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African Wild Dogs appear to vote on pack activities by sneezing.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 05, 2019
  • Length: 02:54
  • Purchases: 1
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Did you know there are actually science-based ways to maximize your fun? With our current deep freeze, we thought it would be a good time to check...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2019
  • Length: 14:43
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Why do we do the things we do while in public? Simple actions like using the restroom or riding the bus get a lot more complicated when thinking ab...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2019
  • Length: 20:19
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It's there and it's square. And now we know why.

  • Added: Jan 14, 2019
  • Length: 02:47
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Cougars are beautiful and stealthy solitary hunters. Until they want to mate. Then they sound like a person being run through a garbage compactor. ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 10, 2019
  • Length: 02:06
  • Purchases: 2
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We're taking a big looping road trip across the Mojave, from Area 51 to the Singing Sand Dunes of Kelso. With guest Jeremy Corbell on his new docum...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Nov 30, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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This week on the show: Tapping into the science of Oktoberfest!!! Just why DO so many people go to Oktoberfest? And how does nearly 8 million l...

  • Added: Oct 17, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
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HOUR ONE: "Magical Thinking" - Does a magician have anything to teach us? We'll explore magical thinking this hour, on stage and in our lives. HO...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:59
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HOUR ONE: "Against Cynicism" - Why is the world so cynical? This hour, an irony-free exploration of cynicism. HOUR TWO: "Repeat When Necessary" -...

  • Added: Aug 10, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:58
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Award-winning music documentarian Paul Ingles hosts this week's mix of tunes from his eclectic personal collection. It's a show where deep tracks a...

Bought by KSRQ, KKWE Niijii Radio, and KMXT


  • Added: Aug 10, 2018
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 3
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Spectrum: Marijuana, sex, soccer and sleep - On this week's show: If Marijuana can make old mice brains younger, does that work with humans too?...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Jul 04, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
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HOUR ONE: "In Search Of Real Food" - Supermarkets are designed to make you think you have a lot of choices. But do you? This hour, reclaiming real ...

  • Added: Jun 29, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:57
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If you've ever wondered why you break out into song and dance when music comes on we have the science and research to answer that very question!

Bought by WOUB, WYAP, KRSC, Goat Radio, and KWIT


  • Added: Jun 19, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
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How can we harness the power of games for education? In Part 1 of the episode, the podcast explores how the PAX South 2017 gaming conference inspi...

  • Added: May 05, 2018
  • Length: 40:18
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HOUR ONE: "Making Waves (Live)" - What happens when the rest of America wants your water? Join us live from Milwaukee as we celebrate a lake. HOU...

  • Added: May 04, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:58
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HOUR ONE: "After 30 Years of Prozac" - Happy 30th birthday Prozac. We've had three decades of the drug, so why are we still depressed? HOUR TWO: ...

  • Added: Mar 23, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:56
Caption: Stephen Hawking
Celebrating the world's most famous theoretical physicist, author of A Brief History of Time and Professor of Mathematics at the University of Camb...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 20, 2018
  • Length: 58:54
  • Purchases: 1
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Know Your Media, hosted by Dr. Zac Gershberg, is joined this month by Dr. Shannon Kobs Nawotniak, an assistant professor of volcanology in the Depa...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2018
  • Length: 32:26
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March 14th is Pi Day! The irrational number that is the ratio between the circumference of a circle to its diameter. Its Pi day! 3.141592.........

  • Added: Mar 13, 2018
  • Length: 01:09
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A series of 90-second quirky science pieces. Fun, fact-filled, entertaining, and educational.

  • Added: Mar 09, 2018
  • Length: 45:11
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How realistic are Star Wars’ lovable droids?

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, and KENW


  • Added: Mar 01, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
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The star... the origin and history of the Christmas tree... and oh, it's a wonderful life!

  • Added: Dec 11, 2017
  • Length: 02:27:46
Caption: Kiran Jane, John Englander, and Greg Dalton
The coastline has been basically in the same place for all of human civilization and now that’s changing in very unpredictable and unsettling ways....

Bought by KWIT and WLPR


  • Added: Nov 30, 2017
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 2
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This week on Art Beat, we talk to Ryuta Nakajima to discuss his exhibit Squid and I, at the MMAM. Nakajima’s work investigates the origin of visual...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2017
  • Length: 15:27
Caption: Keith Johnson
Host Rich Reardin talks with legendary audio recording innovator, recording and mastering engineer Keith Johnson.

  • Added: Oct 13, 2017
  • Length: 01:00:00