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Standing on your own two feet isn’t easy. While many animals can momentarily balance on their hind legs, we’re the only critters, besides birds, fo...

Bought by CHSR-FM 97.9, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, KBBI Alaska, WMUU-LP, WRGY and more


  • Added: Mar 11, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 14
Caption: Ocean's Genome, Credit: Seth Shostak
After helping to sequence the human genome more than twenty years ago, biochemist Craig Venter seemed to recede from the public eye. But he hadn’t ...

Bought by WVTF, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, KBBI Alaska, WMUU-LP, KZUM and more


  • Added: Dec 18, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 14
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The world is a colorful place, and human eyes have evolved to take it in – from vermillion red to bright tangerine to cobalt blue. But when we do, ...

Bought by CHSR-FM 97.9, WRGY, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, KBBI Alaska, KZUM and more


  • Added: Nov 27, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 13
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Poisonous snakes, lightning strikes, a rogue rock from space. There are plenty of scary things to fret about, but are we burning adrenaline on the...

Bought by WRGY, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KZUM, KBBI Alaska and more


  • Added: Oct 16, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 16
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HOUR ONE: "The Spirit Of Jim Thorpe" - Jim Thorpe was one of the greatest athletes the world has ever known. A Native American hero who broke recor...

  • Added: Oct 13, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00
Caption: Going Multicellular, Credit: Seth Shostak
Imagine life without animals, trees, and fungi. The world would look very different. But while the first life was surely single-celled, we don’t kn...

Bought by Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, KBBI Alaska, WRGY, WMUU-LP, KIYU-FM and more


  • Added: Oct 09, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 10
Caption: How Hot is Too Hot?, Credit: Seth Shostak
Extreme heat is taking its toll on the natural world. We use words like “heat domes” and “freakish” to de-scribe our everyday existence. These high...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WVTF, CHSR-FM 97.9, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Oct 02, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 17
Caption: Near Death Experiences, Credit: Seth Shostak
Near death experiences can be profound and even life changing. People describe seeing bright lights, staring into the abyss, or meeting dead relati...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], CHSR-FM 97.9, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WRGY, KBBI Alaska and more


  • Added: Sep 25, 2023
  • Length: 54:15
  • Purchases: 14
Caption: Into the Deep, Credit: Seth Shostak
Have you ever heard worms arguing? Deep-sea scientists use hydrophones to eavesdrop on “mouth-fighting worms.” It’s one of the many ways scientist...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], CHSR-FM 97.9, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WRGY, KBBI Alaska and more


  • Added: Sep 18, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 15
Caption: What's a Few Degrees, Credit: Seth Shostak
Brace yourself for heatwave “Lucifer.” Dangerous heatwaves may soon become so common that we give them names, just like hurricanes. This is one of ...

Bought by CHSR-FM 97.9, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WRGY, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Sep 11, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 16
Caption: Talk the Walk, Credit: Seth Shostak
Birds and bees do it … and so do fish. In a discovery that highlights the adaptive benefits of walking, scientists have discovered fish that can wa...

Bought by CHSR-FM 97.9, WRGY, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WUFT, KBBI Alaska and more


  • Added: Aug 28, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 16
Caption: Granting Immunity, Credit: Seth Shostak
“Diversity or die” could be your new health mantra. Don’t boost your immune system, cultivate it! Like a garden, your body’s defenses benefit from...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., CHSR-FM 97.9, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WRGY and more


  • Added: Aug 14, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 15

  • Added: Aug 08, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
Caption: We'll Always Have Parasites, Credit: Scott Gardner
Imagine tapeworms longer than the height of an adult human. Or microbes that turn their hosts into zombies. If the revulsion they induce doesn’t do...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WRGY, KBBI Alaska, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Jul 31, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 12

  • Added: Jul 10, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
Caption: Dinosaurs' Last Gasp, Credit: Seth Shostak
Do we have physical evidence of the last day of the dinosaurs? We consider fossilized fish in South Dakota that may chronicle the dramatic events t...

Bought by KIYU-FM, WRGY, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, KZUM, KBBI Alaska and more


  • Added: Jul 10, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 15
Caption: Let's Stick Together, Credit: Seth Shostak
Crowds driving you crazy? Remember, we evolved to be together. Humans are not only social, we’re driven to care for one another. We look at some...

Bought by WNED Buffalo, KIYU-FM, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WRGY, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and more


  • Added: May 22, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 15
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Andreas Wagner discussed his new book, Sleeping Beauties.

Bought by WYAP and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: May 10, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
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How race was invented to support racism.

  • Added: May 09, 2023
  • Length: 33:44
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The famous court battle over the right to teach evolution in public school comes to life.

Bought by KKRN, KFCF FM, Spokane Public Radio, KWMR, KMUN and more


  • Added: Apr 26, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:04
  • Purchases: 37
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Henry Gee discussed A Very Short History of Life on Earth.

Bought by KDX Worldround Radio, KICI Iowa City, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Apr 12, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Make Space for Animals, Credit: Seth Shostak
Long before Yuri Gagarin became the first human to go into space, Laika, a stray dog, crossed the final frontier. Find out what other surprising sp...

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], CHSR-FM 97.9, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WRGY and more


  • Added: Mar 27, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 15
Caption: Flower Power, Credit: Seth Shostak
Before everything could come up roses, there had to be a primordial flower – the mother, and father, of all flowers. Now scientists are on the hunt...

Bought by WVTF, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., CHSR-FM 97.9, WRGY, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Mar 13, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 16
Caption: A Moment of Science
Flowers Choose the Best Pollinators

  • Added: Mar 08, 2023
  • Length: 02:00

  • Added: Mar 08, 2023
  • Length: 02:00