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The ability to spot misinformation is a key skill to have in today's world. How can we tell if something is real or fake? In this episode, Brian Du...
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- Added: Aug 21, 2024
- Length: 59:00
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The Flat Earth, Hollow Earth, Expanding Earth and more, oh my! Come along with us today as we look at some suspect theories about our home planet.
- Added: Aug 13, 2024
- Length: 59:00
Do psychometric personality tests really tell us anything about ourselves? In this episode, we look at some of the most popular ones, many of which...
- Added: Jul 26, 2024
- Length: 59:00
There’s this elusive bird found throughout the Great Lakes region. If you know where to look, you can often spot it where fields and wetlands meet....
- Added: Jun 13, 2024
- Length: 07:46
Jess has the details on some recent UCS victories in the real world, and gives a preview of what you can expect for the second season of This Is Sc...
- Added: May 28, 2024
- Length: 13:30
Brian Dunning touches on the myriad rip-offs claiming health benefits with no real science to back them up. In this first volume of "Consumer Ripof...
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- Added: May 16, 2024
- Length: 59:00
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What are the five areas of our collective existence on earth where the ocean matters most? If we are looking for a context to drive motivation and ...
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- Added: Apr 11, 2024
- Length: 04:48
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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
Brian Dunning takes a look at the history of the Apollo moon landing hoax conspiracy theory, and those who believe in it.
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- Added: Feb 09, 2024
- Length: 59:00
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Brian Dunning examines the evidence that humans are warming the earth.
- Added: Jan 27, 2024
- Length: 59:00
Brian Dunning examines the legends of four famous cryptids: the Bili Ape of the Congo, the Beast of Gevaudan, the Monster of Port Chatham, and the ...
- Added: Jan 12, 2024
- Length: 59:00
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Need some pumpkin pi to go with that leftover turkey? Jess highlights her favorite reasons to be thankful for science in this season of gratitude.
- Added: Nov 28, 2023
- Length: 18:00
Science fictions are widely held dangerous beliefs that are not supported by science. Jess explores a few of these in anticipation of the continued...
- Added: Oct 03, 2023
- Length: 29:00
India became the first nation in the world to pull off a soft landing on the moon's south pole.
- Added: Aug 29, 2023
- Length: 06:00
WASP-39 b is a hot and puffy planet with a mass roughly one-quarter that of Jupiter and a diameter 1.3 times greater than Jupiter. Its extreme puff...
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- Added: Aug 24, 2023
- Length: 03:10
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we responded to a listener request about trees by looking at environmental soundscape recordings,...
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- Added: Jun 10, 2023
- Length: 28:35
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This week we continue the multi-part RESCUE series with an outline of the four technological focus areas of the recently announced Ocean Climate Ac...
- Added: Apr 12, 2023
- Length: 10:38
This week we continue the multi-part RESCUE series with a highlight of UNCLOS, the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, a major example...
- Added: Mar 08, 2023
- Length: 05:04
The 'Akiapōlā'au is one of Hawaii's rare and endangered birds, living exclusively on the Big Island.
- Added: Feb 08, 2023
- Length: 01:30
This week on World Ocean Radio, part two of a multi-part series entitled RESCUE, outlining a new plan for the ocean and a new perspective to enable...
- Added: Jan 19, 2023
- Length: 05:27
The fossil fuel industry has been promoting hydrogen as a reliable, low carbon, next-generation fuel to power cars, heat homes, and generate electr...
- Added: Jan 09, 2023
- Length: 58:00
This week on World Ocean Radio we discuss the disruption and potential sabotage of the Nord Stream Line, the underwater natural gas pipelines in th...
- Added: Oct 12, 2022
- Length: 04:57
We all arrive at the gateway to medicine carrying baggage from our past. How does this baggage impact the way we experience shame in our profession?
- Added: Sep 27, 2022
- Length: 26:26
Medical culture is filled with impossible ideals. What makes an “ideal doctor”? Where do these “ideals” come from? How are they communicated? And w...
- Added: Sep 27, 2022
- Length: 30:11