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We want to answer a question a lot of people ask us: Why are we making this podcast? Why make a podcast about solutions to the opioid epidemic?
On...
- Added: Jan 20, 2020
- Length: 11:21
What does a chemical engineer do? What makes a good one? What should young people know about the field? Chemical engineer Will Mullen helps us ans...
- Added: Oct 31, 2019
- Length: 54:38
How accurate was Vonnegut when he described the end of the world? We tackle climate science with climate researchers from the Scripp’s Institute of...
- Added: May 01, 2019
- Length: 24:57
Estuaries are ecologically rich and important components of our coastal ecosystems. Fish biologist Katherine Osborn wrote this segment of Sound Eco...
Bought by WNED Buffalo and Radio Newark
- Added: Feb 25, 2019
- Length: 01:28
- Purchases: 2
As lion populations crash in Africa, baboon numbers explode. Associate Professor of Ecology and Conservation Justin Brashares illuminates how to st...
- Added: Jan 16, 2019
- Length: 28:29
A story of 3 towns who find that storing solar energy in giant batteries is cheaper and safer than power plants.
Bought by KICI Iowa City, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WFHB, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.
- Added: Jun 24, 2018
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 4
The "Internet of things" promises a world with smart connected devices such as refrigerators that automatically order food and robots that anticipa...
Bought by WCQS
- Added: Mar 27, 2017
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 1
Some people run long distances. Why do they do this? What happens to the body when it goes long distances and when it can’t go anymore? Why are som...
Bought by KVSC and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- Added: Feb 25, 2017
- Length: 23:27
- Purchases: 2
If you dip your toe into the running world, you'll notice a variety of claims about efficiency and speed from coaches and athletes. Surprisingly, w...
- Added: Nov 02, 2016
- Length: 07:39
- Added: Jun 01, 2016
- Length: 11:00
- Purchases: 1
Marco Tempest is not your average magician. He uses robots to do magic tricks on stage -- but the real trick is in how easily he can get an audienc...
- Added: Apr 06, 2016
- Length: 16:56
Glenn Stone explores the controversies around genetically modified crops and the effects of biotechnology on farmers in India.
- Added: Jan 04, 2016
- Length: 10:30
Geologist Phil Skemer gets to crush rocks for a living. Find out how and why he and his team build instruments that can mimic conditions deep insid...
Bought by XRAY.fm
- Added: Jun 12, 2015
- Length: 12:55
- Purchases: 1
Diamond, Demetrius, Josh and Kevin interview Jamin Bogi (Group Against Smog and Pollution), Phil Johnson (The Heinz Endowments) and Neil Donahue (C...
- Added: Jan 14, 2015
- Length: 03:26
“Hey, you’re smart!” That feels good to hear, doesn’t it? Praise always feels good to hear, but not all praise motivates us to try new things, ch...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Feb 21, 2014
- Length: 07:20
- Purchases: 1
In this edition of Two Guys on Your Head Dr. Art Markman and Dr. Bob Duke explain the relationship between money, security, opportunity, memory, an...
- Added: Jan 10, 2014
- Length: 07:20
Why is it hard to have just one of those delicious slices of pound cake over the holidays? Well, it turns out it has less to do with the creamy but...
Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA
- Added: Jan 03, 2014
- Length: 07:20
- Purchases: 1
Stand-alone segment of Planet Warning Series. With the earth heating up with global warming, the polar ice sheets are melting. But nobody knows ho...
- Added: Sep 30, 2010
- Length: 02:00
