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Brian Dunning examines some interesting beliefs around food and whether or not they are supported by science.
- Added: Apr 09, 2024
- Length: 59:00
Brian Dunning separates fact from fiction as he examines the talking points made by the many people who hate electric cars.
- Added: Mar 07, 2024
- Length: 59:00
After years of study, a scientific panel proposes a formal definition of the Anthropocene, naming the spot where humanity’s fingerprints are best o...
- Added: Jul 17, 2023
- Length: 58:05
Two callers share. Scotty wants to talk about how he has benefited from both the Emotion Roadmap and Psylocibin. In particular, he is proud that he...
- Added: Feb 03, 2023
- Length: 54:24
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
Cactus wrens were one of the first Sonoran Desert birds I learned when I arrived in Tucson to go to the University of Arizona. They are such rascal...
- Added: Jan 13, 2022
- Length: 04:44
This is Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey. Cloudy Cold days these days. Petey talks about lifesaving snow in the desert, the beauty of Sandhill C...
- Added: Jan 13, 2022
- Length: 04:52
I have a bunch of photos from Christmas tree hunts and most of them are 35 mm slides. These few here were taken over the last several years. I alwa...
- Added: Jan 13, 2022
- Length: 05:07
I was reading a Christmas card from some very dear friends and in the hand written portion of the card it mentioned this season as being the “holie...
- Added: Jan 13, 2022
- Length: 04:53
There are around 30 species of Porophyllum, the majority of which are found in Mexico and southward. Around me in the borderlands of Arizona Sonora...
- Added: Jan 13, 2022
- Length: 04:52
Two very interesting calls explore what happens and why it happens in retirement. We explore how attitude and emotions influence "How much is enoug...
- Added: Dec 18, 2021
- Length: 36:36
- Added: Dec 13, 2021
- Length: 02:00
- Purchases: 1
The scientific name of the band-tailed pigeon is no longer Columba fasciata, but is Patagioenas fasciata. That’s too bad because I was hoping to st...
- Added: Sep 28, 2021
- Length: 04:59
I grew up in Kentucky where the state flower is goldenrod. The particular species that has that honor is Solidago gigantea. I wonder how it was cho...
- Added: Sep 28, 2021
- Length: 05:21
Here are some morning glory photos. Above is Ipomoea ternifolia var. leptotoma and the photo below is of some floral chaos featuring the red flower...
- Added: Sep 28, 2021
- Length: 05:04
Do we live in an age where online conspiracies and cults proliferate ever more frequently and powerfully? We continue to explore this question by f...
- Added: Jun 15, 2021
- Length: 27:48
Peter is one of the key pioneers in emotional intelligence known for the ability model of emotional intelligence. The abilities include identifying...
- Added: May 05, 2020
- Length: :49
An Ordained Interfaith Minister/Physician reconciles her beliefs. Also, a Troposphere Astronaut works through his general lack of a strong belief....
- Added: Jan 15, 2020
- Length: 01:00:00
A Mindfulness Teacher Considers Managing One's Mindset, An Educator Discusses the Importance of Protecting Childhood and a Poet Contemplates his Sp...
- Added: Jan 15, 2020
- Length: 01:00:00
Rajesh Khanna, PhD, has a 20-year career in Neuroscience and Pharmacology. He was a doctoral student in the Department of Physiology at the Univers...
- Added: Jan 07, 2020
- Length: 04:41
Kiera will be a senior at the University of Arizona this fall majoring in biochemistry and molecular and cellular biology. She is currently researc...
- Added: Sep 24, 2019
- Length: 04:59
Emily is a senior at the University of Arizona studying physiology and nutritional sciences. She
currently works in the research laboratory of Dr. ...
- Added: Aug 15, 2019
- Length: 04:59
How can you help someone to change? Richard Boyatzis is an expert in multiple areas including emotional intelligence. Richard and his coauthors, Me...
- Added: Aug 08, 2019
- Length: 54:59
Anne-Laure is a rising senior at the University of Arizona double majoring in Natural Resources (emphasis in Wildlife Conservation and Management) ...
- Added: Jul 11, 2019
- Length: 04:26
Children who experience social and emotional learning (SEL) in schools are less likely to drink alcohol, take drugs, or smoke. On the plus side the...
- Added: Jun 08, 2019
- Length: 52:25
