

HOUR ONE: "Does AI dream?" - Say you're an artist and you want to paint something you can't see. What if AI can? Are you dreaming together? HOUR ...

Constant Wonder - Freediver Welcomes All to a World of Wonder

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

Raised in landlocked Soweto, South Africa, this Black woman's first ocean dive felt like coming home. She wants all to feel welcome beneath the waves.

Constant Wonder - Owls and Awe

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

A conservationist rescues an owl, who, five years later, still calls to and visits him in his backyard.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)

Constant Wonder - Snorkeling Right in Your Own Backyard

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

Is snorkeling just for a tropical vacation? Well, Keith Williams wants people to look into their local freshwater, literally look into that water w...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)

Constant Wonder - Saving Wild Sounds

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

David Haskell is one of the world's most attentive listener's to nature. You'll want to hear what he's hearing, on our next episode.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), RadioStPete Florida, and WYAP

853: Off The Map / 854: Thinking With Animals, 12/9/2023

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge

HOUR ONE: "Off The Map" - Remember what maps were like when you were a kid? Well, Google Maps now makes finding everything from an obscure coffees...

Constant Wonder - Eat, Poop, Die

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

The island of Surtsey is a compelling example of the way that animals distribute nutrients around the globe through their poop.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)

Constant Wonder - Compassion in the Aftermath: Recovering from Horrific Hallucinations

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

When gathering accurate descriptions of the world is crucial to your work, how do you navigate a reality full of hallucinations?

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and WYAP

David Ho on Carbon Offsets: Much Ado About Nothing?

From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio

Carbon offsets are often touted as a solution to humanity’s bad habit of emitting an awful lot of CO2. But how many of us actually know what things...

Bought by KMUN

Constant Wonder - Changing the Face of Ballet

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

Argentina, Estonia, Thailand. A ballet career could land you on just about any world stage. International success catapulted Steven Melendez to all...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)

Israeli Entrepreneur and Philanthropist Ziv Aviram on the EcoBridge Initiative

From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio

Have you ever thought about what you'd do to save the planet if you were a billionaire? Well, this week on Sea Change Radio, we speak with billiona...

Constant Wonder - This Party's Dead

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

In her late 20s, Erica Buist had never been invited or expected to be anywhere near a deceased human. Death had been cloistered away from her, or s...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and RadioStPete Florida

Constant Wonder - More Love for a Big Lake That's Often Belittled

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

It's a massive lake with a murky reputation. It's survived a carp invasion, decades of dumped raw sewage, and the draining of surrounding wetlands....

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WYAP

Constant Wonder - The Never-bored Naturalist Who Plumbed the Ocean Depths

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

In the depth of the sea, where the sun is powerless to send a single ray of light, there live many strange beings. Of these sea folk, we know nothi...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and RadioStPete Florida

Constant Wonder - Family Discovers that Nazi Grandfather Aided French Villagers

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

Burkhard Bilger shares the surprising truth about his grandfather's life and service in Hitler's Germany, it's the latest episode of the Constant W...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WYAP

Constant Wonder - Dreams and the Deep Mysteries of the Unconscious Mind

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

Sleep and dreaming. It's when the unconscious mind can process events, solve problems and organize memories. But a mere 20 years ago, little consen...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)

Subsurface granite on the Moon? The anatomy of a lunar hot spot

From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio

Matt Siegler from the Planetary Science Institute shares his team's surprising findings about the granite formation that might lie beneath Compton-...

Bought by KIYU-FM, KVSC, RadioStPete Florida, WJCU, KWMR and more

Constant Wonder - The Batman of Mexico (and the World!)

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

Undoing Dracula's nasty reputation, impossible! Reversing the undeserved reputation of bats, now that's a different task all together. And the bat ...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and WYAP

An essential ingredient for life in the oceans of Enceladus

From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio

Chris Glein, a lead scientist at the Southwest Research Institute, joins Planetary Radio to talk about the discovery of phosphorus in the oceans of...

Bought by KIYU-FM, WJCU, WMUU-LP, RadioStPete Florida, KRZA and more

Constant Wonder - Discovering Both Reverence and Humor in Dying

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

The miracle of life filled Christopher Clark with a heightened sense of awe, even as he was slowly dying. We'll get to know the Chris Clark story i...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)

Mars' Axial Tilt: A Key to Gully Formation

From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio

Caltech and Brown University’s Jay Dickson joins Planetary Radio to discuss the mysterious formation of gullies on Mars.

Bought by KVSC, KIYU-FM, WJCU, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WMUU-LP and more

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