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How pop culture portrays romance and addiction -- when bad breakups bring out addictive personalities
Bought by WJCT, WUGA (part of GPB), KRDP, WCQS, KMUN and more
- Added: Aug 04, 2017
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 11
When we’ve had a bad breakup, should we try to numb the pain? One Virginia professor has made answering this question their area of expertise, with...
Bought by KUER, PRX Remix, KENW, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WEZU
- Added: Aug 04, 2017
- Length: 03:37
- Purchases: 5
We have a choice to fight the change, or be part of the change.
That has never been more apparent than when we are watching ice caps melt, heat tha...
- Added: Jul 25, 2017
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
HOUR ONE: "Falling For It" - We’re hearing a lot about fake news. But you’re a smart person. You can tell when a story’s fake. Can’t you?
HOUR ...
- Added: Jun 30, 2017
- Length: 01:58:58
MPR's chief meteorologist Paul Huttner was in Grand Marais to speak at North House, and stopped by to chat with WTIP's CJ Heithoff. Hear what he ha...
- Added: Jun 05, 2017
- Length: 19:18
Political science professor Jeffrey Isaac discusses politics and jazz with Michael Glab on this week’s episode of Big Talk!
- Added: May 11, 2017
- Length: 08:34
Michael Glab speaks with researchers at IU about working to develop drugs that can prevent the onset of dementia on this week’s episode of Big Talk.
- Added: Apr 20, 2017
- Length: 09:03
Michael Glab talks with Heather Bradshaw about the active compounds in marijuana and how they may or may not be useful as medicines on this week’s ...
- Added: Apr 13, 2017
- Length: 08:49
Is marijuana a harmless way to relax or a dangerous gateway drug? The science says “No” and “We don’t know,” respectively.
- Added: Mar 19, 2017
- Length: 07:56
- Added: Mar 15, 2017
- Length: 15:47
- Purchases: 1
The force behind Bloomington’s Science on Tap talks with Michael Glab about faith and physics on this week’s episode of Big Talk.
- Added: Feb 02, 2017
- Length: 08:40
From Legendary Everglades Photographer Clyde Butcher, Susan G. Komen on Breast Cancer & Growing Organelles with Harvard docs to Midwifery & PTSD. H...
- Added: Jan 29, 2017
- Length: 27:30
A local Martin Luther King Day event is geared toward climate action. We hear more on that in this week’s edition of Big Talk with Michael Glab.
- Added: Jan 12, 2017
- Length: 09:01
The Night Sky Guy, Andrew Fazekas, talks about his beautiful new, Star Trek-inspired guide to the real wonders of astronomy. Emily Lakdawalla has ...
Bought by KMUD, KFCF FM, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR, WMUU-LP and more
- Added: Oct 10, 2016
- Length: 28:50
- Purchases: 8
It’s a divisive election year, but there is public consensus that science and technology policy issues matter. So why aren’t the candidates discus...
Bought by XRAY.fm, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., RadioFreePalmer and more
- Added: Oct 10, 2016
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 8
A high percentage of children in the United States are getting diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, or ADHD, as it’s become known.
- Added: Sep 13, 2016
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Hospitals are adopting new guidelines aimed at reducing addiction to painkillers. News Director Joe Crawford has more on these new guidelines on to...
- Added: Jun 23, 2016
- Length: 09:01
Riding on the heels of the recent release of Captain America: Civil War, the Character Development team gathers three OWRC tutors—our creative dire...
- Added: May 15, 2016
- Length: 19:45
How do you get your news – and how do you think your news gets to you? The pathway of information flow involves layers of decisions that in many wa...
- Added: Apr 14, 2016
- Length: 35:48
Episode topics: NY Times writer Jane Brody on health reporting and LASIK surgery.
- Added: Apr 06, 2016
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 2
In his book, Dr. Steven Hatch cuts to the chase. Readers get a sense of the challenges in all areas of modern medicine.
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Mar 23, 2016
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Psychologist Jeffrey Zacks explains why people (even psychologists!) get so emotionally involved in movies.
Bought by KUER, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WABE, and PRX Remix
- Added: Feb 25, 2016
- Length: 12:00
- Purchases: 4
It's the sequel! Psychologist Jeff Zacks returns to explain how our eyes and brains make sense of continuous movie edits.
Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, WABE, and PRX Remix
- Added: Feb 25, 2016
- Length: 11:39
- Purchases: 3
Episode topics: Lung cancer and social comparison on Facebook.
- Added: Dec 21, 2015
- Length: 28:00
Episode 1 from the World According to Sound.
- Added: Oct 20, 2015
- Length: 01:23
- Purchases: 6
