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Our world these days is laden with a constant flow of information. It’s unavoidable.
But how do we determine what information to believe? Once we...
- Added: May 06, 2014
- Length: 07:20
Finally found: an Earth-sized planet in the habitable zone. You’ll hear lead scientist Elisa Quintana make the announcement. Then OSIRIS REx miss...
Bought by WMNF, WESM 91.3 FM, WOUB, and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago
- Added: Apr 17, 2014
- Length: 28:51
- Purchases: 4
Dan Goleman wrote the book called Emotional Intelligence in 1995. The book generated enormous interest in the science of emotional intelligence and...
- Added: Apr 07, 2014
- Length: 55:42
Does size matter… when it comes to meetings? Well, actually, yes it does. It’s not a myth. Contrary to popular belief, when it comes to meetings...
- Added: Apr 03, 2014
- Length: 07:20
New guidelines could maximize transplant success by better matching donated kidneys with recipients.
- Added: Mar 31, 2014
- Length: 01:00
As human beings, we are, in fact, creatures. Like any other living organism, energy conservation is of highest priority to our vibrant being, whet...
- Added: Jan 16, 2014
- Length: 07:20
So how do we define delusion? Well, actually, like most other things, that definition can be left up to the person who is doing the defining. Mer...
- Added: Nov 28, 2013
- Length: 07:20
If you live in the modern world, as I’m sure you do, you’re probably very familiar with the common occurrence of witnessing two people standing ne...
Bought by WTJU
- Added: Nov 11, 2013
- Length: 07:20
- Purchases: 1
So how do we define our Locus of Control? Essentially, it is our positioning of ourselves within our perception of the world and the way that we p...
- Added: Oct 10, 2013
- Length: 08:00
Dolphin sexual habits are terrifying - 14 cases of human death by dolphin rape each year in the US!
- Added: Sep 27, 2013
- Length: 03:13
Before the launch of the Voyager probes, Carl Sagan was given the daunting task of assembling a guide to all things human. Something that would fit...
- Added: Sep 10, 2013
- Length: 01:44
In this episode of Two Guys on Your Head the doctors Art Markman and Robert Duke discuss “distance” with KUT’s Rebecca McInroy.
- Added: Aug 16, 2013
- Length: 07:29
Commander Warren Krane and the crew of the Peregrine arrive at Hermitage Station in a remote region of space to attend an Officer's Ball where the ...
- Added: Jul 24, 2013
- Length: 21:58
When Anne, a young Canadian woman in the 1950’s, is told it’s not possible to study giraffe in the wilds of Africa because she’s a woman, she sets...
- Added: Jul 19, 2013
- Length: 01:05:24
The late 19th century was an age of rapid technological change. It’s happening again today. Through interviews with experts such as Willaim Gibson,...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: May 13, 2013
- Length: 28:58
- Purchases: 1
Juana Acrivos, professor emeritus of chemistry at San Jose State University, reminds us that sometimes we must leave our expectations at the door—w...
- Added: Mar 07, 2013
- Length: 02:37
This week on Into It, Andrew Bales explores space dives, an extreme jump that tests the limits of technology and the wills of dare devils.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jan 18, 2013
- Length: 01:44
- Purchases: 1
Ever wonder why some leaders appear unwilling to pay attention to others' feelings? Ever wonder why a particular person really upsets you and you c...
- Added: May 20, 2012
- Length: 54:01
Bestselling author Joel Garreau shows in his book, Radical Evolution, that we are at a turning point in history. At this moment we are engineering...
- Added: Nov 16, 2011
- Length: 28:58
In the Chihuahuan Desert, we spend fall, winter, spring and summer talking about our fifth season—the rainy season. What does its arrival mean for ...
Bought by KENW
- Added: Apr 07, 2011
- Length: 04:30
- Purchases: 1
Nancy O'Dell and Patricia Cook discussed stopping ADHD.
Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, WRNC-LP, and KMXT
- Added: Dec 30, 2010
- Length: 30:08
- Purchases: 3
How our brains age, and why some people manage to cheat death and stay sharp.
- Added: Oct 20, 2010
- Length: 13:00
- Purchases: 2
- Added: Oct 20, 2010
- Length: 29:45
- Purchases: 2
A playwright's personal journey backward and forward in time captured in a series of poignant and humorous essays on the nature of time, mind, exis...
- Added: Feb 12, 2010
- Length: 50:17
- Added: Jan 28, 2010
- Length: 26:38
- Purchases: 1
