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HOUR ONE: "Luminous: Can Psychedelics Be Decolonized?" - Psychedelics are a multi-billion dollar industry. But many come from plant medicines first...
- Added: Oct 20, 2023
- Length: 01:58:59
HOUR ONE: "Being Body Conscious" - When you look at your body in the mirror, do you love what you see? Do you pick out the things you don’t like? M...
- Added: Sep 29, 2023
- Length: 01:59:00
Only one human disease has ever been completely eradicated: Smallpox. Rahima Banu, a woman from rural Bangladesh, was the last person in the world ...
Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago
- Added: May 19, 2023
- Length: 09:37
- Purchases: 1
Rick Coates talks with author Daniel Bergner about his latest book, "The Mind and the Moon."
Bought by WKAR
- Added: Jun 15, 2022
- Length: 54:31
- Purchases: 1
HOUR ONE: "Secrets Of Alchemy" - The leading science of the 17th century was alchemy, the transformation of matter. What was it really? Could we st...
- Added: Mar 18, 2022
- Length: 01:59:00
HOUR ONE: "Worshiping Waterfalls" - Jane Goodall has seen chimpanzees stop at a roaring waterfall and bristle with excitement. Are they having spir...
- Added: Feb 18, 2022
- Length: 01:59:01
HOUR ONE: "Living With Loneliness" - In countries all over the world, rates of loneliness are skyrocketing. How did it become a condition of modern...
- Added: Nov 12, 2021
- Length: 01:59:00
HOUR ONE: "Finding Meaning In Desperate Times" - The pandemic isn't just a health crisis, it's an x-ray into our psyches. This hour, how COVID-19 i...
- Added: Sep 24, 2021
- Length: 01:58:59
HOUR ONE: "Our Time Of Mourning" - The pandemic is waning in many places. But before we go back to normal life, let's not forget to mourn our loss...
- Added: Jun 18, 2021
- Length: 01:59:01
Topic 1: A chemist's single-minded crusade for food safety. Topic 2: The neuroscientist who lost her mind.
- Added: Feb 10, 2020
- Length: 49:05
HOUR ONE: "Time Beyond The Clock" - What's wrong with the way we tell time? What if we lived with no clocks at all? HOUR TWO: "What Can We Learn ...
- Added: Jan 03, 2020
- Length: 01:58:58
HOUR ONE: "Is Anger A Useful Emotion?" - What if being angry made you feel better? We'll see red this hour. HOUR TWO: "Our Invisible Universe" - ...
- Added: Aug 02, 2019
- Length: 01:58:59
This week on the show: Do you want to live on the moon? -
Look up at the moon when you get a chance. Because this will be the last decade wher...
Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle
- Added: Jul 17, 2019
- Length: 30:00
- Purchases: 1
Alfred Molina stars as the brilliant, irreverent physicist.
Bought by KKRN, KKRN, KKRN, KWMR, Spokane Public Radio and more
- Added: Jan 16, 2019
- Length: 01:58:00
- Purchases: 10
Astrophysicist Brian Keating discusses his book, "Losing the Nobel Prize: A Story of Cosmology, Ambition, and the Perils of Science's Highest Honor."
Bought by WETS
- Added: May 27, 2018
- Length: 53:58
- Purchases: 1
WV talks with environmental earth scientist and writer Lauret Savoy about her stunning new book, TRACE. In it, Savoy examines how the country’s sti...
- Added: Mar 03, 2016
- Length: 59:00
Paula Bernstein and Elyse Schein share 100 percent of their DNA. Separated at birth, the twins were both adopted and raised by loving families. The...
Bought by WDBM, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, American Voices, and PRX Remix
- Added: Feb 19, 2016
- Length: 15:05
- Purchases: 4
An audio essay that combines science, personal moments, and the wit and wisdom of four 100-year-old (and up) women.
- Added: Nov 13, 2015
- Length: 10:26
Steve Silberman has written the first indepth book on the history of autism. Anne speaks with him about the discoveries he has made and the implica...
Bought by KPIP-LP
- Added: Sep 03, 2015
- Length: 01:03:36
- Purchases: 1
Lucille Horn, 95, tells her daughter, Barbara, about the baby incubator exhibit at Coney Island that saved her life.
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, Blue Mountain Radio , and WTJU
- Added: Jul 10, 2015
- Length: 01:52
- Purchases: 3
Physics professor James Buckley has spent part of his career hunting for neutralinos, a yet-undiscovered type of particle that may hold the answer ...
- Added: Mar 12, 2014
- Length: 12:00
Neil Books tells is about his time flying a 727.
- Added: Oct 11, 2012
- Length: 04:12
Sir Patrick Moore talks about his life in astronomy, life on Mars, and playing music with Einstein.
- Added: Feb 19, 2008
- Length: :18
